TL's working with Principals: Collaborative teaching and learning starts at the top

TL’S WORKING WITH PRINCIPALS:

COLLABORATIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING

STARTS AT THE TOP

ALINDA SHEERMANB R O U G H T O N A N G L I C A N C O L L E G E

M E N A N G L E PA R K , N S W

Australian School Library Association Inc.


Housekeeping

Sue JohnstonASLA Board DirectorChair ASLA

Professional Learning Project Team

Facilitator for this webinar

Housekeeping:Participation optionsAttendee control

panelQuestion facilityPost-webinar

informationFuture PL events

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Alinda SheermanHead of Information ServicesBroughton Anglican College

Prep – Year 121000 Students

BACIRC(Broughton Anglican College Information Resource Centre)

A centre for learning, sharing and relaxation


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It’s all about Change

The Role of TL – A Life of Change A static school library becomes a ‘dead’ library with dire

consequences. https://soundcloud.com/afternoonshiftwbez/how-important-a

re-libraries-in-elementary-schools

(Radio transcript in Chicago last week discussing primary school libraries)

Change Management The authority to make change: Lasting change must be

‘managed’ Time Budget Risk

https://soundcloud.com/afternoonshiftwbez/how-important-are-libraries-in-elementary-schools




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Library Building – Physical Space

First changes: Physical Space Kevin Hannah – “What are you selling?” Moveable furniture – (wheels over three years of

budgets) Books moved to prominent positions Signage Community spaces – comfortable attractive seatingThe list could go on and on…


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Storytime venues

2003 2014


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Changes

Physical collection relevancy and accessibility

Online resources & ebooks – accessibility

TL in library – role 2004-2006…

To the role of TL in the school – role 2007-2015

Role of the Library in the school


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Plan for Change – Set Goals

Plan for change or it will not happen

Conduct an annual ‘Needs Analysis’ Reflect on previous year

Changing needs of the community New innovations in technology Evaluate ‘changes’ of previous year

Consider changing circumstances in the school Time Budget Personnel Pedagogy

Community acceptance risk – planning and preparation reduces this risk (“What will I do if/how will I respond if…”)

Set Goals – Short term/Long Term


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History of Change @ Broughton

January 2004: P-12 Library in cramped conditions with a new library facility half built. 1300 students 2 TLs, 2 Cert III Assistants No online Catalogue No online subscriptions 10 student computers 2 OPACS

January 2015: P-12 teaching and learning hub of the school


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Broughton Library pre 2004

WHS not such an issue back then!


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New Beginning - June 2004Library… to Information Resource Centre


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Summary: 2004-2015

library space

physical collection

accessibility of online resources

role of TL in library

role of TL in the school


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The Broughton Journey

2004 – 2006 Three years of finding my feet… and slightly uncomfortable with my position. By 2006 ‘boredom’ was setting in! Learning…

University Assignments aligned to school needs Annual personal technology skill goal

Early Changes… Move to a new building – create spaces Library access via an intranet accessed web site Basic online subscriptions Developing relationships with colleagues

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Professional relationships

2007 new Principal: Fullan’s Change Forces discussion

Monthly library reports and constant discussions

Forwarded relevant “Readings” (including Horizon Report)

Invited him to see library events

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2008 ChangedTL Role

Collaborative Team Teacher

Initiator of new pedagogies

Collecting evidence to share

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2009 Share

Students and teachers sharing evaluations of Guided Inquiry with their community


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Deputy becomes Principal

2009 – another new Principal But no need to ‘prove’ myself yet again

School smaller (850) so now only one Teacher Librarian

Guided Inquiry becomes focus of my teaching role

RFF component removed – totally collaborative planning and teaching

Teaching load actually increased as GI proved itself

Setting the limit!

