February 14
2017
It was one
of those days…
Mrs. McVay,
the library clerk, and I held down the fort as Mrs. Batson was home with a sick
child. We put at couple of tasks on our list, but, we struggled to get these
accomplished. First, I thought I could check weeding off of my list. But, we
did not feel comfortable taking that on without Mrs. Batson’s blessing.
So, we thought
we could divide and conquer adding sixth grade students to the AR program.
However, we ran into issue there and concluded that the system was down. It may
have been user error, but we tried everything we could!
I helped
straighten up a few shelves and helped students as they came in and delivered a
Chromebook.
Learning:
technology is not always helpful and you sometimes have to “roll with it”. I
was a hoping to get the weeding out of the way, as I’m not really looking forward
to it, but will gladly save it for another day! I did spend some time looking
at school library websites and made notes about what I liked and did not like
and saved some ideas for the future. There is so much variety to this job!
I was also
able to get on the district webpage for Media Specialists. While there were
some areas I needed permission to enter, it did have a lot of information that I
was able to read over and save for the future. Important information such as
what to do with challenged books was there along with a directory and PAS-T
(Greenville’s ADEPT) information, Beginning and End of year procedures, and
professional development opportunities. The site was not up to date, but, it
still gave me a great look into what the district expectations and procedures
are.
Some things to check off moving forward:
____a. Book talks (chapter books) to two or more groups of
independent readers in grade 3-12. (See the Suggested Activities
document) March Mysteries coming soon
___ b. At least one major
collaboration with a classroom teacher(s) that involves developing and teaching lessons that
address information literacy standards and technology skills (including the efficient and ethical use of information) that are integrated into content area units of study. Use the collaborative
planning template in Blackboard. Website evaluation in March
____ c. Leadership in planning
and presenting an in-service presentation to adult educators. (See the
Suggested Activities document).
____ d. Using a variety of
strategies to promote recreational reading for leisure and personal
growth (See the Suggested Activities). Bulletin Board….need a couple of
others
____
e. Cataloging and practical day-to-day technical
services
____f. Collection development: curriculum
collection mapping, weeding, ordering, processing new books for
circulation, etc. (See the Suggested Activities). Went over ordering
w/Follett; processing new books w/ magnetic tape
_____ g. School library public relations and advocacy Observed book talks
____h. Learning and practicing technology skills Use programs; sat in on
Chromebook meetings for administrators and parents; learned poster maker;
changing printer toner for teacher + ordering tips
----i. Preparing annotated bibliographies, pathfinders, and
resource
____ j. Teaching information literacy skills to K-12
students.
____k. Assisting in long-term planning, grant proposals,
action plans, needs assessments.
_____ l. At the end of the semester be prepared to list at
least 15 or more additional hands-on practical activities you accomplished
during your internship that address the Five ADEPT Learning Outcomes.
Meet with Follett Representative
