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Background Page:

**__My Background: __**


 * 1) Amelia Swift
 * 2) Age: 37
 * 3) Anglo American German Origin
 * 4) B.A. Early Childhood, M.L.S. Library Science
 * 5) 21 years as an educator
 * 6) Former elementary school teacher (13 years)
 * 7) 5 Years in school librarianship
 * 8) I'm a great cook and entertainer for my family. I love to read nonfiction how to books and novels; I also write how to and children’s books. I am an information literacy specialist who is experienced in using technology and effective collaboration tools to produce student achievement.

**My Role as a Librarian: **

1. Leader <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">2. Teacher <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">3. Instructional Partner <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">4. Informational Specialist <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">5. Program Adminstrator

**<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">Librarians as Leaders: **

**<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">Librarians as Teachers: **

**<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">Librarians as Instructional Partners: **

**<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">Librarians as Informational Specialists: **

<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">Librarians as Program Adminstrators:

<span style="display: block; line-height: 18pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Works Consulted **

<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 18pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.25in;">AASL. __Empowering Learners.__ Chicago: American Library Association, 2009.

<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 18pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.25in;">__Standards For 21st Century Learners In Action.__ Chicago: American Library Association, 2009.

<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 18pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.25in;">"Standards For 21st Century Learning." 09 Jan 2009. __American Library Association.__ 12 Nov 2010 [].

<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 18pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.25in;">David, Loertscher, Blanche,Woolls. __Whole School Library Handbook.__ Chicago: American Library Association, 2005.

<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 18pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.25in;">Moreillon, Judi. __Collaborative Strategies for Teaching Reading Comprehension.__ Chicago: American Library Association, 2007.

<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 18pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.25in;">__Cooperation&Collaboration Similarities & Differences.__ PowerPoint. Denton: Judi Moreillon, 2009.

<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 18pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.25in;">. __What Are Coteaching Strategies.__ PowerPoint. Denton: Judi Moreillon, 2007

<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 18pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.25in;"> **__<span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">My Background: __**<span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> **<span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">My Role as a Librarian: **<span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">1. Leader <span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">2. Instructional Partner <span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">3. Information Specialist <span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">4. Teacher <span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">5. Program Administrator <span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> **<span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Librarians are leaders who work collaboratively with administrators and colleagues to achieve the goals and objectives of our school. **<span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> It is my role as a leader to foster effective learning, promote a successful learning environment, participate in collaboration, align and effectively use strategies to carry out plan goals and initiatives from all stakeholders, while ensuring students are comfortable in learning settings to pursue and accomplish their best. As a leader I can ask my staff what their needs are in technology, and be willing to help the staff grow from there. WEG Elementary School has decided to use Big6 as a research model for the entire school. Click on the link below to view a Photo Story used to introduce Big6 to the staff during a workshop Amelia Swift conducted. <span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> ** Librarians are instructional partners. **<span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> My role as an instructional partner is to develop student's skills, provide inspiration, goals, initiatives, participate in collaboration, use best teaching practices, promote and use 21st century and other effective learning tools while constructing an environment that fosters life long learning and student success. I have included an example of working with a third grade teacher below: <span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> Mrs. Kennedy’s third grade class of 21 students researched about a famous inventor. I facilitated a list of inventors to choose from. The class was having difficulty identifying quality websites and citing sources. I collaborated with Mrs. Kennedy and we taught lessons on what was a quality web site, how to cite sources correctly, guidance on how to use a database, and how to write a Blog. The students recorded their final product on a Blog. The product showed they improved their ability to synthesize information from what they read. The students also learned to respond to Blogs written by their classmates. Following the lessons taught by myself in collaboration with the teacher 90% of the students’ bibliographies showed the use of high quality web sites. This was evidence that they understood good quality web sites. The students all felt that using a database was easy. By completion of the project 15% of students were still struggling with citing sources and clip art correctly, however, 100% of the students felt confident in using and responding in a Blog format. In comparison to the start of the project, this was a huge improvement! This was a successful collaboration! <span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> ** Librarians are information specialists. **<span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> As an information specialist, it is my role to provide continual access to relevant up to date materials that capture and motivate the interest of all readers. It is also my role to promote literacy, a literacy rich environment, reinforce applicable goals to promote student achievement, promote and ensure the ethical use of information, and ensure the effective use of best teaching tools such as 21st century learning aides. <span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> ** Librarians are teachers. **<span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> As a teacher, it is my role to promote the use of effective teaching tools such as web 2.0 and 21st century learning features. It is also my role to ensure effective use and instruction through these tools. I will be knowledgeable in the appropriate use of these tools applying them in best suited situations. I will also model the best teaching practices with such tools to demonstrate how effective they are and how they will ensure student achievement. As a teacher I will also help make decisions about reading initiatives and reading comprehension for all learners. <span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> ** Librarians are program administrators. **<span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> As a program administrator, I am in direct communication with my principal and other leaders in the school. I am on multiple committees to help serve the school community like textbook, technology and curriculum committees. I also have a presence on district committees. <span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> This direct communication with administrators is paying off. The Principal said "The teachers and Ms. Swift work collaboratively together to plan engaging inquiry type lessons. The kids walk away motivated in wanting to share their knowledge with others. We are all seeing their collaboration working." The District Program Administrator stated " <span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">The media center is alive and working well in this building! The collaborative partnerships have increased student learning. This school is most impressive in teaching information literacy skills." <span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">
 * 1) <span style="color: #7030a0; line-height: 18pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">Amelia Swift <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">
 * 2) <span style="color: #7030a0; line-height: 18pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">Age: 37 <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">
 * 3) <span style="color: #7030a0; line-height: 18pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">Anglo American German Origin <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">
 * 4) <span style="color: #7030a0; line-height: 18pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">B.A. Early Childhood, M.L.S. Library Science <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">
 * 5) <span style="color: #7030a0; line-height: 18pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">21 years as an educator <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">
 * 6) <span style="color: #7030a0; line-height: 18pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">Former elementary school teacher (13 years) <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">
 * 7) <span style="color: #7030a0; line-height: 18pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">5 Years in school librarianship <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">
 * 8) <span style="color: #7030a0; line-height: 18pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">I'm a great cook and entertainer for my family. I love to read nonfiction how to books and novels; I also write how to and children’s books. I am an information literacy specialist who is experienced in using technology and effective collaboration tools to produce student achievement. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">

This direct communication with administrators is paying off. The Principal said "The teachers and Ms. Swift work collaboratively together to plan engaging inquiry type lessons. The kids walk away motivated in wanting to share their knowledge with others. We are all seeing their collaboration working." The District Program Administrator stated " <span style="color: #17375e; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">The media center is alive and working well in this building! The collaborative partnerships have increased student learning. This school is most impressive in teaching information literacy skills." <span style="color: #17375e; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">