Professional Reflective Portfolio

My Personal Philosophy An effective teacher librarian (TL) is intrinsically motivated to provide an information-rich environment that supports lifelong learning, community and diversity. They have an enthusiasm for learning and are committed to fostering and maintaining professional relationships with students and colleagues. A TL embraces change, understands that education needs to be flexible and ensures

ETL504 Reflection

Challenging, confronting, though provoking, demanding, all words that sum up my feelings while undertaking ETL504. Reflecting on this unit, I can say I am surprised I survived. Often I shook my head and questioned my reasons for studying at all. As the unit draws to a close, I am proud of myself, I persevered in

AITSL and ASLA standards in practice

The Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership [aitsl] (2010) standard identifies 6.3 as Engage with colleagues and improve practice. Teachers in this stage reflect on their own teaching and ask colleagues to provide feedback for self-improvement (aitsl, 2010). While the Australian School Library Association [asla] (2014) suggest that teacher librarians (TL) can display this

Collaboration

When I was making the decision to undertake my masters as a teacher librarian (TL) I researched just what a TL does. I want to be the TL who works alongside other teachers. That I’m not just there for the students, I’m there for the teachers as well. Collaborating with teaching staff, providing them with

A blog about a blog

So it turns out writing my own blog has led to me reading other peoples blogs. In a lot of cases I find them a little too academic to engage me. I guess when I’m reading a blog I want the language to be casual and engaging, as well as being thought provoking and interesting.

Think and Reflect Module 3

It’s interesting when I took the conflict resolution questionnaire, the answers I gave generally said I was an avoider that I tended to give in or try to find benefits for both parties. When at work though, I tend not to shy away from awkward or difficult conversations. I detest them and the thought of

Teams

Currently in ETL504 we are undertaking the readings for Module 3: Leading Change. The section on teams has made me feel quite introspective. I’m questioning the makeup of some of the teams I find myself in. One that immediately springs to mind is a current faculty team. We are a group of nine teachers with

Organisation theory

One of the first tasks for module two requires that we read an article titled, Managing in the Info Era from Forbes magazine by Geoffrey Colvin and relate it to school libraries, in point form (Colvin, 2000). I needed to read this article twice as on first read through I didn’t see anything that related

My current understanding of leadership for a TL

Well here I am about to begin a new semester and with it another unit. Only one though this time. I found that undertaking two units while working full time, trying to run a household and maintaining my fitness and friendships a little overwhelming. The plan is to do one unit now and take two