The Maitland-Newcastle Diocese has decided to restructure its 58 schools, saying it will redeploy its teacher-librarians or make them redundant.
This is a whoppingly-bad addition to an already worrying trend around Australia, where bean-counters treat the existence of trained TLs as an optional luxury.
With literacy rates falling, and misinformation and AI on the rise, we need TLs in schools more than ever.
Click the instagram post above to watch me taking the mickey.
And please sign the petition to save our teacher librarians!
James Foley makes children’s books for children who read books. If you’re a child and you’re eating his books, you’re doing it wrong. His books include the multi-award winning Stellarphant, Brobot, Chickensaurus, Bigfoot vs Yeti, Happy Barry Capybara and Oh No! James lives in Perth with his wife Renae Hayward (also an author), 2 kids (wannabe authors), and a labrador (not an author). He is a massive Marvel movie nerd and comes from a long line of queuing enthusiasts. Follow him on socials ( @jamesfoleybooks ) or at www.jamesfoley.com.au .
View all posts by James Foley
James Foley 