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Ms. Stacey Welden is a K-5th grade school librarian at Sherman Elementary School in Dry Ridge, KY. She has been teaching for over seven years at the same school. Ms. Welden and I met some time ago and is a very good friend of mine and was one of the librarians that encouraged me to attend library school. We completed our interview via zoom and I must say, this was by far, the best conversation ever. I believe we stayed on for almost three hours just talking about library stuff. Ms. Welden’s shared foundation, domain, and competencies are listed below: Shared Foundation I. Inquire Domain- B. Share Competencies: School Librarians guide learners to maintain focus throughout the inquiry process by: • Assisting in assessing the inquiry-based research process. • Providing opportunities for learners to share learning products and reflect on the learning process with others We started the conversation by talking about examples of ways in which Ms. Welden utilizes the above competencies in h...

Mrs. Kelsey Ray is a PreK-5th grade school librarian at Bradfield Elementary in Dallas, TX. Mrs. Ray and I also met in the “School Librarians in the USA” social media group. Mrs. Ray and I spoke on video chat for quite some time before finally getting down to the point of the interview. She was very excited to talk about her school library and provided me with so many great ideas that would definitely benefit me as a new school librarian. Mrs. Ray shared foundation, domain, and competencies are listed below: Shared Foundation IV: Curate Domain- A. Think Competencies: School Librarians challenge learners to act on a n information need by: • Modeling the response to a need to gather and organize information. • Guiding Learners to make critical choices about information sources to use. When asked about some examples of the ways in which you she is implementing these competencies in your library program, Mrs. Ray included that she teaches information literacy skills to help guide student...

Ms. Denelle Thompson is a K-5 school librarian at Varnille Elementary in Varnville, SC. She expressed to me that she was a first year librarian, however, she taught school as a 4th and 5th grade teacher for about four years. Almost instantly, we connected. Ms. Thompson agreed to speak more with me regarding the AASL standards. She said this was the perfect interview for her since she was fresh out of the MLIS program at USC and was very familiar with the standards. I have listed her shared foundation, domain, and competencies below: Shared Foundation III: Collaborate Domain- A. Think Competencies: School Librarians facilitate collaborative opportunities by: Challenging learners to work with others to broaden and deepen understanding Organizing learner groups for decision making and problem solving When asked about examples of ways in which Ms. Thompson are implementing these competencies in your library program, she elaborated on a few different strategies. In her library, young...

Ms. Dawn Haney is a K-5 school librarian at Adams Elementary School located in Cary, NC. We actually met in a Facebook group entitled School librarians in the USA. Instantly we connected and begin talking about the great things that were going on in her library even during the pandemic. Specifically we spoke on ways that she was implementing the AASL standards into her library program. The specific AASL shared foundation, domain, and competencies are listed below: Shared Foundation II: Include Domain- Grow Competencies: School Librarians explicitly lead learners to demonstrate empathy and equity in knowledge building within the global learning community by: Creating an atmosphere in which learners feel empowered and interactions are learner-initiated. Initiating opportunities that allow learners to demonstrate interest in other perspectives. When asked about examples of ways she was implementing these competencies in her library, Dawn stated that she is working on a diversity audi...