Teacher Librarian as Leader

Five Habits all great leaders have linked to the teacher librarian role.

"The 21st century skills are a set of abilities that students need to develop in order to succeed in the information age. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills lists three types:"

"How well and frequently you listen to others is a better predictor of your leadership potential than your actual intelligence or personality. "

"As educators, what skills should we teach our students to prepare them for their personal and professional futures? Surprisingly, research shows that it's not predominately technical skills that tomorrow's employers will be looking for."

From the National Excellence in School Leadership Initiative.

"In this video, Jorm introduces a targeted program that is embedded at the school, The Three Spheres of Library Skills. The program scaffolds students to achieve success in the three core areas of library skills: Readers, Researchers, and Thinkers. This first video in a three-part series takes an in-depth look at the first skill - Readers. 'While all the spheres are interconnected, the Readers sphere is most important, as the skills and attitudes in this sphere underpin all of the others,' Jorm shares in the video. "

Published by The International Literacy Association

"The 21st Century Fluencies is a structured framework to model the critical skills that today's students need to succeed, both today and in the future and become digital citizen's. The Global Digital Citizen Foundation* divides digital fluency into five categories: Information, Solution, Creativity, Collaboration and Media. A syntheses of the elements involved in each fluency is detailed below."

"The concept of information fluency builds on what we have become familiar with as information literacy embedded within the Information Skills document currently used by schools. The Information Fluency Framework has been developed in line with a range of frameworks (NSW DoE 2021)."

"21st century learning is the development of a highly valuable skill set for the future. 21st century skills are flagged as critical for the digital and evolving economy. Instead of specific subject knowledge, 21st century skills are ways of thinking, ways of working and ways of living."

"Building a facilitated professional development (PD) opportunity for teachers to work together curating content is a way to provide collaborative learning while also collecting viable, aligned materials."

"In 2015, ACER Chief Executive Professor Geoff Masters AO identified equipping students for the 21st century as one of five key challenges in Australian school education. Six years and a global pandemic later, experts from education research and practice gathered to discuss what progress has been made towards meeting this challenge - and what must happen next."

"In another 10 to 20 years, what will schools look like? Predicting the future is impossible, even in stable times. However, there are a few safe bets we can make about the future of education."

"A 2021 research study found that burnout stems from three key components brought on by anxiety and stress: exhaustion, cynicism, and inefficacy. Using the research from this study, schools can help prevent burnout by utilizing guidelines found in hope psychology to alleviate anxiety and support staff well-being and resiliency."

"Trust matters-people who work in high-trust environments experience less stress, burnout, and sick days than those who work in low-trust environments. Higher levels of productivity, greater engagement, and more energy are all associated with these advantages."

"Empathetic leadership, born from an authentic understanding of teachers' needs, is an essential component of expert school leadership. It's a mindset that principals and teachers say should inform decision-making and help establish a schoolwide culture of purpose and respect."

"eSafety's Best Practice Framework for Online Safety Education establishes a consistent national approach that supports education systems across Australia to deliver high quality programs, with clearly defined elements and effective practices."

"As we emerge from the monstrous grip of the pandemic, the importance of quality, valid information has become even more important than ever before, and the role of a school librarian in steering a school forward is paramount."

"Communicating the great things that we are doing in our school libraries is so important to advocacy. Letting others know about the projects, new books, and countless other activities can be a challenge. When I thought about improving my communication with parents, students, and staff my idea was to create a short, one-page newsletter each month. The newest tool I have been using for promotional library materials is Canva. "