{"product_id":"managing-the-successful-school-library-strategic-planning-and-reflective-practice","title":"Managing the Successful School Library: Strategic Planning and Reflective Practice","description":"To ensure their libraries survive and thrive, school library managers need to be both responsive and proactive. Looking past the day-to-day operations of a school library, Farmer's book serves as a reality check: school libraries must align with school mission statements and policies, while simultaneously negotiating for proper budgets and resources alongside other departments. It's a daunting prospect, but Farmer demonstrates how it can be done with the proper attention and systematic planning. Taking a deeper, more professional look at management that applies theories and principles to real-world situations, this book introduces the concept of school library programs and provides an overview of school library program management; examines professional and legislated standards for school libraries, and discusses the part a manager plays in meeting them; links management with leadership, differentiating the two, and showing how the school librarian can carry out both roles; helps readers assess their own skills, knowledge, and dispositions in order to set short-term and long-term goals; explains how to manage resources and learning environments to meet the needs of teachers, administrators, parents, and other stakeholders; offers guidance for developing and working with budgets, obtaining additional funding, and using collaboration to support the school library program; provides concrete advice on hiring, training, supervising, assessment, and recognizing library workers and other library team members; and includes tools for communicating effectively and getting the message across.\nMore than just a compendium of management theories, this book provides much food for thought that will help readers gain important insights into their own roles as school library managers and leaders.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0838914942\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: GBV.0838914942.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Farmer, Lesley S. J.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This copy does have liquid damage.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Good Books Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56482105426225,"sku":"GBV.0838914942.A","price":76.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0914\/3730\/2065\/files\/0838914942-0.jpg?v=1790458731","url":"https:\/\/goodbookscompany.org\/products\/managing-the-successful-school-library-strategic-planning-and-reflective-practice","provider":"Good Books Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}