ACRL Standards for Proficiences of Instruction (for Librarians and Coordinators)

Last summer in Washington, D.C. at ALA, the ACRL Board has approved standards for proficiences of instruction.

For instruction librarians, these new standards are broken down into the following proficiencies:

1. Administrative Skills
2. Assessment and Evaluation Skills
   
3. Communication Skills
4. Curriculum Knowledge
5. Information Literacy Integration Skills
6. Instructional Design Skills
7. Leadership Skills
8. Planning Skills
9. Presentation Skills
10. Promotion Skills
11. Subject Expertise
12. and finally, yes, Teaching Skills.

Please take a look at the Standards at: http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlstandards/profstandards.cfm
(It is also available in the October issue of College and Research Libraries News)

Have any thoughts or ideas on how we can utilize them to improve our instruction (or plan new programs or technologies)? Share your thoughts! Click on "Comments." We'd love to hear from you.