LHS+Smart+Goal

__**SMART Goal #1**__ : Collaborate with teachers and instruct students with a focus of increasing the number of books checked out monthly to individual students for voluntary free reading in class and for personal use. The intent is to improve reading scores from school years 09-10 through 10-11.


 * Specific :**
 * 1) **Increase the number of books checked out monthly from the LHS library to individual students for voluntary free reading in classes and for personal use, for the purpose of raising reading scores from the 2008-2009 school year through the 2010-2011 school year.**
 * 2) **Increase 2009 CSAP PA% scores for LHS by 3% points for 9th grade to 67% PA in 2010 and by 2% points for 10th grade to 73% in 2010 PA (from CSAP 2009 to CSAP 2010).** Results from the 2010 CSAP Executive Summary Report: 9th grade increased 7% in PA from 64% to 71%: better than the expected 3% points. 10th grade decreased 6% in PA from 71 to 65: worse than the expected 2% increase.
 * 3) ** The specific goal for this year is to track individual 10th grade students in a free voluntary reading program to see if there is an increase in their 2010 CSAP reading score from the 2009 CSAP. A comparision will be made between individual students with one year in a free voluntary reading program and those students who participated in two years of a free voluntary reading program. The goal is to track a population of at least 30 indivdual students in a free voluntary reading program. **


 * Measurable: **
 * 1) **Compare LHS individual check out statistics from 2008-2009 and 2009-2010, and 2010-2011 in our school and with five other area high schools.**
 * 2) **Compare 2010 CSAP reading scores for individual students who participated in a free voluntary reading program for at least one year.**
 * 3) **Keep track of student feedback within a free voluntary reading program(s).**
 * 4) **Provide a survey for English 9,10,11 honors and non-honors class to help assess library useage, including book preferences and check-out.**
 * Note: The library goals are tied to the LHS building school improvement goals and checkouts have increased three out of four months of the 2009 school year.** ** Further, the first three months of 2010 reflect an increase each month over the previous school year (2009). ** ** Circulation Stats for Oct. - Nov. 2010 (excluding August and September - remodel required library inactivity) have actually decreased slightly over the same period for 2009. The total checkouts for Oct. - Nov. 2009 was 628 and the Oct. - Nov. 2010 checkout was 592. **


 * Relevant and Achievable: Yes. The library goals are tied to the LHS building school improvement goals. Below the percentages in the spreadsheet reflect the percentage of the LHS population of students who have checked out a book from the LHS library, and a comparison to other area high schools is represented in the first four spreadsheets and graphs. LHS's book checkouts are currently lower, as a percentage of population, when compared to most other area high schools.**
 * It was my intention to attempt this database useage goal, for the second year in a row, but alas improving our reading scores takes precedence over databases. Please see information above.**
 * Smart Goal (year 2): Increase Library Database Class Instruction and Individual Useage at Longmont High School.**

**SPECIFIC**: Increase Library Database Class Instruction and Individual Useage over the next two school years (2010-2011 and 2011-2012). This goal is based upon the assumption that students will have access to the same exact databases over the next two school years.
 * MEASURABLE :** I want to see a 15% increase in monthly useage for each database from the 2010-2011 school year to the 2011-2012 school year.
 * ACHIEVABLE:** I plan to see this 15% growth from year-to-year by increasing group and individual instruction, and by promoting our databases through the library website, blogs, collaboration, word of mouth, posters, bookmarks, and other promotional materials. **RELEVANT:** Research shows that databases provide reliable and accurate information, whereas the Internet has become increasingly less reliable and inaccurate. By increasing database instruction to individual students and whole class instruction, students will have the basic knowledge of how to find reliable and accurate information using the various databases available to them.
 * TIMELY:** I plan to provide database instruction to classes and individuals throughout the school year, with a target of increasing database useage from month to month during the 2010-2011 school year. I plan to provide continual promotion of the databases throughout the 2010-2011 school year by means of tools mentioned in the achievable section of this Smart Goal (Year 2).