Teacher Librarian as Leader

" There are many aspects to the role teacher-librarians. Teacher-librarians are curriculum development leaders as well as a collaborative teaching and planning partners for the classroom teacher. They can be leaders into integrating technology into instruction in the school. They are the information specialists who provide both physical and intellectual access to material through teaching the knowledge, skills and values required to use information and to communicate knowledge ethically and effectively. Teacher-librarians must also be involved in revising and rewriting policies and procedures that are important to meet the needs of the twenty-first century. They are resource managers and must be up to date in reviewing new materials in order to develop their collections."

It seemed that the nature of the challenges that managers were facing were rapidly changing; however, the methods that we were using to develop them were staying the same.

"As a person finally acknowledges that doing the same thing will not bring about a different desired outcome, a reflection emerges as "How do I get unstucked from where I am now?" Donna Howes shares her workshop experience on Dr. Robert Kegan's behavior improvement approach to "Immunity to Change". The good things ahead start with a rigorous adherence to the step-by-step process of recognizing where one is at the moment and where one desires to be in the future. The change process works at the individual as well as at the organizational level. "

"The old-fashioned view of leadership is that leaders are marked out for leadership from early on in their lives; and that if you are not a born leader, there's little you can do to become one."