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The New Jersey Core Curriculum Standards

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School Library Media Research: Journal of the American Association of School Librarians

**Revision (2005) to the School Library Media Program: Catalyst for Efficient Implementation of Core Curriculum Content Standards, K - 12 by The NJASL Professional Development Committee*. can be found on the Members Only page under Curriculum Tools.

This document encompasses the following:

• Philosophy (School Library Media Program, Instruction, Student Achievement)
• Relationship to National and State Standards
• School Library Media Program Goals
• Roles of the School Library Media Specialist
• Planning and Assessment of the School Library Media Program
• Program Components (Facilities, Staffing, Resources, Scheduling, Curriculum (NJ CCCS and AASL Information Literacy Standards Matrix, Assessment of Student Learning, Curriculum Template)
• New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards and School Library Scope and Sequence
• Appendix (Bibliography, AASL Information Literacy Standards, Materials Selection Policy, Acceptable Use Policy (AUP), Ten Concepts of the Information Curriculum, The Big Six Skills: Information Problem Solving Approach, Library Bill of Rights, AASL Position Statements, EMAnj Sample Frameworks activities, Web links to related topics, works cited and more.

This document replaces the CD format mailed to members in 2004 as well as the 2004 online publication.

The revised document is available in PDF format only but sections are available in Word format to members only to facilitate the members' use of the document to adapt for their own use. The process to receive these files will be available in the members section on www.njasl.org. These sections include: NJASL/EMAnj School Library Curriculum Template, NJASL/EMAnj Core Curriculum Content Standards and School Library Scope and Sequence, Frameworks: New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards for Content of Instruction Integrated with Library Information Skills and Appendix J.

In its School Library Media Program , the New Jersey Association of School Librarians provides goals, objectives, templates, scope and sequence, and activities that show how library resources and information literacy skills are infused into all curriculum areas as advocated by Information Power. The matrix provides a quick overview of the interrelationship between the standards/components and performance indicators of the defined sections of the Core Curriculum Content Standards and the AASL Information Literacy Standards. As in the Content Standards, the School Library Instructional Goals provide an opportunity for cooperative learning. No one classroom can possibly contain all the resources needed to teach the students in that classroom. Even with the many advances in technology, a thorough education cannot be achieved through the use of a single tool.

^* Formerly the EMAnj Professional Development Committee