Re: Teacher damage

[Lisa Von Drasek <lisav@BNKST.EDU>]

This is a very interesting topic. We are fortunate to have an extensive =
collection and are able to lend hundreds of books to each classroom for =
which the due date is the end of June. We do not charge teachers. I would =
much rather have a teacher who had five lost books a year than one that =
has not visited or taken a book out of the library all year (yes we had =
one like that) At the end of the school year the I present a report by =
classroom of the number of books lost or damaged and the replacement cost  =
to the principal. Funds are usually provided to me in the fall. I also =
pass out composition notebooks the first week of school and request that =
the teachers ask students to signout classroom library books. This has cut =
down on the number of missing books and teachers can follow up with their =
own students.

Lisa

Bank Street School for Children
Prek-8th grade


Lisa Von Drasek, MLIS
Children's Librarian
Bank Street College of Education
610 West 112th St
NY  NY   10025

lisav@bnkst.edu

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