HIT: EXTENDED HOURS

[kathy wilson <wilsonk48@HOTMAIL.COM>]

Here are some of the responses that I received concerning extended
library hours.  There were so many that I will have to share a few at
a time.  Thanks again to all of you who helped in this quest!

Our school has extended hours.  Our high school is located in suburban
Philadelphia and we have 3 librarians in the high school of 3,000
(10-12).  Our hours for staff are staggered so that one of us works
from
7-2:30, 7:30-3, 8-3:30.  The hours of the library are:
Monday 7:10-4
Tuesday 7:10-3:20
Wednesday 7:10-3:20; 7-9 p.m.
Thursday 7:10-4
Friday 7:10-2:30 (staff meeting on Fridays and clean up!)
It is very successful and last night for example we had 56 students
till
4.  As librarians we rotate the extended hours and are paid the
contractual fee.  We have an aide also that works for whatever their
hourly salary is.

Any questions, email me directly!

Thanks
Shirley LeClerc, Librarian
North Penn High School
Lansdale, PA

Hello
I work in a 9-12 high school and our schedul is 7:30-3:30 M-F and
7:30-5:30
on Tuesdays.  The school day runs 7:50-2:30.  During very busy parts
of the
year,(the busiest time for me is right before the science fair), the
long
day is worthwhile, but most of the year on Tuesdays, I only end up
staying
until 4:15.  The students know that if they have not come in by then,
that I
may not stay.  My hours are the hours the library is open, except on
Tuesdays, my hours are 9:30-5:30.  But I usually come in early anyway
and
use the extra time to catch up on work.  I think I may ask to switch
the
time to 4:30 or 5:00, 5:30 is just too late for me and most of the
time not
really taken advantage of.  I do not get extra pay, but I can come in
late
on the long days if I want to.  This is nice when I need to do an
errand in
the morning...But I think overall it is not really effective.
Hope this helps...
Wendi Colby
Coe-Brown Northwood Academy
907 1st NH Turnpike
Northwood, NH 03261
wcolby@coebrown.k12.nh.us

I have been here two years now.  The former librarian
thought the library should be open for the students
period.  Her husband was her assistant.  No children at
home.  No home life.  She would open the doors before
7:30 a.m. and leave after five.  That is still expected
today.  We have a big screen TV (donated) which the
sports enthusiasts expect to watch before school.  They
start arriving right after 7:30.  Kids expect to come
to the library on game nights while they wait for the
bus, or the game to start.
Well, needlesstosay, I have changed things a little.  I
do have a life.  I will stay until 4:30 if pressed.
Sometimes til 5.  But usually 4:05, detention ends
then.

Supplemental pay.  Surely you jest.
Teacher's salary period.  The librarians don't do
anything but read, don't you know that.  That is what
the secretaries tell people.  No planning time.  Have
to fight for a lunch period.  We are on block
scheduling and two lunch periods.  Life is not a bed of
roses.

Our regular hours are 7 until 2:45....we stay open till 3:15 2 days a
week...no pay...rarely is there anyone here.  We're very dependent on
bus
transportation, however.
Carolyn Wandstrat
Splendora High School
Splendora, TX  77372
cwandstr@vonl.com

We are a high school media center with 2 full-time professionals and 3
full-time
assistants in a school of 1780 students.  Our hours are 7 to 5 on Mon.
& Wed., 7
to 7 on Tues. and Thurs. and 7 to 3:45 on Fri.  We are able to keep
longer hours
by staggering the hours of the assistants.  On Tues. one professional
comes in
at 11:30 and works until 7; the other does the same on Thurs.  The
media center
is usually busy from 7 to 5, but the 5 to 7pm period has two or three
students
patrons at the most.  We have been trying the 7pm closing since Jan.,
1998, so
it has had a good chance to "catch on" but hasn't done so.  I might
add that the
media center has a computer lab and internet access so students could
come in
for a variety of reasons.  The period from 5 to 7pm is a great chance
to get
caught up on things without interruption, but I'm having a difficult
time
justifying the loss of assistance to faculty and students on Tues. and
Thurs.
mornings.
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From:   kathy wilson[SMTP:wilsonk48@HOTMAIL.COM]
Sent:   Friday, March 26, 1999 11:32 AM
To:     LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject:        EXTENDED HOURS/HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY

We here at Ithaca High School in New York State, have an afterschool
library program which started this year. We are open until 7:00 PM
Monday
through Thursday and until 5:00PM on Friday.  So far it has been very
successful. I am the only staff person here from 5 - 7 and I am a
library
clerk. I also work here during the day, my hours are 11AM TO 7PM and
9AM
TO 5PM on Fridays.  Hope this is helpful.

Anne Plaine
Library Clerk
Ithaca High School Library


.  45 minutes before school, l hour after
2.  Monday through Friday
3.  half hour before school, half hour after school
4.  none
5.  I would say success - no complaints that students need more time.
 However, we are on block scheduling, and they have 2 ninety minute
seminars per week.

