The Whole School Library Learning Commons: An Educator's Guide

Description

Introduce your teachers, librarians, and administrators to the roles and responsibilities of educators in advocating a whole school library learning commons using this step-by-step guide for creating shared learning space in your school.• Links the use of the WSLLC to standards in education• Presents a doable plan to implement and sustain the learning commons approach in school• Illustrates how the WSLLC can be a means of increasing student engagement and improving academic achievement• Provides ideas for promoting the WSLLC concept to the education community• Offers suggestions for assessing the effectiveness of the WSLLC • Features strategies, standards, and checklists to support the program