Deborah's reflections

My journey to becoming a K-6 TL.

Consider ways in which you might these documents (ASLA Evidence Guides) to further your understanding of the role of the TL, or to inform your practice.

I’d like to focus on Standards 6 and 7. Standard 6.1 describes engaging with professional learning. I am continuously engaging with professional development to improve my use of Oliver. As a librarian, I need to manage the physical space and resources and catalogue them carefully. As a teacher I need to ensure I am providing the best possible learning experiences for students to achieve learning goals.

Standard 7 describes engaging with colleagues and the community. The Evidence Guide informs my practice to continue and broaden collaboration with colleagues. On reflection of standard 7, my colleague and I need a written plan to ensure collaboration with teaching staff to ensure consistency across grades.

Australian School Library Association (ASLA)  (2014). Evidence guide for teacher librarians in the proficient career stage.  Retrieved from: http://www.asla.org.au/site/DefaultSite/filesystem/documents/evidence-guide_ha.pdf

No Comments »

3.1 Suggest ways you can use one of these evidence guides.

I have chosen the Proficient Evidence guide because that’s the stage I am in currently. The ASLA evidence guide is a valuable tool for evaluating outcomes, assessment and focus considerations in units of work. It could be used to review a whole year program and look for the omissions in focus areas e.g. Standard 1.5 describes differentiation as a key consideration. An evaluation of a program could check through to ensure this is part of all planned teaching activities for the year and to identify areas for improvement.

Another way to use the Evidence guide may be to identify areas of future budget planning e.g. Standard 2.6 suggests information rich learning resources to promote inquiry learning. With limited budgets schools need to carefully plan the optimum technology that will best fulfill their schools needs.

Professional learning for library staff can be identified in the ASLA Standards 6.1-6.4. Continual retraining and updating of our qualifications in areas of need is imperative if we wish to stay relevant for our profession and for our students.

Free-Photos / Pixabay

Reference
https://interact2.csu.edu.au/bbcswebdav/pid-2798134-dt-content-rid-5542611_1/courses/S-ETL401_201930_W_D/ASLA%20evidence%20guide%20proficient%20career%20stage.pdf

No Comments »

Step 1 of 2
Please sign in first
You are on your way to create a site.
Skip to toolbar