School Library Staff Community of Practice in Partnership with 21CSLA

School-site librarians, as on-campus literacy leaders, are uniquely positioned to impact student learning because they work across disciplines and grade levels and are the heart of literacy and reading for their sites. Often singletons at their school sites, they find themselves isolated from colleagues and having very few spaces to collaborate. For library staff and their libraries to thrive, these literacy leaders need spaces to come together as professionals to share best practices, be in community, and conduct inquiry to improve their practices.

The Librarian Community of Practice will convene library staff leaders across sites and districts in a monthly community of practice to support their leadership identity development and increase their capacity to influence literacy achievement for all students. Certificated and classified library staff are welcome.

The objectives of this offering include:

• Exploring a professional dilemma in your practice
• Sharing best practices and getting tools, ideas, and inspiration you can bring into your practice
• Being part of a community of library staff across districts
• Breaking through the silos of solo-librarianship
• Receiving professional learning support
• Getting inspired by other people who do the same work as you!