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For Principals
This page provides ready reference links to key documents and information
to assist school leaders address issues related to staffing, resourcing and
managing their school's library and information service. The priority for
all schools is to ensure that ‘school library and information programs
and services are integral to the goals of the school and the aims of the school
curriculum.
(ALIA / ASLA joint statement on library and information
services in schools, 2003).
- Policy Statement on Library and Information Services
in Schools
- Teacher Librarian Role Statement
- School leaders are encouraged to support their teacher librarians to develop
clear role statements, reflecting their dual role as both teachers and information
specialists. SLASA developed this comprehensive role statement in 2003 to
highlight the diverse elements of the teacher librarian role, and it has been
widely adopted nationally. This role statement can be adapted to suit the
level of responsibility of the teacher librarian. When fulfilling all aspects
of the role, the qualified teacher librarian is operating at a leadership
level.
- Download in PDF
(56 KB) and Word
(53 KB)
- DECS Staffing allocation
- PDF (68 KB)
Word (48 KB)
- The DECS formula used to determine the allocation of teacher librarian time.
- Staffing of School Library Resource Centres Policy
- PDF (21 KB)
This policy was endorsed by the Australian Education Union SA branch on March 2004.
- Statement on Teacher Librarians in Australia
- Describes the educational significance of school library resource services
and teacher librarians in Australian Schools.
- Standards of Professional
Excellence for Teacher Librarians
- This statement describes the professional knowledge, skills and commitment
demonstrated by teacher librarians working at a level of excellence.
- Teacher librarian job description
- Word (22 KB)
- Outlines some key considerations to incorporate in a teacher librarian job
description. It is desirable that a person appointed to a Teacher Librarian
position has Teacher Librarianship qualifications.
- Library support officer role - recruitment example (DECS)
- Word (25 KB)
- Outlines the possible tasks a person may be expected to undertake in a library
support officer's role.
- Learning for the Future: Developing Information Services in Australian schools, Second Edition
- This joint policy document of the Australian Library and Information Association and Australian School Library Association
outlines guidelines and indicators for quality library and information services in Australian schools in the areas of learners and learning,
teachers and teaching, resourcing the curriculum, facilitating access to information, developing the physical environment and staffing.
It is available for purchase from Curriculum Press.
Value of School Libraries in Learning - Articles and Research
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