AASL Standards Creating Personalized Library Experiences


    Reading about the AASL standards this week reminds me of teaching in my 4th-grade classroom. Our district is using personalized learning and learning pathways to ensure that every student is learning. We use many of the inquiry-based learning approaches and project-based learning assignments that were mentioned throughout the issue of Knowledge Quest. This shows me that a good librarian is still a teacher in many ways. Many people don’t think of fostering creativity when thinking about the library, but I love that it is now a standard for school libraries.

    In the Article “School Librarians Level Up,” Jennifer Freedman and Alice A. Robinson shared many ways that the Western Suffolk Boards of Cooperative Educational Services was implementing the AASL standards within their libraries. I think this is helpful for librarians. This gives a great starting point for what the standards can look like. It allows librarians to build off of these ideas. These teaching strategies could also be used by teachers. In the article, “Now Serving…an Appealing Menu of Digital Literacy Tools and Resources,” Mary Lou Caron O’Connor talks about engaging students. O’Connor uses menus in the library to inspire inquiry and exploration. Menus are another tool that is used in my school district to allow for personalized learning. I think that using these tools and ideas is helping to create a personalized experience in the library. Each student is able to get from the library what they need.

Picture by Drew Lytle for NPR

    A similarity that I noticed between the ISTE and the AASL standards is that the standards are creating more than just a student. These standards are creating a multidimensional learner that will be able to succeed outside of a school building. I have many friends that were gifted during school but outside in the real world, there is so much anxiety about finding the right answer. Using these standards will create an adult that is able to find information and not necessarily just a correct answer. Using standards that inquire, include, collaborate, curate, explore, and engage allows for a well-rounded learner. 


References

American Association of School Librarians. (2018). National School Library Standards crosswalk with ISTE Standards for Students and Educators Inquire SHARED FOUNDATION I. NATIONAL SCHOOL LIBRARY STANDARDS ISTE STANDARDS. https://standards.aasl.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/180828-aasl-standards-crosswalk-iste.pdf

Lytle, D. (2018). The Future Of Learning? Well, It’s Personal. In NPR. https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2018/10/23/personallearning_lead_custom-d2271441a5c41409406ba5d93df7b9093d854d9f-s1100-c50.jpg

O’Connor, M. L. (2019). Now serving... an appealing menu of digital literacy tools and resources. Knowledge Quest, 47(5), 16–21.

Robinson, A., & Freedman, J. (2019). School librarians level up! Knowledge Quest, 47(5), 10–15. 

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