ILT-Teacher Librarian Leadership MA

Office: 999 18th St. Suite 144
Telephone: 720-639-9228
E-mail: cpe@ucdenver.edu
Website: http://www.ucdenver.edu/academics/colleges/SchoolOfEducation/Academics/MASTERS/SchoolLibrary/Pages/SchoolLibrary.aspx

Program Overview

The Teacher Librarian Leadership program within the ILT master’s degree program is a revised and approved teacher librarian education program that leads to the Colorado Department of Education endorsement for teacher librarians. The program integrates 21st Century Learning Standards as approved by the American Association of School Libraries with Common Core content standards and leadership competencies. The program adheres to the constructivist theory of resource-based learning, teacher leadership, instructional coaching, and media literacy. The program believes that teacher librarians as endorsed by a state’s department of education require education as a teacher as well as a librarian, as advocated by the American Library Association and the International Association of School Libraries. As a teacher librarian, you will provide collaborative instructional planning, facilitation of professional learning, utilization of information literacy, online instructional resources, and teacher leadership through the management of your library program and online. Courses are offered in a completely online program.

Once admitted, students begin a plan of study that typically takes about two years to complete. Consult the program website for more information about specific plans of study, course offerings and expectations of the program.

Admission Requirements

Admission decisions are based on undergraduate and graduate grades, external letters of recommendation and fit with the program as reflected in a letter of intent. Prospective students should consult the program website for complete admission procedures and requirements.

Professional Expectations

All students in the Teacher Library Leadership program are expected to show a strong commitment to the program and to maintain high academic, professional and ethical standards. Inappropriate or unprofessional conduct is cause for discipline or dismissal from the program.

Technology Expectations

The ILT-Teacher Librarian Leadership program uses computers and related technologies as a tool for learning. Students are expected to obtain an e-mail account and check it frequently. In addition to on-campus facilities, ILT students need convenient access to Internet-connected computers off campus, either at their place of work or at home. In addition to textbooks, software purchases may be required or recommended for specific classes.

Program Requirements

ILT-Teacher Librarian Leadership students also have a choice between a teacher librarian endorsement - only for 24 graduate semester hours and a full master’s program with a teacher-librarian endorsement. The master’s program requires a minimum of 30 graduate semester hours. Students complete a plan of study consisting of courses and professional field experience. Students must be licensed as a teacher or plan to complete a teacher license prior to seeking the additional endorsement as a Teacher Librarian. This is a Colorado Department of Education requirement.

Courses are offered only in certain semesters and courses should be taken in a particular sequence based on when you start the program. Advising is required prior to enrolling in a course, even as a non-degree student, in order to ensure the most effective course sequencing and availability of courses.

30 Credit MA Degree Plan of Study

Prefix: Course Title	Term offered:	Credits
SCHL 5100 : School Libraries in the Digital Age	Fall	3
SCHL 5030 : Information Literacy	Fall	3
SCHL 5160 : Managing School Libraries	Spring	3
RSEM 5080 : Research for Teachers or INTE 6720 : Research in Learning Design and Technology	Spring	3
SCHL 5200 : Promoting Literature in Schools	Summer	3
SCHL 5913 : School Library Field Experience	Fall	3
INTE 5300 : Media Literacy	Summer	3

CONCENTRATIONS- CHOOSE ONE

Complete 3 courses in the Online Learning Concentration, or the Teacher Leadership Concentration

Culminating Experience for All Students

The culminating experience consists of a professional portfolio in which students demonstrate program competencies through work products and related accomplishments. The portfolio is created throughout the student’s program and submitted for faculty review the final semester. For complete details about the Teacher Librarian Leadership program and endorsement requirements, see the program website.