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SECTION II: STANDARDS FOR TEACHER LIBRARIANS - ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR SCHOOL TEACHER LIBRARIANS
  National Standards for Teacher Librarians
 

National Board for Professional Teaching
Standards - Library Media

  This page provides an entry point for teacher librarians who wish to become National Board Certified. Includes Assessment information, Scoring guide, Standards , and Portfolio instructions.
  Roles and Responsibilities from Information Power   Summarizes the four roles of the Library Media Specialist as a Teacher, Instructional Partner, Information Specialist, and a Program Administrator.
  ALA/AASL Standards for School Library Media Specialist Preparation   Provides Program Standards for School Library Media Specialist Preparation, based on the four roles of the school library media specialist.
  National Educational Technology Standards   International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) provides educational technology standards, guidelines, and tools with in its National Educational Technology Standards Project (NETS). (Standards for students, teachers and administrators)
  State Standards for Teacher Librarians
 

WLMA provides links to WACs for Endorsement of Library Media Specialists - scroll to bottom of page

  

Washington Administrative Code 180-82-344-Primary Endorsement , 180-82-346 Supporting Endorsement , 180.82.370 Subject Area Endorsement

  Washington - Defining the librarians reponsibilities and evaluation
  Provides sample objectives for the library media program and sample action items that might be expected of the teacher librarian.
  Alabama School Library Program Review   This page contains the latest versions of the evaluation manuals and forms for teacher librarians in Alabama.
  Connecticut: New Haven Public Schools Rubric for librarian roles and responsibilities   A rubric to evaluate teacher librarian relationships, roles, communications, facilities, providing access, curriculum relation to library media skills, programs (reading incentives, collaborative units, interest centers, etc.), collection resources, technology and related areas.
  Colorado: Quality School District-Level Library Program   The quality district-level library program is led by a library director and staffed by qualified library professionals and competent library support personnel. The responsibilities of the director include instructional leader, facilitator and communicator, teacher, and administrator.
  Maine: School Libraries SLMS Evaluation Kit   This evaluation tool was developed by an NASL committee for the teacher librarian position.
  Maryland: Maryland Library Standards   Maryland's Library Media Standards are correlated to the Content Standards established by the state. They include Mission, Goals and Objectives, Instruction, Staffing, Resources and resource services, Facilities and Program evaluation.
  Minnesota Library Media Center Report Card (.pdf)   A Parent focused document which assists parents in evaluating their child's school library program.
  Job Descriptions for Library Positions
  Bellingham Public Schools library job descriptions.  

Library Media Specialist
Library Assistant: Elementary , Middle , High School. Director of Library Media and Technology
Library Media Technology Support Technician

  Job Description for Kent SD Library Media Specialist (.pdf)   Job description for the teacher librarian in .pdf format.
  School Library Media Supervisor   The ALA/AASL Position Statement.
  Recruiting and Interviewing for Teacher Librarians
  101+ Commonly Asked Interview Questions   From an Illinois Association conference
  Interviewing Advice   Links to questions, tips and common interviewing mistakes, from LISjobs.com
  Frequently Asked Interview Questions

As reported by University of South Carolina Library students.

  Certification, Endorsements & Competencies in Washington State
  Washington Administrative Code, 180-46 : Library Media Centers   The primary WACs relating to school library media centers in Washington State.
  Washington State OSPI Endorsement Competencies for Library Media Specialists (.pdf)   Part of the Endorsement Competencies for Washington State.
  Washington State OSPI Endorsement Competencies for Library Media (.pdf)   Approved by the State Board of Education in 2002, this list of competencies covers: Professionalism, Communication/Group Dynamics, Collection Management, Production Management, Administration, Instructional Leadership, and Access.
  Evaluation of Teacher Librarians
  Maine School Librarian Evaluation Kit   An evaluation tool developed by the Maine Association of School librarians and sent to all principals and teacher librarians in the state.

Resource Bank authors: Elaine Twogood (Tacoma), Chris Keyes-Back (Edmonds), Geneva Norton (Shoreline), Vicki Bates (Kent), Betty Marcoux (University of Washington), Sallie Hartman (Everett), Kris Vestad (Yakima), Rob Witcraft (Prosser), Karen Farley(Puget Sound ESD), Cynthia Shulz(ESD 189), Carol Mackey(Evergreen), Kathy Kugler (Tukwila) Teri Litt (Puyallup), Mary Berry (Issaquah), Eileen Andersen and Nancy Messmer (Bellingham). Editing & Web page: Eileen Andersen, Linda St. Andre, Nancy Messmer (Bellingham).
 

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