Power Tools Recharged: 125+ Essential Forms and Presentations for Your School Library Information Program

It's back: recharged, better (and more needed!) than ever. Power Tools Recharged is a completely revised hands-on guide to address library media specialists' most pressing issues. Affected by new technologies and information literacy standards, schools now face accountability, funding, and legislative issues that reshape daily practices. Library media centers are crucial to assist schools in meeting new standards, while also educating students to deal with an information-saturated world.Library media specialists have to communicate the benefit of their achievements to administrators, teachers, students, parents, and community leaders. Here are the tools to simplify your job and lead change, even when time is at a premium. Use customizable forms, letters, brochures, handouts, and presentations to communicate the value of what you do to different audiences. During two and a half decades on the front lines, Valenza has developed these must-have tools to help you:Administer everyday details and develop policies that workAssess to measure impact and evaluate successTeach information literacy using sample assignmentsSupport students with hands-on, project-based toolsMake powerful presentations, even on short noticeSchool library media specialists, LIS educators, language arts teachers, and all owners of the previous Power Tools will welcome this recharged edition, complete with all the forms on CD-ROM, making for easy customization.