1. Library Media Specialist Praxis
September 2011

2. Praxis Test series
Licensure – assuring the public that the person holding the license has demonstrated level of competence in their profession
Money grab

3. School Library Media Specialist Test
Covers key concepts that school librarians need to know to do their job
Comprehensive exam – covers all you have learned during the program (and beyond)
Score above the state required minimum score to pass (140)

4. For SLMA Endorsement Submit your score to USU (Terri Gass)
Submit your score to State Office of Education
Put it on there now (doing this later may cost you $40)

5. Resources
SLMA course notes
ALA Website!!
Teaching course notes, and …

6. Another resource: Praxis Wiki
This Wiki was started by us last year
Students have contributed
If you end up using it please spend some time contributing links that you found
Share the love! 

7. Content areas

8. Content areas Program Administration (18%)
Collection Development (21%)
Information Access and Delivery (21%)
Learning and Teaching (28%)
Professional Development, Leadership, and advocacy (12%)

9. Program Administration
Organization, administration, and evaluation of the library media center
Management
Policies and procedures

10. Collection Development
Selecting and maintaining resources
Acquiring resources
Organizing resources
Circulating resources

11. Information Access and Delivery
Knowledge of information resources and their uses

12. Learning and Teaching Knowledge of literature
Curriculum development and integration
Instructional design

13. Professional Development
Professional organizations
Leadership and advocacy

14. QUESTIONS

15. The questions 120 questions – 2 hours = 1 minute per question
Multiple choice – 5 answer choices
Question types

16. Type: Which of the following…

17. Type: NOT; LEAST; EXCEPT

18. Type: Complete the statement

19. Type: Roman numeral choices

20. Type: Unknown or new formats
Read the question very carefully and make sure you understand its purpose

21. Answering Strategies Read the question very carefully
Underline the important parts
Do not panic
Think logically
Make best guess
Skip harder questions to come back to later

22. Preparing for and SCHEDULING YOUR TEST

23. Educational Testing Service
Test at a Glance
Reducing Test Anxiety
General Information and Study Tips

25. EEJCEHS Contact
Terri Gass

26. From those who went before you…
I really appreciated the wiki links you had for study aids. I used the one that had the flashcards that someone had created. I printed them all out and took them wherever I went. I studied them at softball games, meetings and whenever I had the chance. In retrospect, that was the best thing to study.

27. It was a little frustrating because so many of the questions seemed to be more opinion based.  A good portion of them were like, "all of the answers are correct.  However, choose, the answer that is MOST correct."  I felt like even if I had the test and the internet handy, I wouldn't have even been able to look up the answer.

28. The actual test was worded more difficult than I had anticipated
The actual test was worded more difficult than I had anticipated. I thought since they were all multiple choice, I would be able to pull apart the question and be able to somewhat come up with the answer using the deductive reasoning but I was wrong. I did however pass so I was glad I studied sufficiently.

29. There were things I was hoping wouldn't be on the test but were such as court cases, authors and a few scenarios about slm management.

30. I have taken two Praxis tests, the English and the SLM and both were very different.  Where the English one consisted of fact-based answers (e.g., they would have grammar questions, things about poetic meters and devices, a passage from a novel, then ask who the author was, etc.), the SLM test seemed based more on questions such as: Collaboration is a good thing.  Out of the answers below, choose the way a librarian can best connect with colleagues.  Kind of a vague example, but the whole point is that there were many things that were not cut and dry (all of the answers could technically be correct, one is just more correct than the others).  So, my recommendation is that you study and discuss with somebody else and just do a lot of talking.

31. Overall, the Praxis is not necessarily something to stress about, but it is definitely something that should be studied for. 

32. In short… Nothing to fear Do your homework, read class materials
Take good notes
Use resources to prepare for the test
Study together
And you should be all set!
Good luck!