#aasl15 recruitment to mentoring

From Recruiting to Mentoring

Transformative Practices in School Librarianship

November 6, 2015#AASL15

Presenters

• Mary Keeling, Supervisor of Library Media Services, Newport News (VA) Public Schools

• Sue C. Kimmel, Assistant Professor, Old Dominion University

• Karen Gavigan, Associate Professor, University of South Carolina

• Rebecca Morris, Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

• Cassandra Barnett, Program Advisor for School Libraries, Arkansas Department of Education

Today’s Agenda

(30) Information sharing from presenters

(20) Group activity and discussion

(10) Conclusion

closed

Critical Need

Where’s a certified school librarian when you need

one!?!?

High Poverty School Districts

Correlation with critical need for Highly

Qualified Teachers including School

Librarians

Source:Arkansas Department of Education’s Statewide Information System (SIS)

Responses

Recruitment

Retention

I love my job!

Qualities of “ideal” school librarian candidates

dispositions

knowledge & life

experiences

credentials skills

credentials

Built-Rite United States Map Puzzle, by Tom. https://flic.kr/p/oubjG CC 2.0

Compare Groups of States

Certified Librarians SampleLow 25.2% – 45.8% 8 of 9

(88.8%) Below Median

54% - 68.5% 8 of 20 (40%)

Above Median

73.1% - 84.5% 8 of 13 (61.5%)

High 89.3% - 97.6% 8 of 8 (100%)

Findings

• High staffing rate correlates to rigorous requirements

• Most states require teaching license as well as library certification

• States vary in – License types– Paths to licensure

Examples of students’ backgrounds (USC):• Over 90% are practicing teachers• Career-changers from a variety of fields• Military or military family members• A few come straight from BSIS

undergraduate degree• Traditional and non-traditional

students – variety of experiences

knowledge & life

experiences

Participation in Practice

dispositions

Example of graduate-level capstone experience (UNCG):• Candidates produce professional

portfolio demonstrating evidence & reflection on nine Student Learning Outcomes

• Portfolio serves as documentation of program, but process itself is learning opportunity

skills

• Consider the four areas we’ve suggested

• Discuss with small group

• Draw or write a representation of this candidate

• Share with whole group

What qualities do YOU think

the “ideal” school librarian

candidate brings to a position?

Contact Us!

Mary Keeling: mary.keeling@nn.k12.va.us

Sue Kimmel: skimmel@odu.edu

Karen Gavigan: kgavigan@mailbox.sc.edu

Rebecca Morris: rjmorris@uncg.edu

Cassandra Barnett: cassandra.barnett@arkansas.gov