TExES School Librarian (150) Secrets Study Guide: TExES Test Review for the Texas Examinations of Educator Standards

***Includes Practice Test Questions*** Get the test prep help you need to be successful on the TExES School Librarian test. The TExES School Librarian (150) Exam is extremely challenging and thorough test preparation is essential for success. TExES School Librarian (150) Exam Secrets Study Guide is the ideal prep solution for anyone who wants to pass the TExES School Librarian Exam. Not only does it provide a comprehensive guide to the TExES School Librarian Exam as a whole, it also provides practice test questions as well as detailed explanations of each answer. TExES School Librarian (150) Exam Secrets Study Guide includes:

• A detailed overview of the TExES School Librarian (150)
• A breakdown of teaching, learning, and the school library environment
• An analysis of program management, leadership, and connections to the community
• A full study of librarianship, information science, and technology
• Comprehensive practice questions with detailed answer explanations

It's filled with the critical information you'll need in order to do well on the test: the concepts, procedures, principles, and vocabulary that the Texas State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) expects you to have mastered before sitting for the exam. The Teaching, Learning, and the School Library Environment section covers:

• Selection policy
• Collection development
• Library resources
• Scheduling
• Legal and ethical issues
• Bibliographic citation
• Children's and young adult literature
• Information literacy assessment
• Teaching information literacy
• Library media center program
• Collaboration for information literacy
• Instructional design
• Classroom management
• Professional organizations
• Teaching adult learners
• Collaboration and consensus-building

The Program Management, Leadership, and Connections to the Community section covers:

• Budgeting
• Alignment with school curriculum
• Professional development
• Legislation
• Code of ethics
• Advocacy
• Program decision making
• Assessing program needs
• Managing the library media center
• Mission and philosophy
• Rationale for policies

The Librarianship, Information Science, and Technology section covers:

• Cataloging
• MARC records
• Resource sharing procedures
• Promoting resources
• Information access
• Information retrieval processes
• Interlibrary loans
• Equal access to resources

These sections are full of specific and detailed information that will be key to passing the TExES School Librarian Exam. Concepts and principles aren't simply named or described in passing, but are explained in detail. The guide is laid out in a logical and organized fashion so that one section naturally flows from the one preceding it. Because it's written with an eye for both technical accuracy and accessibility, you will not have to worry about getting lost in dense academic language. Any test prep guide is only as good as its practice questions and answers, and that's another area where our guide stands out. Our test designers have provided scores of test questions that will prepare you for what to expect on the actual TExES School Librarian Exam. Each answer is explained in depth, in order to make the principles and reasoning behind it crystal clear.