Enhancing Teaching and Learning: A Leadership Guide for School Library Media Specialists

Leader. Collaborator. Those are the roles of today s school library media specialist. You can take a proactive role in shaping instruction and respond to your users needs and requests with this thoroughly revised and expanded guide. You ll learn how to develop and implement an effective library media program by integrating it into the total education environment. Part One covers all aspects of the school environment: students, curriculum and instruction, principals, school district administration, and the community. Part Two shows you how to integrate the school library media program throughout these environments using interaction and collaboration. New in this edition are discussions of special education, post-high school transitions, shared school/public libraries, and more, along with a discussion of recent developments in elementary education, including standards, assessments, and the No Child Left Behind Act.

Jean Donham directs the library at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, IA. Prior to her appointment there, she was a tenured member of the faculty in the School of Library and Information Science at The University of Iowa. She served as district coordinator for library media and technology in the Iowa City Community School District for thirteen years. Author of numerous professional articles, Dr. Donham has been a presenter at national, regional and state conferences. Active in the Iowa Association of School Librarians, she was the first recipient of that organizationÂs Media Professional of the Year. In addition, she served as a member of the board for the American Association of School Librarians. She holds a masterÂs degree in library and information studies from the University of Maryland and a Ph. D. in educational administration from The University of Iowa.