Lichfield school’s librarian shortlisted for national award
A Lichfield school’s library manager has been shortlisted for a top national award.
Helen Emery, from Chase Terrace, is down to the final three of the School Librarian of the Year Award 2011.
She has worked at King Edward VI School in Lichfield for eight years and has been hailed as “exceptional” by the School Librarian Association Selection Committee.
Helen will be attending a prestigious ceremony on October 3 at the Mermaid Conference Centre in London where the winner will be announced.
She said she was delighted to have been shortlisted for the coveted award:
“I am absolutely thrilled to have got this far – it is a real honour to be nominated and to have reached the finals is amazing. I feel really proud and I’m pleased that our work at King Edward VI School has been recognised and that Staffordshire’s library service as a whole is being put on the map.
“School librarians work really hard to broaden the horizons of pupils so that they can reach their full potential. It is a really important job and I am pleased that the award has helped to raise awareness and support for our role in schools and within the community.”
The School Library Association (SLA) has been running the awards since 2004. It aims to promote the excellent work that school librarians carry out every day, to highlight best practice and to celebrate outstanding work in the sector.
Helen submitted lesson plans, self evaluation and was shadowed by two representatives from the SLA selection panel for the day.
County Councillor Pat Corfield added:
“This is an excellent achievement for Helen. She has competed against some outstanding colleagues from up and down the country and to get this far shows how well respected she is.”
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