By Wendy Burch Jones
Passing the Torch: Collaborating to Create a Legacy
Abstract
No doubt the current role you are in is not your first teaching position. When teachers move classes and/or move schools there is always an anxiety ridden period of change. This paper looks at how this experience becomes even more problematic when teacher-librarians move about, especially for brand new TLs. As Wendy says, “There is a lot to wrap your head around in terms of understanding the role itself, how it relates to the rest of the school community, and how it will work with the schedule you’ve been given – all of which are specific to each school.” Wendy and her colleagues decided to make it a little easier for incoming school library professionals by providing them with a legacy document to ease transitions.
TMC7_2022_BurchJones.pdf
TMC7_2022_BurchJones_Appendix.pdf
Wendy Burch Jones is a teacher-librarian and TL Mentor Leader with the Toronto District School Board. She is a Co-Chair of the ETT Ad Hoc Library Committee and is passionate about advocating for libraries and librarianship. She believes in the roles that libraries play in equity and inclusion and fervently believes that every child has the right to see themselves reflected in story.