Georganna Krumlinde, Librarian <krumling@mail.troy.k12.mo.us>
Troy Buchanan High School, 1190 Old Cap-Au-Gris
Troy, MO 63379  Voice:314 528 4618 FAX:314 528 5164

We are a high school, 9-12, approx. 1400 students.  We have 2
librarians,  no
clerical support.

>  1. hours open beyond the school day?
>  2. days open per week?

We stay open Monday-Thursday 2:30-4:00.

>  3. librarian's schedule?
Since there are 2 of us, one of us comes in at 7 to open up and we
stay open
before school where we host 120 students before homeroom at 8:00.
That person
stays until 2:30.  The other comes in at 9:00, and stays until 4:00 or
4:15.
We alternate every-other week.

>  4. supplementary pay?
no, since we are working a regular amount of hours.

>  5. success or failure?
It is very successful.  Some afternoons we have 25 kids, some we have
four.
You never can tell.  Overall, it is successful, and the principal is
quite
pleased that we do this to maximize use of our resources.

Dear Kathy,
I work in a high school in Virginia.  Our school is 5 years old and
has an
enrollment of 1300 students.  Our staff is me, library director, a
second
librarian and a 12 month secretary.  The other librarian and I work an
11
month contract.
Our library is open from 6:30 to 3:00 every school day except
Wednesday.  On
Wednesday I am paid extra to keep the After School Detention students
until
4:30.  This allows me to keep the library open for other students to
use for
research or to take long makeup tests.
Our school day begins at 7:30 for students and ends at 2:35.
My secretary opens the library and leaves at 2:35.  I come in at 7:00
and
leave most days at 2:35 ( you know how that goes).  The other
librarian
comes in at 7:30 and stays til closing except Wednesday.
Except for the After School Detention, we receive no extra pay for the
daily
hours.  We are paid for the extra days on our contract.
So far these times seem to be adequate for our student's needs.  There
was a
rumble several years ago about us being open one night but that died
down
when I suggestion that monetary compensation would be needed!  I
should tell
you that we are a rural school so many of our students are dependent
on the
buses to get home or work a job after school.
Hope this has not been too confusing and will help you somehow.
Elizabeth Foley

Our school is K-12, but we do have extended hours.  Our students leave
at 2:45, but I stay open Mon. - Fri. until 3:30.  If students are in
the
MC and need help or are using the resources (as opposed to visiting
with
friends, sleeping, or keeping cool) I let them stay as long as they
wish.  This happens about 3 times a year, usually when research papers
are due.  I normally work until 4:30 or 5, although our contracted day
ends at 3:30.  That last hour with few interruptions is often the most
productive of the day.  There is no extra monetary compensation, but
lots of good rapport and good will is generated.  I find this very
rewarding because it gives me a chance to relate one-to-one with
students who are sometimes unwilling to ask for help when others are
around.  I find having the consistent hours to be crucial.  Student
want
to know they can depend on my being there.  When I'm not at school the
MC is closed at 2:45.

Diane Schumacher, Librarian
Ajo Unified School DistrictKathy:

I don't have extended hours here, but I did for the past 10 years at
my
previous (private) school. Here's what I had:
>1. hours open beyond the school day?open 7:30-4:30 M-F, 6:30-8:30
p.m. T, Th.
>2. days open per week?School day was 8:30-3:30 M-F
>3. librarian's schedule? I was on duty whenever the library was open.
>4. supplementary pay?What supplementary pay?
>5. success or failure?So-so. I had more people getting math and
science
help (especially the evening hours) than I did doing research. Of
course,
the library wasn't really set up to be a modern high school library.
It was
large, 31,000 volumes, but old. When I left the only internet
connection
was in the computer lab. I would open the lab if there wasn't a class
in
when a student wanted to do internet work. Since the connection was
slow
and tempermental, few used it. I had one computer that had SIRS and
TOM on
it. The rest was paper.

Would I suggest you offer extended hours? It depends. If you have
people
waiting when you arrive in the morning, and you have to chase kids out
when
you are ready to leave, then yes. If people aren't using the library
when
it is open now, why do you think they will come when it is now closed?

I would also be sure the issue of pay is addressed before you add the
extra
hours. I'm required to be here from 7:45-3:30 each day. If I would be
open
until 4:30 each day, and add the four extra evening hours I had at my
previous school, I'd be working about an extra day each week, which
adds up
to the equivilent of 2 extra months. Add that to the 10 that I already
work, and the school might begin to notice the extra cost.

Of course, if there is a demand for the library being open, then
somehow
the funds will have to be found. Be careful that the extra hours
aren't
covered by untrained aides, or worse yet, parent volunteers. Perhaps a
more
efficient method might be to see if your local public library is open
enough. Maybe they need the extended hours more than the school does.

Hope this helps.


David Lininger, LMS
Hickory County R-1 Schools
Urbana, MO 65767
tss003@mail.connect.more.net


Our school lets out at 2:40, the library is open until:
Mon-3:15
Tue-4:15
Wed-7:00
Thu-4:15
Fri-3:15

On Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday we have an after school tutorial
which
is staffed by a paid paraprofessional and several paid tutors from the
local
college and from the high school itself.  One of the high school
tutors is a
techie who runs the computer lab for me.  On those days there is a
late bus
at 4:15.  That is all funded by site categorical funds

On Monday and Friday it is just me and my paraprofessional.  I am not,
by
contract, required to keep the library open past 2:40 but my aid is
here and
she can't do the computers and the circulation desk at the same time.

