Standards Essays
1. Demonstrates an understanding of the concepts and tools of inquiry with an example used during the field or class experience of identifying information skills and the tools necessary for patrons to locate information.
5. Becomes a team member in the planning, executing, and evaluation of an information literacy program that addresses the needs of patrons, staff, and community.
6.Designs learning opportunities that demonstrate an awareness of the diverse physical, intellectual, emotional, and cultural needs of the patrons.
7. Uses a variety of instructional strategies to encourage development of lifelong learning and effective decision-making skills.
8. Creates a learning environment that promotes social and intellectual interaction and nurtures self-motivation for lifelong learning.
9. Understands the communication process and incorporates media communication techniques that foster active inquiry, collaboration, and supportive interaction.
10. Applies a formal or an informal assessment strategy to evaluate one aspect of the library media program, critiquing the results.
11. Plans a professional development activity that will expand his/her or colleagues’ growth in the field.
12. Interacts with colleagues, parents, patrons, and/or community in some mediated format to foster the support of the role and function of libraries.
13. Assumes one area of responsibility of library media management for a specified period of time identifying the role and responsibilities of that area and its impact on the total program.
14. Demonstrates a working knowledge of electronic technologies and their role in information access and instruction.
15. Participates in a distance learning experience and is knowledgeable of its role in lifelong learning.
16. Researches the historical and theoretical foundations that underline effective learning and applies them in planning and preparing related learning experiences.