Leatherstocking

K-12 Library & Information Literacy Skills

Scope and Sequence

2003

 

 

Oneida/Herkimer and Madison-Oneida School Library Systems

 

Sponsored in parts by an Library Services and Technology Act Grant in 1999,

Title III - Technology Literacy Challenge Grant in 2000 and

A Library Services and Technology Act Grant in 2003.

 

 

 


Introduction

 

This scope and sequence is intended to be a guideline for school library media specialists and classroom teachers as they work together to meet the New York State Learning Standards as well as the American Association of School Librarians Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning.  The responsibility for imparting the knowledge and skills does not lie with any one individual; rather it is the collaboration of teachers and library media specialists that will result in the successful completion of the scope and sequence.

 

The scope and sequence grid shows each learner outcome being introduced at a specific grade level.  Our intention is that each of these should be introduced by that grade level; they may be introduced earlier.  This grid is designed for the school library media specialist to define the library and information literacy skills which they are responsible for teaching.

 

Many of the outcomes introduced in the elementary grades will need to be reviewed at the secondary level.  The goal is that students will be able to use the knowledge and skills gained from these learner outcomes independently at the junior and/or senior high level.  These are lifelong information skills that we hope students will take with them into the future.

 

This scope and sequence is linked with the New York State Learning Standards through the Points of Collaboration documents created in 2003.  We hope that these Points of Collaboration will be the tool to link classroom teachers from their target Performance Indicators to the School Library Media Program at appropriate junctures to teach content as well as library and information literacy skills through information-based learning.