Resources for School of Education

Through this library session, students will learn to:

• characterize the role of a school librarian as a building leader and their responsibilities.  
• dissect preconceived notions of school librarianship. 
• depict collaborative relationships between school librarian and classroom teacher.
• defend the pivotal role school librarians play. 

Students in the School of Education complete a 3-hour school library placement in EDUC226 (childhood ed), EDUC315 (adolescent ed), or GCED528 (primary ed). The Education Librarian, Stacia Maiorani, will work with Rochester-area school librarians to find a placement for each undergraduate student. Students also have the opportunity to complete this placement in their hometown and/or with another student for transportation. After the 3-hour experience, students write a reflection to be submitted to the course instructor and the Education Librarian.

This is a great chance for future teachers to meet a valuable colleague in a school and see the many ways in which a librarian can help students and teachers!

• What are some examples of ways that you work with classroom teachers?
  • If I was a classroom teacher in your school, how could we collaborate?
• What is one of your favorite collaborations that you have done with another teacher?
• What impact does a librarian have on the entire school population?
• Are you a member of any committees in your school?
• What online databases does your school have? (And which are used most often?)
• What technologies do you have / teach in the library?
• How do you help students (and teachers) choose books?
• How would you explain the term "information literacy"?
• How has the role of the school librarian changed over time / since you started?
• What is your best advice for me as a classroom teacher?
  • What advice would you give me as a first-year teacher?