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Collaboration is supremely easier when it is embedded in the school culture and you don’t have to ‘fight it’. I have been in schools where many teachers have a certain unshiftable mindset, where they are their own island and refuse to even entertain the idea of working with others. Other times, collaboration is only a […]

I believe having a positive relationship with the school principal is paramount in our role as teacher librarian. The readings give the impression that it is the principal who can ‘make or break us’ and it is up to us to make ourselves indispensable; aligning ourselves to the school’s vision (which is ultimately that of […]

I found Valenza’s post to be so immensely filled with passion – defending the varied, diverse and complex roles of the teacher librarian. Following her previous blog post –  contained in a link within the stimulus post, she was responding to the library having been described as an “anachronism”, with the teacher librarian being “antiquated”. […]

As my understanding about the role of the teacher librarian continues to evolve with further subject study and research, it is evident that the unique and specialised qualifications held by the teacher librarian should deservedly be held in high regard. Despite being NESA accredited, I was unaware of the existence of a separate set of […]