Advancing the Learning Community: Exemplar A3

Standard: Advancing the Learning Community to Achieve School Goals

Theme: Planning for School Improvement

Growth Phase: Established

Growth Indicator: LLC leadership team develops clear goals to align programs with school goals and share and showcase teaching and learning achievement.


View this example of principal and teacher-librarian sharing how they shifted to library learning commons involving the learning community.

Durham District School Board (DDSB). (2017). DDSB Shift: Elementary Library Learning Commons [Video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/Wp-XiTwJ99o


View 9th grade students learning about use and benefit of online resources/databases for a science research project in the learning commons.

Durham District School Board (DDSB). (2017). DDSB Shift: Secondary Library Learning Commons [Video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/u84TCRfKvM4


Teacher-librarian Lyons has created two inspiring and practical  infographics promoting the LLC; one for students as to what is available to them in the LLC and one for teachers outlining co-planning, co-teaching, and collaboration from an inquiry stance. Lyons invites others to use, share or adapt the infographics.

Lyons, B. (2019, May 6). Sharing the LLC Space- An Advocate’s Infographic [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://thelibrariansjourney.blogspot.com/2019/05/sharing-llc-space-advocates-infographic.html?m=1