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Novice |
Apprentice |
Practitioner |
Expert |
Building Partnerships |
Teacher-librarian (TL) focuses more on management tasks and less on collaboration. Primarily provides resources. |
TL provides instruction on specific skills as requested by teachers. Provides resources which support the curriculum and suggests activities for their use. |
TL has a year plan which includes goals and collaboration with all staff. Collaboration will include design and implementation of learning opportunities. |
TL maximizes all opportunities for involvement with teachers. Is involved with school goals, classroom plans, and school-wide activities. Active participant in the professional learning community of the school. |
Instructional Leadership |
TL provides service as requested by teacher and adopts teacher's instructional plan. |
TL promotes information literacy skills to be integrated into instructional units. |
TL integrates information literacy skills into collaboratively planned instruction. Provides leadership in best practice of instructional strategies |
TL models and supports teachers in experimentation and best practice in instructional design and implementation. |
Development of Information Literate Learners
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TL teaches information literacy skills in isolation of the curriculum. |
TL Information literacy skills are integrated into instruction; focus is on accessing and locating information. |
TL Information literacy skills are integrated into instruction; instruction expands beyond locating information to include analysis, synthesis and evaluation. |
TL and teachers share the responsibility for the integration of information literacy skills into instruction. Authentic learning tasks provide students the opportunity to apply skills in new and unpredictable situations. |
Accommodating School Environment Factors |
TL and teacher collaboration is limited by the roadblocks created in the school environment i.e. scheduling, principal support, collection etc. |
TL attempts to modify school environmental factors to be more consistent with school library best practice. Tries to reach many staff members . |
TL creates modifications to school environmental factors as well as developing strategies to more effectively adopt best practice. Works with as many staff as possible. |
TL takes full advantage of and/or strategically overcomes roadblocks in school environment i.e. schedule, resource centre, collections and all other factors to provide collaboration with all members of the staff. |
