As a teacher who has unreservedly and loudly argued that literacy instruction is the responsibility of ALL teachers, I chose “Fostering Literacies to Empower Life-Long Learners” to explore in the Canadian Library Association’s Leading Learning: Standards of Practice for School Library Learning Commons in Canada (2014). The framework identifies key themes in fostering literacies toContinue reading “Fostering Literacies to Empower Life-Long Learners: A Look at the CLA’s Leading Learning”
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Issue: Cuts in Funding to Libraries and Staffing in Libraries
Over the past couple of decades, libraries have seen funding cuts in the form of both resource limitations and staffing. With declining enrollment in schools comes declining funding and school boards do not always prioritize funding to libraries and teacher-librarians. Many elementary schools – and smaller secondary – function with part-time staffing, meaning that theirContinue reading “Issue: Cuts in Funding to Libraries and Staffing in Libraries”
New Coursework: Teacher-Librarian, pt 1
Over the next few months, I’ll be posting assignments for my online Queen’s University Teacher-Librarian Part 1 course. Thought I needed something to do in the Covid lock- down (other than my job, trying to grow sourdough starter, crocheting items for my new niece or nephew…).
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