Ten Things Your Administrator Needs to Know as the School Year Begins

Brandt, Alisa

Ten Things Your Administrator Needs to Know as the School Year Begins

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Church, A. (2016, August). Ten things your administrator needs to know as the

    school year begins [Blog post]. Retrieved from Knowledge Quest website:

    http://knowledgequest.aasl.org/ten-things-administrator-needs-know-school-year-begins/

Church lists all the ways that Teacher Librarians are catalysts for deeper student learning and teacher collaboration. The article could serve as a pocket-sized (or email) advocacy tool by describing all the roles that TL take on from teaching literacies and ethical use of information to being an inspirational instructional partner and program designer.

Evaluation: The timing of this article is excellent. As we are wrapping up this summer semester learning all about the ways that Teacher Librarians can contribute to the success of our students and the strengthening of our programs and the new school year beginning soon, this piece is inspirational. We know the value of our skills and contributions as well as some of our classroom teacher friends and a few of us are lucky enough to have administrators who champion our cause as well but it is always good to have a reminder of what we do and why we are important to our school community. Personally, I find having an example of what to say when asked about what we do is helpful and this article gives a little boost of confidence as I enter another school year.