STANDARD 1: USE OF INFORMATION AND IDEAS 
 
School library media candidates encourage reading and lifelong learning by stimulating interests and fostering competencies in the effective use of ideas and information. They apply a variety of strategies to ensure access to resources and information in a variety of formats to all members of the 
learning community. Candidates promote efficient and ethical information seeking behavior as part of the school library media program and its services.
 
Components of Standard 1:
  • Efficient and ethical information-seeking behavior
  • Literacy and reading
  • Access to information  
  • Stimulating learning environment
 
 
* American Association of School Librarians, http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslindex.cfm

  EVIDENCE OF COMPETENCY DEMONSTRATED IN COURSEWORK:

  • I-SEARCH (EDIT 6360)  - 1.1
  • MEDIA CENTER WEBSITE (EDIT 6300) - 1.1, 1.3
  • PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION PLAN (EDIT 6300) - 1.3, 1.4
  • SELECTION POLICY (EDIT 6340) - 1.3
  • INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ORDER (EDIT 6340) - 1.2, 1.3
  • MULTICULTURAL READING PROJECTS (EDIT 6600; ELAN 7630) - 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
  • INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN PROJECT (EDIT 6170) - 1.4
  • INTERNSHIP (EDIT 7460) - 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4