Standard: Advancing the Learning Community to Achieve School Goals
Theme: Leading Action for Collaborative Professional Development and Growth
Growth Phase: Evolving
Growth Indicator: Teacher-librarian/LLC teacher builds and supports capacity by actively participating in professional learning opportunities within their school district and sharing within their school.
This British Columbia teacher-librarian reflects that schools, administrators and teachers need to navigate between their own professional learning autonomy and a common goal to focus on building community and structures that enhance student success.
Armstrong, L. (2021, March 3). Professional Development. What does it mean to you? Canadian School Libraries Journal 5 (1). Retrieved from https://journal.canadianschoollibraries.ca/professional-development-what-does-it-mean-to-you/
District Learning Commons Teacher-Librarian for SD57 Prince George, BC. and CSL Board of Directors Member describes about how he met the challenge of doing a presentation outside his “family of schools” and in so doing met other educators and made connections that now help with his current role as district learning commons teacher librarian.
Jeffery, J. (2023). Crossing the Invisible Divide: Professional Learning Across Schools. Retrieved from https://docs.google.com/document/d/13i45PGpd-DRQ4tkOoyWSNEcwwSzsq25a0RAUe2AwX4U/edit
A teacher librarian shares how she introduced library routines through creative video clips and gives tips on using the process to do so.
Apple Education Community. (2022, September 9). New School Routines [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://education.apple.com/story/250010747