Sentences with phrase «of school librarian positions»

The drastic reduction of school librarian positions in CPS schools makes it impossible for CPS to achieve its mission of preparing all students for «success in college, career and community.»

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We may be living in an information age, but New York City's public school students are being cheated out of the skills they need to evaluate, process and analyze information because school libraries and librarian positions are drastically underfunded, UFT Assistant Secretary Robert Astrowsky told a City Council hearing on May 6.

HEADLINE: Strong Libraries Improve Student Achievement Last month, site - based management teams at 11 elementary schools in Kalamazoo, Michigan, chose to cut their budgets for the 2000 - 2001 school year by eliminating the position of school librarian.

School librarians are well positioned to lead the charge of these digital efforts.

If properly prepared and supported, school librarians are well - positioned to be at the leading edge of the digital transformation of learning.

The Toronto Catholic District School Board's proposal to eliminate 45 FTE elementary teacher - librarian positions can be found on page 4 of this budget committee report.

Future Ready Schools (FRS), led by the Alliance for Excellent Education (the Alliance) in partnership with the U.S. Department of Education, announced Future Ready Librarians, an expansion of the FRS initiative aimed at positioning librarians as leaders in the digital transformation ofLibrarians, an expansion of the FRS initiative aimed at positioning librarians as leaders in the digital transformation oflibrarians as leaders in the digital transformation of learning.

School Librarian Numbers Decline from 2004 - 2005 to 2010 - 2011, Fast Facts, July 30, 2012 -LRB-... «positions nationwide declined by 8 percent from 2007 - 08 to 2010 - 11, while the total number of students increased by 2 percent.»)

In the county where I live, there have been several instances of elementary school librarians cut and after a year or two reinstated because it's discovered when the position is lost that the position was actually invaluable.

Deb Kachel, a long - time instructor in the School of Education who was recently hired as an Affiliate Faculty Member in the K - 12 School Library Endorsement program, has been working with Keith Curry Lance, principal researcher at Library Research Service, Colorado, tracking school librarian positions sinceSchool of Education who was recently hired as an Affiliate Faculty Member in the K - 12 School Library Endorsement program, has been working with Keith Curry Lance, principal researcher at Library Research Service, Colorado, tracking school librarian positions sinceSchool Library Endorsement program, has been working with Keith Curry Lance, principal researcher at Library Research Service, Colorado, tracking school librarian positions sinceschool librarian positions since 2000.

«Position Statement on the Role of the School Librarian in Reading Development.»

The author asserts that principals determine the level of collaboration between teachers and school librarians, how school librarians are embedded into the curriculum, and whether librarians are appointed to leadership positions where they may address issues pertinent to school libraries.

This document reports on the decline in endorsed librarian positions from the 2007 - 2008 school year to the 2008 - 2009 school year in schools of all grade levels.

This issue, guest edited by Tasha Bergson - Michelson and Jole Seroff, examines the underlying commonalities of all these literacies and how a school librarian's expertise uniquely positions them to hone these skills in students.

While there are budgetary priorities that need to be advocated for in Washington DC, there are many states that lack complementary definitions in state statute about school libraries and librarians, as well as many states and Local Education Agencies (LEA) that have not been in the habit of funding programs or positions because there was no compelling reason in the law to do so.

The Georgia Library Media Association (GLMA), the statewide organization of school librarians, and EveryLibrary, a national library advocacy organization, are partnering for a joint campaign focused on restoring school librarian positions in APS.

Just last week, school librarians were one of the many positions recently eliminated in Scranton.

The Cabell County Board of Education in WV is planning on eliminating all elementary librarian positions beginning with the 2018 - 2019 school year because of budget cuts.

The Cabell County Board of Education has eliminated all elementary librarian positions beginning with the 2018 - 2019 school year.

When: Friday, June 23rd at 12 noon CDT (Rain or Shine) Where: James R. Thompson Center (State of Illinois Building) Courtyard -100 W Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60601 Why: To demonstrate in support of licensed school librarian positions and school library program budgets in every school in Illinois How: RSVP here.

We are also fighting for the restoration of the technology supervisor position so that librarians will be able to be supervised by someone familiar of their unique position in the schools and that educators in the district will be able to get professional development on the latest technology.

With passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), school library programs and school librarian positions are now part of federal education policy and law.

View the related Position Statement on the Role of the School Librarian in Senior / Capstone Projects.

The Role of Effective School Library Programs in The Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015: A Position Statement from New Jersey Association of School Librarians, New Jersey Library Association, and LibraryLinkNJ (August 2016)

The very next day I learned that John Palfrey had resigned his position as Law Librarian at the Harvard Law School, indeed he had resigned his tenured faculty position, in order to become the Head of Phillips Andover Academy.

Dynamic and self - motivated professional seeking the position of a school librarian to utilize my organizational skills in a renowned learning environment.

If you are a brand new teacher, who doesn't have a defined specialty to declare, you may want to replace the title of «School Librarian / Media Specialist» with «Seeking the position of School Librarian / Media Specialist.»

Initially considered a fancy title for a school librarian, a school media specialist is actually a much more responsible position than that of a standard librarian.

Mary was a school librarian in Texas and serves in leadership positions in a number of professional organizations.