Just finished my first assignment. What a struggle. I thought it would be quite easy, but found that doing this style of essay is very different from an English or Drama Essay, where you can go off on your own tangent.
Have learned a lot though. At first I was excited about the Drama Resources I found - its hard to let go of being a Drama teacher. But I found a great 'selection tool' for online resources - "Intute", discovered that Data Bases of Teacher resources and information for secondary schools exist and feel more confident about searching for information. I must say though that if a chemistry teacher came to me, I'd still feel daunted at the idea of finding resources for them!
I have actually learned more about what a 'constructivist framework' for education is. At my last school that's what they were striving for - not sure they achieved it though.
The material about selection criteria was interesting, in that I know if I was selecting, I would be inclined to select on an ad-hock basis, so having a criteria is a good idea.
What I have realised is what a huge job being a teacher librarian is. If you want to do it properly, it seems its best to be in a big department where people can specialise in different areas. In the school I visited, for example, they have one librarian that focuses on cataloguing and the department has about 6 people. Thus the Head Teacher Librarian can focus on increasing Information Literacy, which is her passion. This is where I would like to be, but it seems a long road ahead. Just the idea of learning how to catalogue fills me with trepidation.
Its hard starting from scratch when I have been a Head of Department and have been studying my subject area since I was 12!
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