Final+Self+Reflection

LS5443:22 – Final Reflection Jandi Tyson Menu Choice: Elevator Speech URL: http://ls5443jandityson.wikispaces.com/Final+Self+Reflection __Reflective Paragraph:__ Throughout this course I have come to understand my role as an instructional partner differently. I now see that it is going to be up to me to initiate the collaboration between myself and other educators on my campus. I am going to have to be my own advertiser and make sure that the teachers, administrators, and parents clearly understand my role as a teacher librarian. It is going to be my responsibility to also ensure that students see me as a teacher rather than someone who just checks out books. I came to this understanding through the partner projects and readings provided throughout this course, and discussing the content of this course with my current teaching colleagues. By collaborating on projects from different perspectives I am now able to see the efforts on my part as a teacher librarian. Also, by discussing the librarian’s role with my fellow educators at my home campus, I am able to see that there is a misconception that I will need to change when I get my own library. If I don’t get directly involved as a teacher librarian I am not giving my profession a fair shake. I am also allowing students to exit my building without the necessary tools to be completely successful in the 21st century. “Failure is not an option.” - Gene Krantz Apollo 13 Flight Director __ Elevator Speech: __ Instructional Partnerships: How Can You as a Classroom Teacher Benefit? Teachers are becoming more and more responsible for student achievement. It seems that more paperwork and more content planning is being demanded of classroom teachers. Would you like to find a way to lighten your load? Would you like to share responsibility for planning, instructing, and assessing student progress? Well, instructional partnership with your campus teacher librarian is the way to go. Your teacher librarian is knowledgeable about content standards, district curriculum, and literacy/reading strategies that are researched based. Collaborating to design lessons that incorporate content standards and high levels of critical thinking can be accomplished when classroom teachers and teacher librarians work together as instructional partners. The benefits of having two educators teaching those critical concepts allows for maximum student comprehension and achievement. So, when can we schedule a time to come together? I am here for you.