In my librarianship, I work to keep student and community needs at the center of all I do. On The Nonfiction Project page, read how my Teacher Librarian and I used our observations of student behavior to transform our nonfiction section to support greater student autonomy and independent exploration.
I love to bring my background as a published author, freelance journalist, and technical communicator into everything I do at the library, whether it is collaborating with teachers on a unit plan, providing students with feedback on their creative writing, or guiding students toward the right communications tool, technical platform, or medium to prompt others to take specific action. On the Unit Plans page, see how I use these experiences to create effective collaborative information literacy instruction.
You can do amazing work, but if your administration, central district office, district superintendent, PTA, and school board never learn about it, your budget will still be cut. Advocating effectively for your library program means collecting data and using it to create user-friendly and eye-catching communications adapted to the needs and interests of your audience. On the Data Driven Library page, you can see how you can use data collected over the course of the school year to create effective communications that tie library programs directly to your district's overall educational objectives.
Credits
Unit Plans Image: Alexandra Haynak from Pixabay
Other photos and images: Shala Howell