Mission Statement
The mission of the Woody Gap School Library Media Program is to ensure students, teachers, parents, and community members are all effective users of ideas and information; and to empower students to be critical thinkers, enthusiastic readers, skillful researchers, and ethical users of information so they may become productive citizens within and beyond our rural community (AASL, 2009).
Philosophy
The school library media program at Woody Gap School strives to incorporate the standards and ideals as set forth in the Standards for the 21st-Century Learner, which ultimately creates an environment that is conducive to learning. Our program is founded upon the belief that equitable access to information sources (including virtual access) is a vital component of a culture of learning. We strive to instill a love of learning and reading, not only among our student population, but also among school staff, teachers, parents, and community members. By allowing equitable access to information sources, we are able to create global citizens with the skills necessary to be successful in the 21st century and beyond.
In order to ensure the learning needs of our students, school staff, teachers, parents, and community members are met, our program will teach skills of inquiry and critical thinking, skills necessary to be effective users of technology today and in the future, as well as how to be ethical users of technology. By crafting an environment with physical access to information sources, as well as by providing instructional opportunities for students, school staff, teachers, parents, and community members, we will promote our goal of sharing knowledge and learning with others. These skills will be progressively introduced and reinforced as students grow and progress from kindergarten through twelfth grade.
Our school library media program will align its learning goals with that of the Woody Gap School: to provide a quality educational environment that will prepare our students to become productive citizens within and beyond our rural community. By encompassing the above objectives, we will foster the skills necessary for lifelong learning, as well as ensure our students, school staff, teachers, parents, and community members are effective users of ideas and information.
Resources
The mission of the Woody Gap School Library Media Program is to ensure students, teachers, parents, and community members are all effective users of ideas and information; and to empower students to be critical thinkers, enthusiastic readers, skillful researchers, and ethical users of information so they may become productive citizens within and beyond our rural community (AASL, 2009).
Philosophy
The school library media program at Woody Gap School strives to incorporate the standards and ideals as set forth in the Standards for the 21st-Century Learner, which ultimately creates an environment that is conducive to learning. Our program is founded upon the belief that equitable access to information sources (including virtual access) is a vital component of a culture of learning. We strive to instill a love of learning and reading, not only among our student population, but also among school staff, teachers, parents, and community members. By allowing equitable access to information sources, we are able to create global citizens with the skills necessary to be successful in the 21st century and beyond.
In order to ensure the learning needs of our students, school staff, teachers, parents, and community members are met, our program will teach skills of inquiry and critical thinking, skills necessary to be effective users of technology today and in the future, as well as how to be ethical users of technology. By crafting an environment with physical access to information sources, as well as by providing instructional opportunities for students, school staff, teachers, parents, and community members, we will promote our goal of sharing knowledge and learning with others. These skills will be progressively introduced and reinforced as students grow and progress from kindergarten through twelfth grade.
Our school library media program will align its learning goals with that of the Woody Gap School: to provide a quality educational environment that will prepare our students to become productive citizens within and beyond our rural community. By encompassing the above objectives, we will foster the skills necessary for lifelong learning, as well as ensure our students, school staff, teachers, parents, and community members are effective users of ideas and information.
Resources
- American Association of School Librarians (2009). Empowering Learners: Guidelines for School Library Media Programs. Chicago, IL: American Library Association.
- Standards-Utah School Library Media Programs, http://www.schools.utah.gov/curr/library/pdf/standards.pdf
