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The three general headings that encompass the ASAL/ALIA Standards of Best Practice for Teacher-Librarianship are:
1. **Professional Knowledge:** incorporates the knowledge and understandings that are expected of excellent teacher librarians.

2. **Professional Practice**: incorporates the strategies and activities that excellent teacher librarians are engaged in.

3. **Professional Commitment:** incorporates the extent to which excellent teacher librarians demonstrate their commitment to the profession.

**Site 1: General Information**
Site 1 is an all girls, P-12 Anglican school with over 900 students. It has separate junior and senior campuses, each with their own library. The junior school comprises 325 students and the junior library has one full-time library technician and two part-time teacher librarians that equate to one full-time teacher librarian.

A log of hours spent at site 1.
March 10, 2010 || 8:30am -2:30pm (6hrs) || Tour of the junior and senior school libraries. 1st interview with junior school TL mentor(s). Morning Tea Briefing: Library staff (Birthday celebration) Observations of a year 4M “library lesson”. Observations of year 8 “wide reading” lesson in the senior school. Brief interview with school principal. Interview with senior school TL. || March 11, 2010 || 9:00am - 12:00pm (3hrs) || Observations of a year 5B “library lesson”. Observations of a year 6C “wide reading lesson”. Observations of a year 6H “wide reading lesson”. 1st interview with junior school library technician. Observations of collection management procedures. || March 15, 2010 || 9:00am - 2:00pm (5hrs) || Observations of year 5G “wide reading lesson”. Observations of year 7DC “research lesson”. 2nd interview with junior school TL mentor. Inspection of library signage, layout, facilities, collection. || March 19, 2010 || 9:00am - 11:00pm (2hrs) || 3rd interview with junior school TL mentor. Observations of collection management procedures. 2nd interview with junior school library technician. || (1.5hrs) || Observations of year 5G “library lesson”. Observations of year 7DC “research lesson”. 4th interview with junior school TL mentor. Inspection of library signage, layout, facilities, collection. || May 10, 2010 || 9:00am - 10:30am (1.5hrs) || 5th interview with junior school TL mentor. Observations of year 7DC “research lesson”. || May 17, 2010 || 9:00am - 11:00am (2hrs) || 6th interview with junior school TL mentor. Observations of year 7DC “library lesson”. ||
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 * Monday April 12, 2010 || 9:00am - 10:30am
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