Being and becoming a teacher librarian
An MTL journey
This blog shares my TL experiences prior to this master’s degree, and ongoing learning in various areas, but from the first post, I recognised a need for the TL to be a connected, learning leader in the school (Linton, 2022, February 23, para. 6). At the time, I used the word ‘lead’ somewhat carelessly but…
I have been reading articles and note taking all morning. I have read this blog prompt several times and have tried to unpack it but I must admit to being frustrated by it: Reflect on how the traits of a specific leadership style can support leaders when planning for and managing change, particularly when that leader…
It might be that jumping from one organisation to another is an advantage for ETL504 (Teacher Librarian as Leader). As I begin to understand aspects of organisational theory and leadership styles, I find myself comparing School A of yore to School B of now. One key area which has come up in conversations with coworkers…
In 2023 I started in a new school setting as the TL- a role I had occupied for 8 years at another school. The schools were very different despite both being independent. These differences are relevant for me to talk about ‘My most favourite leader.’ School A was a low fees, coeducational, K-12 Anglican independent…
ETL 504 (Teacher Librarian as Leader) has thrown me into a stew of theories, lingo and ways to think about school settings which are new to me. Reading through the various descriptions of leadership models in Bush (2015) article on organisation theory in education, I can see where structures and decisions made at my schools…
Despite a decade in the role of teacher librarian (TL), several years as a classroom teacher, and several more years as an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) instructor, I do not think I had encountered the term, “literary learning” until starting this course. That is not to say that I have not been up…
After a year of portfolio, study visits and professional placement, I’m back to some good old course work in ETL514 (formerly ETL402). I’m nearly (somehow) twenty years from finishing my Master of Teaching degree and all the theory that went with that; important theories on childhood development, learning models, literacy insturction and more which are…
The post below was started in July of 2022 during the course of ETL 505 but left unfinished. Here we go! The next stop in this TL program is, thankfully, on resource description; something I have been skirting and tinkering with in the most ridiculous fashion for years. With Hilder’s “Information Resource Description: creating and…
In previous posts I have shared the steps in becoming a TL of a primary dedicated school library. I held this position for over 9 years before moving into a different school and different library. That first position afforded me a great deal of space and freedom to learn and experiment. I was supported by…
The course,”Research as practice,” is one of the mandatory subjects for the Master of Education (Teacher Librarian) course, and well it should be. The recurring thought from start to finish was, “Why am I only encountering this incredibly important understanding now?” This is my second master’s degree following a Bachelor of Arts with a major…
