Uneducated Librarians

[West Henderson <westhenderson@HENDERSON.K12.NC.US>]

        This topic is very upsetting to many of us that have earned required B.A.
and Master's degrees, have spent many years teaching, have paid "high"
professional dues for years, conducted numerous teacher staff development
workshops, etc.
        I strongly feel media assistants are simply taking the opportunity that
our professional organizations are giving them.  The assistants are not at
fault.
        The blame for this situation, I feel falls to our professional
organizations and institutions such as American Library Association,
American Association of School Librarians, Association for Educational
Communications, and Technology, National Teachers Association, colleges
and universities education programs , Southern Association, etc.
        Renee Olson, Editor-in Chief, School Library Journal wrote an editiorial
in November (1999) issue of SLJ addressing this very issue.  Renee's
public support for the school certified library media specialist should be
echoed by all our professional organizations and institutions.

Donna Dalton - Media Specialist
West Henderson High School
3600 Haywood Road
Hendersonville, North Carolina  28791
westhenderson@henderson.k12.nc.us



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