RDHS Library

Resource Center
Adam Apo
Nichole Kelley
Mindy Kolar
Svea Patrick

Mission Statement of LRC

The Library Resource Center serves the
student and adult community of Regina
Dominican High School by providing access to
resources and materials that contribute to the
schools mission: to develop leadership for life
and a respect for all races, cultures, and
faiths.

(RDHS, 2016)

What do libraries do?

...and also:
1.

Offers access and instruction for

technologies

EVERYTHING!

2.

Promotes collaborative partnerships

3.

Nurtures a love of reading

4.

Engages multiple literacies through

differentiated learning

5.

Works to improve student learning

Teaching for Learning: Guideline #1

The school library media program empower learners by providing
opportunities for using technologies and collaborative partnerships to acquire
the skills, attitudes, and responsibilities as defined in Standards for the 21st
Century Learner and as aligned with learning standards in the content areas
adopted by the Illinois State Board of education

AASL Standards & ISBE Content Area Standards

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Reading
Inquiry
Ethical Use of Information
Technology Skills
Equitable Access

(Apo, 2016a)

Weekly Newsletters

News & Announcements

YouTube Pick of the Day

Magazines

Recommended Books

Technology

(Apo, 2016b)

Teaching for Learning: Guideline #2

The school library media program promotes collaborative partnerships that
use strategic planning to enable students to achieve content area learning
outcomes.

Success through Collaboration

Conducts professional learning sessions with departments

Project Guides

Update newest resources

Invites input to meet department needs
Effective and efficient research processes tailor to the needs of each subject
Differentiate resources

Designs and implements instructional lessons with colleagues

Partnership with Wilmette Public Library

Teaching for Learning: Guideline #3

The school library media program promotes reading as a foundational skill for
the development of new understandings, personal growth, and enjoyment.

Regina Dominican Loves to Read

2,000 fiction, 2,500 nonfiction resources

E-Books
Audiobooks
Magazines for many different interests
Abraham Lincoln Book Award
Program encourages students to
read for pleasure and promotes
lifelong learning
Students must read at least 4 titles
to be eligible to vote
(Amazon, 2016a, b, c, d)

Readers Advisory

Readers Advisory Tools

Goodreads
YourNextRead
Whichbook

Reading lists by subject

List of fiction books that

supplement the curriculum

Books can tie into assignments,

projects, or to be read for
pleasure

(Apo, 2016c)

Teaching for Learning: Guideline #4

The school library media program provides opportunities for differentiated
learning of multiple literacies through the integration of existing and emerging
technologies.

Differentiated Learning
Multiple literacies are shown through:

Citation tools (MLA Guide- Purdue Owl, APA Guide- Purdue Owl, EasyBib, and Diigo)
Slideshows
Google forms for real time feedback
Links to video tutorials
Online catalog
LRC Newsletter archive
In house computer lab
Makerspace

Research Tools
Regina Dominican offers multiple research tools for our students to enable them to
become problem solvers as well as critical thinkers:

Research project guides

Access to Gale databases (broken down by subject matter for easy use) also
available for use on iPads
A link to additional databases offered free from the state until the end of
November

(Apo, 2016d)

Teaching for Learning: Guideline #5

The school library media program uses student assessment and
evidence-based practice to improve student learning.

Evidence based learning improvements

How do we make decisions? Before investing valuable resources, we look for
the most efficient methods.

Teachers and Director discuss student needs and areas for collaboration.
This doesnt have to be 1 to 1. Director can visit department meetings to
gather information.
They use asynchronous collaboration sessions to create individual project
guides.

Technology for collaboration

They use asynchronous collaboration sessions to create individual project

guides.
Here is where having shared google documents in group folders can
maximize time efficiency.
Students can reflect via google classroom, a real life skill that then helps
the collaborators respond to individual student needs.

What does the data look like?

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSedK-ZYbfXVkbvQ-P8K7ebERUQQ
00GuCsEwCuIeDHUCVATSQQ/viewform
Google forms, which give a pile of data, can easily be shared between
collaborators.
Library Director works directly with teachers to interpret assessment
outcomes and use this data to direct future instruction.
Are the students hitting the target? Or do we need to adjust instruction?

Going out with a roar

What do we do? We create a student centered environment where staff and
students come for resources to create problem solvers, critical thinkers,
flexible learners who develop their independence throughout their time at
Regina Dominican. We prepare todays students to be tomorrows leaders.

Citations
AASL (2007). Standards for the 21st Century Learner. ALA. Retrieved from
http://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/guidelinesandstandards/learningstandards/AASL_LearningSta
ndards.pdf
Apo, A. (2016). RDHS Library. Regina Dominican High School. Retrieved from http://www.rdhslibrary.org/
Illinois School Library Media Association (2010). Linking for Learning. Canton, Illinois: ISLMA. p. 17.
Illinois School Library Media Association (2016). The Abraham Lincoln Award: Illinois Grades 9-12 Readers Choice Awards.
Retrieved from https://www.islma.org/lincoln.htm.

Image Citations
All the bright places [Digital Image]. 2016. Retrieved from
https://www.amazon.com/All-Bright-Places-Jennifer-Niven/dp/0385755910/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1479070610&sr=1-1&keyword
s=all+the+bright+places.
Apo, A. (2016a). RDHS Library Home Page. Image retrieved from http://www.rdhslibrary.org/ \
Apo, A. (2016b). LRC Newsletter. Image retrieved from http://www.rdhslibrary.org/lrc-newsletter-archive
Apo, A. (2016c). Find your next book. Image retrieved from http://www.rdhslibrary.org/book-recommendation-tools.
Apo, A. (2016d). Tutorials. Image retrieved from http://www.rdhslibrary.org/tutorials.
Bone gap [Digital Image]. 2016. Retrieved from
https://www.amazon.com/Bone-Gap-Laura-Ruby/dp/0062317628/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1479070891&sr=1-1&keywords=bone+g
ap.

Image Citations
Challenger deep [Digital Image]. 2016. Retrieved from
https://www.amazon.com/Challenger-Deep-Neal-Shusterman/dp/0061134147/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1479070783&sr=1-1&keyw
ords=challenger+deep.
RDHS (2016). RDHS Seal. Image retrieved from http://rdhs.org/
Red queen [Digital Image]. 2016. Retrieved from
https://www.amazon.com/Red-Queen-Victoria-Aveyard/dp/006231064X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1479071004&sr=1-1&keywords=r
ed+queen.
Panther paw. Retrieved from https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/8d/2f/a5/8d2fa57768ebf314130b209cafed3010.jpg