Teacher Librarian as Leader

Assignment one - write and edit here

A list of identified skill and aptitudes with support videos to explore these from different viewpoints.

"The major activity of this project was to investigate ways of assessing the 21st-century skills of critical thinking, creative thinking and collaboration."

"In response to increasing focus of 21st century education on the development of students' skills, the Centre for Assessment Reform and Innovation (CARI) at the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) has developed an evidence-based approach for teaching and assessing critical thinking, creative thinking and collaboration in the classroom."

"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. "

"Total Leader by thinking about leadership through the lens of productive change. There are five pillars that make up productive change. Purpose, vision, ownership, capacity, and support. Let's break these down in terms of school librarians and leadership with some examples of what the pillars look like in the world of libraries."

"Frequently Asked Questions About Dihydrogen Monoxide (DHMO)"

"In this edition of Researching education: Five further readings, we are taking a look at some resources available on creative thinking. In these five readings, we've included a paper from the OECD on practical ways educators can foster creativity and critical thinking in the classroom; a report illustrating a framework on creative thinking; and a Teacher archive piece on creative, curious, and challenging thinking."

"three strategies, informed by the learning sciences, that teachers can use online or face-to-face to deepen student learning: retrieval practice, elaboration, and concept mapping."

"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. "

"For administrators to move beyond operational management to true leadership, they need to understand the capacity of their staff, promote open communication, and provide useful feedback"

"School librarians are leaders, and we are total leaders. The essence of total leaders is made up of five criteria. School libraries carry the essence of total leaders in all that we do. "

Harnessing popular apps to respond to literature

"Teacher communities are a source of support, and even though we're geographically separated, this network can be expanded through virtual platforms."

Online book with 6 chapters covering inquiry culture, inquiry across disciplines, assessment, teaching and learning, scholarly practice and leadership. Available as PDF download