STANDARD VI. DESIGNS AND PROVIDES MEANINGFUL LEARNING EXPERIENCES

STANDARD STATEMENT VI: The effective school librarian consistently plans and implements, meaningful learning experiences for students.

Performance Criteria for Standard VI: The extent to which the school librarian in collaboration with the classroom teacher:

• Plans and implements logical, sequenced instruction and continually adjusts plans based on learner needs.
  
  
• Provides learning experiences and instructional materials that are developmentally appropriate and based on desired outcomes, principles of effective instruction and curricular goals.
  
  
• Incorporates a variety of appropriate assessment strategies as an integral part of instructional planning.
  
  
• Links concepts and key ideas to students' prior experiences and understandings, using multiple representations, examples and explanations.
  
  
• Applies concepts that help students relate learning to everyday life.
  
  
• Provides integrated or interdisciplinary learning experiences that engage students in generating knowledge, using varied methods of inquiry, discussing diverse issues, dealing with ambiguity and incorporating differing viewpoints.
  
  
• Teaches for mastery of complex processes, concepts and principles contained in Hawaii's student content and performance standards and Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning*.
  
  
• Provides knowledge and experiences that help students make life and career decisions.
  
  
• Organizes material and equipment to create a media-rich environment.

 

* The Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning was prepared by the American Association of School Librarians and the Association for Educational Communications and Technology.