Instructional assistant collection development policy

Collection Areas:
371.9 (special education), 371.9043 (study and teaching), 371.90973 (special education/US) 371.14124 (teachers’ assistants), 371.1 (teachers of socially handicapped children), 305.90816,362.4 (disability studies) 370.973 (education/US), 571.938 (developmental disabilities), 371.304 (tutors & tutoring) 372.6521, 428.0071,428.24071, 428.34071 (English language-study and teaching, foreign speakers).421.54 (English language, United States, pronunciation), 372.43, 428.42072 (remedial reading and teaching), 428.40973 (secondary teaching, reading), 372.7,372.77044 (mathematics, teaching, elementary), 501.712 (mathematics teaching, secondary)

Collection Statement:
The College currently offers an Instructional Assistant/Special Education one-year certificate and an articulation agreement with PSU. However, a two-year degree is expected to be implemented. Classes prepare students to support the supervisory teacher in the planning, presentation, and evaluation of instruction and learning. Students enrolled in this program work with populations that may be culturally diverse, with limited English, or may be developmentally disabled or hearing impaired.

Emphasis is shifting from special education to working with English as Second Language students under the “No Child Left Behind” Act of 2001. The goal of this program is to close the achievement gap between the disadvantaged, minorities, and their peers. The focus of instruction will be on how to teach reading and math to K-12 students, using proven teaching strategies. Limited reference works should be available on Special Education Law. Currently, the law is undergoing changes and the Library will order only materials that reflect those changes..

The Library has supported this program minimally. However, it routinely purchases books on how to teach and also offers some specialized materials for understanding and instructing the developmentally/socially delayed population. With the program’s new focus, the Library should provide more support.

Exclusions: The Library does not collect workbooks or textbooks; audiocassettes.

Types of Formats: Monographs, limited journals, videos/DVDs. Videos should be selected whenever appropriate and, if possible, should be close-captioned.

Level of Collection: Basic information level, serving to introduce and define a subject, with basic reference tools and some classic titles. Materials should support learning and instruction.

Language: English and some Spanish (the Leave No Child Behind program will be centered in Washington County, which has a high number of native Spanish-speakers).

Geography: U. S.

Currency: New purchases should be no older than 5 years.

Distribution of materials: Cascade Library and Rock Creek Library should house the bulk of the collection specifically related to the Instructional Assistant Program.

Contact Maris Bishoprick (mbishopr@pcc.edu) with questions.
Updated April 3, 2003