I also believe that adminstrators, if they are good administrators, will
take the time to learn, read about, and understand the role of the
library in the school. This could take the form of reading articles,
talking to the LMS, or visiting the library. I think understanding is a
two-way street, and it is unrealistic to assume the LMS has to assume
all the responsibility for educating the administration.
llucke@D70.K12.IL.US wrote:
>Selling our services to other teachers, and having to educate our
>supervisors about what our job should be are, in my view, two very different
>propositions. It is not necessarily the responsibility of a teacher to know
>everything a librarian can do for her. However, in my view, it IS the
>responsibility of an administrator to understand the roles of ALL the
>special people and special programs in his school, including the library.
>It is, after all, supposed to be his school, and he is ultimately
>responsible for everything that goes on in it. This is why it both concerns
>and disturbs me that these things do not seem to be included in any of the
>training programs that are creating our school administrators. Rather
>than trying to educate administrators one by one in the field, these types
>of things should be part of any program for training supervisors.
>
>
>Linda Lucke
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Stemig Family" <stemig@CBCRUISER.COM>
>To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
>Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 5:14 PM
>Subject: Re: Educating Principals
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>>Although I agree with Barbara that we shouldn't have to be selling
>>ourselves, the truth is that here in California, and I'm sure in other
>>places, very few people have any idea about what a library media teacher
>>does. I am constantly having teachers who are surprised when I tell them
>>about something I could do for them or with them. In my school district,
>>elementary library media teachers teach classes while the teachers had
>>
>>
>prep
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>
>>time. This is often 8-9 classes per day with 30 minutes for each class.
>>After taking classes with Dr. David Loertscher, I convinced my principal
>>that prep time was not the best use of my time and I now have a flexible
>>schedule. Yet I still have a difficult time convincing teachers to make
>>
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>use
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>
>>of my time. I have some teachers who are totally committed and they are
>>
>>
>very
>
>
>>strong advocates. Most of the teachers have been teaching the way they
>>
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>were
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>>taught to teach and don't have any vision of what I could do to help them.
>>
>>
>I
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>>have to constantly teach the teachers and the administrators what it is
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>>
>that
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>>I do and how much more I could do. It isn't that they don't want my help,
>>they have never seen a strong library media program and don't have a
>>concrete vision of what it can be. So I am stuck educating the educators
>>about the library program. Sometimes I get tired of the constant need to
>>advocate and almost sing my own praises to the teachers, but I am totally
>>committed to this program and the benefits that it will bring to our
>>students. I drive an hour and a half a day to do this job because I love
>>
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>and
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>
>>no school near by hires elementary library media teachers. So I keep
>>advocating and learning more about the wonderful field of school
>>librarianship from all of you who have so much knowledge to share.
>>Dana Stemig
>>Library Media Teacher
>>Tuolumne Elementary School/ Modesto City Schools District
>>Modesto, California
>>stemig@cbcruiser.com
>>Mrs. Stemig's Library Page: www.monet.k12.ca.us/wright/library is soon to
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>be
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>
>>changing to www.monet.k12.ca.us/tuolumne (I'll now be at only K-6 school
>>instead of two. Hooray!)
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