5.1 Professional Learning. Candidates engage in ongoing professional learning. Candidates deliver professional development designed to meet the diverse needs of all members of the learning community.
5.2 Leadership and Collaboration. Candidates lead and collaborate with members of the learning community to effectively design and implement solutions that positively impact learner growth and strengthen the role of the school library.
5.3 Advocacy. Candidates advocate for all learners, resources, services, policies, procedures, and school libraries through networking and collaborating with the larger education and library community.
"Candidates in school librarian preparation programs are actively engaged in leadership, collaboration, advocacy, and professional networking. Candidates participate in and lead ongoing professional learning. Candidates advocate for effective school libraries to benefit all learners."
I offered this 60 minute DEIJ presentation to all faculty and staff at my K-12 international school. I wanted to offer the perspective of showing diverse representation in children's and young adult literature and to highlight resources already in our collection, linking them to the catalog to easy reference after the presentation. All participants have access to the Padlet. The presentation was part of a whole-school professional development workshop on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice and it ties directly into Standards 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3.