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 * [[image:http://assets.lifehack.org/wp-content/files/2009/03/20090401-remember-380x285.jpg]] || Teachers new to the Teacher-Librarian position need to know:
 * You are NOT alone. There is a wealth of support available to you, all you have to do is ask or [|do a search].
 * You are a **Teacher**-librarian. Don't lose sight of that - we draw from the teacher PLCs but also the library PLCs.
 * You are a leader (whether you or others know it or not!). Your colleagues __will__ look to you for support.
 * You are responsible for student achievement, just like any other teacher in your school.
 * You are what's important in your library - not the books, not the computers - [|YOU]! (David Lankes, The NEXT Symposium 2010).
 * You are the glue to strengthen teaching and learning practice at your school for the twenty-first century.
 * If you worked for NASA, you would be the grease around the O-ring -- shape-shifting and ultimately flexible -- not so visible but critically essential.
 * You have big shoulders - because you stand on the shoulders of your PLC--other interesting people all in the wings to help YOU be magnificent--and your colleagues at school can now stand on YOUR shoulders to ultimately scaffold high-quality, even transformative, learning experiences for students.
 * By "being the change" - living the vision of the twenty-first century learner themselves - school librarians can "walk the talk" of today's educated thinker.
 * Keep current! By demonstrating life long learning, you will inspire others to do the same! ||