Fully Loaded: Outfitting a teacher librarian for the 21st century. Here's what it takes

By Joyce Valenza (EUA)

I’d like future teacher librarians to leave their practicum mentors with a few fairly granular competencies—for instance, how best to present the elements of your program online—ones that don’t appear on your typical preservice checklist, but will prepare them for their real-life work with students and faculty. Competencies that will encourage them to continue to develop new skills.

With the understanding that this list will need revisiting every couple of years, here are my nonnegotiable requirements for 2011:

Fully Loaded: Outfitting a teacher librarian for the 21st century. Here's what it takes