How can school libraries and knowledgeable media specialists benefit students and staff to cultivate literacy
for lifelong learning?
Library Media Specialist & the Teachers
Collaboration
Course Connection! Teachers as Leaders
Library media specialist “works collaboratively with teachers to help all students develop a love of reading, become skilled users of ideas and information, and explore the world of print and electronic resources” (School Libraries Work!, 2008).
Professional Development
Course Connection! Teachers as Leaders
a Plethora of resources
When libraries are filled with quality books and resources, teachers are able to easily access these items to either use in their classroom or use to benefit their classroom.
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"They can supply educators with new resources and tools they might not be aware of or otherwise have access to" (Meyer, 2017).
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Integrate diverse texts in teaching
School librarians also collaborate with classroom teachers to encourage teachers to incorporate a variety of texts over multiple genres in their classrooms.
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A visual representation that teachers could use to make sure they are covering a variety of genres is a circular genre chart.
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"We must realize that the decision to expose our students to books from many different genres can be significant factor in helping them discover that there may, in fact, be a kind of book that really lights their fire" (Layne, 2009, p. 59).
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Course Connection! Reading in the Elementary School
