Reading Workshops with a Teacher-Librarian

Frederick, Lauren

Beard, T. M., & Antrim, P. (2010). Reading Workshops are Most Effective with a Teacher-Librarian. Teacher Librarian, 37(5), 24-29.

-->The article discusses the benefits of reading workshops and the role of the teacher-librarian. With the help of a teacher-librarian, one teacher created a reading program and tracked her below grade level fifth-grade readers. She found that when consulting with the teacher-librarian to select the books that interested them, their scores and success increased.  Benefits of continued contact between students reading below their grade level and teacher-librarians are discussed, and the importance of the teacher-librarian/teacher collaboration is emphasized.  

Reading workshops are important to help promote a love of reading as well as the skills needed for future success. I think that this is a good article to help demonstrate that and how a teacher-librarian can collaborate successfully with a teacher.