[Michlib-l] Public Comment Requested on the Proposed School Librarian Preparation Standards

[Lester, Kathy]

Hi All,
I wanted to give michlib-l members some context around this update to the
Michigan Department of Education (MDE) Standards for the Preparation of
School Librarians.
AASL adopted new standards for Learners, Librarians, and Libraries in 2018
and the Educators of School Librarians worked on and received approval of
updated School Library Preparation Standards
<https://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/aasleducation/ALA_AASL_CAEP_School_Librarian_Preparation_Standards_2019_Final.pdf>
in
2019 that are in line with the AASL National School Library Standards
<https://standards.aasl.org/>.
Here
<https://knowledgequest.aasl.org/what-exactly-are-the-school-librarian-preparation-standards/>
is an AASL Knowledgequest blog post from April Dawkins, Asst Professor at
UNC Greensboro and current AASL Board Member, explaining the update and
also saying that university programs seeking national recognition must be
inline with these standards.

Since these preparation standards were updated in 2019, Michigan is
actually lagging in bringing their standards for preparation in line with
new updated national standards.
Lisa Brakel, MASL Past President and District Librarian at Airport Schools
worked diligently with the Michigan Department of Education to ensure that
a wide range of stakeholders including but not limited to practicing school
librarians, school administrators, and WSU professors (Wayne State
University is currently the only university in Michigan with a preparation
program for School Librarians) were included in the review of these
standards. I was also involved in this review.

At the State Board of Education meeting this Tuesday, these proposed
standards were presented to the Board of Education by Dr. Sean Kottke and
Dr. Ahlam Bazzi from the MDE Office of Educator Excellence.
I provided public comment at this meeting that the Michigan Association of
School Librarians (MASL) is in support of the update to these standards.
Randy Riley and Clare Membiela attended this presentation as well.

Please let me know if you have any questions about these standards.
I would be happy to answer any and all questions.

Thank you,
--Kathy Lester

Kathy Lester, MLIS, MA
Adjunct Faculty, *Wayne State University, School of Information Science*
Advocacy Co-Chair, Past-President 2014*, **Michigan Association of School
Librarians (MASL)*
President, 2022-2023*, **American Association of School Librarians (AASL)*
Councilor At Large*, American Library Association (ALA)*
Retired School Library Media Specialist / Technology Coach*, **Plymouth-Canton
Community Schools*
*SL21 Model Library, 2017-2018*
*SL21 Exemplary Ranking - Michigan School Libraries for the 21st Century
2013-2022*
*ISTE Making IT Happen Award Winner*
*2017 MAME Michigan School Library Program of the Year*
*2012 **State Librarian's Excellence Award Winner*
kathyL at mimasl.org
twitter: @LibraryL <https://twitter.com/LibraryL>

"Every school librarian is a leader; every learner has a school librarian"
--American Association of School Librarians
<http://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/advocacy/tools/docs/AASL_Position_Statement_Effective_SLP_2018.pdf>
 (AASL)


On Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 11:23 AM Bruce Sarjeant via Michlib-l <
michlib-l at mcls.org> wrote:

> Hello All.
>
> While not a public librarian, this request just jumped into my inbox from
> the Michigan Department of Education and I thought you might want to know.
> It was released this morning.
>
>
> https://www.michigan.gov/mde/-/media/Project/Websites/mde/Memos/2024/01/School-Librarian-Standards-Public-Comment.pdf
>
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