1. The Role of the Teacher Librarian
Vivian Harris
Millbank Public School

2. Standards of Excellence for the
Teacher Librarian (2004)
• Australian School Library Association
• Australian Library and Information Association
• http://www.alia.org.au/policies/TLstandards.p
df

3. Professional Knowledge
• Excellent teacher librarians...
• 1.1 understand the principles of lifelong learning
• 1.2 know about learning and teaching across curriculum
areas and developmental levels
• 1.3 have a rich understanding of the school community and
curriculum
• 1.4 have a specialist knowledge of
information, resources, technology and library
management

4. Professional Practice
• Excellent teacher librarians...
• 2.1 engage and challenge learners within a supportive, information-
rich learning environment
• 2.2 collaboratively plan and resource curriculum programs which
incorporate transferable information literacy and literature
outcomes
• 2.3 provide exemplary library and information services consistent
with national standards
• 2.4 evaluate student learning and library programs and services to
inform professional practice

5. Professional Commitment
• Excellent teacher librarians...
• 3.1 model and promote lifelong learning
• 3.2 commit to the principles of education and
librarianship
• 3.3 demonstrate leadership within school and
professional communities
• 3.4 actively participate in education and library
professional networks

6. • Libraries have changed from being places
where information is stored to places where
information is found, analysed, created and
shared.

7. • Librarians have changed from being the
guardians of information to being the
information guides and specialists.

8. “the library is not just a place to get stuff, it
is a place to make stuff, collaborate on and
share stuff. Not a grocery store, but a
kitchen!”
Joyce Valenza

9. Change=Opportunities

10. Changes
• Explosion in information
• Explosion in ICT technology
• Introduction of English Australian Curriculum in
2014
• Local School, Local Decisions
• Realignment
• Increased interest in Project Based Learning,
Inquiry Learning and Problem Based Learning in
education

11. Australian Curriculum
Cross-Curriculum Priorities
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories
and cultures
• Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia
• Sustainability

12. Australian Curriculum
General capabilities
• Critical and creative thinking
• Ethical understanding
• Information and communication technology
capability
• Intercultural understanding
• Literacy
• Numeracy
• Personal and social capability

13. • Most of these are Information Literacy skills

15. Pathways for Learning Anytime
Anywhere Network for Educators

16. Educational Goals for Young
Australians (MDEGYA 2008)
Successful Learners
• develop their capacity to learn and play an active
part in their own learning
• have essential skills in literacy and numeracy and
are creative and productive users of technology,
especially ICT….
• Are able to think deeply and logically and obtain
and evaluate evidence in a disciplined way…
• Are creative, innovative and resourceful, and are
able to solve problems in ways that draw upon a
range of learning areas and disciplines.

17. Resources
• Australian School Library Association (2004)
Standards of Excellence for the Teacher Librarian
http://www.alia.org.au/policies/TLstandards.pdf
• DEEWR (2008) Melbourne Declaration on
Educational Goals for Young Australians
http://www.mceecdya.edu.au/verve/_resources/
national_declaration_on_the_educational_goals_
for_young_australians.pdf
• NSW BOS (2012) Learning Across the Curriculum
http://syllabus.bos.nsw.edu.au/english/english-
k10/learning-across-the-curriculum/