When I met Judi Moreillon and Teresa Starrett at the Texas Library Association's (TLA) Annual Conference in 2013, I was very excited to hear about their plan to study the perceptions that school principals have
about school librarians and their impact on student success.
«It's impossible for me to talk about the importance of the school library without talking
about the school librarian,» said Reynolds.
Not exact matches
But they also understand that what needs to happen in their
schools for their kids, it's not
about testing... they make sure they have tons of sports programs, art and music, they're experimenting, they go on trips, they have high - quality this, that, and the other, they have libraries with
librarians in them.
About Blog A blog which offers book reviews for young people of preschool to high
school ages by a children's
librarian with decades of experience in reading guidance.
Battle of the Books Learn
about the statewide Battle of the Books program sponsored by the Alaska Association of
School Librarians.
In the final part of our video series on books for reluctant readers, Teacher speaks to Carmel Eyre, College
Librarian at Glen Eira College, Victoria,
about her favourite books for the reluctant reader in a secondary
school setting.
The very nature of a
librarian's service role within the
school and community, helping students learn in any and all subjects, and using the best tools for the job, makes them the perfect person to ask
about what tools are the most efficient, as they can provide training and guidance.
At the time, the Houston Independent
School District doled out money to
schools for nonteaching staff members — like assistant principals, clerks, and
librarians — based on a set of enrollment formulas that topped out at
about 1,200 children.
K — 12
schooling already employs a large number of
school - based personnel who are not teachers; support staff (including aides,
librarians, guidance counselors, and so forth) account for
about 30 percent of
school employees.
Future Ready
Librarians ™ is an expansion of the Future Ready Schools ® initiative aimed at raising awareness among district and school leaders about the valuable role librarians can play in supporting the Future Ready goals of their school and
Librarians ™ is an expansion of the Future Ready
Schools ® initiative aimed at raising awareness among district and
school leaders
about the valuable role
librarians can play in supporting the Future Ready goals of their school and
librarians can play in supporting the Future Ready goals of their
school and district.
Literate Lives This blog
about reading education features reviews of children's literature and insights into working as a
school librarian.
School librarians Julia Stark and Nicholas Warren from the English Montreal
School Board told their stories
about using learning commons thinking to meet the needs of harder - t0 - reach students.
The teacher -
librarian are often the go - to person for learning
about and with technology in the
school, and certainly the library program offers many opportunities to incorporate technology into learning.
These one - week summer seminars, held at prestigious universities and historic sites around the United States are open to full - time K - 12 history, social studies, and English language arts teachers; community college faculty;
school librarians; National Park Service interpreters and New Teacher Fellows (students
about to graduate from college with a degree in history or education, who intend to pursue a teaching career).
What
about a
school nurse,
librarian,
school counselor, or
school psychologist?
Grab a Magazine Reading Invite your
librarian to come into your class and give a presentation
about the children's magazines your
school receives.
As much as I want to see education spending increased, with the consequent potential to reduce class sizes, add counselors,
librarians, and nurses, etc., I also recognize that kids spend — between kindergarten and 12th grade —
about 17 % of their waking lives in
school.
And, I heard
about the effects of the state's budget problems as this staff wrestles with the fact it no longer has a
librarian, all day kindergarten is no longer available, and
school nurses at every building will be missing.
Our
school librarian supports the project by teaching students
about the Big 6 research model (task definition, information - seeking strategies, source location and access, use of information, synthesis, and evaluation).
As part of an ongoing desire to share with the world how
school libraries can contribute to educational teams and what they can do to help students succeed, we started asking different people in education, (including administrators, consultants, and of course
school librarians and library technicians)
about why
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The purpose of the campaign was to advocate for
School Librarians throughout our NJ
Schools and to raise awareness
about the importance they provide to our students.
KAPPAN: After we announced the theme of this month's issue of Kappan — on the many adults, beyond teachers and principals, who matter to student success — we received manuscripts
about a variety of people who work directly with children:
Librarians, counselors, nurses, social workers, bus drivers... but no manuscripts
about the people who work in
school district central offices (behind the scenes, in a sense).
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School Board about the critical role school librarians play in preparing students for college and c
School Board
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school librarians play in preparing students for college and career.
As many of you know, I'm sick
about Woodbridge's plan to eliminate all but one
librarian in a district of 16 elementary
schools, 5 middle
schools, and 3 high
schools.
