District Contacts

• Leadership Advisory Council

Teaching and Learning

• American Asssociation of School Libraries(AASL) Standards for the 21st Century Learner
• Delaware Reading Website-The Delaware Reading Cadre
• Delaware Recommended Curriculum
• Delaware School Libraries
• English Language Arts
• UDLib/SEARCH  Funded by the Delaware Department of Education for access in all Delaware Public K-12 schoools.  Students, teachers, administrators, and parents need to contact your School Library Media Specialist for your "home access" password to access UDlib/SEARCH databases from home.
  • High School Databases
  • Middle School Databases
  • Elementary School Databases 

School Library Access

• Delaware
  • Delaware Division of Libraries
  • Delaware Library Association(DLA)
  • Delaware School Library Association(DSLMA)
  • UD Education Resource Center
  • Governor's Task Force for School Libraries (GTF) 
• National
  • American Association of School Libraries (AASL)  
  • AASL Standards for the 21st Century Learner
  • American Library Association (ALA)
  • International Reading Association (IRA)
  • LM_NET  

School Library Research

• The Delaware Study by Dr. Ross Todd, Rutgers University
• Research Reflection Survey
• Resources for School Libraries
• School Library Impact Studies - Library Research Service
• School Library Research
• School Libraries Work!  Scholastic
  

Read All About It!

• Read Across Delaware Week 2009
• Delaware Reading/Literacy Cadre
• Diamond State Reading Association
• SURF'S UP! Delaware Summer Reading Website
  Summer Reading Research
  • A Never Ending Story, Action Research Meets Summer Reading by Carol A. Gordon
  • The Research on this Study, Reading Takes You Places:  A Study of a Web-Based Summer Reading Program by Dr. Carol Gordon and Dr. Ya-Ling Lu

  • Barnstable High School Library

  •  Barnstable High School Study Summary

What Is Up And Coming...

• ALA Conference
• AASL Conference
• DCAS Portal - Delaware Comprehensive Assessment System Portal
• Diamond State Reading Association Conference
  • 2009 DSRA Conference Flyer-New Look, New Location, Newer Lower Price
• IRA Conference
• School LMS Professional Development Series via Elluminate, 2009-2010- NEWSLETTER (Word)  (PDF)
  Elluminate Recordings:
  • Learning Focused (Word) (PDF)
  • Literacy and School Improvement (Word) (PDF)
    • Action Plan Template (Word) (PDF)
    • Understanding How To Read Student Data (Word) (PDF) 
  • Delaware Summer Reading (Word) (PDF)
  • RTI-Response To Intervention (Word) (PDF)
  • Thinkfinity
    • Delaware Thinkfinity
    • Delaware Thinkfinity Session 1 of 5 Power Point 
      • Delaware Thinkfinity Integration Plan (Word) (PDF)
      • Delaware Thinkfinity Content Partners "WOW" Sheet
      • Delaware Thinkfinity Training Product (Word) (PDF)
    • Delaware Thinkfinity Session 2 of 5 Power Point
    • Delaware Thinkfinity Session 3 of 5 Power Point
      • Delaware Thinkfinity Session 3 Scavenger Hunt (Word) (PDF)
    • Delaware Thinkfinity Session 4 of 5 Power Point 
    • Delaware Thinkfinity Session 5 of 5 Power Point
  • Delaware Comprehensive Assessment System-DCAS (Word) (PDF)
  • Copyright (Word) (PDF)
• SURF'S UP! Delaware Summer Reading Website

In the Know!

• Assessment - Click the Student Assessment tab at the top
• Citing and Plagiarism
• DCAS Portal - Delaware Comprehensive Assessment System Portal
• Delaware Literacy Resource Guide
• Deeds
• DPAS II
• E-Rate District Technology Plan Update Information
• Learning Focused - sign up for the Learning Focused Connections Newsletter
• Regulation 502
• Response to Intervention (RTI)
• School Success
  • Delaware Education Support System-how DDOE supports continuous improvement of Delaware public education
  • Education Success  Planning and Evaluation System (ESPES)-allows district and school staff to better align actions with resources resulting in improved outcomes for all students.
  • School Improvement to Federal and State Consolidated Programs
  • Support Team Workshops-for schools in improvement, corrective action and restructuring
• University of Delaware School Library Media Program
• Vision 2015
• Yes You Can!

Professional Development

• Literacy and School Improvement/Success
  • Phase I
  • Phase II
  • Phase III
• Cluster:  Collaborative Instruction;Teaching Together to Implement the Delaware Recommended Curriculum
• School LMS Professional Development Series via Elluminate, 2009-2010- NEWSLETTER (Word)  (PDF)
  Elluminate Recordings:
  • Learning Focused Part I & II (Word) (PDF)
  • Literacy and School Improvement Part I & II (Word) (PDF)
    • Action Plan Template (Word) (PDF)
    • Understanding How to Read Student Data
  • Delaware Summer Reading Part I & II (Word) (PDF)
  • RTI-Response To Intervention (Word) (PDF)
  • Thinkfinity
    • Delaware Thinkfinity
    • Delaware Thinkfinity Session 1 of 5 Power Point 
      • Delaware Thinkfinity Integration Plan (Word) (PDF)
      • Thinkfinity Content Partners "WOW" Sheet
      • Delaware Thinkfinity Training Product (Word) (PDF)
    • Delaware Thinkfinity Session 2 of 5 Power Point 
    • Delaware Thinkfinity Session 3 of 5 Power Point   
      • Delaware Thinkfinity Session 3 Scavenger Hunt (Word) (PDF)
    • Delaware Thinkfinity Session 4 of 5 Power Point
    • Delaware Thinkfinity Session 5 of 5 Power Point 
  • Delaware Comprehensive Assessment System-DCAS (Word) (PDF)
• CopyrightUnpacking the Standards in the Library

Web 2.0
"We have to accept that technology is not a choice..."  Yong Zhao, University Distinguised Professor and Executive Director, Confucius Institute, College of Education, Michigan State University

• BLOGS
  Delaware & Literacy in the 21st Century Blog
  Aleta Thompson's "Best Practice Tips" Blog
• Teacher Tube
  • Learning To Change, Changing To Learn The Pearson Foundation
• Twitter - Follow Me!
• National Education Technology Standards
  

Continuing Education

• University of Delaware School Library Media Program

Other Resources

• Best Evidence Encylopedia -Empowering Educators with Evidence on Proven Programs
• Career Pathways for the 21st Century (Word) (PDF)
• Citing and Plagiarism
• DCAS Portal - Delaware Comprehensive Assessment System Portal
• Delaware Literacy Resource Guide
• National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS)
• Possible Grant Opportunities
  • Improving Literacy Through School Libraries
  • National Educators Association (NEA) 
• Resourceful People and Places
• Thinkfinity Delaware