One person....many names

Information specialist, curriculum leader and collaboraror. These are the 3 roles that I would like to be referred to by both staff and students. Curriculum leader and collaborator are the easier ones for me as I've come to the TL role after 10 years of classroom teaching. During these 10 years I have taught in P6, P5 and larger schools where I needed to know all areas of curriculum. I believe my knowledge and interest in curriculum is extensive and this was one of the things I was going to miss most when I applied for the TL role. After Ass.1 I can now see how my knowledge is an advantage - a necessity if you consider how poorly resourced the library collection is in all areas of supporting curriculum. Collaboration is also a strength of mine - with students, staff and community - and I have always taught in a collaborative way with co-workers and encourage this approach in the library - show me a TL who does not acknowledge the expertise of others and I'll show you an arrogant TL!!! Information specialist....now there's the challenge.

Don't forget to breathe

Just sent off Ass 1 401.....time for a quick breath and start looking at Ass 2 503. Learning so much so quickly - however the forum is not helping me much. With so many readings for both units, I find I have little time for the social chit-chat that goes on - however I do enjoy reading the thoughts that othres have regarding the readings. Thank God it's holidays..... a week left to catch up before I get snowed under in Term 2.

Snowed under

OMG. I can't believe how many hours I have been putting in to this course. I flew through High School and Uni with minimum effort and foolishly thought this would be the same - but whether it's an age thing or a huge gap in between studying, I'm finding this really, really stressful and difficult.

My W/E's now consist of going into Matt's office - where I know I won't be distracted - and putting in 9hr days - noone in my family believe me when I tell them.

Just spent the 1st week of school holidays in Melbourne - where my daughter Molly was dancing at the Aust. Ballet school - and spent 6hrs each day in my room working on assignment and catching up on readings!!!! What is happening to me?

HOWEVER.... what I'm learning is so useful and inspiring it almost makes it all worthwhile. Having to critically analyse the many roles of a TL makes the role  - and what my priorities in the role are - has made it much more defined in my own head and has given me a clear direction for next term.