Michelle+Laughlin

=“A good library will never be too neat, or too dusty, because somebody will always be in it, taking books off the shelves and staying up late reading them.” = =― [|Lemony Snicket] , //[|Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid] //=

**Annual School Library Growth Plan **
 * EMAIL: mlaughli@jeffco.k12.co.us **
 * SCHOOL: Lukas Elementary **
 * LIBRARY WEB SITE: ** Lukas Library
 * DISTRICT: Jefferson County Public Schools **
 * REFLECTION OF LEARNING:[[file:Nov. Cohort Reflection (2).doc]][[file:January Cohort Reflection.doc]] **
 * GROWTH PLAN:[[file:Laughlin School Library Growth Plan.docx]] **
 * Date: November 25, 2013 **


 * School Librarian: Michelle Laughlin ** **School: Lukas Elementary District: Jeffco Public Schools**


 * Library Mission:** The mission of the Lukas Elementary School Library is to educate, love, respect, nurture and believe in each student as we prepare them to become productive 21st century citizens now and in the future through a resource-rich, student centered learning environment.


 * **GOAL 1 ** || **School Unified Improvement Plan Goal (UIP) Goal ** || **Develop strategies which will challenge students to engage in higher-level thinking and processing within all stages of the gradual release of responsibility model. ** ||
 * ^  || **HESLP Target area (which area would you like to improve upon?) ** || **Instructional Delivery Strategies **
 * Effective school librarians take a leadership role in exploring and implementing best practices in curriculum-aligned differentiated instruction. ** ||
 * ^  || **My SMART goal which is worded to //show alignment between UIP and HESL Target area// ** || **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Through effective lesson design I will increase the amount of higher level thinking questions and activities in the area of reading from 0% to 50% by the end of February (8 weeks) as observed by myself and Instructional Coach using tally sheets. We will monitor the progress of this goal weekly. ** ||
 * ^  || **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">My Strategies/Indicators for carrying out my SMART goal ** || **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">My strategies for carrying out this SMART goal is to plan lessons using higher level thinking questions using CAP to guide the reading curriculum and use the Cognitive Rigor Matrix for higher level thinking and higher depth knowledge. ** ||
 * ^  || **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">My Partners ** || **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Jen Rollins (coach) ** ||
 * ^  || **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">My Measure(s) of Success (evidence) ** || **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">My of success is using the tally sheets to keep track and increase of higher level thinking questions that are planned and transferred into the actual lesson 50% of the time. ** ||
 * || **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Measure of success as seen by others (evidence) ** || **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Others will know I am successful through observation, conversation with students and through student work. ** ||


 * **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">GOAL 2 ** || **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">School Unified Improvement Plan Goal (UIP) Goal ** || **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Focus on the development of oral language skills to help students use more precise vocabulary in verbal and written responses. ** ||   ||
 * ^  || **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">HESLP Target area (which area would you like to improve upon?) ** || **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Instructional Delivery Strategies **
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Effective school librarians take a leadership role in exploring and implementing best practices in curriculum-aligned differentiated instruction. ** ||  ||
 * ^  || **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">My SMART goal which is worded to //show alignment between UIP and HESL Target area// ** || **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Through effective lesson designs I will plan for and create opportunities for students to purposefully talk using precise vocabulary in order to generate verbal and written responses 50% of the time by the end of February (8 weeks) as observed by myself and the instructional coach. We will monitor the progress of this goal weekly. ** ||   ||
 * ^  || **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">My Strategies/Indicators for carrying out my SMART goal ** || **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">My strategies for carrying out this SMART goal are to plan opportunity for turn and talk, group discussions and oral rehearsal. ** ||   ||
 * ^  || **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">My Partners ** || **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Jen Rollins (Instructional Coach), 3rd grade students ** ||   ||
 * ^  || **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">My Measure(s) of Success (evidence) ** || **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Student work will need to have precise vocabulary for written response. ** ||   ||
 * ^  || **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Measure of success as seen by others (evidence) ** || **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Teachers will see the transfer of precise vocabulary in written and verbal responses in the classroom setting. ** ||   ||


 * GROWTH PLAN EVIDENCE: **