Part A – Statement of Personal Philosophy The teacher librarian (TL) plays a crucial role connecting key members of the school community working within and across many teams as a strong collaborator with effective interpersonal skills. The TL is an instructional partner, information specialist, curriculum administrator, digital expert, manager and leader who models best practice […]
Reflective Practice – What have I learned, what does the future look like? When initially confronted with deliberating the nature of information (Parker, 2020a) my long held (semantic) view was challenged with an alternative and far more interesting approach. Examining ‘The information Hierarchy’ (AEW, 2008) I could see information as a process, existing on a […]
Leader? Adviser? Team member? All of the above? Where do we fit in? Brown (2008) suggests that School media specialists or TLs “hold the key to ensuring successful research projects that bring our world, and its vast amount of information, into a manageable perspective.” (p. 16). An undeniable fact yes, the TL is a curriculum […]