Library Media Centers
Support for Distance Learning During Time of COVID-19 Crisis
During this time of crisis as we move to online learning, our school library media centers are offering distance-learning resources and read alouds to help support teachers and students.
Welcome to Teaneck Public Schools Library Media Centers Website
Guess Who Misses You!
Guess Who Misses YOU_1.mp4Mission Statement
The mission of the school library media program is to ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information.
(Information Power 6-7)
This mission is accomplished by:
Providing intellectual and physical access to materials in all formats.
Providing literacy and stimulating interest in reading, viewing, and using information and ideas.
Providing leadership and expertise in the use of information and technology.
Philosophy of the School Library Media Centers
The school library media center is a vital and integral hub of the school and as a result reflects the philosophy and goals of the school and the district. In an age of information, acquiring information literacy skills and a commitment for lifelong reading and learning become paramount. In the school library media centers students develop critical thinking, problem solving, and communication skills as they use a variety of resources to meet the demands of today's curriculum.
A library media center does not exist in isolation. The school library media specialist works in partnership with students, teachers, administrators, Board of Education members, and the school community. Through collaboration, the media center also incorporates the goals and objectives of the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards (NJCCCS) and the National Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning as prepared by the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) and the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT). The combined vision supports the goal for educational excellence and the concept of intellectual freedom.
Information and technology skills are most meaningful when learned within a subject area, within an interdisciplinary unit, or within a unit which addresses an authentic, real-life need or problem. Students must be prepared to access, evaluate, select, and apply the appropriate information to meet their educational, personal, and recreational needs.
Students must be prepared to acquire materials and resources to meet their current and lifelong needs. They will need to know how to access, evaluate and choose from a constantly changing and growing reservoir of information for educational, personal, and recreational purposes.