These are among the information literacy skills school librarians model and teach every day. Paula Godfrey, a principal in Tucson, Arizona, has said:. Make your concerns heard!
Attend school board meetings, especially when the budget is on the agenda. Speak up at PTA meetings. Talk to the principal. Ask the school librarian what you can do to help get out the word about the effectiveness of the school library and its programs. Grassroots efforts can make a difference! In , three concerned mothers in Washington state reached out to school librarians and to other concerned parents. Through their efforts, legislators were convinced to restore school library funding.
Tell decision makers how important school libraries are for student achievement. Send administrators a link to this website. Use social media to communicate with other parents. Mention that school librarians connect other educators to current trends and resources for teaching and learning. In addition, school librarians are essential partners for all teachers because school librarians provide print and digital materials that meet diverse needs and collaborate with teachers to deepen student learning.
More about getting involved. A school library without a librarian is like a classroom without a teacher. An effective school library program involves more than making books available to students and letting learners borrow those books.
School librarians can:. In addition, school librarians provide professional development to other educators in their schools. Certified school librarians make the whole school more effective. They teach students how to learn and help teachers drive student success. Students in high-poverty schools are almost twice as likely to graduate when the school library is staffed with a certified school librarian. Cutbacks in school librarians may be yielding unintended consequences.
School libraries give students a unique opportunity for self-directed inquiry. Ask the librarian! In the age of fake news and viral video remixes, the library media specialist leads the charge on citation, copyright and fair use , research, and news literacy.
If you think the library is a quiet place meant only for research and studying, you clearly haven't been in a school library with a makerspace.
These high-tech learning centers give kids a place to develop critical media-literacy and media-creation skills. With more freedom for experimentation and creativity than most classroom teachers, library media specialists incubate the classrooms of the future. School districts may move at a glacial pace, but just step into a school library to see what's on the horizon. In a library, kids can stay connected to the past. Whether they're exploring books in the stacks or scrolling through pages of microfiche, kids learn about themselves and their communities by exploring history.
Sure, it may be a stereotype, but c'mon -- you know it's kind of true: After the art teachers, the librarians are the ones with the most unique styles, personalities, and interests. And because of this, all kinds of kids feel comfortable with the school librarian.
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