This is a summary of what NJASL gained in the new NJ Student Learning Standards;
The New Jersey Student Learning Standards were approved in June by the NJ State Board of Education. The good news for NJ school library media specialists is that they are named specifically in the mention of selection and curation of resources, as well as providing professional development for teachers and staff. In addition, Information and Media Literacy, Technology Literacy, and Digital Citizenship are now formal standards under Career Readiness, Life Literacies, and Key Skills. This is a real move forward in recognizing what school library media specialists do in preparing students for school and for life. School library media specialists are the appropriate certified staff specifically trained to teach this standard.------------------------------
Hilda Weisburg
School Librarian's Workshop
She/Her/Hers
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