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2010 Share

Students and teachers share Guided Inquiry evaluations beyond the school

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2011 Sharing

Action Research needs to be shared

Explosion of teaching and sharing…

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2012

Action Research focus – sharing the evidence

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Sharing

Sharing futher afield…

Supported by Principal – speak at MISA Heads network Meeting

- Access Article (Principal’s Perspective)

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2014Teaching

& Sharing

Team Teaching GI Classes: Year 3 (X3) – British Colonisation Year 4 Minibeasts (X2) Year 5 Global Connections (X2) Year 7 Ancient China (X3) Year 10 Commerce Year 11 PDHPE

Sharing: Broughton Junior School Workshop – Guided

Inquiry Eastern Suburbs TL Group - Guided Inquiry Lena from Sweden and Lee Fitzgerald visit

to Broughton – observe Year 3 and Yr 10 Guided Inquiry

A Week in the life of a GI Practitioner – SLANSW ‘Learning Hub’ Article

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2015A new year – time to:

Look at 2014 evaluations plan for changes! list needs analyse and set goals

Goals Makerspaces in the library Expand Ebooks - BYODs


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Guided Inquiry – just the beginning

Committees: Chair Assessment K-10 committee Child Protection Investigator (K-12) IT Committee (K-12) Member 7-12 Management Team PD Committee (K-12) Embedding Excellence Committee (K-12) Appretio - Mentor for 3 other teachers gaining

accreditation at ‘lead’ level (AITSL) (K-12)


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Role Change - Where to begin!

Lifelong Learning

Share

AdvocacyConnections

RelationshipsBelong to

Associations

Lead the way

Action Research


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Share – Stay Connected

Network of Learners: Get connected, stay connected then share what you find… Blog about, tweet, email links from your connections so others can also see your PLN at workExample:

My favourites: Karen Bonnano (Scoop.it!)Lyn Hay (Scoop.it!)Barbara Braxton (500 Hats)EdutopiaGregwhitbyhttp://www.freetech4teachers.com/http://www.mrsmacslibrary.com/

…And many more!

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/

http://www.mrsmacslibrary.com/


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Share – Foster Professional Relationships

Collaborative planning over coffee


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Share – Belong to Associations

ASLAALIASLANSW – or your State equivalentBrowse other International Associations onlineALASLA (UK)Speak about and share their links/programs/research with colleagues and Principal


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Share – Lead the way

Find a library related teaching area that is a passion for you

Lead the way in: Trialing new pedagogies or technologies

relating to thisConduct action research on its

effectiveness collecting evidence throughout Share it with your Principal and request time

in staff meetings to share results – preferably from students or involved teachers as well


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Students can share too!Year 10 students at a Sydney Syba Signs GI conference

http://bacirc.edublogs.org/guided-inquiry/gi-2010/




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Share – Research

Evaluate your own work and share resultsParent Evaluation of Unit of Work

Share research studies (eg one was made available this week):School Library Association of Queensland &Queensland University of Technology Research Study http://www.slaq.org.au/new-research-what-perception-do-queensland-school-principals-have-teacher-librariansSchool libraries, teacher-librarians and their contribution to student literacy development in Gold Coast schools Research report: P43Principals’ views about how school library staff contribute to students’ literacy development

http://www.slaq.org.au/new-research-what-perception-do-queensland-school-principals-have-teacher-librarians


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Share - Advocacy

Collect and let your Principal and teachers know about new Local, National and International library success stories


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Principal & or Supervisor


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Support beyond Broughton…

O’Connor, D 2013, ‘The role of teacher librarian at Broughton: the headmaster’s perspective’, Access, vol. 27, Iss. 2, June, p. 8.

Written to accompany:

Sheerman, A 2013, ‘Three in one: teacher, information specialist, leader’, Access, vol. 27, Iss. 2, June, pp. 4-7.

Presentation to MISA Heads network meeting, 2014. (Macarthur Independent Schools Association)


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Action Research

I am convinced Action Research is the place to begin: PLAN –make goals & include stakeholders (Principal) ACT – collect evidence (photos, interviews) as you go DESCRIBE – how it went REFLECT – (+ and -) and consider improvements for the next

‘round’

Action research cycles into using Guided Inquiry in the classroom: http//bacirc.edublogs.org (top menu bar)

Guided Inquiry Community for programs and resources: http://guidedinquirycommunity.pbworks.com/

SLANSW State Library Day 14 March – Learn about setting library goals fromCarol Gordon who is Associate Professor in the School of Communication and Information and Co-Director of the Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries (CISSL) at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, United States. (http://slansw.asn.au/)

http://guidedinquirycommunity.pbworks.com/

http://slansw.asn.au/





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