March 5, 2008
School Library Brochures Now Available in Spanish
Two of the popular brochures highlighting the importance and value school
libraries—Your Child’s Library Media Center: What Parents Should Know and
Measuring Up: Characteristics of Quality School Libraries—have been translated
into Spanish and are now available upon request. Contact Kate Bugher, School
Library Media Consultant at 608-267-9287 or
Kathryn.bugher@dpi.wi.gov to request
copies of these brochures.
All documents relating to the Wisconsin study of school library programs--
Student Learning Through Wisconsin School Libraries—are posted on the Study Page:
School Districts to Share an Estimated $35 million from Common School Fund for Library Resources
The state's 426 public school districts will share an estimated $35 million in school library aid from the Common School Fund, the state's oldest trust fund managed by the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands. Library aid payments for the 2007-08 school year are estimated at $28.09 per census student. The school census is the number of persons between the ages of 4 and 20 living in a school district as reported to the DPI.
Although library aid payments from the Common School Fund will be made to school districts before May 1, 2008 the DPI provides calculations of estimated payments in January to help districts plan expenditures and permit library media specialists to order materials. Purchases must be made by June 30 and used for expenditures cited in statute, including books, periodicals, newspapers, software and other media resources that are accessible and circulate from the school library media center.
Complete information about the Common School Fund and this year's allocations can be found at
http://dpi.wi.gov/sfs/comsch.html.
EETT 2008 Competitive Grants
The Wisconsin application material for the 2008 Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) Competitive Grant is now available. The primary goal of the EETT program is to improve student academic achievement through the use of technology in elementary and secondary schools. It is also designed to assist every student – regardless of race, ethnicity, income, geographical location, or disability – in becoming technologically literate by the end of eighth grade, and to encourage the effective integration of technology resources and systems with professional development and curriculum development to promote research-based instructional methods that can be widely replicated. The goals of the grant are accomplished through teacher professional development and at least 40% of the funding must be spent on professional development.
The application, guidance, and eligible LEAs are posted at
http://dpi.wi.gov/imt/nclbindex.html .
We experienced technical difficulties on February 20th with the videostreaming. You may access technical assistance on your Internet computer via live and archive videostreaming on Thursday, February 21st from 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM. In this session we will go over the application and requirements.
This is a link to the session which will begin at 2:30 PM on Thursday, February 21st (and will also be archive here). When the page and viewer appears, you may need to forward the video to 14:00 mark to start the presentation - there is an extended preamble to the video.
Applications must be received at DPI or postmarked by March 31, 2008.
Now Available: Wisconsin Power! A Parents' Guide to School Libraries
Wisconsin Power! A Parents' Guide to School Libraries (Hi Willow Research & Publishing, 2007) provides information to parents and teachers about school library media programs, student achievement, information literacy, technology and reading. Purchase of the book allows the purchaser to make unlimited copies of any pages for use in the school community. Purchase of the accompanying CD allows the purchaser to reproduce and customize any of the pages for use in the school community. Order information is available at http://www.lmcsource.com/isell/.
Download Page
NEW: WEMA 2007 sessions presented by IMT staff are now posted. Click for listings of presentation handouts and other materials relating to educational technology!
For questions about this information, contact Amy J. French (608) 261-6327
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