Hello world!

Hi All,

My name is Bianca and I live in the Far West of NSW on the Murray River. I am a city girl at heart having grown up, and started my career, in the Inner West of Sydney. I have been teaching for the past 12 years, though I have taken short periods out to raise a family and work on secondments for the NSW Teachers Federation. I was also fortunate to serve on the (formerly named) BOSTES Quality Teaching Council as a representative of public-school teachers.

As a child, I experienced a challenging home life and the library provided sanctuary and escape. Through reading, I developed a love of language and new ideas. Through books, I felt connected to the wider world and grew to develop a passion for driving change and advocating for others. Knowledge is power and my school library gave me the ability to rise above difficult circumstances and become the first in my family to gain university qualifications and the opportunity to support others through my work as a teacher.

I am currently 0.6 Teacher Librarian in a temporary role, while the substantive TL is on long service leave/ transitioning to retirement. I have only been in the role for a few weeks but so far… I love it! I teach K-6 and am (gradually) learning to integrate information fluency into a variety of KLAs. Tips anyone??

I hope that I can gain the qualifications to work in this dynamic role in a permanent capacity. I can see the potential the library has for facilitating change in our school culture, in the lives of students and in our community. I feel privileged to be engaged in study again and while nervous, I look forward to what the future brings.