Teacher Librarian as Leader

"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. "

Identifying and planning for quality professional development that will change practice.

"moving from mere "citizenship" to inspired leadership in digital spaces, using two definitions from George Couros. Digital Citizenship: Using the internet and social media in a responsible and ethical way Digital Leadership: Using the internet and social media to improve the lives, well-being, and circumstances of others."

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.

"MP David Shoebridge gave a Notice of Motion in the NSW parliament in support of quality libraries in schools run by qualified teacher librarians." I am so happy to see the support happening.

This URL provides ideas to ensure that the TL can find opportunities to collaborate with administrators.

"As digital devices become more common in classrooms, teachers and students are discovering that what worked in the analog world may not be as effective in the digital one. "

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

School librarian Daniella Smith looks at leadership through the lens of the library from different perspectives.

"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"

"Thinking about the future allows us to imagine what kind of future we want to live in and how we can get there"

I'm an author, business leader and visual facilitator working at intersection of leadership, learning and change. Drawing on his business background Tanmay Vora blogs about individuals, teams and organizations delivering high-performance through process excellence, culture, capability building, coaching, consulting and leadership development interventions.

"The School Library Designing site site invites you to explore how you can participate in school library designing - and why purposeful school library design is important. "

"Our workplaces are changing, and the changes are dramatic. Professionals need to pay attention to and prepare for the workplaces of the future. An important aspect of this preparation is to develop the job skills that will help you succeed and thrive in the new reality of the next decade. "

"Understand the value of creativity in learning and how to enable it in the classroom by leveraging the full potential of technology."

Provides principals and school communities with a best practice guide for their school library.

"The widely accepted definition of creativity (the generation, originality and usefulness of ideas) now encompasses 21st century skills such as collaboration, problem solving and innovation."

"The aim of the FFL and '6 C's' framework is to assist students in developing their 'future-focused skills' or you may have also heard the phrase '21st-century skills'."

"How the structure and function of a learning culture lead to improvements in achievement and outcomes is where change efforts should be focused."