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School Library Media Program at SI
| School media specialists are in demand.
One-hundred percent of our program graduates have landed positions in K-12 schools within months of graduation. |
School library media specialists work closely with classroom teachers to connect students with ideas and information in a range of formats, helping those students grow into lifelong readers and informed citizens.
More than 40 million elementary, middle, and high school students across the nation are in schools with library media centers, and research has shown that the highest achieving students come from schools with good library media centers.
| All students in the program gain hands-on experience in actual school media centers, under the supervision of school library media specialists. |
If you're interested in working as a school media specialist and making a difference in students' lives ...
The School of Information offers a program that allows you to complete an ALA-accredited degree with a library endorsement and teaching certificate. If you have already earned an ALA-accredited degree and/or a teaching certificate, you can complete the courses you need to have the full credentials for a career in school library media.
Why Michigan?
- Career placement: We place 100 percent of our program graduates in K-12 schools within months of graduation.
- Hands-on experience: If you're pursuing a teaching certificate, you'll complete your student teaching in an actual school media center under the guidance of a school media specialist. If you have a teaching certificate in hand, you'll complete your Practical Engagement requirement with a mentored, credit-based internship in a school library media center.
- Robust training: The Michigan program requirements make for a robust education that makes it easier for our graduates to transfer their school media endorsement to other states.
- Networking: SI boasts a strong student organization in school media (Youth and School Librarians), offering peer networking and support as well as educational and social activities.
- Stellar credentials: Students completing the program come away with a layered and flexible set of credentials -- the broad base of the MSI degree, the professional preparation of the Library and Information Services program, and the focused training in K-12 school library media.
- An integrated curriculum: Our integrated program lets you earn your ALA-accredited MSI in library and information services, with your school media endorsement and your teaching certificate, in as little as two years.
Four Scenarios for the School Library Media Program
We provide descriptions of four sets of requirements to cover the following situations:
| Scenario |
Library Media Endorsement |
ALA-Accredited Degree |
Teaching Certification |
| A |
seeking |
seeking |
seeking |
| B |
seeking |
seeking |
have |
| C |
seeking |
have |
seeking |
| D |
seeking |
have |
have |
You can complete any of the options in two calendar years if you follow the prescribed plans on the School Library Media Program requirements page.
The faculty coordinator for the School Library Media Program is Professor Karen Markey, who can be reached at ylime@umich.edu.
Last updated: Aug 17, 2009
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Jolie Valentine (MSI '04)
Media Specialist, Plymouth-Canton (MI) Schools
Students in SI's School Library Media program have full schedules of coursework and fieldwork. But that didn't keep Jolie from racking up an impressive list of additional accomplishments during her time in the program.
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Julie Darling (MSI '05)
Young Adult Services Librarian, Dexter District Library
Tradition is important to many people, as it is to Julie Darling. But Julie recognizes that advances in technology have made her career field of school library media even more exciting, and that's something that she embraces.
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Youth and School Librarians (YASL)
YASL was formed to support students interested in seeking careers as youth and/or school librarians. The group meets regularly and invites all interested students to join. Informal meetings serve as a forum in which group members can share ideas, socialize, and develop plans to change the youth/school librarian world. Contact: yaslofficers@umich.edu or visit the YASL Web site →.
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