Communicating the Emerging Roles of Librarians to Teachers through a Collaborative K-12 and Higher Education Partnership

Autor/inn/en	Schroeder, Eileen E.; Fisher, Stacy
Titel	Communicating the Emerging Roles of Librarians to Teachers through a Collaborative K-12 and Higher Education Partnership
Quelle	In: Knowledge Quest, 44 (2015) 2, S.34-42 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1094-9046
Schlagwörter	Library Role; Librarians; School Libraries; Standards; Occupational Information; Advocacy; Library Services; Elementary Secondary Education; Librarian Teacher Cooperation; Partnerships in Education; Higher Education; Workshops; Surveys; Teacher Attitudes; Attitude Change; Knowledge Level; Wisconsin + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Librarian; Bibliothekar; Bibliothekarin; School library; Schulbibliothek; Standard; Berufsinformation; Sozialanwaltschaft; Bibliotheksarbeit; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Lernwerkstatt; Schulung; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Lehrerverhalten; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Wissensbasis
Abstract	In 2010 the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) responded to rapid changes in school libraries by convening the "Wisconsin School Library Summit: Envisioning 21st Century Learners and School Library Media Programs." Summit participants discussed the future of school libraries in Wisconsin. During the summit, several workgroups were created to address specific needs in the field. Since then, AASL has developed new standards for preparation of school librarians, and Wisconsin adopted an Educator Effectiveness model for teacher evaluation, bringing about additional changes. In 2014 a workgroup that, at the summit, had been assigned the task of creating a current job description for school librarians reconvened to update job description materials created in 2010 and to create new materials that would be useful to school librarians participating in the Educator Effectiveness evaluation model. As the group began its work, discussions about the need for advocacy generated ideas about what could be done to preserve and restore librarian positions in schools, how highly qualified teachers may be encouraged to enter the field, and how small districts can restore library services by identifying and recruiting existing staff members who can become certified as librarians while on the job. The group wondered, "Could we do something fun in the summer that would help accomplish these things?" As an answer to the workgroup's question, the authors of this article, representing library education and the K-12 librarians in the workgroup, formed a leadership team, brainstormed ideas with the DPI library consultant, and proposed a program called Wisconsin's Emerging Roles of Librarians (ERL). The ERL program was supported by the state's library education consortium (UWSSLEC), the Wisconsin Educational Media and Technology Association (WEMTA, the state professional organization), and the state Department of Public Instruction. The program included a summer workshop, offered in three locations around the state. This article describes how the leadership team designed the workshop to educate teachers--and subsequently, their administrators--about how the roles of school librarians have evolved, share the impact these roles can have on student achievement, and provide hands-on experiences to help the participants develop knowledge and skills they could take back to their classrooms in the fall. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01