Taonui School

Library Development Plan

2009 - 2011
 CONTENTS

Page

Introduction 3

Vision statement 4

Learning Outcomes 5

Target outcomes and action plans 6 - 17

Monitoring Plan 18

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 INTRODUCTION

This development plan was written by Stephen Snell (Principal) and Jan Watts (Library Adviser, National Library of New Zealand).

This plan will guide us as we integrate the library into curriculum programmes, so it becomes an integral part of our teaching and
learning, including our focus on ICT and the development of our inquiry process.

The programme will be monitored by the Principal, who will work alongside the staff and report regularly to the Board of Trustees.

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 VISION STATEMENT

The NZ curriculum identifies five key competencies:

o thinking
o using language, symbols and texts
o managing self
o relating to others
o participating and contributing.

Students use these competencies to learn and contribute as active members of the Taonui School community. For the library to
become an integral part of our curriculum, students need to develop and use these competencies.

Students will also be encouraged to value excellence, inquiry, equity, participation, responsibility and respect as they use library
resources to support their learning.

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 LEARNING OUTCOMES

Through using our library students will have the opportunity to:

1. develop knowledge of library systems and processes

Indicators:
o students have received library management training, and maintain their own individual library training manual
o students can independently and responsibly manage the process of issuing and returning resources
o students will independently locate relevant resources
o Students will demonstrate respect for library resources and other users
o Students will support and assist other students

2. develop their inquiry skills

Indicators
o Students are able to identify the stages in a basic enquiry process
o Students will develop their identifying, locating, selecting and using skills
o Students will present inquiry findings to fellow students and selected adults

3. develop their ICT skills

Indicators:
o Students are confident users of the library management system
o Students are able to use the ICT tools provided in the library
o Students are able to use Web 2.00 tools to support inquiry and literacy learning

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Inquiry Learning.

Target Outcomes: Budget:

o Staff will develop and trial a school-specific model for inquiry
learning
o Students will develop the skills necessary to successfully
participate in inquiry learning experiences.
o Students will use the inquiry model to demonstrate use of key
competencies
o Students and teachers will perceive that the library is an integral
part of their inquiry

Background notes: Actions: Achieved Outcome (actual result):

The school is investigating ways 1. Develop and trial an inquiry

to implement the new curriculum. model for the school
As part of this the school is 2. Document a school-wide
examining teacher pedagogy, skills programme
participating in an ICT 3. Implement the skills
development cluster and programme at all levels
involved in the National Library 4. Review and if necessary
Analysis/Reflections (so what
Focus programme. revise the programme
next?):
As a result of this we are
beginning to adopt an inquiry
approach to learning.

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Information literacy.
Target outcomes:
o Staff will develop and trial a school-specific model for inquiry learning
o Students will develop the skills necessary to successfully participate in inquiry learning experiences.
o Students will use the inquiry model to demonstrate use of key competencies

Actions Responsibility Target date Cost/time Achievement

date
1.Develop and trial an inquiry model for Staff End of Term 2
the school. 2009
2.Document a school-wide skills Staff End of term 4
programme. 2009
3.Implement the skills programme at all Staff From the
levels beginning of
term one
2010
4. Review and if necessary revise the Stephen and Jan End of term 4
programme 2010

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Library Management.

Target Outcomes: Budget:

o To investigate and implement a permanent staffing arrangement

for managing our library
o To provide documentation to support the library manager’s role

Background notes: Actions: Achieved Outcome (actual result):

1. Delegate a teacher with
The management of library library responsibility
duties is currently performed by 2. Establish appropriate staffing
a community volunteer, when levels required to manage out
and if she is available. library efficiently
3. Prepare and present a
With our inquiry focus there is a submission for the BOT,
need for new resources to be detailing the required
Analysis/Reflections (so what
made available quickly - the resourcing
next?):
current situation does not enable 4. Provide a job description for
this. the library manager position
. 5. If successful, appoint an
appropriate person
6. Provide appropriate
professional development for
the library manager
7. Set up a library procedures
manual

