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Presentation for the English Teachers Conference, 2012
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How to get a kickass librarian
WHAT IS THE MAIN ROLE OF A SCHOOL LIBRARIAN?
To make your life easier
Yes, it’s true, we are all about you (and your students too)
What makes a kickass librarian
• Passion• Commitment• Visibility• Enthusiasm• Learning• Teaching• Innovation• Connection• A sense of fun!
Warning
Big texty slide coming, put your reading specs
on!
The librarian in your school is there to make your life easier – as previously mentioned!
The librarian will be your assistant, helping to provide you and your students access to the best resources to complement your teaching, and their learning.
It is not the job of the librarian to merely issue and return resources and catalogue the new ones, but they can do that too!
Sidle up – get cosy with your librarian, let them show you all their new clever tricks.
There – I’ve finished now. Cuppa tea anyone?
Times have changed
School libraries have changed
Great technology looks like this
Bundle of links for English teachers
Commitment
Passion
Learning
This librarian didn’t keep up
Learning
SLANZA – school library networking and learning.
Web Tools for students
Epic = awesome research sites
Reading
Enthusiasm
English Teachers stock up for the holidays with lots of books from the school library
Expect this from your kickass librarian
• Your librarian is out in classes working with you and the students - not in the workroom all the time
• Part of the teaching team• Offers a different but complimentary skill set
to the teacher• Provides tools which staff can use.
And this
• Your librarian is great with students• Has great relationships with staff• Is important to the culture of the school• Has lots to offer lots of people• Gets credit for being awesome• Gets regular access to PD• Networks regularly with other librarians
But not this
Or this
Resource Locator
• A librarian is a resource locator. They help you find answers to questions and help find resources (all kinds) to support the curriculum and reading of all kinds.
A communicator• A kickass librarian is a communicator. They
talk, email, and share with teachers, students, parents, and community members. They communicate about how the library program directly relates to the learning in the school.
Librarians as teachers
• A school librarian is a teacher. They work with students in the library using ICT and literacy. The library is a classroom. They teach students how to be information literate and the critical skills modern society needs.
More teaching – to you guys• A kickass librarian is a PD provider. They can
help you with blogging, wikis, Facebook, e-books, iPads, Google Reader, Thinklink, Livebinders, Pintrest, Evernote, book trailers, online databases. And a bunch more.
Innovation
• A kickass librarian is an innovator. They are willing to try new things, to get involved, to say yes to new projects. They are looking for new ways to get even better.
Collaboration
• But most of all, the school librarian does not work alone. For a school to have a successful library program it takes everyone (the librarian, teachers, SMT, and the student librarians) working together for the benefit of the students.
A sense of fun
Scenes from an ordinary King’s High Library day!
So, how can we help you?You set assignments for your students -
what do you see as the librarian’s role in helping you?
What do you think?
Do you need more kickass in your library?
Lets discuss
References
• http://hoorayforbooks.pbworks.com/f/lms+evaluation+ideas.pdf Carl A. Harvey
• Website - The Adventures of Library Girl• Joyce Valenza for ideas• Judy O’Connell for more ideas• My local SLANZA group for inspiration• Suzette Boyd, Buffy Hamilton, Jennifer la Garde and
other fabulous librarians who have helped form me.
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Some images my ownThe majority of images came from FlickrCC
Thanks for listening
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Email: [email protected] Facebook of course.