It's starting to feel like a mini-think tank in this icebox! There are just a lot of great ideas being tossed around and wonderful connections being made in regards to people's interests, questions, demos, etc. I'm in a slightly different position than everyone because I am a librarian. While the biggest chunk of my work is teaching (which is why I pursued the elementary setting), the way it looks is very un-traditional: I see every student in the school once a week, I have half an hour with each class; I use assessments, but they do not have to formal because the district really doesn't have a set curriculum for library instruction (not uncommon); I don't give grades. These things can be very liberating, but at the same time, library instruction isn't perceived with the same weight and legitimacy as the general subjects.
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I feel that working on my practice as an educator who teaches writing--and teaches it well--will help validate the work I do in the library (I kind of cringe saying this). I understand what I do is important, but I think making it something that is more relatable in terms of pedagogy to other educators will definitely help.
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I feel that working on my practice as an educator who teaches writing--and teaches it well--will help validate the work I do in the library (I kind of cringe saying this). I understand what I do is important, but I think making it something that is more relatable in terms of pedagogy to other educators will definitely help.