Initial Thoughts (ETL504 learning journal)

Communication
Communication in its most basic form is verbal. This may be one on one with students and / or collegues, or in a group. Written communication is also important and this may take the form of hard compies or electronic communication. Communication between students, collegues and executive is vital.
Communication between peers outside the school community is also improtant. This may be with other local and similar schools or with a national or international network of peers. This is probably easiest done through electronic means.
As a leader the teacher librarian should be actively communicating and contributing to a network of their peers. As a leader, they should be instigating and facilitating discussions.
As a classroom teacher communication with students, collegues and executive staff is important and is slowly starting to become electronic in my personal situation.

Organisational Theory
I have little technical knowledge in this area. I guess it means how to be organised and the benefits received from being organised. It is how you fit the role of teacher, librarian and leader together and fulfilling those roles within time constraints.

Strategic Planning
Again, I have little concrete knowledge. Perhaps planning to teach, long term planning to build and develop the library collection, and on a broader scale, planning short and long term school goals. This may include planning human resources as well.