SLIM School Library Media Licensure
Learn how to guide 21st century learners + manage a networked, school library media center
South Dakota School Library Media Licensure
SLIM’s courses are taught by highly-experienced professors and practitioners, providing the education you will need to guide 21st-century learners and manage a networked, school library media center. You will complete the program knowing how to motivate PreK-12 students for lifelong learning, informed decision-making, a love of reading, and the use of information technologies. You will become a member of a large community of highly qualified and successful Emporia State University school librarians. School Media Licensure provides existing teachers and librarians the additional training and knowledge to better serve their students with TMspecialized courses focusing on teaching information literacy, children and young adult programming, and media collection and management.
Advantages of ESU's SLIM program
At ESU, we offer a Diversity Scholarship Match. You also can receive matching funds for ALA Spectrum, AILA, and other ALA ethnic affiliate scholarship awards. You'll also have the advantage of SLIM’s heritage of excellence for over a century which share the inherited legacy of a worldwide network of SLIM alumni to further your career objectives.
Programs of Study
Required Courses
- Elementary School Library Endorsement
LI804: Organization of Information
LI831: Resources and Services for Children
LI832: Resources and Services for Young Adults
LI851: Managing the School Library Media Center
LI855: Collection Development and Management
LI858: Information Literacy and Instructional Collaboration
LI876: School Library Media Elementary Practicum 1
Total Hours for Elementary School Media License 18
- Secondary School Library Endorsement
LI804: Organization of Information
LI831: Resources and Services for Children
LI832: Resources and Services for Young Adults
LI851: Managing the School Library Media Center
LI855: Collection Development and Management
LI858: Information Literacy and Instructional Collaboration
LI876: School Library Media Secondary Practicum
Total Hours for Secondary School Media License 19
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Questions
For more information about the program, please contact us at sliminfo@emporia.edu or fill out this information request form.