Guidelines for candidate selection
1. Awarded to a library officer or library technician giving outstanding service to school libraries in Western Australia.
2. Awarded on International School Library Day each year to a member of the Western Australian School Library Association (personal or institution).
3. A full curriculum vitae, including details of nominee’s contribution to school libraries in Western Australia will be submitted.
4. Call for nominations to go on watlnet and the WASLA newsletter.
5. Nominations will be sent to the Executive Officer of WASLA by 31st August.
6. A subcommittee of three will be appointed by the Executive of WASLA for consideration of submissions.
7. The subcommittee will meet and have a final decision by Tuesday 20th September, 2011.
8. The subcommittee will prepare a one page statement on the recipient to be read at the International School Library Day Dinner in October.
Nomination for library officer or technician of the year 2011
ASLA Teacher Librarian of the Year Award
Aust TL of the Year Application 2011
The Australian School Library Association Inc. and Pledger Consulting Pty Ltd (LinksPlus/WebLinks) are proud to sponsor the Australian Teacher Librarian of the Year Award.
This national award recognises and honours an exceptional Australian teacher librarian in a school setting whose professional practice has a positive impact on student achievement and information literacy. This award carries a $1500 cash prize, payable to the Australian Teacher Librarian of the Year, and $500 of products for the respective school community. This award is made possible by Pledger Consulting Pty Ltd (LinksPlus/WebLinks).
Who can be nominated?
Qualified teacher librarians with a minimum of 3 years experience as a teacher librarian, who are financial members (personal or school) of one of the ASLA Member Associations (http://www.asla.org.au/about/member.htm)
Nominations for the Australian Teacher Librarian of the Year should be sent to the relevant Member Association for endorsement on or before 29 May 2009. Re-nomination of previous nominees is encouraged.
Selection criteria
ASLA describes the role of a teacher librarian as having three key professional standards:
· Professional Commitment
· Professional Knowledge
· Professional Practice
Please go to http://www.asla.org.au/policy/standards.htm to view the full documentation on the Standards of professional excellence for teacher librarians.
The Australian Teacher Librarian of the Year will be awarded to a teacher librarian who demonstrates a high level of achievement in each of these three components of their role and thus provides a library and information services that improves student learning.