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Audrey as a teacher myself rest assured that I am behind better funding and staffing for public school libraries. I will endeavour to answer your questions below.

CRAIG HOWE
Independent Candidate for Clarence
Whiteman Creek
0266449147
0418845201

----- Original Message ----
From: Audrey NAY <AUDREY.NAY@education.nsw.gov.au>
To: craighowe4clarence@yahoo.com.au
Sent: Sunday, 18 March, 2007 6:42:13 PM
Subject: Re:concerns re imporoving student outcomes
Dear Craig Howe,

The teacher-librarians would like to know where you stand on issues affecting quality school library services. Could you please respond to the questions below and return to me? Your answers will be made available to all the other teacher-librarians, their school staff and parents to inform their choice of candidate in the election. Many thanks.

Yours faithfully,

Audrey Nay
62 Oceanview Road,
Mullaway. NSW. 2456

0408540233
audrey.nay@education.nsw.gov.au

Do you believe the learning needs of students are best met by professionally trained teacher-librarians being deployed as relief teachers? Or do you support the restoration of the second hour of Release from face-to-face (RFF) staffing allocation which was cut in 1989? Restoration of 2nd hour

Are you aware of research which concludes that professionally trained teacher librarians working collaboratively with teachers on the teaching of information literacy skills in context, instead of in isolation, leads to a marked increase on student learning outcomes? Would you like more information on this? I am not aware of apecific research but as I hold a masters segree in Special education, I take it as so.

Do you support adequate school library support staffing, so that professionally trained teacher librarians are free to collaboratively plan and teach? To wit:
Secondary: That there be a minimum of two full time school assistants where the school population is 800 or more. That there be a minimum one full time school assistant where the school population is fewer than 800. YES

Primary: That school assistants be employed to match teacher-librarian allocation on a 1:1 basis, that is 4 hours teacher-librarian = 4 hours school assistant; 6 days teacher-librarian = 6 days clerical.YES
Do you support teacher-librarian staffing for support classes? Definitely YES

Do you support a policy for a proportion of the school global budget to be designated for the school library, in order to guarantee a minimum funding base? YES

Do you support the restoration of an adequately staffed school library consultancy, to supplement the excellent services of SCIS and Scan? YES

Do you support the preservice teacher training of information literacy, the role of the teacher-librarian, and cooperative planning & teaching? YES

In short, are primary schools to succeed or fail in delivering the foundations of information literacy in New South Wales?
“The teacher-librarian should not be deployed as an RFF teacher. Classroom teachers are following syllabus directions and taking more responsibility for developing information literacy in students, but research shows that students, and teachers, are still struggling; with the information process itself, and with the new demands of the electronic information environment. Teachers and students need, and deserve, better access to the library and resources, more flexibility of that access, and the support of their teacher-librarian.” nswtl.net

We look forward to your reply at your earliest convenience.

:-)
Audrey

Audrey Nay
Teacher-librarian
Sandy Beach Public School
NSW



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