School Library Advocacy Syllabus

School Library Advocacy Syllabus

"School Library Advocacy for Administrators" is a five-week, online training program for school administrators aimed at increasing background knowledge and understandings of the role a quality school library media program plays in the academic success of students. Taught by Debra E. Kachel, Adjunct Instructor, from Mansfield University in Mansfield, Pennsylvania, it was initiated with federal grant funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

You go, Debra!

For a copy of Debra's Knowledge Quest article summarizing pre- and post-surveys from the 2003 course, click on Partners for Success: A School Library Advocacy Training Program for Principals

Assessing Learning/Librarians And Teachers As Partners

Assessing Learning/Librarians And Teachers As Partners

"Focusing on the role of library media specialists in assessing student learning, this is the first full-length book written to address its practical application in the school library media center. ... Though this topic appears in the theoretical literature and is addressed in journal articles or chapters in contributed books, this is the first practical in-depth analysis for the school library field."

Libraries Unlimited | Harada, Violet H. and Yoshina, Joan M. | 2005 ; ISBN 10: 1591582008 ; ISBN 13: 9781591582007