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Will Minnesota Principals Continue To Hire School Librarians?, Jennifer Hill, Jane Prestebak
Will Minnesota Principals Continue To Hire School Librarians?, Jennifer Hill, Jane Prestebak
Teacher Development Faculty Working Papers
The number of school librarian positions are declining across the nation. In order to gain insight into this trend on a local level, two directors of school librarian preparation programs in Minnesota analyzed survey results of 251 Minnesota school leaders to determine what factors impact a principal’s decision to eliminate the position in their school. In examining the results of this mixed-methods study, only 42% reported their intention to replace their school librarian with another school librarian when the position becomes vacant. Others reported that they will fill the position with a paraprofessional (25%), or to hire a technology integration …
What Covid-19 Taught Us About The Blended Model, Deborah L. Wheeler, Jennifer Hill
What Covid-19 Taught Us About The Blended Model, Deborah L. Wheeler, Jennifer Hill
Teacher Development Faculty Working Papers
Initially, many faculty in higher education were apprehensive when courses went online in Spring 2020, but they eventually learned a lot about how to effectively teach online. The need for well-designed online courses for faculty in higher education is more prominent than ever-before in the wake of the COVID-19. As reluctant or apprehensive as faculty members were, the move to an online platform offered an opportunity to learn about diverse tools, resources, and innovative ways to teach both in the blended synchronous model and the asynchronous online model. Faculty and students encountered issues, but quickly learned to overcome these challenges. …