Standard: Advancing the Learning Community to Achieve School Goals
Theme: Leading Action for Collaborative Professional Development and Growth
Growth Phase: Leading
Growth Indicator: Teacher-librarian leads and supports professional learning communities within and across local divisions, provincially, nationally and globally in studies and initiatives to design and implement best practice in the LLC.
High school teacher-librarian, President of the Alberta School Learning Commons Council (ASLC), relates how the ASLC recently began a multi-year journey of “reclamation and advocacy”. Inspired by both the British Columbia Teacher Library Association’s annual conference and conjoined Treasure Mountain Canada 7 symposium hosted by Canadian School Libraries, connections with other school library leaders are shared and provide hope for “the beginnings of reclamation, regrowth, and interconnectedness for library-learning commons and teacher-librarians in Alberta”. Examples from SLLC presentations led at various Alberta conferences in spring 2023 further the hope.
Semenuk, H. (2023, May 24). Reclaiming School Libraries and Teacher-Librarians: Leveraging Canada-Wide Connections. Canadian School Libraries Journal 7(2). Retrieved from https://journal.canadianschoollibraries.ca/reclaiming-school-libraries-and-teacher-librarians-leveraging-canada-wide-connections/
The Coordinator for Libraries and Information Services in SD38 Richmond, BC, shares experiences from attending the July 2022 International Association of School Librarianship (IASL) conference on behalf of Canadian School Libraries (CSL), sharing the CSL Collection Diversity Toolkit.
Rubio, R. (2023, March 5). What is Our Responsibility to Them? Canadian School Libraries Journal 7(1). Retrieved from https://journal.canadianschoollibraries.ca/what-is-our-responsibility-to-them/
The Teacher Librarians of Newfoundland and Labrador (TLNL) network have posted five webinars relating to teacher/teacher-librarian professional development. Topics include coding, Flipgrid integration, book recommendations K-12.
Teacher Librarians of Newfoundland and Labrador (TLNL). (2021). [Webinar]. Retrieved from https://sites.google.com/nlesd.ca/tlnl/presentations-podcasts-webinars-etc/2021-tlnl-webinar-series