When considering Karen Bonanno’s speech A profession at the tipping point: Time to change the gameplan at the Australian School Library Association conference, I note the following ideas. The role of a teacher librarian is at a crossroads and we all have a choice to make. We work swiftly to become hardworking advocates for the essential position, or we sit back and watch the profession shrink away to extinction. (Bonanno, 2011) It is up to each and every one of us to add value to the role, working productively to ease the pressure of resourcing on our overburdened teaching colleagues. We must position ourselves in schools as leaders, who continue to deliver valuable resources to school communities in an environment of rapid technological change. We must embrace change and become indispensable and unique members of our school learning communities.
References
Bonanno, K. (Keynote Speaker). (2011). A profession at the tipping point: Time to change the gameplan [Video Recording]. Australian School Library Association. https://vimeo.com/31003940
Bonanno, K. (March 2015). A profession at the tipping point (revisited). ACCESS, 14-21.
