ALIA education
Teacher-librarian
What will you do?
- A teacher-librarian supports and implements the vision of their school communities through advocating and building effective library and information services and programs that contribute to the development of lifelong learners.
- A teacher-librarian holds recognised teaching qualifications and qualifications in librarianship, defined as professional associate (librarian) membership of ALIA. This dual qualification enables you to:
- work as a teacher-librarian; and
- apply for a professional librarian position
- A teacher-librarian is uniquely qualified within the broad fields of education and librarianship with curriculum knowledge and pedagogy combined with library and information management knowledge and skills.
What qualifications do you need?
You need to have formal qualifications in education prior to enrolling in an ALIA-recognised teacher-librarian course:
Charles Sturt University
You can chose to exit the course after completing Stage One with a Graduate Diploma in Education (Teacher-Librarianship).
Queensland University of Technology (Kelvin Grove)
A teacher-librarian specialisation is available to students who meet the admission requirements to this stream of the following courses:
Who sets the standards?
The joint Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) and the Australian School Library Association (ASLA) Policy Advisory Group has been responsible for developing the national Standards for professional excellence for teacher-librarians in conjunction with teacher-librarians, administrators, policy-makers and academics from both the education and librarianship sectors.
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Excerpt from aliaNEWS broadcast e-list on 19 June 2006 |
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The Standards developed by the ALIA/ASLA policy group have won the LinksPlus E-library Commendation Award from the International Association of School Librarianship. The judging panel described the publication as outstanding and praised its validation of the work of teacher-librarians, providing a sound model for adoption by other bodies. The standards will be included in the conference stachels for the IASL conference in Hong Kong in 2005 and in Lisbon, Portugal, in 2006. |
Australian School Libraries Association
The Australian School Libraries Association (ASLA) has more information.
ALIA Membership
Join ALIA to take advantage of a diverse range of services and benefits provided exclusively for ALIA members.
A qualified teacher librarian holds recognised teaching qualifications and an ALIA-recognised teacher-librarianship qualification, which will enable you to:
- apply for professional Associate (librarian) membership of ALIA;
- apply for positions advertised at librarian level;
- use the post-nominal AALIA while a financial member of ALIA;
- may elect to join ALIA's professional development scheme at any time during a financial year ... there is no additional fee to join the PD scheme - it is a benefit of personal membership; and
- may in time be eligible to apply for the distinction of Associate Fellow.
For further information please phone 02 6215 8222 or e-mail us . | 
