Reflecting on Inquiry Learning I perceive my greatest barriers to developing an effective inquiry learning environment are time (timetabling), the Principal/Exec and the classroom teachers. Delving into the inquiry models available – understanding the most appropriate for our school setting, research, getting all the stakeholders onboard are some areas I perhaps need to consider moving […]
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 […]
I’m not in this alone! I was asked to consider what qualities I would look for in preferred school library suppliers during the readings for Module 4 (Legal and ethical issues of collections). Oh yes, I have a list of qualities: I prefer to support local but sometimes pricing/availability and timeframe can be an issue. […]
‘The Principal and I’ During my readings for Module 3 – The role of the teacher librarian – I was struck by how significant the relationship between the TL and the Principal really is. Haycock (2007) suggests that there is almost a symbiotic connection at play between the TL and Principal with both give and […]