Concerned about student achievement? Lacking time to meet curricular and

admin demands? Inexperienced in new technologies? Need a helping hand? Want to know education’s best-kept

secret?

The Information LiteracyAnd

Children’s LiteratureSpecialist

The library staff don’t own the library.

You can recommend and request resources

You can book the library as a reading area or teaching space

Consider the library as a research and learning centre

The best resource in the library is the teacher librarian. Teacher librarians can:

Help you plan a guided inquiry Help you solve a technology problem Find professional research Answer a reference question If we can’t do it, we can find someone who can Obtain materials from other libraries Celebrate your students’ work Have an overview of the whole school

curriculum

Advanced planning is a good thing.

It ensures that we have resources to suit your needs.

It gives us time to prepare links to appropriate websites.

Experienced librarians can help you to know what will work.

We can help to create assessment that considers both PROCESS and PRODUCT.

The library provides both print and digital resources.

Sometimes print resources are better suited to students’ needs.

Students need to be taught how to read, question, evaluate and compare information from internet sites.

Younger students need child-friendly search engines.

We can help you select websites best suited for your students’ use.

The teacher librarian can provide support with technology.

Location and availability of equipment Use of scanners, camera, video cameras How to use programs that kids have access to

eg Kidspiration, Kidpix, Ziptales Keep you in touch with the latest PD

opportunities

We can help your students’ performance on reading tests.

Matching readers to books Giving book talks Finding literature to support your units of work Providing favourite or new authors Meet remedial or extension reading needs

Need someone to share the glory or shame of a new unit?

Need someone to listen to you brag about a fantastic lesson?

Need to pick someone’s brain? Need to team teach a new methodology

or subject area for moral support?

Get to know your Teacher Librarian!