Working with professors of education

[Shelley Glantz Arlington High 617-646-1000 x3138]

The Massachusetts School Library Media Assoc. and
the Massachusetts Library Assoc. are collaborating
on a pilot program to have information on using school,
public and academic libraries available to student
teachers. We are hoping to convince universities that
student teachers should be required to integrate library
use for themselves and the students they are working with
while student teachers. The ideal would be for the state to require
a library skills type course for teacher certification.

To begin the process a committee has been meeting to plan
a day of sharing. Three teams will meet on a Saturday. The
teams will include a school LMS, a teacher, a public librarian,
the director of student teachers, and the university librarian.
We will be doing some brainstorming, some resource sharing, and
further planning. The librarians will also do some modeling
to show what we have to offer.

If anyone has been involved in a similar project, or a
similar sharing day, please send me some feedback on
what works and what doesn't.
The committee would also love to hear your thoughts
or ideas on the process.

Shelley Glantz, Library Media Specialist
Arlington (MA) High School
glantzs@a1.mec.mass.edu