This has worked out very well.  The tutorial is usually pretty busy. I
like
having it in the library even though it can be kind of noisey with all
of
the tutoring and group work.  The woman who runs it is very good and
the
added staff allows us to stay open even when I'm buried under piles of
paper
work in my office.  Friday is pretty slow, usually just 15-25 kids,
most
checking e-mail and surfing (a few actually do homework on fridays).
I
guess the key to the extra hours is the funding.  If I had to do it by
myself I would not  be open 5 days a week, and probabley not until
4:15 (we
also open up 1/2 hour early every day).

--
Anthony C. Doyle, Librarian
Livingston High School, Livingston, CA
tdoyle@muhsd.k12.ca.us

At 09:32 AM 3/26/99 PST, you wrote:
>I am seeking information regarding extended library hours in other
high
>schools.  If your school offers this, I would appreciate your input
on
>the following:
>1. hours open beyond the school day?  3:00-6:00 PM Mon-Thurs.
>2. days open per week?5
>3. librarian's schedule?7:30-5:00  I'm also the district coordinator,
otherwise the hours are 8-3:30 same as teachers
>4. supplementary pay? for coordinator, I'm on the management scale
>5. success or failure?  I have a 2 hour library tech who comes in
Mon-Thurs. 7:30AM-9:30 AM.  My secretary comes in 9:30-6:00PM
MOn.-Thurs.
and Fri. 7:30-4:00PM
>
>
Carol Lopez Doerksen
Library Media Teacher
Reedley High School
740 W. North Ave.
Reedley, CA  93654
cdoerksen@telis.org
(559)637-1247

At 09:32 AM 3/26/99 PST, you wrote:
>I am seeking information regarding extended library hours in other
high
>schools.  If your school offers this, I would appreciate your input
on
>the following:
>1. hours open beyond the school day?  3:00-6:00 PM Mon-Thurs.
>2. days open per week?5
>3. librarian's schedule?7:30-5:00  I'm also the district coordinator,
otherwise the hours are 8-3:30 same as teachers
>4. supplementary pay? for coordinator, I'm on the management scale
>5. success or failure?  I have a 2 hour library tech who comes in
Mon-Thurs. 7:30AM-9:30 AM.  My secretary comes in 9:30-6:00PM
MOn.-Thurs.
and Fri. 7:30-4:00PM
>
>
Carol Lopez Doerksen
Library Media Teacher
Reedley High School
740 W. North Ave.
Reedley, CA  93654
cdoerksen@telis.org
(559)637-1247

Kathy--

1.  Open presently Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday for 1.5 hours
beyond
school day.  Shortly will be open Monday and Thursday evenings for 2
hours
each.
2.  Only 5 days/week.
3.  Librarian's contractual schedule is unaffected.  The added hours
are
staffed by current library staff members from the high school, who
have
volunteered for the hours and are paid at contractual rates.  No one
is
required to participate.  If high school library staff could not cover
hours, staff from other libraries in the district would be invited to
participate.
4.  Yes.  Contract rates.
5.  If success is judged by students participating, then it varies
according to the rhythm of the quarter.  During the first 2 weeks,
usage is
light.  Then it picks up.  By the end of the term, there are kids
researching, kids typing papers, kids conferring with their
Participation
in Government partners (there's a required group oral presentation),
etc.
However, even when it is only a couple of kids, I feel good about
offering
the added hours.  Kids need a place to be.  The hours from 3 to 8 pm
are
the most dangerous for school-age kids (recent issue of Ed. Digest)
because
that's when fewest adults are home.

Hi,
We have had extended for 11 years now and are pleased with its
success.  Every
Wed. we stay open until 8:00 p.m.  We also open 2-4 Saturdays a year
depending
on theneed.  I also have the library open during all parent
conferences, open
houses, Meet the teacher night,etc. We are also open after school each
day
excelpt Fri. until 3:30.
We have tried different ways to "man the hours".  Right now, my
secretary
handles all the after school hours including Wed.  On Wed. she does
not come
to school until 12:30 and stays until 8.  I do the Sat. and other
hours.  We
have also tried things like rotating my schedule that instead of being
open
until 8, we did 2 days until 5.  During those times, I would come in
at 9:30
and stay until 5.  Unfortunately we have too many kids that are
involved with
extra things and needed the flexibility to come in in the evenings.
We have been very successful with the extras hours.  Soemtimtes we
have 50
kids, other times we have 6.  It all depends on what is going on in
the
classrooms.  We have tried closing the extended hours down in May and
not
starting themuntil Oct. but decided against that since it is easier
for people
to remember thst every Wed. we are open unitl 8.

Hope all this helps.  If you would have further questions, do not
hesitate to
contact me.

Ginny Kuklewski
Pequea Valley High School
Intercourse, PA





Kathy Wilson
Librarian
Pearland High School
Pearland, Texas
wilsonk48@hotmail.com




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