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Are School Librarian’s and endangered species?
In Karen Bonanno’s (2011) speech at ASLA conference she addresses the issue of how many teacher librarians are viewed within the education sector as the “invisible profession” and the steps we as a profession need to take to change this by implementing a 5 finger plan for success.
THUMB – Strength of Character – establish preeminence, blog
POINTER – F.O.C.U.S – Follow One Course Until Successful
- Know your outcome
- Take Action
- Test
- Realign
- Go until you reach your goal.
MIDDLE – Brand – Who are you? Know what you stand for? Are you who you say you are?
RING – Relationships – Build them and work with those who will work with you.
LITTLE – Little things you do – do the things others cannot do.
Thank you Karen for your words of wisdom that I will treasure.
CSU-SIS Learning Centre. (2011). ASLA 2011. Karen Bonanno, keynote speaker: A profession at the tipping point: Time to change the game plan [Video file]. Retrieved from https://vimeo.com/31003940