• DE Performance Appraisal System Site
• DPAS II Component V Memo - Read First
• Overview and Acknowledgements
• Appendix I
• Appendix II
• Appendix III
• DPAS II Component V Group 3 Specialist Form

Teaching and Learning

• American Asssociation of School Libraries(AASL) Standards for the 21st Century Learner
• Delaware Recommended Curriculum
• Delaware School Libraries
• English Language Arts(ELA)
  • Delaware Common Core State Standards
    • Lexile^® - Information about Lexile Scores, Lexile Framework for Reading, and "Find a Book, Delaware!"
  • Crosswalk of the Common Core State Standards and the Standards for the 21st Century Learner
  • Writing Rubrics
• University of Delaware School Library Certification Program
• UDLib/SEARCH  Funded by the Delaware Department of Education for access in all Delaware Public K-12 schoools.  Students, teachers, administrators, and parents need to contact your School Library Media Specialist for your "home access" password to access UDlib/SEARCH databases from home.
  • High School Databases
  • Middle School Databases
  • Elementary School Databases 

School Library Access

• Delaware
  • Delaware Division of Libraries
  • Delaware Library Association(DLA)
  • Delaware School Library Association(DSLMA)
  • Delaware School Library Association Facebook
  • UD Education Resource Center
  • Governor's Task Force for School Libraries (GTF) 
• National
  • American Association of School Libraries (AASL)  
  • AASL Standards for the 21st Century Learner
  • American Library Association (ALA)
  • International Reading Association (IRA)
  • LM_NET - Connect with School Librarians  

School Library Research

• The Delaware Study by Dr. Ross Todd, Rutgers University
• Resources for School Libraries
• School Library Impact Studies - Library Research Service
• School Library Research - AASL
• School Libraries Work!  Scholastic Research Foundation Paper

Read All About It!

• Diamond State Reading Association
• Summer Reading Research
  • A Never Ending Story, Action Research Meets Summer Reading by Carol A. Gordon
  • The Research on this Study, Reading Takes You Places:  A Study of a Web-Based Summer Reading Program by Dr. Carol Gordon and Dr. Ya-Ling Lu

  • Barnstable High School Library and Research Study Summary

What Is Up And Coming...

• ALA Conference Information
• AASL Conference Information
• DCAS Portal - Delaware Comprehensive Assessment System Portal
• Diamond State Reading Association Conference
• IRA Conference

In the Know!

• Assessment - Click the Student Assessment tab at the top
• Citing and Plagiarism
• Common Core State Standards
  • K-12 Common Core State Standards
  • Common Core State Standards Initiative
  • Crosswalk of the Common Core State Standards and the Standards for the 21st Century Learner
• DCAS Portal - Delaware Comprehensive Assessment System Portal
• Deeds
• DPAS II
• Learning Focused - sign up for the Learning Focused Connections Newsletter
• Regulation 502
• Response to Intervention (RTI)
• School Success
  • Delaware Education Support System-how DDOE supports continuous improvement of Delaware public education
  • Education Success  Planning and Evaluation System (ESPES)-allows district and school staff to better align actions with resources resulting in improved outcomes for all students.
  • School Improvement to Federal and State Consolidated Programs
  • Support Team Workshops-for schools in improvement, corrective action and restructuring
  • Reaching Higher For Student Success Initiative
• University of Delaware School Library Media Program
• Vision 2015

Web 2.0
"We have to accept that technology is not a choice..."  Yong Zhao, University Distinguised Professor and Executive Director, Confucius Institute, College of Education, Michigan State University

• BLOGS
  • Aleta Thompson's "Best Practice Tips" Blog
• Teacher Tube
  • Learning To Change, Changing To Learn Advancing K-12 Technology Leadership, Consortium for School Networking(COSN) Video
• National Education Technology Standards
  

Continuing Education

• University of Delaware School Library Media Program

Other Resources

• Best Evidence Encylopedia -Empowering Educators with Evidence on Proven Programs
• Career Pathways for the 21st Century (Word) (PDF)
• Citing and Plagiarism
• DCAS Portal - Delaware Comprehensive Assessment System Portal
• Lexile^® - Information about Lexile Scores, Lexile Framework for Reading, and "Find a Book, Delaware!"
• National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS)
• Possible Grant Opportunities
  • Improving Literacy Through School Libraries
  • National Educators Association (NEA) 
• Resourceful People and Places
• Thinkfinity Delaware
• UDLib/SEARCH Funded by the Delaware Department of Education for access in all Delaware Public K-12 schoools. Students, teachers, administrators, and parents need to contact your School Library Media Specialist for your "home access" password to access UDlib/SEARCH databases from home.
  • High School Databases
  • Middle School Databases
  • Elementary School Databases