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The mission of the school library program, articulated in the original Information Power: Guidelines for School Library Media Programs (1998) and reaffirmed in Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning (1998) is to "ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information." This mission is accomplished:
The Learning Power grant supports James Ward Elementary School's overarching mission: Fulfilling the growing learning needs of its stakeholders. Our Learning Power plan is intended to address the informational literacy challenges of the 21st century. The Learning Power grant has advanced the transformation of our library in a Media Center with expanded collections, technological sophistication and increased accessibility for our school's students, staff and surrounding community. Concurrently, our librarian has evolved into a teacher-librarian/media specialist. James Ward is committed to promoting literacy for all, in terms of delivering services to its immediate stakeholders and formulating a model informational literacy program, worthy of dissemination to and replication by other schools. Our expanded collection and technological resources have improved multi-cultural education and augmented learning opportunities for students with disabilities, limited English speakers, remedial and reluctant readers. They are now able to use the facility independently for both fiction and nonfiction materials, thus facilitating them in becoming more effective and autonomous learners. Our Learning Power plan is integral to James Ward's school improvement plan and was designed to enrich all parts of the educational process. Attainment of the following James Ward educational objectives are wholly or in part attributable to the funding and assistance provided by the Learning Power grant.
Free (and almost free) materials for teachers:
