VII.+Issues+and+Management



=** Library Profession is in a state of crisis ** : = ** Seven areas IN WHICH Teacher Librarians Should Take Action! ** 1. **Tying our library program goals to the larger goals of our educational system:** continually enhance our collaborative efforts with teachers 2. **Advocate:** demonstrating and publicizing our effectiveness through accountability by: 3. **Technology integration:** teach technology competences used to locate, assess, synthesize, and communicate information in powerful and meaningful ways 4. **Retaining our professional teaching status:** professional development in the areas of constructivist teaching, authentic assessment, program management, materials selection and organization, and information and technology initiatives 5. **Attracting the best of our field:** encourage others to enter the field of library studies 6. **Keeping our core values:** continually remind oneself about core values 7. Staying connected: networking with fellow librarians and engage in a battle for an optimistic vision that will empower us and offer positive reinforcement to one another
 * Reduction in school library programs and a cut to professional and clerical staff
 * Minimal budgets
 * Supplanting “library programs” with “technology initiatives”
 * Establishing “teach to the test” curricula
 * The list goes on and on……
 * School library programs in general have always been in a crisis situation. **
 * The reality is that school library resources may never be seen as a permeate part of the educational landscape. **
 * Integrate information technology curriculum
 * Collaborate with teachers in designing and teaching units
 * Collaborate with teachers in designing performance assessments
 * Report attainable skills to students, parents and community through progress reports, conferences, and public reports
 * Technology
 * Higher-level thinking skills
 * Demonstrate all forms of media
 * Advocate intellectual freedoms
 * Celebrate human attributes if teach guidance, empathy, judgment, encouragement, wisdom, and caring
 * Celebrate culture and human diversity
 * Continue to advocate for children

= A powerful teacher librarian is indispensable to schools who are dedicated to graduating citizens who can use information in meaningful ways and know how to keep on learning. = = =
 * Johnson, Doug. “The Seven Most Critical Challenges that Face Our Profession”. pg.362-366. **