Library Media

In District 35, teaching library media standards plays a crucial role in equipping students with the skills and knowledge they need to thrive in an information-driven society. District 35 Crawford Learning Center Directors follow the Illinois Standards Aligned Instruction for Libraries (I-SAIL).

These standards encompass a wide range of skills that empower students to become effective users and producers of information. By incorporating these standards into teaching practices, we provide students with the tools necessary to navigate the digital resources available to them, critically evaluate information, and engage in lifelong learning.

South

Crawford Learning Center:

The Center of the Learning Community

The Crawford Learning Center (CLC) provides a comprehensive array of instructional resources and activities to support 21st Century Learning. The extensive print and media collection, library classes, innovation station as well as resource services offered by the CLC Director and staff, provide a stimulating and inviting learning environment.

The CLC is an open facility permitting students to visit the center individually or in small groups. Students come to the CLC to investigate areas of interest through research and in our innovation station where they are guided to collaborate and create on projects.

All children at South School are exposed to a variety of literature styles through weekly scheduled library classes. This program is designed to build an enjoyment of literature and promote reading. During a library class, students:

Return books.
Share individual literature interests.
Check out new books.

Library skills are introduced in second grade. Children engage in activities designed to teach them how to independently find materials in the library.

Technology skills for South School students are curricular based and integrated into their weekly routines. Students increase their comfort level using technology to foster critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity. Students are also introduced to digital citizenship and the skills needed to be safe online.

West

Crawford Learning Center:

For Technology & Research Skill Development

Open throughout the school day, the Crawford Learning Center (CLC) welcomes students to explore all the treasures it holds...books, magazines, iPads, quiet corners for reading and the innovation station. Students may use the CLC facilities at any time during the school day as it provides a comprehensive array of instructional resources and activities to support 21st Century Learning.

All third and fourth graders are scheduled for one 35-minute library experience per week. The lessons include age-appropriate activities relating to outstanding authors, illustrators and titles, practicing critical and/or analytical thinking skills, or researching topics of interest and classroom assignments.

The CLC functions as a learning laboratory where students participate in activities designed to improve their thinking and study skills. The basic skills taught by the Media Specialist, in cooperation with classroom teachers, may be grouped into the following categories:

To ensure that each child acquires the information skills necessary to become a lifelong learner.
To provide a rich literature program which promotes lifelong relationships with libraries, books and reading.
To integrate information skills throughout the curriculum.

Technology classes for West School students are curricular based and integrated into their weekly routines. Students increase their comfort level using technology to foster critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity. Students begin to develop digital citizenship skills.

Central

Crawford Learning Center:

Integral to and Supportive of the School Curriculum

The Crawford Learning Center (CLC) provides a mechanism for choice and exploration beyond the prescribed course of study. Our program provides a wide range of resources and information that satisfy the educational needs and interest of students. Materials are selected to meet the wide range of students’ individual learning styles. The CLC is a place where students may explore subjects that interest them, expand their imagination, delve into areas of personal interest, and develop the ability to think clearly, critically, and creatively about the resources (books, CD’s, internet, on-line information services, periodicals, and newspapers) they have chosen. Students may work individually, in small groups, and/or as a class.

Our goal is to provide a setting where students develop skills they will need as adults to locate, analyze, evaluate, interpret, and communicate information and ideas in an information-rich world. Students are encouraged to realize their potential as informed citizens who think critically and solve problems, to observe rights and responsibilities relating to the generation and flow of information and ideas, and to appreciate the value of literature in an educated society.

Within the state of Illinois, the newly passed Internet Safety Education Act requires all public schools to provide instruction in internet safety to our students. Central School has formalized a school-wide initiative that educates parents, teachers and students about the importance of Internet safety and digital citizenship. During our Advisory program, monthly topics are addressed using age appropriate resources and public service announcements (PSA’s) as the discussion starters.

The CLC is open from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. to allow students ample time before and after school to complete assignments, check out books or browse.

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Library Media

South

Crawford Learning Center:

The Center of the Learning Community

West

Crawford Learning Center:

For Technology & Research Skill Development

Central

Crawford Learning Center:

Integral to and Supportive of the School Curriculum