2018 ACRL-Oregon Award for Excellence Winner: Oregon Association for School Libraries (OASL) Learning Goals Project

The ACRL-Oregon Board is proud to award this year’s ACRL-Oregon Award for Excellence to the Oregon Association for School Libraries (OASL) Learning Goals project.

ACRL OR President Presenting Award for Excellence
ACRL-OR President Meredith Farakas presenting the 2018 Award for Excellence to Pam Kessinger

In 2016, the Oregon Association of School Librarians Standards Committee was directed by the OASL Board to write Grade Level Learning Goals for each standard and indicator of the Oregon School Library Standards. The committee wrote Grade Level Learning Goals for grades K-14 tied to the Standards, but also connected to the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy and the Common Core Standards. The initial writing was completed in the spring of 2017. A rewrite based on extensive feedback and the development of supporting documents is in process.

The Grade Level Learning Goals not only outline the sequence of Information Literacy skills that should be taught in grades K-12, they also include what should be taught in grades 13-14 to accommodate the learning goals of high school students enrolled in dual credit or college prep classes. They provide a granular and easy-to-follow roadmap for teaching information literacy not only for school librarians and library technicians, but for K-12 teachers and lower-division college faculty. It scaffolds a student’s learning and development of information literacy skills throughout a student’s time in school.

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