District innovation coaches presented the West Allis-West Milwaukee School District’s proposed five-year library plan during the teaching-and-learning workshop, summarizing recent resource adoptions, cost-saving changes and three priority focus areas trustees are being asked to review.
Brennan Kelly, lead innovation coach, said the district joined a statewide consortium (WS DLC) to expand access to ebooks, audiobooks and magazines via Sora and that Learn360 was adopted to replace Discovery Education at substantially lower cost. “We adopted Sora for those audiobooks, magazines, and ebooks, with thousands of titles,” Kelly said. He described the resource review process and an ongoing emphasis on aligning purchases to classroom needs.
The plan also emphasizes makerspace capacity: buildings now have Glowforge laser cutters, 3-D printers and poster printers; presenters noted consumables…
