CONT797: Teacher Librarian Part 1

Course Schedule

Course Description

The Teacher Librarian Part 1 Additional Qualification course is an introduction to the world of school librarianship, with information that’s also relevant to all educators. The course begins with a focus on the self, as positive steps toward individual, school and systemic improvement cannot occur without personal reflections. The position of a teacher-librarian has changed from some of the stereotypes that exist in popular culture; this course will examine those misconceptions and will bash those stereotypes and others, while introducing you to the varied aspects of what it means to be a teacher-librarian. Subsequent modules introduce you to foundational documents in the field of teacher-librarianship, as well as provide an exploration of the learners you’ll encounter in schools, physical and virtual spaces, literacy tools, program development and assessment strategies.

This course prioritizes relationships as well as ideas around equity, accessibility and inclusion. Assigned tasks will reflect the multi-pronged, personally relevant, engaging and diverse approaches that future teacher-librarians can use to help their own students develop. The final task will be to develop a series of sequential lesson plans that could support a classroom teacher with their program.

What You Will Learn and Do

In this course, you’ll have the opportunity to

• identify the various roles and responsibilities associated with school librarianship, including collection management, recreational reading and literacy development
• explore the foundational documents associated with teacher-librarianship
• familiarize yourself with inquiry, shelving organization, and other theoretical foundations of school librarianship
• conceptualize and compare and contrast how program design, planning and implementation differ for educators instructing in school libraries
• consider students at the centre of your school library learning commons decision-making processes
• become aware of preconceived notions of readers, libraries and learning that may result from our unconscious biases

Application Requirements

We will use the OCT number you provide during online registration to confirm OCT Membership and undergraduate degree, with qualifications in Primary, Junior, Intermediate or Senior.

Course Materials

Accommodations

Applicants who require accommodations for a specific learning need (e.g., learning disability) within their AQ/ABQ course, should click here for further information and support.

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Refund Schedule

• If you drop a course by the midpoint of the course, you will receive 100% of your course fee
• If you drop a course after the midpoint, before the end of the course, you will receive 50% of your course fee

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