by Beth Staats
Quick Summary
Seeking 1-2 librarians with teaching experience in a high school or higher education setting to collaborate on developing an online, asynchronous course on high-impact teaching practices.

This opportunity to create an asynchronous course on high-impact teaching practices funded by an LSTA grant, will explore commonalities in library instruction across high school and academic environments. Ideally, the project will be a partnership between a high school librarian and an academic librarian. Interested candidates will contribute to shaping instructional strategies that support student learning in both settings.
Working course title: "High-Impact Teaching Practices for School (grades 9-12) and Academic Librarians"
The focus of this course is to grow librarians' skills as teachers, share effective pedagogical practices that integrate high-impact practices and experiential learning, develop strategies for assessing student learning in library settings, and support a community of practice in Minnesota focused on teaching in libraries.
The course will be self-paced and asynchronous, meaning the course developer will not interact with participants. Content will be broken into three or four modules that take approximately one hour each to complete.
Learning outcomes:
- Course participants will learn about high-impact teaching practices for their information literacy contexts
- Course participants will make connections and identify intersections between teaching information literacy concepts in high school and higher education contexts
- Course participants will make connections between ITEM standards and the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education
The LSTA grant will pay $45/hour up to 120 hours for course development and can be divided between two librarians.
To apply, please fill out this form by February 17, 2025. Applications will be reviewed and applicants will be notified by the end of February or early March.
Questions about the application can be directed to Rachel Osborne, Library Media Specialist, Johnson High School, St. Paul Public Schools (rachel.osborne@spps.org) and Kayleen Jones, Education & Human Services Professions Librarian, University of Minnesota Duluth (jone1913@d.umn.edu).
Questions about grant details can be directed to Maggie Snow or Beth Staats at Minitex.