Presented by Alinda Sheerman from Broughton Anglican College in NSW. Looks at working collaboratively in your school and library to initiate and manage real change

1. TL’S WORKING WITH
PRINCIPALS:
COLLABORATIVE
TEACHING AND LEARNING
STARTS AT THE TOP
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B R O U G H T O N A N G L I C A N C O L L E G E
M E N A N G L E P A R K , N S W
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2. Housekeeping
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Sue Johnston
ASLA Board Director
Chair ASLA Professional
Learning Project Team
Facilitator for this webinar
Housekeeping:
 Participation options
 Attendee control panel
 Question facility
 Post-webinar
information
 Future PL events
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Alinda Sheerman
Head of Information Services
Broughton Anglican College

4. Prep – Year 12
1000 Students

5. BACIRC
(Broughton Anglican College Information Resource Centre)
A centre for learning, sharing and relaxation

6. It’s all about Change
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 The Role of TL – A Life of Change
 A static school library becomes a ‘dead’ library with dire
consequences.
 https://soundcloud.com/afternoonshiftwbez/how-important-are-
libraries-in-elementary-schools
(Radio transcript in Chicago last week discussing primary school libraries)
 Change Management
 The authority to make change: Lasting change must be
‘managed’
 Time
 Budget
 Risk

7. Library Building – Physical Space
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 First changes: Physical Space
 Kevin Hannah – “What are you selling?”
 Moveable furniture – (wheels over three years of budgets)
 Books moved to prominent positions
 Signage
 Community spaces – comfortable attractive seating
The list could go on and on…

8. Storytime venues
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2003 2014

9. Changes
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 Physical collection relevancy and accessibility
 Online resources & ebooks – accessibility
 TL in library – role 2004-2006…
To the role of
 TL in the school – role 2007-2015
 Role of the Library in the school

10. Plan for Change – Set Goals
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Plan for change or it will not happen
 Conduct an annual ‘Needs Analysis’
 Reflect on previous year
 Changing needs of the community
 New innovations in technology
 Evaluate ‘changes’ of previous year
 Consider changing circumstances in the school
 Time
 Budget
 Personnel
 Pedagogy
 Community acceptance risk – planning and preparation reduces this risk
(“What will I do if/how will I respond if…”)
Set Goals – Short term/Long Term

11. History of Change @ Broughton
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 January 2004: P-12 Library in cramped
conditions with a new library facility half built.
 1300 students
 2 TLs, 2 Cert III Assistants
 No online Catalogue
 No online subscriptions
 10 student computers
 2 OPACS
 January 2015: P-12 teaching and learning hub of
the school

12. Broughton Library pre 2004
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WHS not such an issue back then!

13. New Beginning - June 2004
Library… to Information Resource Centre
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14. Summary: 2004-2015
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 library space
 physical collection
 accessibility of
online resources
 role of TL in library
 role of TL in the
school

15. The Broughton Journey
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2004 – 2006 Three years of finding my feet… and slightly
uncomfortable with my position. By 2006 ‘boredom’ was setting in!
 Learning…
 University Assignments aligned to school needs
 Annual personal technology skill goal
 Early Changes…
 Move to a new building – create spaces
 Library access via an intranet accessed web site
 Basic online subscriptions
 Developing relationships with colleagues

16. Professional
relationships
2007 new Principal:
Fullan’s Change
Forces discussion
Monthly library
reports and
constant
discussions
Forwarded relevant
“Readings”
(including Horizon
Report)
Invited him to see
library events
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17. 2008 Changed
TL Role
Collaborative
Team Teacher
Initiator of new
pedagogies
Collecting evidence
to share
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18. 2009 Share
Students and
teachers sharing
evaluations of
Guided Inquiry
with their
community
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19. Deputy becomes Principal
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 2009 – another new Principal
 But no need to ‘prove’ myself yet again
 School smaller (850) so now only one Teacher
Librarian
 Guided Inquiry becomes focus of my teaching role
 RFF component removed – totally
collaborative planning and teaching
 Teaching load actually increased as GI proved itself
 Setting the limit!

