Objectives

Create an adult education instruction program plan for a specific setting:

Read and discuss textbook chapters and assigned articles covering program design, management and leadership in adult user programs.
Begin working on an adult education instruction program plan for a specific library setting.

Reflect on the readings, discussions, and activity and share new ideas and knowledge acquired.

Reading

Read in text – Chapter 6: Program Management, Chapter 7: Leadership, & Chapter 9: Instruction and Program Design through Assessment

Program Design, Management, and Leadership

ACRL Analysis of Instructional Environments - http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/about/sections/is/publicationsacrl/instructionalenvironments.cfm
ACRL Guidelines for Instruction Programs in Academic Libraries - http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/standards/guidelinesinstruction.cfm
Gratch-Lindauer, Bonnie."Information Literacy Program Development: The Role of Assessment." In Proven Strategies for Building an Information Literacy Program, edited by Susan Carol Curzon and Lynn D. Lampert, 257-277. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2007.
Grassian, Esther S. and Joan R. Kaplowitz. "Marketing, Publicity, and Promotion." In Learning to Lead and Manage Information Literacy Instruction, 221-248. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2005.

Sample Information Literacy Plans

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Adult User Education/Module 4 Objectives and Readings