Leadership and Administration of Library & Technology Programs

1. Leadership:  Demonstrate the ability to:
   1. apply a knowledge of management principles and change theory at the school and district level,
   2. employ leadership skills to facilitate change in the library and school environment,
   3. demonstrate communications skills for advocacy, marketing, and public relations,
   4. articulate the importance of the librarian and library program to a variety of audiences in school, district,  and beyond, advocating for adequate staffing and resources,
   5. engage community resources,  and
   6. participate in local, regional, state and national collaborative opportunities and consortial agreements,

Management case study

Board presentation

Letter to legislator

Discussion

2. Policies and Procedures:  Demonstrate the ability to:
   1. evaluate and revise building and district information literacy and technology policies (ILL, BYOD, Internet Safety, privacy, mobile devices, ADA, etc.) to supports equitable and flexible access to information, ideas, resources, and service both within and beyond the school,
   2. identify and understand state and national legislation, legal issues and ethical issues and how they impact building and district library and technology programs, and
   3. engage in legislative advocacy on education issues.

Policy development

Letter to legislator

Discussion

3. Program Planning:  Demonstrate the ability to:
   1. work with faculty, administrators, and other library and technology professionals to review and revise the library and technology program vision and goals to assure that they meet the needs of 21st century learners and provide a physical and virtual learning commons that is an integral part of the educational program in the school and district
   2. participate in school and district planning (strategic planning and goal setting, curricular innovation, information and technology, etc.),
   3. evaluate and apply appropriate research findings to improve teaching,  and student inquiry, critical thinking, creativity, communication, and collaboration  skills throughout the school and specifically within the school library program, and
   4. develop and/or locate and revise program evaluation tools to assess impact of the library and technology program on student inquiry, collaborative learning experiences, projects, and 21st century skills.

Critique of a distance long range technology and library media plan and needs assessment

Data collection plan

4. Management:  Demonstrate the ability to:
   1. develop strategies to manage multiple and varied learning environments (e.g., virtual learning commons,  classroom, other environments),
   2. articulate plans and policies for hiring, training, mentoring, evaluating, and goal setting for paid staff, volunteers, and student helpers in the library,
   3. understand issues of managing and supervising multiple libraries and develop strategies for doing this, and
   4. plan and redesign physical and virtual learning spaces that support both formal and informal learning and inquiry.

Facilities case study

Staffing and supervision case study

5. Staff Development:  Demonstrate the ability to:
1. assess needs, plan, implement and evaluate short and long-term staff development programming.

6. Fiscal Responsibility:  Demonstrate the ability to:
   1. apply sound fiscal management principles at school and district level,
   2. advocate for sufficient budget and resources from local, state and federal sources to meet program goals at the school and district level,
   3. evaluate and articulate critical fiscal needs  at the building and district level,
   4. identify appropriate grant opportunities to meet fiscal needs,
   5. write grant proposals,
   6. understand and implement licensing agreements for resources such as ebooks, streaming video services, software and other licensed materials, and
   7. examine impact of methods of obtaining vendor-provided resources on school and districts budgets and technology resources.

Funding and budget case study

eBook implementation plan

Grant proposal

Discussion

7. Professional Growth:  Demonstrate the ability to:
   1. engage in continuous self-evaluation and self-directed learning through design of Professional Development Plan and creating in a PLN (Personal Learning Network),
   2. articulate the importance of supporting new professionals at building, district, state, and national levels, and
   3. demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of appropriate local, state, regional, and national professional associations and publications

Professional development plan and portfolio

Websites in del.icio.us

Follow blog during class and summarize