AAM has developed and field-tested several models for delivering this program to K-12 teachers, school librarians, college-level faculty, and even students. Users may browse and adapt this material to their own local or distance learning educational purposes.
PROPEL Workshop Series for School Librarians and Media
Specialists
PROPEL (Primary Resources Opening Portals to Enhance
Learning) is a workshop series designed for school
librarians and media specialists. This link contains sample materials, but not the full curriculum. This information will be available soon.
K-12
Teacher Courses
This section contains sample
syllabi and supporting documents for a 3-hour graduate program designed for in-service teachers. Institutions
of higher learning are encouraged to implement this as
part of their standard curriculum.
K-12 Teacher Workshops
Workshop Support Documents
Common Supporting Materials
The workshop program is designed to reach more teachers at less cost than the graduate course. Although each workshop module is standardized,
the modules can be "snapped"' together in many
different configurations to create a custom curriculum
that will meet individual school, or school system needs.
Faculty Development Programs
This initiative targets
teacher education faculty at participating institutions,
involving two faculty from each school in an intensive
workshop that orients them to the AAM project and
launches them in preparing AAM curricula for use at their
institutions.
Special Projects
The Computer
Literacy Initiative for at-risk
middle school children was run by the University of North
Carolina Asheville (UNCA) from 2000 to 2006. This program was designed
to teach and inspire students using the online materials
of the Library of Congress.
The Summer
Institute program brought
classroom teachers and librarians to the Library of Congress and other venues for advanced curriculum development. Sessions were held from 2000 to 2003.
Evaluation Reports
The AAM program is continuously documented and evaluated.
Latest copies of internal and external evaluations are
here.
Quotes from AAM Teachers:
"Embrace all of the tools we have today (including technology) and help your kids construct new knowledge built on an existing knowledge base."
Elizabeth Ryan, Teacher - Loyola University AAM Participant
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