Professional Learning and Leadership

LDT 6: Demonstrate a commitment to lifelong learning and leadership within the profession

• Engage colleagues, peers, and students in creating and sharing knowledge
• Create a stable and visible professional presence online
• Contribute to professional learning networks as a collaborator, co-creator, and thought leader
• Work constructively with others to systematically plan, design, and solve problems.
• Manage projects, people, and resources in carrying out design and use endeavors

Although I have been in a leadership position in my other buildings, in my current school, leadership is a role I have struggled with because we are a K-8 school.  While I am poised to be a leader in my current building (I have volunteered to serve on several committee positions and have rallied for a seat at the leadership table), I am not yet seen as a leader by my administration. Part of this is because we are a K-8 school, and this is a new model for our admin team. They split up the grades as though we are two different schools instead of one unified school, including the leadership table. On top of that, the perception among the elementary staff is that the librarian is not a certified teacher so they have to be educated on how I can help infuse their lessons. 

Given this odd (dare I say ‘uncomfortable’) situation, I continue to educate myself outside of classroom hours by completing my master’s work, attending webinars and training, and sharing information with staff and colleagues. The artifact for this competency includes the Professional Training Project materials I developed for INTE 7110: Coaching, Mentoring, and Training, a course that helped me better understand how to become a more effective leader in my building. 

I have also included my Discretionary Hours Log for SCHL 5913: School Library Field Experience to demonstrate where and how I have spent much of my time this year as a computer technician in addition to being a teacher-librarian. 

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