Leadership for excellence: insights of National School Library Media Program of the Year Award winners

1. A vision of leadership

2. Leadership in learning and teaching

Advanced placement junior theme / Maggie Schmude

Collaboration districtwide / Susie Alexander ... [et. al]

Collaborative planning and curriculum development for library media specialists and teachers / Patricia Pickard

Constructing a keyword search / Katherine Lowe

The Georgia Helen Ruffin reading bowl / Patricia Pickard

In harmony: a collaborative workshop for librarian/music teacher pairs / Katherine Lowe

Junior theme and immigration thesis / Marilyn Cobb

Junior theme with special education students / Angela Burns

Kapolei high school library media center teaching and learning / Carolyn Kirio

Librarian + teacher: designing powerful learning activities / Julie Hyde-Porter

Middle east peace summit / Judy Gressel

Library and technology orientation for new teachers / Sharon Coil

Power readers / Katherine Lowe

Professional learning / Patricia Pickard

Speak softly and carry a big "schtick" / Sharon Brubaker

Collaborating with advances placement U.S. government teachers / Anna Maria Menza

3. Leadership in information access and delivery

Library research tutorial / Katherine Lowe

Library website creation / Pam Storm

Remote access @ your library / Patricia Pickard

4. Leadership in program administration

Advocacy and public relations matters / Patricia Pickard

Attracting and keeping parent volunteer / Diane H. Thompson

Creating a twenty-first-century high school library / Maggie Schmude

Doing the best we can with the technology we have / Patricia Pickard

Flexible scheduling and collaboration through firstclass e-mail system / Patricia Picard

Strengthening the library media program / Donna Helvering

Library programming / Anne O'Malley

Mentoring school library media specialists new o the sytem / Patiricia Picard

Partnerships: school and public libraries / Mary Trenerry, Stephanie Beisch

Educating parents about school library subscriptions databases / Kristen McKeown

School and public library collaboration / Patricia Pickard

Transition from a fixed schedule to a flexible schedule in an elementary school / Janie Kossak

5. Creating a vision for the future of school library media programs

About the future / Patricia Pickard

Collaboration assessment and library use continuum / Katherine Lowe

Kapolei high school library media center vision and action plan / Carolyn Kirio

Ongoing assessment for an effective library program / Patricia Pickard

Postscript: building NSLMPY-Worthy school library media programs

Appendix: Websites of NSLMPY honored programs.