Standard: Advancing the Learning Community to Achieve School Goals
Theme: Teacher Collaborative Role
Growth Phase: Emerging
Growth Indicator: Teachers advocate for the school library to meet the literacy and information needs of all learners.
View this recording of a high school teacher in Quebec who talks about the critical importance of the school library to his practice, his students and ultimately, democracy.
Quebec School Librarian’s Network (QSLiN). (2017, June 26). Libraries and democracy; teachers and librarians working together to open minds [Video file]. Retrieved from https://qslin.org/new-video-libraries-and-democracy-teachers-and-librarians-working-together-to-open-minds/
The 2018 Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) education agenda calls for greater student access to specialist teachers such as teacher-librarians as one of eight building blocks for better schools.
Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO). (2018). Building Better Schools. Retrieved from https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/etfo/pages/1236/attachments/original/1523886403/ETFO_Platform_2018.pdf?1523886403
Teacher-librarian and British Columbia Teacher-Librarian Association (BCTLA) Member-at-Large writes about the teacher-librarian role, history of the BCTLA and the professional impact of being part of the BCTLA on the BC Teachers’ Federation news page.
Wallace, N. (2023, March 1). Professional Community Within the BC Teacher-Librarians’ Association. Retrieved from https://www.bctf.ca/news-and-opportunities/news-details/2023/03/01/professional-community-within-the-bc-teacher-librarians-association
CSL Director, part of the Leading Learning Team, British Columbia teacher and former teacher-librarian Armstrong discusses the pros and cons of a return to the classroom from the TL position. She shares examples of other colleagues in similar situations and reflects with enthusiasm that “we are redirecting our passions to the new opportunities before us, with a skill set that lends itself to innovation and imagination every step of the way”.
Armstrong, L. (2024). We can be our own secret weapons. Canadian School Libraries Journal, 8 (3).
https://journal.canadianschoollibraries.ca/we-can-be-our-own-secret-weapons/