Standard: Advancing the Learning Community to Achieve School Goals
Theme: Leading Action for School and Board Improvement
Growth Phase: Leading
Growth Indicator: Teacher-librarian leads and models across the district a collaborative approach to achieving and celebrating the objectives of the school and district strategic plans.
An inspiring nomination for an inspiring teacher-librarian for the “Digital Leadership” category of the Toronto District School Board Excellence Awards, 2023. Enjoy watching how the teacher-librarian engages and connects students in literacy learning using innovative experiential methodology.
Aradj, L. (2023). TDSB Excellence Nomination Mira Campbell 2023 [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwurW0ZS194
This issue of Ontario School Library Association (OSLA) journal The Teaching Librarian focuses on SLLC leadership in its many different forms. Includes articles by Canadian School Libraries (CSL) Chair Anita Brooks Kirkland and CSL Angela Thacker Award Recipient Rabia Khokhar.
Whalley, K. (ed.) (2022). The Teaching Librarian 29(3). Retrieved from https://accessola.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/2022-May-TingL-29-3.pdf
Over 30 school librarians across the U.S. and Canada who had been nominated by their peers for their excellence were interviewed as a part of the “AliveLibrary Project” at San Jose State University. The major question was “What are the major characteristics of world class school librarians?” Each was read and rated by three researchers, and in several rounds resulted in eight major characteristics that seem to undergird high impact on teaching and learning across a wide spectrum of locations, affluence, diversity, and communities.
Loertscher, D.V., Young, M., & Peterson, C. (2025). Characteristics of world class school librarians. Paper presented at the Treasure Mountain Canada 8 Symposium, Toronto, Canada. https://researcharchive.canadianschoollibraries.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/TMC8_2025_Loertscher_Young_Peterson.pdf