Teaching information fluency skills at either the building level or district level is most desirable. A librarian and technology coordinator need the support that the administration can give. Planning/professional development time, pay, incentives, credit are all building/district decisions that can have tremendous influence on how effectively an information fluency skills can be embedded in existing school programs.

Building and district administrators are faced with incredible challenges. They have numerous reports to complete and No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation looms over everything they do.

It is necessary to explain to building and district administrators how teaching information fluency skills will benefit their students, help teachers reach their course goals, and help in meeting the requirements of building/district reports. If teaching information fluency skills is a priority for the administrators, it will probably be a priority for the entire school community.

In Workshop Notebook
Illinois Learning Standards - Applications of Learning
http://www.isbe.state.il.us/ils/Default.htm

Illinois School Improvement Plan
http://www.isbe.net/sos/word/SIPtemplateHS2.doc

Illinois State Five Year Technology Plan for Digital Age Learning 2002-2007
http://www.isbe.net/board/meetings/nov02meeting/digitalage.pdf

• Appendix 1 (p. 20) National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) for Students
  http://cnets.iste.org/students/s_stands.html
• Appendix 2 (p. 21) Six Essentials Learnings in a Technological Society
• Appendix 3 (p. 22) NETS for Teachers http://cnets.iste.org/teachers/t_stands.html
• Appendix 4 (p. 24) NETS for Administrators http://cnets.iste.org/tssa/

NCLB
NCREL Quick Key to Understanding NCLB - http://www.ncrel.org/tech/qkey3/qktech.pdf

Powerful Libraries Make Powerful Learners: The Illinois Study
Executive Summary and Conclusions - http://islma.org/pdf/ILStudy2.pdf
Illinois Study PowerPoint - http://www.islma.org/pdf/PLMPL.ppt

Illinois Core Technology Standards for All Teachers
http://www.isbe.state.il.us/profprep/CASCDvr/pdfs/24120_coretechnology.pdf

Additional Resources
CARET (Center for Applied Research in Educational Technology): Questions and Answers
http://caret.iste.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=topics
CARET bridges education technology research to practice by offering research-based answers to critical questions. Browse Questions & Answers to learn what studies show about topics such as student learning, curriculum and instruction, and professional development.

NCLB Documents
Federal Legislation - http://www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/leg/esea02/pg34.html
Illinois Consolidated State Application (Title II Part D Enhancing Education Through Technology)
http://www.isbe.state.il.us/nclb/csa/contentsIII/titleIID.pdf http://www.isbe.state.il.us/board/meetings/may02meeting/nclbtechcover.pdf

Module Activities
1. Jigsaw
a.)Work in pairs to investigate the above documents with the emphasis on how teaching digital information fluency skills can support and enhance school-wide (or district) programs and initiatives.
b.) Each pair split up and form a new group of 6 to share your findings. Other participants take notes on the mini presentations.
2. Complete Question 2 of the Planning Guide .
3. Customize a letter to the building principal using the template; i.e. make a case to the principal on the value of teaching these skills.