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The document discusses the roles and importance of teacher-librarians. It states that research shows students achieve higher test scores when teacher-librarians are actively involved in planning and teaching. Teacher-librarians have evolved from simply managing book collections to also being information providers, curriculum consultants, instructional leaders, and teachers. They play a key role in teaching 21st century skills like research strategies. The document outlines the various roles teacher-librarians play in helping teachers teach, helping students learn, and administering the school library media program. It emphasizes the importance of collaboration between teacher-librarians and other teachers.

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Brochure Oakes

The document discusses the roles and importance of teacher-librarians. It states that research shows students achieve higher test scores when teacher-librarians are actively involved in planning and teaching. Teacher-librarians have evolved from simply managing book collections to also being information providers, curriculum consultants, instructional leaders, and teachers. They play a key role in teaching 21st century skills like research strategies. The document outlines the various roles teacher-librarians play in helping teachers teach, helping students learn, and administering the school library media program. It emphasizes the importance of collaboration between teacher-librarians and other teachers.

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Research indicates that students whose teacherlibrarian take active planning and teaching roles tend to achieve significantly

higher test scores. Teacher-librarians have come a long way from the time when they were considered caretakers of the book collection. Now they are information providers, consultants, curriculum activists, instructional leaders, production specialists and most important, teachers.
Kreiser and Ho rton

School Library Media Programs i n t h e 2 1 st C e n t u r y

Proficiency in research strategies is just one of the competencies that student need in order to be successful 21stcentury learners, and teacher-librarians excel at teaching those skills.
Daly (2012)

Teacher Librarians

Prepared by District ** Teacher-Librarians Association


January 2012

Teacher-librarians open the door to lifelong learning.

The different roles of the Teacher-Librarian


Helping Teachers Teach


Collaborates with teachers to design resource-based learning activities that integrate curricular learning outcomes with information literacy and technology skills for the 21st century learner Emphasizes and models co-operative planning and co-teaching Provide professional development to other teachers regarding the effective use of informational and technological use of resources as tools in the learning process

Ways to partner with the Teacher-Librarian

Leader in Curriculum Development & Collaboration Information Literacy Teacher Information Specialist Library Program Manager & Advocate Instructional Technologist

Work with the teacher-librarian to develop the goals of the school library media program Support collaboration of the teacher-librarian with other teachers Support implementation of flexible and equitable access to the library and the ability for the teacher-librarian instruction in and out of the library Include the teacher-librarian in professional development initiatives Include literary initiatives and programs in the school newsletter

Helping Students Learn


Provides instruction in information literacy Helps students locate and use resources that
meet their needs as learners

Promotes the use of technology in meaningful


ways

Promotes reading for both literacy and personal


enjoyment

Administering the School Library Media Program


Develops mission and goals of the program Promotes the school library program

There is no one better able to bring about change than a teacher-librarian working in partnership with school administration, classroom teachers and students.
Scheirer (2000)

Implements policies and manages budget Develops and maintains the collection (selection
and weeding)
Scheirer, B. (2000). The Changing Role of the Teacher-Librarian in the Twenty-first Century. Educational Communications and Technology Dept., University of Saskatchewan. Daly, H. (2012, January 27). On Family Literacy Day, teacher librarians lament a decade of cuts. Press release, BC Teacher Librarians. Lindsay, K. (2005, September). Put a teacher-Librarian on your team. Teacher Newsmagazine, 18(1). Kreiser and Horton (as cited in Scheirer, B., 2000)

Provides intellectual and physical access to materials in all formats (print and electronic)

Keeps the library functioning on a daily basis

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