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An essential role in my work as a school librarian includes connecting my teachers and students to the “larger community” (International Society for Technology in Education, 2011). I take this responsibility very seriously and even address it in my personal mission statement: “It is my personal mission to […] unearth ways to mirror what is happening in the classroom with the outside world” (Todd, 2014). I explored this idea further when creating my personal and professional guiding principles. The development of my guiding principles was driven by thinking about the following questions:

  • “What are you passionate about when it comes to digital education?
  • How will you get others excited about this passion?
  • How does your passion help you accomplish your mission statement?” (Wicks & Paulus, 2014).

After reflecting on my mission statement and the opportunities I hoped to create for my students, I wrote the following guiding principle:

Create opportunities for project-based learning experiences that incorporate
connections that flatten the walls of the classroom.

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Some of the work I’ve done with students to fulfill this goal include: organizing Mystery Skype sessions, facilitating a digital badge learning course, connecting students to outside professionals, and coordinating Author Skype discussions.


References

International Society for Technology in Education. (2011). ISTE standards: coaches. Retrieved June 29, 2011, from http://www.iste.org/standards/ISTE-standards/standards-for-coaches

Todd, B. (2014, November 8). The beginnings of a living, breathing mission statement [Blog post]. Retrieved from http://beckytoddlibrarian.org/the-beginnings-of-a-living-breathing-mission-statement/

Wicks, D., & Paulus, M. (2014) .Digital Learning Mission Statement [Handout]. Department of Education, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA.

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