Taylormade Libraries: putting libraries and literacy at the heart of the school
Professional support and independent advice from an experienced and enthusiastic practitioner :-
Whether you are setting up a brand new primary or secondary school library/Learning Resources Centre, or aiming to develop an existing one, we can tailor our services to your needs:-
Support and Consultancy
Advice
Training
Support and Consultancy
- planning, furnishing, layout, and design
- stock selection and suppliers
- ICT: computerised library management systems, security systems, VLEs, e-learning and e-reading, digital resources and technologies
Advice
- reading promotion and reader development, whole school literacy initiatives, bookweeks, literacy events, e-reading
- staffing, resourcing, budgets, funding bids, policies and development plans.
- extended schools provision - family literacy, homework clubs
- transition, induction and links with primary schools
- independent learning skills, information and digital literacy
- preparation for Ofsted, policies and development planning
- working with departments to develop a cross-curricular whole school resource
- 6th form libraries, EPQ/IB and resourcing, careers libraries, plagiarism, and referencing skills
Training
- training for new school librarians, literacy co-ordinators, LSAs and parent helpers