Conan the Librarian

I retired in June 2019 after 35 years as a teacher, including 31 as a teacher-librarian. I've taught at all grade levels except senior high school, both in the classroom and as a teacher-librarian, partnering with classroom teachers. Canadian teacher-librarians are subject specialists - our subject is information: helping students determine what is needed, how to find it, how to select it, how to shape it and how to present it to one's audience. I have always said, when asked what I teach, "I have the best job in the school!"

Enthusiastic! I was terribly shy as a child, died a thousand deaths when I had to get up for an oral presentation in front of my classmates. But as a teacher, I could get up and talk all the live long day, without notes, because teaching is (still) my passion, and kids are amazingly accepting, forgiving and encouraging - I drew energy from them! My curricular interests are inquiry, cross-curricular, project-based learning (PBL) and although I never taught STEM, I think it's an awesome vehicle for learning. You'll see that a LOT of my projects list 'critical thinking' as a keyword; that's because I believe that these days we are living in it IS critical for kids to develop this particular thinking skill.

nominated as Teacher of the Year (2012)

I earned my B.Ed.,with an emphasis on social studies and language arts, from the University of Victoria (1978); subject courses for teacher-librarianship (1982, UVic) and earned my M.Ed. in teacher-librarianship from the University of British Columbia (1996).

My store's name comes from a nickname one of my fave gr.10 students gave me, the one-and-only year I taught in a jr. high school. I'm a second-generation Canadian on my dad's side; an avid and wide reader; a diehard cross-stitcher; and a lifelong learner. Visit my Pinterest page @ https://www.pinterest.ca/ConantheLibrarian/ If you need to contact me, please do so at lmlconsu@telus.net.