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Teacher Librarian, Specialist AQ (York, Fall 2023, Online)

October 3, 2023 to December 8, 2023

  • Category: AQ, Online
  • Region: Central Ontario, Eastern Ontario, GTA, Northern Ontario, Outside Ontario, Southern Ontario
  • Topic: Library/Learning Commons
  • Grades: Intermediate (grades 7-10), JK-SK, Junior (grades 4-6), Primary (grades 1-3), Senior (grades 11-12)

In this Part 3 Specialist course, you complete the cycle in developing your expertise in the management of a modern, school information centre. You will focus on issues that prepare teachers for leadership: setting school-wide goals for the library resource centre, while ensuring teacher support, and organizing your school in a manner that supports a vibrant resource orientation to support school, district and Ministry directions. This course will also help you to continue refining your personal style as a teacher-librarian. Ethical issues regarding the acquisition of library collections will be explored. You will consolidate those skills needed for leadership at a school and system level. Emphasis is on the use of information technologies that are part of the library resource centre, and the design and evaluation of programs and facilities, responding to current educational direction as well as the formulation of equity-based selection policies.

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