Accessibility In-service for Teachers

Agenda

 

  I.   Pre-test

 II.  Purpose of In-Service

     III. Powerpoint Presentation

IV. Activities

   V. Post test/ Assessment

VI. In-Service Evaluation

VII. Questions and Comments

 

 

 

I. & V. : Pre & Post Test: 

 

Library Accessibility Pre/Post Test

 

Answer true or False

 

1. The Library Bill of rights states that questionable material should be banned from public view.                 T/F

 

 

 

2. The First Ammendment does not pertain to the library.                                                                          T/F

 

 

 

3. Circulation records identifying the names of library users should be kept confidential.                             T/F

 

 

 

4. Freedom To Read is only for school libraries.                                                                                       T/F

 

 

 

5. Physical access refers to the plans, policies, and procedures developed by the media specialist              T/F

     in collaboration with others to ensure that the program has adequate space, equipment, and flexibility

    in scheduling.

 

 

 

6. One goal of the ALA is that all individuals have access to libraries and information services.                     T/F

 

 

 

7. Intellectual access is being able to locate, assess, and using information.                                                T/F

 

 

 

8. The Library Bill of Rights states that questionable material should be banned from public view.                   T/F  

 

 

 

9. Libraries should not challenge censorship.                                                                                             T/F

 

 

 

10. Libraries should be forums for information and ideas.                                                                            T/F   

 

Grading Scale:

 

Excellent= 100% Correct

 

Proficient= 90% Correct

 

Basic= 80% Correct

 

Needs Improvement= 70% or Less Correct

 

 

 

 

 

 

 IV. Activities:

 

Purpose: Each activity will be completed in order to grade the school library on each type of accessibility. The purpose of this in-service is to inform the faculty and staff of how the library should accommodate the school as well as the community we serve.

 

Objective: After the introduction of each type of accessibility, the faculty will be able to observe each type of accessibility through a series of three activities:

 

Intellectual: The faculty will be divided into groups. This activity will show teachers how to critically evaluate websites and how to teach their students how to evaluate a web page for authenticity, applicability, authorship, bias, and usability. The ability to critically evaluate information is an important skill in this information age. First, teachers will go to this web site for a teacher web evaluation sheet, http://kathyschrock.net/abceval/teacherwebeval.pdf. Then teachers will go to http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/eval.html to evaluate different sites using the teacher web evaluation sheet. We will reconvene at the designated time to share evaluations. 

 

 

Physical: The faculty will work in groups to design a floor plan for the media center that will best meet the needs of the school population. After the floor plans have been developed we will vote on the best floor plan. The design winner will then be implemented into the media center. 

 

Organizational: Each faculty member will be handed a index card with directions to find a particular item located in the media center.

 

Methodolgy: Faculty, paper, pencil, Computer lab with Internet access

 

Assessment: The overall assessment will be determined by the scores given before and after the presentation. 

 

 

 

VI. In - Service Evaluation:

 

 

                                                   Library Accessibility In-Service Evaluation

 

 

 

Please check the following response for each question.

 

 

1. The information provided was useful to me as a teacher.

 

Very useful _________            Somewhat useful___________          Not useful____________

 

 

2. The information provided can be useful within my class.

 

Very useful __________           Somewhat useful __________          Not useful ____________

 

 

3.The objectives of the inservice was met.

 

Very useful __________            Somewhat useful __________          Not useful ____________

 

 

4. The presentation was well organized.

 

Very much ___________           Somewhat useful ___________        Not useful ____________

 

 

5. The presenter was knowlegable of the subject mater.

 

Very much ___________            Somewhat useful ___________        Not useful ____________