MIDDLE: NY Library Media Instructional Standards

[Amy Austin <Aaustin333@AOL.COM>]

Dear New Yorkers,

I am new to New York's library standards.  In Texas I was in a school with
teams and block scheduling, flexible too...teachers integrated subjects and
planned with the librarian.  Here I have teams with 40 min. periods.  The
teachers are signing up for research in the library when they want to come in
and I will integrate research and information skills with their curriculum.
However, I have seen in my student handbook that N.Y. requires students to
have 1 period a week of library instructional time.  The high school
librarian says this is not true and that the printing is outdated and needs
to be changed.
What are the current standards?  I'm sure there has to be a web site out
there with them.  By the way, is there also a web site for New York teachers
as a curriculum resource/professional development?

Thanks,
Amy Austin, LMS
VVS Middle School
Verona, N.Y.
Aaustin333@aol.com

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