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School Libraries
School libraries are essential educational agencies in communities across British Columbia. School libraries have capitalized on technological change to become a learning commons for the teaching and learning of competencies needed for success in the knowledge-based society of the 21st-century. They provide a high-quality program and exemplary resources and services vital to improving the life chances of B.C.’s children. School libraries are under the jurisdiction of Boards of Education in British Columbia. Organization, resourcing, and staffing of school libraries differs from district to district. The professional in the school library is the teacher-librarian, a qualified and experienced teacher who has undertaken training in the program, resource, and service aspects of the school library. Teacher-librarians are directly supported in their role by their principal and vice-principal(s), by their teaching colleagues, by support staff including library technicians and library assistants, and most importantly by students and their families. The strength of these school-level partnerships is critical.
British Columbia’s teacher-librarians believe in:
• providing the best possible programs, resources, and services
• teaching and extending students’ literacies
• developing independent learners
• supporting pre-school, family, and adult literacy
• providing leadership around technological innovation
• involving the community
The mandate of the teacher-librarian is the same as that of all teachers: to teach the
BC Teacher-Librarians' Association
The BCTLA is a specialist organization of the British Columbia Teachers' Federation. We are concerned with school libraries, cooperative planning, cooperative teaching, literature appreciation, resource-based instruction and advocacy.
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