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Teacher-librarian in Canada is pretty similar to Australia. To be a teacher-librarian you must first have a Bachelor's degree of some sort, PDP (professional development program) or teacher training, and either a 15 unit diploma in teacher-librarianship or an M.Ed. in teacher-librarianship or an MLIS. Now, that is not to say every school has a fully qualified teacher-librarian. Elementary schools particularly suffer from having libraries under or unstaffed. Diane Gallagher-Hayashi Teacher-Librarian Stelly's School SD63 (Saanich) Saanichton, BC, Canada daichan@shaw.ca Diane_Hayashi@sd63.bc.ca On 3-Mar-09, at 12:10 AM, Barbara Braxton wrote: > Dear Meg > In Australia the term used is 'teacher librarian' because to work in > school libraries we must have, > first and foremost, a full 4-year teaching degree. Although we are > trying to have everyone also > have a specialist educational librarian qualification ( usually post- > grad), this is not always the > case. Part of the reason for this is that there is neither > requirement nor reward for Australian > teachers to have post-grad qualifications. There is also a supposed > shortage of teacher librarians > so principals think that anyone can do the job and put a teacher > (or, at worst, a clerical > assistant) in the position. > > In those primary (elementary) schools where there are teacher > librarians, the role is very much a > teaching role, most often in a role that gives classroom-based > teachers preparation time. All those > things that Barbara Combe identified are a vital part of our role > but are often not > recognised/understood./valued by our peers. They see us as the ones > taking the kids when they have > prep time, although I know of one school where the teacher librarian > was not replaced when she left > and the teaching staff have finally discovered all those added > extras that were done to support > their teaching. > > The high school situation here is different and I can't comment on > that, but, in my opinion, teacher > librarian expresses perfectly the hats we wear. > Barbara > > > Barbara Braxton > Teacher Librarian > COOMA NSW 2630 > AUSTRALIA > > E. barbara.288@bigpond.com > Together we learn from each other > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. > You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings > by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. > To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu > In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL > 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. > * LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ > * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ > * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/ > * LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html > * LM_NET Wiki: http://lmnet.wikispaces.com/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. * LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/ * LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html * LM_NET Wiki: http://lmnet.wikispaces.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------