CHICAGO – New research published in the American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) peer-reviewed online journal, School Library Research (SLR), explores ways school librarians can support new teachers to prevent burnout. SLR promotes and publishes high-quality original research concerning the management, implementation, and evaluation of school libraries. Articles can be accessed for free at www.ala.org/aasl/slr.
Empathizing with the struggles new teachers experience in their first year of teaching, researcher Rita Soulen, assistant professor at East Carolina University, sought to develop and test a mentoring best practice when working with new teachers. Through firsthand experience, Soulen recognized that the skills of the school librarian and the resources housed in the school library were a powerful combination that could be targeted toward resilience-building support structures to counteract new teacher burnout.
In “School Librarian Interventions for New-Teacher Resilience: A CLASS II Field Study,” Soulen shares the results of her study where new teachers received interventions under a care model she developed. Following treatment, a comparison group and the group receiving the interventions were surveyed for level of resilience, burnout, and retention. Through interviews, Soulen found that school librarians occupy a unique position to offer supports for first-year teachers to build teachers’ resilience, reduce their burnout, and ensure retention.
School Library Research (ISSN: 2165-1019) is the successor to School Library Media Research (ISSN: 1523-4320) and School Library Media Quarterly Online. The journal is peer-reviewed, indexed by H. W. Wilson’s Library Literature and by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information & Technology and continues to welcome manuscripts that focus on high-quality original research concerning the management, implementation and evaluation of school libraries.
The American Association of School Librarians, www.aasl.org, a division of the American Library Association (ALA), empowers leaders to transform teaching and learning.
Originally published at https://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2020/04/care-model-school-librarians-support-new-teachers-explored-school-library
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