Moving librarianship from light to heavy
I just finished an article y Joellen Killion called Are You Coaching Heavy or Light? I'm having a hard time finding it online, but if you search for it, you can download it. Again, I'm drawing parallels from a coaching article to school librarianship, but they really aren't outside the realms of possibilities. I'm at the beach right now, so while the author uses the terms light and heavy, I'm thinking shallow and deep. We start out in the shallow end. We learn the terrain, grasp the temperature, better understand the way the water is moving. If we want to get more than our feet wet, however, we have to venture out into deeper waters. I laughed when I saw Ms. Killion used these terms near the end of the article! Possible shallow behaviors: book recommendations lists of websites materials that support read-alouds attending PLCs teaching that supports subject standards These are important as the help build relationships with teachers and students and they are defini