Andrea has a Masters in Teacher Librarianship from the University of Alberta and has been working as a teacher librarian at the Surrey District for over 17 years. Currently she is the Teacher Librarian Helping Teacher role bringing leadership and support to the 140 Teacher Librarians in the Surrey School District. She is experienced with working to help students of all ages explore their learning goals and building community through the School Library Learning Commons.She is skilled in Staff Development, Strategic Planning, and Library Instruction.
Andrea discusses some of the challenges of working as a teacher librarian and also shares her passion for inquiry based learning with some thoughts about how to collaborate with other teachers in the classroom.