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Common Sense Education developed the new Digital Citizenship Implementation Guide! In this guide, you'll find everything your district needs to plan, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive program that works for your community's specific need

"Experts suggest that, for most of us, hard work makes us passionate for a field rather than the other way around. We develop passion for what we do over time, rather than starting out with a clear, defined passion for a particular career path. "

"One of the challenges of being a Principal in a large school, apart from knowing every staff member, is to ensure that people know who they can talk to, to seek advice, report information and gain access to information. As a Principal you need to be able to switch your mindset very quickly as you deal with a multitude of information and calls on your time, knowledge and decisions each and every day. "

A great example of taking regular teacher librarian practice - curating resources - to a higher level to demonstrate leadership. This is a good example of servant leadership showing how to leverage good practice to not only build Professional Learning Networks (PLNs) but to deliver high quality content with annotations that will increase the skills and educational competence of your network. In a school, you would aim to have all your staff members of that PLN.

"How well and frequently you listen to others is a better predictor of your leadership potential than your actual intelligence or personality. "

Carolyn Foote examines her own practice and the need accept that there are highs and lows in different aspects of your TL practice

Article by Terri Hayes, 2014. Abstract: The old-fashioned library model is no longer healthy for teachers or students. Converting your school library to a learning commons is one of the best recipes for school success in the current climate of educational reform. The library-as-learning commons functions as the hub of the school, where teachers and students collaborate, inquiry-based learning is promoted, and teacher-librarians provide instructional support to every teacher in the school while fostering a thriving reading culture.

This is a document which informs on the structure of concept maps, different types of concepts maps, and how to approach constructing a concept map to suit your purpose.

Expect More: Demanding Better Libraries For Today's Complex World, David Lankes walks you through what to expect out of your library. Lankes argues that, to thrive, communities need libraries that go beyond bricks and mortar, and beyond books and literature. We need to expect more out of our libraries. They should be places of learning and advocates for our communities in terms of privacy, intellectual property, and economic development. The book is now available as a free download from this web address.

Mark Ray is changing the conversation from "shh..." to "How can I help your with technology?" Mark has helped to overhaul libraries in Vancouver Public Schools in Washington state. A future focused presentation.

It is hard to find a way to let your administrator know in an elegant way some of the benefits of having a school librarian. Practical strategies for teacher librarians to inform leadership and build own strengths to focus on future ready library services and teaching.

The school library media Web page is a recent development, but as schools, classrooms, and society have become connected to the Internet, media specialists throughout the world are designing and maintaining Web pages for their programs. You will want to begin by fol-lowing some general guidelines for effective Web design, ensuring that your site is easily navigated by all different types of users and viewable in many different browsers.

"Conventional approaches to time management are useful in organizing to get work done. However, increasing personal efficiency alone is inadequate for helping leaders resolve this key strategic issue: how to achieve high levels of sustainable, long-term performance while meeting the challenge of doing more with less. "

Once your account is created, you can link your bank account or credit/debit card so that you can easily send and receive money. To send money through the app, just enter in the amount and hit "send." The recipient will then get a notification letting them know that they've been sent money and they can choose whether or not to accept it (which they'll need to do in order for the funds to appear in their account).

"we are one of the only educators that actively teaches every student in the school, and showcased the types of programming school librarians are capable of when fully supported by administration. Many of the school leaders were just not aware that a modern school library involves so much more than just checking out books to students."

"That's what this post is for: to teach teachers how to get ahold of research that can inform what you do in your classroom, hopefully in ways that won't require crazy amounts of time."