LITERACY AND READING

Candidates promote reading for learning, personal growth, and enjoyment. Candidates are aware of major trends in children's and young adult literature and select reading materials in multiple formats to support reading for information, reading for pleasure, and reading for lifelong learning. Candidates use a variety of strategies to reinforce classroom reading instruction to address the diverse needs and interests of all readers.

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Elements

2.1 Literature

2.2 Reading Promotion

2.3 Respect for Diversity

2.4 Literacy Strategies

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(American Association of School Librarians. (2010). ALA/AASL Standards for Initial Preparation of School Librarians. [online] Available at: http://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/aasleducation/schoollibrary/2010_standards_with_rubrics_and_statements_1-31-11.pdf [Accessed 10 Jun. 2019].)

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My accomplishments in this area...

In a world where technology has taken over our lives, I find solace in sitting down and getting lost in the pages of a good book. I know that our students need that as well, whether they know it or not. They are surrounded by media messages constantly, and they need time to simply read and escape reality for just a little while. My job as a librarian is to foster that need and create an environment that makes that possible no matter where they might be located. Through our literature, technology can most certainly be used, but it should promote the independent reading that we know to create lifelong learners and inquirers. I have created quite a few ways to support that literacy through the library, and because I feel so strongly about it, I have become quite successful in this area.