LIS 676
The LIS 676 School Media Practicum course is a requirement for students seeking school media librarian certification through the University of Kentucky’s School Media Librarian P-12 Certification program, and it entails supervised experience in school library media centers.
Course Description
In collaboration with the cooperating school librarian, the school media librarian candidate will schedule and complete a 5-10 day practicum experience at the school site (either physical location or virtual site depending on the instructional delivery mode of the school at the time of the experience). For each practicum experience, the school media librarian candidate will be expected to fully engage in the activities of the school library [media center] with the cooperating school librarian. The school media librarian candidate will be expected to create a detailed daily log of activities and fully reflect on those activities via daily journaling. Additionally, the school media librarian candidate is required to teach or co-teach a lesson to students or provide a professional development session for teachers.
If feasible, the cooperating school librarian should provide evaluation feedback related to that teaching experience and also provide evaluation feedback related to the practicum experience as a whole. The University of Kentucky course supervisor will provide the cooperating school librarian information to access University of Kentucky evaluation instruments.
Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education Program and consent of instructor.
