The role the Teacher Librarian plays in the School Improvement Plan goals to support student learning.

1. Supporting SIP Goals to
Meet the Needs of Students
The Teacher Librarian’s Role
Joel Krentz
Wilkinson Jr. P.S. Library

2. Working with the
Teacher-Librarian
❖ opportunity to design, deliver and assess as a team
❖ access to the library and its resources
❖ research expertise
❖ technology integration
❖ lens of critical literacy

3. Wilkinson’s SIP Goals
focus on ...
❖ non-fiction writing
❖ inquiry based math
❖ embedding equity, social
justice, character
education & eco-literacy

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Supporting
Non-Fiction Writing

5. ... through the use of digital technologies ...
KidBlog
Bitstrips
Storify
StoryBird
Comic Life
Twitter

6. ❖ usingdigital technologies to support
writing provides students and teachers
with engaging, collaborative and
authentic ways to explore and learn
about writing

7. Teacher Librarian’s Role
❖ offer a series of ‘Lunch and Learns’ introducing these
❖ manage any accounts and logistics that need to be set up in
advance
❖ partner with teachers to design, deliver and assess units of
study
❖ provide students with opportunity to share with a wider
audience through posting writing on Library’s websites

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Supporting
Inquiry Based Math

9. ❖ Inquiry
based Math uses ‘real life’
problems to engage students
❖ students
create questions about these
problems they want to answer
❖ They explore solutions using
investigation, research, digital
technologies and manipulatives

10. Teacher Librarian’s Role
I will create Math Inquiry Lab including
❖ a centre for question creation with Q-charts and organizers
❖ a space for manipulatives and hand-on exploration
❖ online portals to relevant resources and sites
❖ a multi-media centre with access to a wide variety of
technology and tools
❖ a space to share and publish student findings and solutions

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Supporting
Social Justice, Equity, Character
Education & Eco-Literacy

12. ❖ embedding the themes of social justice,
equity, character education and eco-
literacy in all areas of teaching and
learning
❖ reflectswork being done on a Board
wide level that is supported with
resources and professional development

13. Teacher Librarian’s Role
❖ participate in planning meetings to establish themes within
units of study and curricular area
❖ offer advice around projects, assessments and culminating
tasks related to themes
❖ support teachers and students with print & online resources
❖ share and publish the teaching and learning that occurs and
highlight the themes using multimedia or digital means

14. Measuring Success
❖ teacher and teacher-librarian
Success partnering and created assessment
support from me, as the
❖ student/teacher co-created
Teacher-Librarian, will be assessment (rubrics)
measured in a number of
ways: ❖ student interviews, conferencing
and surveys
❖ comments & anecdotal records
❖ feedback from teachers
❖ feedback from students