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Defining our roles as school librarians

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I’ve been thinking a lot about the place that librarians have in the curriculum continuum in a school, and this has led me to reading books, blogs, and websites of curriculum coaches and a few principals.  Ms. Houser recently posted titled, “ How to clarify instructional coaching roles & responsibilities .” As I was reading it, I thought this could really be beneficial to school librarians too. I’m going to modify the list a bit to fit what we do.  1. Define what school librarians do .  Make a list of what you do daily, weekly, monthly, and even annually. As an elementary librarian, what people see me do is teach, and at times it may look like I’ve got a good bit of spare time. But there are so many things that go on in the background when I’m not teaching.  I loved that she included the question, “Where am I stretched thin?” Those times are on us before we know it, so let’s highlight them and see how we can make those times or tasks less cumbersome. Find a partn...