Growing Schools Book Mentioned in USDOE Newsletter

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The first week of classes at the University of Michigan has come and gone in a whirlwind of new faces, excitement, anxiety, anticipation, worry, logistics, paperwork, and earlier-than-average alarm clocks. Go Blue!

Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Education welcomed in the new year with its latest eNewsletter, “Teaching Matters,” on September 5.  At the verrrry bottom, in the Recommmended Reading section, we found this back-to-school treat:

Growing Schools: A teacher and librarian from Petaluna, Calif. brought us [Growing Schools:] Librarians as Professional Developers (Edited by Debbie Abilock, Kristin Fontichiaro and Violet H. Harada). We like this book because at a time when rapidly evolving technology has compelled us to rethink many approaches to teaching and learning, this book calls on the field of School Librarianship to rethink the role of the School Librarian to include that of Professional Developer. This artfully constructed collection of essays walks the reader through what it takes to begin thinking beyond traditional and contemporary roles of the school librarian as book keeper and media specialist. The writers offer school librarians a primer on how to assume a role of professional developer instead.

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