Supporting Student Success

Project Summary

Supporting Student Success is a new project designed to assist school and public libraries to work together for the success of K-12 students in completion of Classroom Based Assessments (CBAs).

The project goals include:

1. Support successful student completion of CBAs in social studies and the use of libraries for that end.
2. Provide funding for collaborative projects between public libraries and public school libraries focused on students’ successful completion of required CBAs.
3. Increase awareness of the value for students when teachers, public libraries and public school libraries collaborate in support of student learning; for this grant, specifically Social Studies CBAs.
4. Familiarize public libraries with the six common steps used by students for successful completion of the Social Studies CBAs.
5. Improve public and school libraries’ knowledge of public library resources and services as they relate to K–12 students' information and research skills, especially in support of CBAs.

Grants

See LSTA Grants page for awards and descriptions of the 2008 and 2009 competitive and small project grantees.

2009

Two grant cycles opened March 23, 2009 with an allocated $250,000. The closing date is May 8, 2009.

• Small Project grants
  • $90,000 allocated
  • 24 grants awarded
    
• Competitive grants
  • $160,000 allocated
  • 6 grants awarded
    

2008

• Small Project grants
  • $4,000 maximum award
  • 29 grants funded
• Competitive grants
  • $40,000 maximum award
  • 7 grants funded

Training

Training in support of the grant can be found at http://www.wlma.org/cbas. The training is designed to assist both new and experienced staff by offering a web-based concept map that is hyperlinked to information for basic beginner through intermediate learners. A good place to start is to check the Partner's Roles at http://www.wlma.org/storage/traincbas/links.html.

• Successful 2008 Small Project grants PDF
• Successful 2008 Competitive grants PDF
• Lessons learned from the Connecting Learners to Libraries CBA projects PDF | Word

Background

In the 2008-2009 school-year, Washington schools are required to report on implementation of Social Studies CBAs as a result of the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) 28A.230.095.

Advisory Committee

The project is guided by an advisory committee, represented by school, public and special library staff as well as the Washington Library Media Association, The Washington Library Association and the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. Members of the advisory committee are:

Carol Mackey	Mountain View High School, Spokane
Carol Schuyler	Kitsap Regional Library
Chris Wolfe	Griffin Elementary School, Olympia
Eve Datisman	Port Angeles High School, Port Angeles
Jerene Battisti	King County Library System
Josephine Camarillo	Ellensburg Public Library
Kathy Dunham	Timberland Regional Library System
Linda Collins	Curtis High School, University Place
Marianne Hunter	North Thurston High School, Lacey
Martha Shinners	Washington State Library
Nadean Meyer	Eastern Washington University
Sondra London	Pierce County Library System
Sue McLauchlin	Ferris High School, Spokane
Terry Beck	Sno-Isle Libraries

Funded in part by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA).