Between February and March of 2023, a survey was sent out to school library professionals across Colorado. We wanted to gain a better idea of staffing, services provided, and the needs of school libraries and their staff.

The highly effective school library program rubric guides administrators and teacher librarians in sustaining and growing the school's library program. While this document is designed to align with the look and feel of CDE's State Model Evaluation System for Teachers, this is not to be considered a replacement of that rubric; rather, it can serve as a supplement to that rubric. This can also be used as a supplemental rubric in districts that are using...