A Day Well Spent at Pymble Ladies’ College
It is important that we stop and reflect when we are privileged to have a truly fantastic day; a day that leaves your brain and heart so full that the work doesn’t feel like work at all. My day with…
Building judgement and capability in complex information environments
Building judgement and capability in complex information environments
Category Professional Learning
Linked, stretched, amplified: From information skills to connected professional learning
This is the third post in the Linking Learning Advisory launch series. If you missed the first two, you can find them on the blog — they set the scene for why connected professional learning matters and what Linking Learning…
Keeping the Human in the Loop: Lessons on AI, Ethics, and Learning Across Three Conferences
Reflections on Generative AI Across Three Conferences In the last fortnight, I’ve been fortunate to be invited to present at three very different yet equally inspiring conferences – the International Staff Training Week at the Silesian University of Technology (SUT)…
Responding to challenges together: Higher Education in an AI-Driven World
Last week I was privileged to be invited to present at the annual ISTW conference themed Higher Education in an AI-Driven World: Project-Based Learning as a Gateway to Real-Life Educational Experiences, hosted by the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice,…
School Library Professionals as Leaders: Using Leadership Theory to “Read the Room”
Part 2: Understanding Leadership Styles and Frames to Influence School Culture In the first post of this series, I explored how leadership is inherent in the role of the teacher librarian (TL) and school library professionals, even if it’s not…
School Library Professionals as Leaders: Practising Strategic Leadership
Part 3: Leading from Where You Are This is an update of my previous three leadership articles posted some years’ ago on this blog. In the first two posts of this series, we established that leadership is already embedded in…
Discovering the unexpected: Going behind the scenes on the CSU Sydney Information Studies/Library Study Visit
Last week I had the honour of joining a group of inspiring information professionals who are completing their Bachelor and Master of Information Studies and Master of Education: Teacher Librarianship on our first Study Visit since they ceased due to…
Leadership in practice
Thank you for joining me for the third and final installment of the Teacher Librarian as Leader blog post series. If you have missed the first two posts, consider jumping back to the start to read all three in order.…
Teacher Librarian as Leader: Theories of Leadership in Action
This is the second of a series of blog posts I am sharing on the concept of Teacher Librarian as Leader. The content has been inspired by my recent work as a Learning Designer, working on the design and development…
Teacher Librarian as Leader: Lessons from the Literature
As you may be aware, my recent experience as a learning designer contributing to the development of a new, fully online MBA being offered through USQ has led me to consider how Teacher Librarians (TLs) might take advantage of leadership…