20. 2010 Share
Students and
teachers share
Guided Inquiry
evaluations beyond
the school
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21. 2011 Sharing
Action Research
needs to be shared
Explosion of
teaching and
sharing…
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22. 2012
Action Research
focus – sharing the
evidence
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23. Sharing
Sharing futher
afield…
Supported by
Principal – speak
at MISA Heads
network Meeting
- Access Article
(Principal’s
Perspective)
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24. 2014
Teaching
& Sharing
Team Teaching GI Classes:
 Year 3 (X3) – British Colonisation
 Year 4 Minibeasts (X2)
 Year 5 Global Connections (X2)
 Year 7 Ancient China (X3)
 Year 10 Commerce
 Year 11 PDHPE
Sharing:
 Broughton Junior School Workshop – Guided
Inquiry
 Eastern Suburbs TL Group - Guided Inquiry
 Lena from Sweden and Lee Fitzgerald visit to
Broughton – observe Year 3 and Yr 10 Guided
Inquiry
 A Week in the life of a GI Practitioner –
SLANSW ‘Learning Hub’ Article
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25. 2015
 A new year – time to:
 Look at 2014 evaluations
 plan for changes!
 list needs
 analyse and set goals
 Goals
 Makerspaces in the library
 Expand Ebooks - BYODs
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26. Guided Inquiry – just the beginning
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 Committees:
 Chair Assessment K-10 committee
 Child Protection Investigator (K-12)
 IT Committee (K-12)
 Member 7-12 Management Team
 PD Committee (K-12)
 Embedding Excellence Committee (K-12)
 Appretio - Mentor for 3 other teachers gaining accreditation at
‘lead’ level (AITSL) (K-12)

27. Role Change - Where to begin!
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29. Share – Stay Connected
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Network of Learners: Get connected, stay connected then share what you
find… Blog about, tweet, email links from your connections so others can
also see your PLN at work
Example:
My favourites:
Karen Bonnano (Scoop.it!)
Lyn Hay (Scoop.it!)
Barbara Braxton (500 Hats)
Edutopia
Gregwhitby
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/
http://www.mrsmacslibrary.com/
…And many more!

30. Share – Foster Professional Relationships
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Collaborative planning over coffee

31. Share – Belong to Associations
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 ASLA
 ALIA
 SLANSW – or your State equivalent
Browse other International Associations online
 ALA
 SLA (UK)
Speak about and share their links/programs/research
with colleagues and Principal

32. Share – Lead the way
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 Find a library related teaching area that is a
passion for you
 Lead the way in:
 Trialing new pedagogies or technologies relating
to this
 Conduct action research on its effectiveness
collecting evidence throughout
 Share it with your Principal and request time in
staff meetings to share results – preferably from
students or involved teachers as well

33. Students can share too!
Year 10 students at a Sydney Syba Signs GI conference
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http://bacirc.edublogs.org/guided-inquiry/gi-2010/

34. Share – Research
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Evaluate your own work and share results
Parent Evaluation of Unit of Work
Share research studies (eg one was made available this week):
School Library Association of Queensland &Queensland University of Technology
Research Study http://www.slaq.org.au/new-research-what-perception-do-queensland-school-principals-have-teacher-librarians
School libraries, teacher-librarians and their contribution to student literacy development in Gold Coast schools Research report: P43
Principals’ views about how school library staff contribute to students’ literacy development

35. Share - Advocacy
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 Collect and let your Principal and teachers know
about new Local, National and International library
success stories

36. Principal & or Supervisor
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37. Support beyond Broughton…
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 O’Connor, D 2013, ‘The role of teacher librarian at
Broughton: the headmaster’s perspective’, Access,
vol. 27, Iss. 2, June, p. 8.
Written to accompany:
Sheerman, A 2013, ‘Three in one: teacher, information specialist,
leader’, Access, vol. 27, Iss. 2, June, pp. 4-7.
 Presentation to MISA Heads network meeting, 2014.
(Macarthur Independent Schools Association)

38. Action Research
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 I am convinced Action Research is the place to begin:
 PLAN –make goals & include stakeholders (Principal)
 ACT – collect evidence (photos, interviews) as you go
 DESCRIBE – how it went
 REFLECT – (+ and -) and consider improvements for the next
‘round’
Action research cycles into using Guided Inquiry in the classroom:
http//bacirc.edublogs.org (top menu bar)
Guided Inquiry Community for programs and resources:
http://guidedinquirycommunity.pbworks.com/
SLANSW State Library Day 14 March – Learn about setting library goals from
Carol Gordon who is Associate Professor in the School of Communication and Information and Co-
Director of the Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries (CISSL) at Rutgers, The
State University of New Jersey, United States. (http://slansw.asn.au/)

39. Additional information
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