Position Statement on the School Library Media Specialist’s Role in Reading by AASL

1. "...requires that they develop as strategic readers..."  Love that term, it could mean so many things, all of them good.
2. "...a deep knowledge of the wide variety of authentic reading materials available in the school library media center and beyond" is something I lack to an alarming degree.  I will include some reading in my daily life at school--it's the only way to actually get it done while working as a student and a mother, and it's great modeling.  Ok, then, a new leaf turned.  I'm looking forward to it.
3. I think I'm beginning to fill the "leadership role in organizing and promoting literacy projects" on campus--beginning to.  
4. Regarding that, it's actually a neat experience to reread all these articles having had the class largely completed because the connections between them as a whole set and the class discussions become more obvious.  
5. I'm looking forward to Listening Lunches and possibly investing in Tumblebooks...middle school, yes.  High school for Tumblebooks, doesn't look like it.
6. "Opportunities for planned and spontaneous library use best serve learners as they identify, analyze, and synthesize ideas and information by using a wide range of materials in a variety of formats and media."  Ok, if that's not a Learning Commons well described I don't know what is.