Final week of the class. It was a learning experience to help out in the library and to fulfill my hours for my practicum. I learne a lot about the functions and the daily duties of the LME at our school. People who think that she just sits there and checks out books are sadly mistaken. It is a non stop roller coaster ride that changes from one day to the next. I learned that she is given duties by the principal that hinder her upkeep and changes in the library, but she still manages to get it done. While there are things that I think that could change, it really boils down to a time and preference. She works hard by providing the students with great reading material and helps teachers track down books. She also wishes that there would be more time for collaboration in the classroom, but the high school schedule to not allow that to happen. Plus, we have a middle school in the same building so collaboration is really out of the question. She says she is lucky to help teachers get materials much less fully collaborate. She said that is the case in all of Jefferson County middle and high schools. In elementary, the library is used as a service period so that teachers can have a planning time. There is just not enought time. I thank her for her guidance and all the things she has helped me with on top of all of her other duties. Have a great holiday break! Peace
This week I focused on the CEBS disposition of valuing diversity. I worked with the ESOL students in the library on doing research. The ones I worked with did not a have a good grasp on the English language. The teacher said that this was a tough class, many are new to the states and to the area and still speak so much Spanish in the home that they have a hard time translating English. I noticed that the computer really helped this out a lot. SInce many of the students are familiar with the computer and are able to communicate with common terms like search engine, website that it went better than I thought. They worked hard and were very patient with me as I tried to help them.
Once again this weebly site did not put up my post. Of course I forgot to save it and here I go again. This week took the CEBS disposition of leadership and did something on my own. I organized the teacher workroom and the video/DVD storage area. They are two different areas. The storage area is a room that is connected to the LME's office. The collection is put on shelves and needed to be put back in order, due to staff coming in and looking through them and not putting them back where they found them. The room was also cluttered with equipment (carts and overheads) that does not get used much. The LME later said they are slowly getting rid of it all, but they like to have some tv's and equipment in case it is needed by the school.
Next, I took a look at the workroom. First, I can honestly say it was a mess. I can say this because I have only used it once this year. The teachers professional journal were in clutter and the laminarting machine had been left on. The LME said that she was getting ready to use it and it had to warm up. Although she did say that some teachers come in to use it without asking assuming they know how to use and usually mess it up. My LME was glad that I took the initiative and cleaned it up and thanked me for it. It was an eye opening week to see how other teachers view the library. Most of them do not clean up after themselves! There is so much traffic in our library it is really hard to see who does what. I think that this should be an area of concern for the LME to address it in a facutly meeting. |
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