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Hi All - Hope the new school year is going well for all of you. I found some info in the Archives to add to Naomi's - If you search the Archives for "two schools" you find Marti Anderson's multiple hits from 8-10-00 with lots of good ideas. Nancy Kaluza Steele Elementary San Antonio, TX lkaluza@swbell.net Naomi Bates wrote: > Here are some suggestions I've received: > > I work in 2 elementary schools (one 700 students, one > 550 students). I work in one all day Monday & Tuesday > then Wednesday morning; the other Wednesday afternoon, > all day Thursday & Friday. I do have full time ibrary > > aides in each building, and part-time technology > assistants. I teach 3rd & 4th grade research/library > skills; 1st & 2nd are scheduled in for a story & book > check-out with the aide on the days I'm not there. We > also rely on parent volunteers to either shelve books > or read stories. I am responsible for the technology > in the buildings (we're not fully networked), but the > tech aides handle the routine. I handle the library > media budgets (AV, books, non-print, library supplies > and technology supplies). I'm just beginning my 2nd > year here, and I have to really focus on each school > when I'm there, and ignore them when I'm not there. I > consider myself very flexible and accommodating, BUT I > have had to tell each principal on occasion that > something would have to wait until I was in their > building. Fortunately, they are very supportive and > have been pushing for full time status in each > building. > > I have four buildings (entire district) K-12. The > administrators made my schedule. I spend 3 half days > at 1 elementary, 2 half days at another elementary, 3 > half days at the middle school, and 1 full day at the > high school. I have aides at the middle and high > school, but none at the elementaries. > > I serve 5 campuses in a rural district. The most > southern and northern are 26 miles apart. I have a > "home school" in the middle, and the largest > (162 students) where I also teach keyboarding to 4-6 2 > afternoons a week. Due to the arrangement, I'm on a > fixed schedule with 1 afternoon a week that is "open". > Two days are spent at the two largest schools and the > others are served on 1/2 day schedules. We are in the > process of trying to pass a > bond issue that would build an elementary school on > the site of the Jr/Sr. high in the country. > (consolidated) Meanwhile, I'm a "Road Warrior" with > all the other specialists while driving my > "bookmobile"! > > I was divided between 2 schools last year - my first > year working in an elementary school and as a > librarian - talk about baptism under fire!! > I went to one school Mon-Tues and the other Thurs-Fri > and alternated Wed between the two. One school wasn't > too bad - it was small (under 200) and they had always > had a part-time librarian so their expectations were > realistic. The other school had previously had a > full-time librarian - and sometimes it seemed as if > they expected me to do everything my predecessor did > in 1/2 the time. Mostly I coped with the extra admin > duties by working late. Both places I was on a very > rigid fixed schedule with very little "free" time, > much of which was 20 minutes here and there (which I > found very difficult). > > Yes, I work at two schools about 20 minutes from each > other. I visit one on T/TH and one on W/FR and > Mondays are as needed. There is a full time aide > in each building so the library is open when I am not > there. I do storytimes for K - 2 and my aide does > some of the KDG. and Preschool when I am not in the > building. I do skills for 3 - 5 in blocks 6 to 8 > lessons. I never am assigned duties as I travel and I > am not covering anyone's planning time. > > Naomi Bates > Sabinal ISD, Sabinal Texas > nmbates@yahoo.com > > ===== > Naomi Bates > Sabinal ISD > nmbates@yahoo.com > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! 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