Selecting resources

The teacher librarian collaborates with colleagues to select a wide variety of resources to meet the needs of students for an inquiry unit. She is proactive in consulting with teachers on their resource needs and plans with teachers and the teaching and learning coordinators to ensure the resources selected align to the key skills and content of each learning area.

St Francis of Assisi Primary School is located north of Melbourne and has over 900 students enrolled in years prep to year 6. Over 50 per cent of students speak English as an additional language or dialect (EAL/D), and 46 countries are represented within the school population. The library is staffed with one full time teacher librarian, one 0.7 teacher librarian and a full time library technician. Volunteer parents are also involved with the day-to-day tasks of borrowing, returns and processing of resources.