Categorías: Todo - leader - manager - learner

por cassandra Travassos hace 6 años

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Multifaceted Role of A Teacher Librarian

The teacher librarian plays a critical role in the educational ecosystem, balancing numerous responsibilities that range from maintaining a welcoming learning environment to advocating for diverse resources.

Multifaceted Role of A Teacher Librarian

Multifaceted Role of A Teacher Librarian

Charismatic Leader

character within a school that is unforgettable
Ignites passion for learning through resources
non-judgmental attitude
Approachable colleague and teacher where students and teachers feel comfortable approaching, and asking for help

Curriculum Curator

using technology to provide rich summative tasks for, of and as assessment (i.e., seesaw videos for assessment)
Helps teachers hit curriculum goals through promoting and provide collaboration opportunities to hit the big ideas through rich tasks

Catalyst for Change

collaborate and communicate the new digital technologies, being a representative and a leader staff members can turn to when experiencing difficulty with technologies and digital resources
highlighting the use of "how to" use certain technologies amongst colleagues and students
promoting new fiction to provide our student body
creating awareness for social events and cultural events (i.e., highlighting a variety of cultural celebrations, Diwali, Christmas, Ramadan etc. to promote acceptance and awareness
providing resources our students can identify with (literature and digital compentencies

21st Century Collaborator

brings to light new resources available to staff (i.e., through staff meetings, emails, newsletters etc.)
seeks out opportunities to create global citizenship within the library (i.e., connecting practice to purpose, global read aloud, connecting with global issues and global classrooms)
seeks out and builds upon opportunities to collaborate with colleagues (i.e., effectively planning, assessing and approaching staff to take risks in their practice)
promotes the use of new digital literacy to ensure both staff and students are proficient in an ever-changing digital society
encourages and promotes the model of co-teaching and collaborating to bring students rich tasks

Lifelong Learner

understands the role of learner in conjunction with our students (i.e., learning with and from students)
recognizing the need to consistently grow and learn new competencies in the 21st century
Passionate about building the capacity for learning within the learning commons
attending professional developments to be proficient in the use of new technologies, systems and resources to ensure that their students have been provided a variety of new and exciting opportunities

Models and Teaches The Use of Resources

Provides staff with new resources to help in the development of their program by providing and cataloguing current resources
promotes and advocates for student work (creative Commons)
teaches students how to filter resources (i.e., educating students on all the digital search engines resource and data sources that are credible
promotes, educates and enforces copyright

Initiative Enforcer

promotes and brings to life resources that will help facilitate and promote school and board initiatives through own expertise and resources
supports and promotes school wide initiatives (engage math, LLI, EQAO nights etc.)

Regulator of Character Education

provides extra curricular opportunities to build upon the variety of strengths of our students (ie., Peel Skills, Forest of Reading etc.)
provides students with opportunities to collaborate and communicate in a mini-society
provides students with an environment where they feel safe to take risks and feel comfortable

Manager of Content and Operations

ensuring the longevity and management of material (books, iPads, Chromebooks, 3D glasses, robotics etc.) to ensure they last in the long run
advocate for new resources both digital and in print (i.e.m indigenous resources, LGBQT resources, mental health, new systems)
maintains the learning commons environment to provide a visually appealing place where students want to learn and can be safe while doing so
ensuring funding for new technologies and platforms
Managing and maintaining resources within the learning commons

Facilitator of Student Learning

facilitating rich tasks to educate our students on a variety of paperback and electronic resources, how to learn through web based application to support their digital literacy in conjunction with literacy
Exposing students to a variety of new fiction and non-fiction resources
- teaching students how to be proficient and utilize a variety of technology, digital resources to facilitate learning and assessment