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3. Statement of Personal Philosophy

I believe that you have to have passion for the things you do in life; passion for your family, your friends and your hobbies. Without passion, aspects of your life can have little significance or relevance and you can just drift along aimlessly going through the motions without having meaning in your life. I believe that passion should extend to the work that you do. To love what you do, to believe in what you are doing and to do what you do, to the best of your ability, is (nine times out of ten) to be good at your job. I believe that to be an effective TL you have to have passion.

That passion, combined with emotional intelligence (Goleman, 2006) and a good understanding and working knowledge of the standards set out in the ALIA Standards of Professional Excellence for Teacher Librarians (2004) and my personal pin-up poster; Joyce Valenza’s Manifesto for 21st Century School Librarians(2010) would, in my opinion, not just be an effective TL but an excellent one.

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Australian School Library Association and Australian Library and Information Association. (2004). Standards of professional excellence for teacher librarians. Retrieved April 2012 from http://www.alia.org.au/policies/teacher-librarian.standards.htm
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Goleman D., (2006) The socially intelligent. Educational Leadership; September, 76-81 Retrieved March 12, 2012, from the CSU database.

Valenza, J., (2010) Manifesto for 21st Century School Librarians. Retrieved April 2012 fromhttp://informationfluency.wikispaces.com/You+know+you%27re+a+21st+century+librarian+if+.+.+.