Re: GEN,ELEM: Discipline in the LMC

[Susan Weiss <sweiss@CKS.SSD.K12.WA.US>]

Hi Janice,

I opened a new building in September and am taking advantage of the
newness to establish new library behavior policy.  Don't know your layout
so some may not apply to you.

Besides the regular rules about keeping it quiet enough for other to
study, I'm asking students with passes to sit in one area and the
classrooms to sit in another.  The biggest change for me, though, is to
have the teachers sit the students down at the end of the period and not
dismmiss them until the bell rings.  I saw one teacher do this last year
and was really impressed on the order that it imposed.  With this new
layout I can have maybe three classes in the library at the same time so
it can really be a crowd.

Teachers are to have the students pick up, put things away, close out of
web applications, pick up papers from the printer, etc.

Otherwise there used to be a herd mentality.  Students would edge toward
the exit and out the door long before the bell rang. And students from
other classes would try to join in. I've just explained to all teachers
that this is the policy I want followed because of so many people.  This
way the same behavior will be followed in the library regardless of who
the teacher is.

Sue Weiss
Ballard HS Librarian
Seattle, WA
w - (206) 706-5892
sweiss@cks.ssd.k12.wa.us


On Fri, 7 Jan 2000, Janice Borey wrote:
0
> Hi!
>
I need some information on how other librarians
> handle discipline in their libraries.   Does anyone have a good discipline
plan that they
> follow in the LMC?
>
> Thanks,
> Janice Borey
>
>
> Janice Borey
> Library Media Specialist
> Worth County R-III
> East Avenue
> Grant City, MO 64456
> boreyjan@wc.k12.mo.us

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