TL should undoubtedly by involved in Curriculum Development and in a greater capacity than fetching the resources. TL can combine their experience of promoting information seeking and gathering skills to support and enhance student performance in learning tasks. Using print and ICT platforms, a constructivist approach can encourage positive and student led exploration of a topic.
Curriculum development school wide is essential for the TL to be involved in. TL can support class teachers with developing ICT and research skills for students to competently complete tasks. Students must have Digital Citizenship knowledge inbuilt across the curriculum to improve their use and access to information in all subject areas.
Principal’s should expect TL and class teachers to collaborate on units of work where appropriate. Our school has 2 staff meetings a term whereby staff are given grade meeting time to plan collaboratively. This inbuilt time is invaluable for the TL to join various grades to peek into their world and plan with teachers.
Excluding TL from curriculum development can disadvantage students and teachers from the expertise of an information specialist. The direction education is moving towards has a 21st C learning focus and students under prepared for this may struggle to in an information environment.
