TL as Leader Module 6 forum

As an inspiring TL studying ‘Teacher Librarianship’ I believe leadership to be a major role of the TL. Prior to this course I had not thought of leadership as being important role of a TL. Effective leadership particularly regarding change has a great impact if that change is to be successful. The readings in module six identified what effective leadership consists of, such as communication, listening, sharing, helping other break from the past, creating support and modelling change to name a few. These are concepts that have been identified in earlier modules, however the concept of ‘leading from the middle’ and ‘advocacy’ are concepts that are inspiring and new. Leading from the middle is greatly affected by social influence and power is the core to this influence. Advocacy, a by-product of development and effective implementation consisting of the combination of promotion and marketing, is an aspect that I now believe to be of great importance. Advocacy that is promoted the community is the best type of advocacy as it highlights the effectiveness of the library to its members.