SURVEY SAYS!

A Family Feud Exploration of Your School District’s

Library Supervisor

Jeffrey DiScala

iSchool, University of Maryland

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AASL Conference 2013

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Objectives

• Explore the roles and responsibilities of school

district library supervisors across the country

• Compare your understanding of your

supervisor’s leadership role to data from a

national survey

• Discuss ways in which the presence or absence

of a district supervisor might affect a school’s

library program

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The Lilead Project

• Three year grant to study school district

library supervisors

• Demographics

• Roles

• Responsibilities

• Challenges

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BASIC DEMOGRAPHICS

Age of Supervisors

25 – 34 3% 35 – 44

12%

45 – 54 28%

55 – 64 49%

65 or older6%

Prefer not to answer

2%

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Gender of Supervisors

Female80%

Male18%

Prefer not to answer

2%

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Race of Supervisors

Black or African

American5%

White or Caucasian

87%

Asian1%

American Indian or

Alaska Native1%

Two or More Races

1%

Prefer not to answer

5%

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The Average

Supervisor

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Question #1

What is the title of the

person that supervises

school libraries in your

school district?

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Respond! – What is their title?

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and your message

You said…

Supervisor Titles

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Question #2

What degrees or

certifications do you

think your

supervisor has?

Respond! – What degrees or

certifications?

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Degrees and

Certifications#SLsupervisors @jeffdiscala @lileadproject

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Question #3

In which department of

the school district

administration is your

library district supervisor

located?

Respond! – What district department?

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Departments

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Question #4

What is your library

district supervisor’s

most important

responsibility?

Respond! – What is the most important

responsibility?

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Most Important

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Question #5

On what task does your

district supervisor spend

the most time?

Respond! – What task takes most time?

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Tasks Taking Up

Most Time#SLsupervisors @jeffdiscala @lileadproject

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QUESTIONS?

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Contact Information

Jeffrey DiScala

discala@umd.edu

@jeffdiscala

The Lilead Project

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