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Main Author: Almeida, Adrienne
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 2021
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1289888
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author Almeida, Adrienne
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Almeida, Adrienne
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contents Leading a School Library as My Authentic Self: How My Identity Transformed the School Library Culture Almeida, Adrienne School Libraries Library Administration Urban Schools Private Schools African Americans Library Services Library Materials School Culture COVID-19 Pandemics Racial Identification Librarians After earning her second Master's degree, the author decided to leave her twenty-plus-year tenured English as a new language teaching career in the New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE) to become the director of middle school and upper school library services at a K-12 independent school in New York City. It was the first year she would serve as a full-time school librarian and it was the first time that she would have a majority white student body. In this article, the author shares her experience and details her student-centered approach to reinvigorating the school library through small policy changes and collection development decisions.
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spellingShingle Leading a School Library as My Authentic Self: How My Identity Transformed the School Library Culture
Almeida, Adrienne
School Libraries
Library Administration
Urban Schools
Private Schools
African Americans
Library Services
Library Materials
School Culture
COVID-19
Pandemics
Racial Identification
Librarians
Leading a School Library as My Authentic Self: How My Identity Transformed the School Library Culture Almeida, Adrienne School Libraries Library Administration Urban Schools Private Schools African Americans Library Services Library Materials School Culture COVID-19 Pandemics Racial Identification Librarians After earning her second Master's degree, the author decided to leave her twenty-plus-year tenured English as a new language teaching career in the New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE) to become the director of middle school and upper school library services at a K-12 independent school in New York City. It was the first year she would serve as a full-time school librarian and it was the first time that she would have a majority white student body. In this article, the author shares her experience and details her student-centered approach to reinvigorating the school library through small policy changes and collection development decisions.
title Leading a School Library as My Authentic Self: How My Identity Transformed the School Library Culture
topic School Libraries
Library Administration
Urban Schools
Private Schools
African Americans
Library Services
Library Materials
School Culture
COVID-19
Pandemics
Racial Identification
Librarians
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1289888