Instead,
school counselors can work with
school librarians to find stories
about gender identity that can be used as conversational tools.
Nationwide, the
school librarian profession has lost
about 1 in 5 (19 %) full - time positions since 2000, translating to
about 10,000 jobs.
Hubbard Woods resource center director Todd Burleson,
School Library Journal's 2016
School Librarian of the Year, talks to students on Sept. 7, 2016,
about his surgery in Winnetka.
I received this link to the following book trailer from the
librarian at the
school I work at.It was very timely, since we just had a discussion
about «real books», Â...
For example, in Los Angeles, «
About half of the 600 elementary and middle
school libraries are without
librarians or aides, denying tens of thousands of students regular access to nearly $ 100 million worth of books, according to district data.»
Over the course of our conversations, this student who had just recently started working as a new
school librarian mentioned that she had gotten affirmation from a teacher
about how she was already doing more than the previous
librarian had done.
«I was glad to learn in - depth details
about ESSA, especially the important role
school librarians will play,» said Christy Schade, president of the Arkansas Association of Instructional Media.
Librarian Christmas / Archivist Christmas / Literary Christmas / Navidades literarias / Navidades archiveras / Navidades bibliotecarias / Bookish Christmas See more
about Public Libraries, High
School Libraries and Book Pages.
AASL has compiled resources to help
school librarians start conversations
about policy revisions in their districts.
Reminiscing with a colleague
about our memories of primary
school recently, we both spoke of our fond memories of our warm and friendly
school librarian.
Joyce Valenza and Shannon Miller, who recently presented at the Building Learning Communities conference, think that we are
about to witness a «golden age» of librarianship and that there are five skills that information /
school librarians need to cultivate.
I'm just someone in charge of collection development for our largest
School who realizes how little most
librarians know
about what we're getting into with ebooks (me included) and who is really concerned
about where things are going.
Why not think differently
about how
librarians can lead, teach and support Future Ready
schools?»
Traditionally,
librarians find out
about new books through trade publications such as Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, and
School Library Journal.
Read real stories
about 2 associate professors who thought
school librarians deserved more respect.
In July Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis shared a post on Facebook
about the bleeding loss of
school librarians in Chicago.
Teens debate their favorites in Mock Printz committees while
librarians muse
about possible winners on blogs like
School Library Journal's Someday My Printz Will Come.
Ever since his elementary
school librarian made his short story
about a sick dog available for checkout, Isaac had wanted to be a writer.
Learn how the recent addition of an assessment feature makes Research Companion the one - stop shop for all your information literacy needs and to hear
about the great success
librarian Deborah Sherry had after adopting Research Companion in her high
school library.
Also check out the article by Eva Volin,
school librarian, and see what she has to say
about manga for the Tween set.
School librarian Marcia Kochel is the answer.Jennifer Green, her nominator for a 2017 I Love My Librarian Award, said, «Mrs. Kochel is incredibly hardworking, committed to excellence, passionate about literacy, and a believer in her
librarian Marcia Kochel is the answer.Jennifer Green, her nominator for a 2017 I Love My
Librarian Award, said, «Mrs. Kochel is incredibly hardworking, committed to excellence, passionate about literacy, and a believer in her
Librarian Award, said, «Mrs. Kochel is incredibly hardworking, committed to excellence, passionate
about literacy, and a believer in her students.
The Mar / Apr issue, guest edited by Ann Dutton Ewbank, details how
school librarians can help shape their
school's privacy policies and educate other educators
about the pitfalls of new technologies.
Officials who make funding decisions need a clear understanding
about the importance of certified
school librarians and the
school library program in instruction and student achievement.
I think this is an extremely valid issue to raise as I know, for example, many
school librarians I work with wonder what this means
about the books on their shelves.
As many of you know, I'm sick
about Woodbridge's plan to eliminate all but one
librarian in a district of 16 elementary
schools, 5 middle
schools, and 3 high
schools.
The Future Ready
Librarians initiative is designed to raise awareness among school and district leaders about the role school librarians play in providing our students with an education that prepares them for the
Librarians initiative is designed to raise awareness among
school and district leaders
about the role
school librarians play in providing our students with an education that prepares them for the
librarians play in providing our students with an education that prepares them for their future.