Re: GEN: Realistic preparation for school librarianship?

[Diane H <daichan@ISLANDNET.COM>]

On the top of my wish list would not be a course for us, but a course for
student teachers on resource based instruction, info literacy, and how much
teacher-librarians can do to help them.

Diane Gallagher-Hayashi
Teacher-Librarian
Stelly's School
Saanich School District (63)
1627 Stelly's Xroad
Saanichton, British Columbia
Canada, V8M 1S8
Diane_Hayashi@sd63.bc.ca
daichan@islandnet.com

"I may not be an explorer, or an adventurer, or a treasure-seeker, or a
gunfighter, Mr. O'Connell, but I am proud of what I am...I, am a librarian!"
The Mummy
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From: "Alice Yucht" <aliceinfo@EXCITE.COM>
To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 12:30 PM
Subject: GEN: Realistic preparation for school librarianship?


> Friends:=20
> For a project I=92m working on, I=92m looking for responses from people
who=
> =92ve
> been school librarians for LESS than 5 years. =A0
> Based on what you *now* know about your job/responsibilities, which topics
> in your preparation/coursework do you wish had been:=20
> a) MORE emphasized/covered in detail; =A0=20
> and/or:=20
> b) LESS emphasized/discussed, and why.=20
>
> Please reply directly to me, at aliceinfo@excite.com, NOT to the list.=20
>
> NOTE: Whether your coursework was in an =93accredited=94 program or not is
> irrelevant for this project, so let's not get into that discussion again,
> please!=20
> I just want to know what kind of preparation you NOW see as MOST USEFUL
for
> arming you to cope with the REALITIES of the job.=A0All responses will be
k=
> ept
> confidential, and yes, I will post a summary of the findings asap.
>
> TIA,=20
>
> Alice Yucht, Teacher-Librarian=20
> Heritage Middle School, Livingston NJ=20
> aliceinfo@excite.com=20
> Library page: http://members.home.net/hmslibrary=20
> Personal page: http://www.aliceinfo.org=20
> author: FLIP IT ... INFO SKILLS STRATEGIES (Linworth)=20
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