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Maximizing School Librarian Leadership: Building Connections for Learning and Advocacy
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Moreillon, Judi – ALA Editions, 2018
How do school librarians best serve students, classroom teachers, and principals simultaneously? The key, argues Moreillon, is to lead. By embracing a leadership role, school librarians can work collaboratively to positively impact school cultures, curricula, and teaching practices. The inspiration, guidance, and strategies presented in this book…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Librarians, Role, Leadership Responsibility
Leadership Is about You
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Haycock, Ken – School Library Monthly, 2010
Leadership remains an elusive, yet critical, component of a program's effectiveness. While most would suggest that leadership is easily recognized, this too often means that "managers" are simply supporting people's particular interests and priorities. There are many theories and models of leadership. Most people have probably personally witnessed…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Social Influences, Librarians, Instructional Leadership
Critical-Service Learning as a Revolutionary Pedagogy: An International Project of Student Agency in Action. Critical Constructions: Studies on Education and Society
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Porfilio, Bradley, Ed.; Hickman, Heather, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2011
This volume will be a valuable resource to instructors who teach in the fields of teacher education, social studies, educational leadership, social work, social, cultural and philosophical foundations of education, sociology, political science, and global studies as well as their students. Due to the volume's international focus, the authors also…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Political Science, Global Education, Altruism
Library Media Specialists in a Staff Development Role.
Watkins, J. Foster; Craft, Anne Hale – School Library Media Quarterly, 1988
Focuses on the potential role of the media specialist in the delivery of professional development. The role of the school principal is described, and it is suggested that the media specialist can be a valuable source of assistance with instructional leadership responsibilities. The team concept and various approaches to instructional leadership…
Descriptors: Educational Cooperation, Instructional Leadership, Media Specialists, Principals
Research-Based Instructional Strategies
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Hoover, Clara – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 2006
School library media specialists have four primary responsibilities: teacher, instructional partner, information specialist, and program administrator. As instructional partners, school library media specialists collaborate in designing instruction and learning activities that "reflect the best in current research and practice." Researchers at the…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Classroom Techniques, Learning Activities, School Libraries
Educational Leadership and Planning for Technology. Third Edition.
Picciano, Anthony G. – 2002
The purpose of this book is to provide educators with both the theoretical and the practical considerations for planning and implementing technology, particularly computer applications, in schools. Section I provides the basic concepts and foundation material for an overall understanding of the themes and major issues related to planning for…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Distance Education, Educational Administration, Educational Planning