Library Land

I am going to focus on the print materials of my Reference Section.The present condition of my traditional reference section is a total of thirty-five books. Our collection includes six dictionaries, a thesaurus, three atlases and the remaining books are special topic encyclopedia books. My collection reveals, that according to Reidling's General Guidelines for replacing reference materials (p.24), my entire collection is out of date. Unfortunately, my library budget for this school year is zero dollars from the school. This constraint makes it exceptionally hard for me to tackle the issue of replacing materials. According to my school district's Teacher Librarian Job Description and Responsibilities , #4 states, "Ensure that the school library collections are organized, maintained, and made available to staff and students, with the assistance of the library Clerks, according to acceptable standards." The acceptable standards according to AIL standards for ...

SOMETIMES IT TAKES A GOOD FAIL TO KNOW WHERE YOU STAND I was very excited about this opportunity because I had the chance to work with a colleague that I had not taught or collaborated with yet. He is known as an old-school teacher who is slowly, but surely, coming around to digital technology. Most of his lessons make use of the whiteboard, worksheets, textbooks and overhead projector. I admire his ethics, demeanor and presence in the classroom. I have much to learn from him and was excited to potentially teach him something new. I was nervous to approach and suggest this collaboration, as I was worried I might be turned down. I was fortunate that he was gracious and willing to work with me for this assignment. I wanted to ensure that I was not creating more work for him, but helping to facilitate a new approach. During our first collaborative meeting we agreed to a three week plan, with three, one hour lessons. The subject matter was something I wanted him to choose, a...