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 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