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Library Management.
Target outcomes:
o To investigate and implement a permanent staffing arrangement for library management
o To provide documentation to support the library Managers role

Actions Responsibility Target Date Cost/time Achievement Date

1. Delegate a teacher with library Principal End of term
responsibility one 2009
2. Establish appropriate staffing levels Principal End of term
required to manage out library efficiently one 2009
3. Prepare and present a submission for Principal End of term
the BOT, detailing the required two 2009
resourcing.
4. Provide a job description for the Principal End of Term
library manager position. two 2009
5. If successful, appoint an appropriate Principal & Board Beginning of Salary
person. of Trustees term three ($2000.00
2009 )
6. Provide appropriate professional Principal Ongoing NLNZ PD
development for the library manager. costs
$360.00
7. Set up a library procedures manual Julie Christie (TLR) By the end of
and NLNZ Adviser Term four
2009 and
ongoing

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Support for literacy.
Target Outcomes:
o To grow a culture whereby staff use the library to support their
literacy programmes
o To develop students’ literacy through regular use of the library
and its resources
o To enable students to clearly state how they use the library to
support their learning
Background notes:
At the moment there is little
connection between the library
and the literacy curriculum.
Staff tend to use the National
Library collection as their first
port of call, rather than exploring
our own library. Our collection
needs to be extended before this
will change.
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Budget:
Actions: Achieved Outcome (actual result):
1. Update staff knowledge
relating to the organisation of
the library collection
2. Include the library in the staff
meeting agenda
3. Indicate use of the library in
literacy and curriculum
Analysis/Reflections (so what
planning
next?):
4. Increase student knowledge
of how the library can support
their reading
5. Develop our students’ ability
to choose appropriate books
to read
6. Encourage student self-
assessment of library use and
key competency development
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Support for literacy.
Target outcomes:

o To grow a culture whereby staff use the library to support their literacy programmes
o To develop students’ literacy through regular use of the library and its resources
o To enable students to clearly state how they use the library to support their learning

Actions Responsibility Target Date Cost/time Achievement Date

1. Update staff knowledge relating to the TLR End of term
organisation of the library collection 2 2009
2. Include the library in the staff meeting Principal Ongoing
agenda
3. Indicate use of the library in literacy Staff Ongoing
and curriculum planning
4. Increase student knowledge of how the Staff Ongoing
library can support their reading
5. Develop our students’ ability to choose Staff Ongoing
appropriate books to read
6. Encourage student self-assessment of Staff and students End of term
library use and key competency 4 2009
development

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Access to information.

Target Outcomes: Budget:

o To improve library access for staff, students and community members

o To provide staff and students with training relating to the Access-it library
management programme
o To consult with parents re increased community access to the library
Background notes: Actions: Achieved Outcome (actual
Student access to the library has 1. Provide improved access to the result):
traditionally been at the teacher’s library during students free time, and
discretion. We feel that the outside school hours.
library is under-utilised, and is 2. Consider borrowing rights for parents
therefore not supporting and community members
classroom programmes. 3. Investigate providing tuition so that
parents and community members can
We want to improve library access students and school blogs
Analysis/reflections (so what
access to all parts of the school and the school wiki
next?):
community, so that all contribute 4. Provide staff PD relating to the search
to our students’ learning function within the library
management system
Improving staff and student 5. Train students to use the search
Access-it search skills will mean function within the library
that our inquiry is supported and management system
also improve our knowledge of 6. Update Access-it library management
library resources. system to Version 8.00
7. Provide Version 8.00 training for the
The school has been unable to library manager
keep up-to-date with the later
versions of Access-it due to
financial constraints, but with the
new web-based version
(Accessit-it 8.00) now available it
is time to reconsider this.
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Access to information.

