Beginnings

Though I have been interested and am a resonable user of technology, I have not as yet connected with blogs. Once again I will attempt to engage in this forum and journal my progress through the MEd(TL) course.

I am starting the subject ETL504 (TL as Leader). As I have taken over the running of our school library, I am keen to form a vision of what the library will look like in a few years. (What does/should a twenty-first century library look lke?)

For the last five weeks, I have been "treading water". There is so much to do at the start of the year that "big picture" thinking has not been a priority. However, this is a trap I have fallen into. If I continually deal only with the minutae and do not set aside time to "dream", then it will not happen. There will always by details to attend to of one kind or another, so I must prioritise my time well.

I feel that the start of the year has been an excellent introduction to working in a library. I have been experiencing many of the elements of what a teacher librarian must deal with; budgeting, leadership, acquisitions, circulation issues, resourcing, teaching and much more.

I have a budget to manage, staff to supervise, a school community to support and suppliers and clients to relate to. There are so many areas that I am finding I have had little experience in. ETL504 looks like it will force me to read deeply into the theory and practice of leadership, and running a library in particular.