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Librarians/Media Science Chatboard

librarian certification

by bookgeek

Mar 11, 2014

I am wanting to obtain a librarian position. I looked online to see the qualifications required, which is a Master's of Library Science. Is there any schools out there that do NOT have certified librarians at their school?

How do I convince my district to hire me only with a teacher's certification? I just don't have the time to go back to school to obtain my Master's right now.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Happy Librarian My district also allows an endorsement to our regular teaching certificate- but that route, while not as comprehensive as a MLS, is still going to require additional coursework! You wouldn't be able to convince them, it's part of the job requirement by law. A new librarian in our district was hired this year, as a former English teacher, with the s...See More

Mar 15, 2014

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bookgeek @Happy Librarian Would you know how I would go about getting my endorsement? Our district is 2A and would only really require a librarian...not a media specialist or that's how it seems anyway. We have less than 1000 students in our entire district. Currently, our elementary librarian, which is an aid, only shelves books, reads with our students or...See More@Happy Librarian Would you know how I would go about getting my endorsement? Our district is 2A and would only really require a librarian...not a media specialist or that's how it seems anyway. We have less than 1000 students in our entire district. Currently, our elementary librarian, which is an aid, only shelves books, reads with our students or has them watch a movie. I, personally, want to teach library skills, etc. Our ms/hs library is being currently run by another aid, for our former librarian passed away. She, too, is a an aid and just shelves books. No one in the library teaches any kind of technology. We have stand alone computer classes for that. I just desperately want to get into the library to teach skills because I know that we classroom teachers are so overloaded with STAAR that many of us, including myself, don't really teach detailed library skills. Any help with the endorsement process would be greatly appreciated. On 3/15/14, Happy Librarian wrote: > My district also allows an endorsement to our regular teaching > certificate- but that route, while not as comprehensive as a > MLS, is still going to require additional coursework! You > wouldn't be able to convince them, it's part of the job > requirement by law. A new librarian in our district was hired > this year, as a former English teacher, with the stipulation > that she would immediately start getting her learning resources > endorsement. There are library master's online- like Mansfield, > is always advertising :) Otherwise I assume you would have to > check with private schools, who can set their own requirements. > Also- I assume you are going to need up-to-date tech skills? > Anymore, you are teaching information literacy and technology > integration as well and the librarian is typically (or should > be!) the go-to person in a school. Have you job shadowed some > school librarians in the grade level you're thinking about? > Good luck! > > On 3/11/14, bookgeek wrote: >> I am wanting to obtain a librarian position. I looked >> online to see the qualifications required, which is a >> Master's of Library Science. Is there any schools out there >> that do NOT have certified librarians at their school? >> >> How do I convince my district to hire me only with a >> teacher's certification? I just don't have the time to go >> back to school to obtain my Master's right now. >> >> Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Mar 17, 2014

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