school librarians

Back to School Special: Making You and Your Library Indispensable

Posted Thursday, September 2, 2010 by Stephanie Race, Library Staff

Back to School Special: Making You and Your Library Indispensable

Free Webinar

Monday, September 13, 2010, from 8:00 p.m. EST

A casual discussion to generate ideas on how to build school allies, support new teachers, & become indispensable to admin & staff at the beginning of every school year.

Host: Gwyneth Jones

Guests:

Gwyneth Jones aka The Daring Librarian, is a blogger, a tweeter, a plurker, a citizen of Nings and a resident of Second Life. She is a digital immigrant with a longtime green card and a passion for educational technology, school librarianship, and being a change agent within in her learning community both geographically and within the æthernets. Admittedly, she is a geek and a goofball with a penchant for writing in the third person.

Shannon McClintock Miller is the district teacher librarian and technology specialist at Van Meter Community School in Van Meter, Iowa. Shannon has a passion for teaching others about technology, a love for reading, connecting to others, and being heard through creation. She is making noise within her school through the Van Meter Library VOICE and by being a leader at Van Meter and within the fields of school librarianship and educational technology. Shannon has created an environment where students, teachers, and others can learn, create, connect, share, and be heard throughout the world.

 

Feedback Sought on ALA/AASL Standards for Initial Programs for School Librarian Preparation

Posted Tuesday, May 11, 2010 by Stephanie Race, Library Staff

Feedback Sought on ALA/AASL Standards for Initial Programs for School Librarian Preparation

The American Association of School Librarians (AASL), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), welcomes comments from school librarians, educators and students at school librarianship programs on the draft revised ALA/AASL Standards for Initial Programs for School Librarian Preparation.

The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) has a seven year review cycle for program standards. The revised program standards reflect newly published learning standards and program guidelines in the field. Major changes in the revised standards include:

  • Highlighting “Teaching for Learning” as the first standard, reflecting the key teaching role of the school librarian.
  • Collaboration and the role of instructional partner under the Teaching for Learning standard.
  • Presenting both Literacy and Reading and Advocacy and Leadership as separate standards, reflecting the importance of each in the field.
  • Adding “Professional Ethics” as an element under the Program Management and Administration standard.

 

ALA policy states that for school librarians, the appropriate first professional degree is either a master's degree from a program accredited by ALA or a master's degree with a specialty in school librarianship from a program recognized by AASL in an NCATE-accredited educational unit. NCATE accreditation with AASL national recognition is an assurance of quality for programs in school librarianship. These standards are the basis for AASL/NCATE program review and the process leading to the decision that a program meets standards and should receive national recognition. The standards describe what proficient candidates should know and be able to do as they complete their program.

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