Educator Pre-Service Task Force

Chair: David Schuster email icon

Staff liaison: Stephanie Book email icon

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Charge

To develop a toolkit and essential links to assist in training pre-service teachers and administrators about school librarians and school library programs.

Function Statement

  • Develop a toolkit that can be used with pre-service teachers and administrators to help them understand the role that school librarians and school libraries play in the total school program.
  • Develop essential links of web resources that can assist in pre-service teacher and administrator training about school libraries.
  • Research the work of Carolyn Brodie (Kent State University) and others that have studied pre-service training of educators about the role of school libraries.
  • Recommend strategies that AASL can use to work with state leaders to disseminate these tools.