1. Professional Development
Beatrice Baaden, Karen Balsen, Michael Cambria, Michelle Costello, Rose Luna, Stephanie Rosalia, Barbara Stripling

2. Three Goal Areas
Enable school librarians to build their own competencies and confidence through access to high- quality professional development
Enable other constituencies (e.g., administrators, teachers, parents, school board members) to develop understanding of school library impact and empower them to engage with and support the school library
Empower school librarians to develop active and sustained approaches to advocacy within the school and with external partners

3. Outcomes – Goal #1 – PD for Librarians
Increased usage and sharing by librarians of content learned through professional development
Increased confidence of librarians in their own practice
Increased demonstrations of understanding and respect for role of school librarian

4. Outcomes – Goal #2 – PD for Others
Increased administrator support for librarians and library programs
Increased collaboration between teachers and librarians
Increased integration (embedding) of skills taught by librarian (e.g., literacy, technology, critical thinking, and information fluency) throughout the curriculum
Increased parental and community understanding of library program

5. Outcomes – Goal #3 – PD for Advocacy
Increased leadership role of school librarian
School library program more embedded into school culture

6. Recommendation #1
Develop and implement plan for coherent and sustained development of school librarian competencies and confidence

7. Plan for Coherent and Sustained Development
Conduct a needs analysis
Identify existing professional development providers
Develop specific and defined New York State plan for professional development content

8. Plan for Coherent and Sustained Development
Coordinate the implementation of professional development through multiple providers
Provide centralized/aggregated access to professional development offerings
Develop criteria and consistent methods for assessment of effectiveness of professional development

9. Recommendation #2
Provide multiple opportunities for other constituencies to develop understanding of and support for school library programs

10. Multiple Opportunities for Other Constituencies
Enable librarians to provide professional development for teachers
Provide executive development for administrators
Provide professional development for pre-service teachers and administrators
Enable librarians to provide parents and community with opportunities to develop understanding

11. Recommendation #3
Develop structures and tools to provide sustained support for professional development (for librarians and other constituencies)

12. Structures and Tools
Develop a PD matrix
Develop statewide database
Develop and/or enhance/publicize existing mentoring networks and train the trainer models
Record videos of best school library collaborative practice that is aligned with Common Core to be embedded in the NYSED and EngageNY websites

13. Recommendation #4
Empower school librarians to develop active and sustained approaches to advocacy within the school and with external partners

14. Active and Sustained Approaches to Advocacy
Develop statewide school library advocacy plan
Provide comprehensive professional development on advocacy to enable librarians to develop leadership skills, collect and use evidence, develop consistent messaging and multiple tools, empower others to advocate
Foster partnerships with academic and public librarians