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Dr. Loertscher, you pose wonderful ideas and suggestions throughout all of your works. However, I would like to conceptualize what all this would look like in the real world. Could you include examples of teacher librarians throughout the country are implementing their programs along the constructivist lines. I appreciate web pages like Joyce Valenza's, but I need more. What is her typical day like? How do the other teachers get involved? What are the case studies to demonstrate that this increases student learning and interest in school?
I am asking this because I am being the process of applying for school library jobs where none of the job descriptions even remotely resembles what you are proposing. The basic school librarian job requirements include class research projects, cataloging, book purchases, overdue notices, textbook collection, etc.. Technology is only briefly mentioned. Collaboration, reader's advisory, information technology, and student-centered learning are practically non existent. Since I, along with a few progressive minded teachers will lead the charge, I need models and mentors to guide me towards success.
Thanks,
April Geltch---July 9, 2008

In the October Issue of Teacher Librarian, we tried to gather a number of stories of folks who are turning client slide in their concepts and practices. i do believe, however, that some volunteers should test many of the ideas in microcosm that that we could begin to get reports from the field of successes and challenges. It is certain that continuing on the old model is neither getting us into the center of the mind of the learner or into the curriculum of the school. There are, of course, exceptions, but the decline of jobs for full time professionals is not just related to economic factors.