Graduate Research Papers
Availability
Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Keywords
Teacher-librarians--Iowa--Job descriptions; School library supervisors--Iowa--Attitudes; Library technicians--Iowa--Attitudes; School administrators--Iowa--Attitudes;
Abstract
The purpose of this grounded theory research was to develop an understanding of administrators' expectations of the responsibilities, roles, and tasks of paraprofessionals and teacher librarians in Iowa schools where the teacher librarian travels between three or more buildings while paraprofessionals serve in the day-to-day operations of the school library. The findings from this research indicated that individuals involved in the upper echelons of administration and support for public schools possessed knowledge about and expectations for the role of school library programs, teacher librarians, and library paraprofessionals in Iowa schools. Because invited school-level administrators were unwilling to participate in this study, there are no findings to affirm or refute their knowledge of roles and responsibilities of school library staff members. Despite this limitation, opportunities for improved relations among teacher librarians and library paraprofessionals may arise from a new understanding of what it means to be a supervisor in Iowa school library programs.
Year of Submission
2011
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Department
Division of School Library Studies
First Advisor
Jean Donham
Date Original
2011
Object Description
1 PDF file (vi, 44 pages)
Copyright
©2011 Dixie Forcht
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Forcht, Dixie, "Supervision in the school library program: Administrator expectations of paraprofessionals and traveling teacher librarians" (2011). Graduate Research Papers. 30.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/grp/30
