Antioch University Seattle Courses
Requirements in each course have been linked with competencies required by the state of Washington. View a sample full-time course schedule for the Library Media endorsement taken as part of the M.A. Education degree. The following courses are offered by Antioch University Seattle at a Tacoma location (view directions here).
EDU 547: School Library Program Management for the 21st Century (3 quarter credits) Location: Tacoma Professional Development Center, 6501 North 23rd Street, Tacoma, WA 98406
This class addresses current issues in school library management; including leadership, advocacy, communication, collaboration, program evaluation and assessment. Students develop professional leadership goals and an advocacy plan for a school library program.
Instructor: Marianne Hunter, NBCT, Timberline High School Teacher-Librarian, WLMA President 2006 to 2007.
EDU 547B: Technology-based Instructional Resources (3 quarter credits) Location: Tacoma Professional Development Center 6501 North 23rd Street, Tacoma, WA 98406
You are introduced to the technology appropriate for a school library program. You examine, evaluate and utilize a wide variety of technology-based instructional resources for use in the classroom and the school library setting. The course emphasizes the role of the librarian in connecting students and teachers to information media regardless of its format. This lab-centered course assists librarians in creating a technology-friendly media center in which technology/instructional tools are an integral part of the library program.
Instructor: Greg Whiteman, executive director of Technology, Kent School District
EDU 547C: Technology in the Library: Production and Presentation (3 quarter credits) Location: Tacoma Professional Development Center 6501 North 23rd Street, Tacoma, WA 98406
You receive hands-on experience with current software to enhance the delivery of instruction to today's digital-native students. You create/design project-based learning experiences that extend beyond the four walls of the library into the classroom. Librarians and future librarians learn how to integrate technology into lessons based on Grade Level Equivalents, NET standards and a scope and sequence of technology skills designed to meet the technology standards for No Child Left Behind legislation. Instructor: Steve Coker, Teacher-Librarian, Rainier School District
EDU 547D: Selection of Children's and Adolescent Library Materials (3 quarter credits) Location: Tacoma Professional Development Center 6501 North 23rd Street, Tacoma, WA 98406
You learn how to evaluate and select books, magazines and other resources for the K-12 school library. A multicultural focus is used when examining all literature for collection consideration. You are introduced to a variety of children's authors and illustrators through cultural and genre studies and you develop critical standards for literature and other library materials selection by studying online and print review sources.
Instructor: Dr. Christie Kaaland, core faculty, Center for Programs in Education, Antioch Seattle
EDU 547E: Library Research Skills: Working in Collaboration (3 quarter credits) Location: Tacoma Professional Development Center 6501 North 23rd Street, Tacoma, WA 98406
Here you focus on developing a school research program that addresses understanding and instructing student research skills, as well as evaluating and using various resources and collaborating with teachers. Through hands-on practice and action research, you gain an understanding of student research practices, develop a research project and plan, and collaborate with a classroom teacher to implement a research project. You have an opportunity to explore the various Washington state classroom-based assessments in social studies, the arts and health and fitness. You also develop strategies for becoming the research and curriculum hub of the school.
Instructor: Sarah Applegate, North Thurston High Librarian, WLMA President 2006, National Board Certified Teacher Librarian
Mansfield University Courses
For complete information on Mansfield University, visit its website at library.mansfield.edu
Required courses:
LSC 5540: Information Searching, Retrieval, and Presentation Strategies (3 semester credits)
This course will prepare the school library information specialist with a well-stocked searching toolkit and the strategies necessary to navigate the rich electronic information landscape. Students will focus on understanding database structure; utilizing professional search strategies; understanding, utilizing and evaluating the unique feature of the various Web search tools and proprietary databases; and developing strategies for resource evaluation. Students will gain an understanding of the importance of inquiry-driven research and develop skills in organizing and communicating research results in presentation programs and web pages
LSC 5545: Access and Legal Issues in the Information Age (3 semester credits)
This course will provide you with an overview of the access and legal issues school librarians must know in order to operate a school library media center in this digital age. Five major topics will be explored: 1) copyright, 2) product licensing, 3) patron privacy, 4) intellectual freedom including the First Amendment, filtering and censorship, and 5) access to libraries. Ethics as it applies to libraries will also be discussed.
Elective Courses:
LSC 5525: Strategic Library Management (3 semester credits)
The students in this course will develop a master plan for the total management of a school library. There are many parts to this plan and each will be described, discussed, researched and developed in projects within this course. Students will become familiar with the role of the school library program within the school setting. The final project developed by the students will be the School Library Management Procedures manual.
LSC 5535: Information Literacy and Academic Standards (3 semester credits) This course examines the roles of the library media specialist and the goals necessary for a dynamic library media program as presented in Information Power. Students review educational reform that fostered the information literacy standards, trace the history of information literacy, investigate research processes, and create lessons using both information literacy and content area standards as a focus. Students locate state endorsement standards and assessment websites to assist in curriculum development.
LSC 5530: School Library Advocacy (3 semester credits)
Students will identify ways that advocates can bring about change in the educational system. Students will develop the skills necessary to promote the services of the library program within the school complex, the community, and beyond. Skills and knowledge necessary to identify alternative sources of funding for special purposes, as well as, the skills necessary to write an actual grant proposal will be emphasized. Student will also develop a multi-year school library advocacy plan designed to strengthen leadership and managerial abilities.
LSC 5520: Cataloging and Classification in an Electronic Environment (3 semester credits)
Reviewing the purpose and structure of various alternatives for organizing library collections; applying the principles and strategies of the Dewey Decimal Classification and the Library of Congress systems to the library collection; creating and using the MARC cataloging practices for describing print, media, and electronic collections; using efficient and accurate practices for organizing, processing, and accessing the library collection.
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