Carl A. Harvey Ii

Adult Learners (eBook, PDF)

Professional Development and the School Librarian

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This practical guide clarifies why school librarians need to be part of the professional development process in their schools-and shows just how to achieve that goal. To remain gainfully employed, today's school librarian has to be a leader in the school. To that end, Adult Learners: Professional Development and the School Librarian encourages librarians to become instrumental in providing professional development to teachers and staff. The book begins by explaining why librarians should participate in designing and presenting professional development, then goes on to provide tips, examples, and a complete model for doing this based on system used at the author's school. Readers will discover how to determine what is practical and how to turn ideas into actions, whether they want to implement a major initiative or start with something small. Most important, this book details how to become part of the professional development team in ways that are both relevant and meaningful to the teachers and staff involved. When these stakeholders understand what the librarian knows and how they can benefit, the librarian's sphere of influence will be expanded-and a job just might be saved.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781610690409
• Artikelnr.: 68205987

Autorenporträt

Carl A. Harvey II is an instructor of school librarianship at Longwood University in Farmville, VA.

Inhaltsangabe

Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. What Is Professional
Development? Professional Development Choices for Librarians Conferences
and Workshops Webinars Social Media Twitter Facebook Google+ Blogs Curation
Periodicals and Books Associations PLN: Professional Learning Networks
Professional Choices beyond the Library Resources 2. Librarians as Leaders
Gathering Influence The Go-To Person Bring Back from Conferences Resources
3. Aligning the School Library Program and Professional Development to the
School Improvement Plan When We See It When We Don't See It Resources 4.
Designing Professional Development Why? Who? What? When? Where? How? Theme?
(or Not!) Handout Follow Up Evaluation Resources 5. Vehicles for Delivery
of Professional Development Face-to-Face One-on-One Small Group Whole Staff
Virtual Podcasts/Vodcasts Webinars E-mail Learning Management
Systems/Virtual Learning Environments Blogs Twitter/Facebook/Social Media
Instruction Reporting Resources 6. An Example-21st-Century Tools The Focus
What Do the Teachers Need to Know? How Can the School Librarian and
Principal Pull This Together into a Theme? How Can the School Librarian and
Principal Introduce This to Teachers? How Can the School Librarian and
Principal Provide Teachers the Professional Development They Need? How Can
the School Librarian and Principal Structure Support and Help When Needed?
How Can the School Librarian and the Principal Be Sure That Teachers
Implement What They Have Been Taught? The Model Podcasts Staff Meeting PLC
Training Support Celebration Wikis Staff Meeting PLC Training Support
Celebration Blogs Staff Meeting PLC Training Support Celebration Evaluation
Resources Index