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"What a school thinks about its library, is a measure of what it thinks about education." -
Harold Howe, former U.S. Commissioner of Education
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What Your Teacher-Librarian Can Do for You!
Teaching
The Iowatown Teacher-Librarian provides instruction:
- booktalks
- reading guidance
- information literacy instruction
- organization of both print and electronic information
- electronic searching of available catalogs and databases
- appreciation of information and literature
- determining the most appropriate information sources for the task
- determining information relevance for the task
- note-taking
- bibliographies
- the research process
- evaluation of one's research process
- evaluation of web sites' authority and accuracy
- reference skills (especially to verify web site accuracy),
- technology instruction, and more...
Partnering The Teacher-Librarian partners with teachers in planning, designing
curriculum, teaching, and assessing students' work. Print and complete this Collaboration Form or email it to the Teacher-Librarian.
- Do you have a new unit coming up?
- Do you have a unit that needs a change and more student involvement?
- Do you need a topic bibliography [sample narrative non-fiction]
- Are you wondering how much to expect of students when researching?
- Are students citing their sources appropriately when they research?
Information Specialist
The Teacher-Librarian selects materials and manages collection development
and cataloging, and can help you find:
- book reviews
- outstanding books
- sources for purchase for student research on a given topic (request form)
- articles or other resources for your professional development
- sources for curricular planning
- appropriate online databases and websites
Administration
The Iowatown Teacher-Librarian:
- manages the library budget
- works with associates, volunteers, and student assistants
- sets collection and programatic goals
- reports data for those goals [link to a new page of annual program report that
includes collection data such as average age, circulation, comparison to a core list such as the Children's Catalog, number
of classes using the library on a weekly basis, for the year, etc...]
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Book Requests
Lesson Plans & Teacher Sites
Browse the Content Table of Blue Web'N: A Library of Blue Ribbon Learning Sites on the Web - Use the lesson plan column sorted by subject area and take advantage
of the limiter prompt to find lessons in your subject for exactly the grade level needed.
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - technology administrator, and former teacher-librarian, she maintains daily updates to this massive subject directory of
useful websites for K-12 education. Additionally, find slideshows you can use, rubrics, web site evaluation tools, and more...
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Site map
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Iowatown School Library
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Template by Karla Krueger, 2006.
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