Target outcomes:

o To improve library access for staff, students and community members

o To provide staff and students with training relating to the Access-it library management programme
o To consult with parents re increased community access to the library

Actions Responsibility Target Date Cost/time Achievement

Date
1. Provide improved access to the library TLR in consultation Ongoing
during students free time, before school with students and
hours and during some winter community
lunchtimes.
2. Consider borrowing rights for parents TLR and Principal End of term
and community members. three 2009
3. Investigate providing tuition so that Principal and staff End of term
parents and community members can two 2009
access students and school blogs and
the school wiki.
4. Provide staff PD relating to the search Jan Watts and TLR End of term
function within the library management two 2009
system.
5. Train students to use the search Staff End of term
function within the library management two 2009
system.
6. Consider an update to Access-it library Principal to End of term
management system Version 8.00. investigate grants four 2009
7. Provide Version 8.00 training for the Access-it and Jan End of term
library manager. Watts four 2009

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Library collections.

Target Outcome: Budget;

o To ensure that the fiction collection meets the literacy needs of

our students
o The collection meets the curriculum and inquiry needs of our
students
Background notes: Actions: Achieved Outcome (actual result):

Towards the end of 2008 Jan 1. Put in place a collection

Watts assisted us to cull a large development policy and a
number of old and inappropriate buying plan
books from our library collection. 2. Select text-based and online
resources carefully so that
At the same tome $2000.00 was they assist students engaging
spent on new books. A large in inquiry
Analysis/Reflections (so what
number of these are still not 3. Survey students to establish
next?):
available to students. their interests and needs
4. Target all purchases to meet
The non-fiction collection does identified student needs
not meet the curriculum and 5. Decide as a staff team what
inquiry needs of students. curriculum support materials
are required
The fiction collection needs to be 6. Organise a ‘request book’ so
assessed, and purchasing needs that students can be involved
to be better targeted to meet the in selection of resources
interests of students.

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Library collections.

Target outcome:
o To ensure that the fiction collection meets the literacy needs of our students
o The collection meets the curriculum and inquiry needs of our students

Actions Responsibility Target Date Cost/time Achievement

Date
Put in place a collection development TLR and Jan Watts End of term
policy and a buying plan 4 2009
Select text-based and online resources All staff Ongoing
carefully so that they assist students
engaging in inquiry
Survey students to establish their Principal End of term
interests and needs one 2009
Target all purchases to meet identified All staff Ongoing
student needs
Decide as a staff team what curriculum All staff Ongoing
support materials are require
Organise a ‘request book’ so that TLR End of term
students can be involved in selection of one 2009
resources

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Library environment.

Target Outcome: Budget:

o To ensure that the library is appealing and encourages students,

staff and community to use it as an integral part of their learning.

Background notes: Actions: Achieved Outcome (actual result):

The school has decided that it is 1. Approve the five-year

a priority to have the library property plan
refurbished, and this has been 2. Survey students, staff,
included in the five-year property community and National
plan. Library for ideas that might be
included in refurbishment
It is envisaged that plans for planning
Analysis/Reflections (so what
refurbishing the library will be 3. Draw up a refurbishment plan
next?):
completed in Term 2 2009, and it 4. Engage Education Services
is expected that the project will to manage the project
be completed before the end of 5. Organise a formal opening
this year.

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Library environment.
Target outcome:

To ensure that the library is appealing and encourages students, staff and community to use it as an integral part of
their learning.

Actions Responsibility Target Date Cost/time Achievement Date

1. Approve the five-year property plan Board of Trustees End of term
one 2009
2. Survey students, staff, community and Staff End of term
National Library for ideas that might be one 2009
included in refurbishment planning
3. Draw up a refurbishment plan Principal, End of term
Education Service one 2009
and Jan Watts
4. Engage Education Services to Board of Trustees End of term
manage the project 2 2009
5. Organise a formal opening Staff and students End of term 4
2009

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 MONITORING AND EVALUATION PLAN

Monitoring:

o Julie Christie (Teacher with Library Responsibility) will provide verbal feedback on progress to staff.

o Information provided at staff meetings will be included in the Principal’s monthly report to the Board of Trustees.

Evaluation:

o At the end of 2010 the Principal and Teacher with Library Responsibility will provide Jan Watts and the Board of Trustees with
a brief written summary of:

o what has been achieved / not achieved?

o what worked / what didn’t?

o where to now?

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