[LM_NET] HIT: Supervising LMS Practicum Students

["Lemmon, Michelle" <Michelle.Lemmon@EKU.EDU>]

Greetings!

Thanks to all the good folks that responded to my original request of
any wisdom, tips, tools, etc. that might be helpful to me as I supervise
LMS practicum students for the first time.  Here is a summary of the
responses:

Supervising LMS Practicum Students:  Tips and Words of Wisdom from
LM_NET Members

5/31/05

 

*       Maintain an email dialog with each practicum student, at the end
of each week, the student writes a journal entry and the supervisor
responds.  At the end, the email can be printed and saved for Practicum
portfolio.
*       Keep them busy:  bulletin boards, displays, weeding, purchasing,
and especially include inventory and budget.
*       Supervise, but leave them alone!  Have them shadow you for a day
or two and then leave them in charge, even leave the library often to
give them more autonomy.
*       Schedule a daily morning and afternoon meeting, to go over daily
plans and then evaluate the day
*       Be sure to show practicum students your expectations for library
students' behavior.
*       Have them plan and teach lessons.
*       Encourage practicum students to visit other LMS in the area.
*       Encourage practicum students to visit classrooms of strong and
interesting teachers, especially those with good behavior management
skills.
*       Prepare projects for practicum students to work on before they
arrive.
*       Include the following:  put together resources for a class
project; present information skills to students; follow steps to put new
materials out for check out; review and select new materials; talk about
how to handle challenges; talk about discipline issues/procedures; teach
internet searching/databases to patrons; talk about internet protocols
or restrictions; policies and operating procedures in a library.
*       Communicate with the principal, collaborate with teachers for
lesson planning, be familiar with State Course and Study Content
Objectives, fund raising ideas, understand INFORMATION POWER, and
getting involved in local, state, and national professional
organizations.
*       Never allow a practicum student to be in a school that they
attended or if they are related to someone in that school.
*       ENJOY your practicum students!

 

 

Michelle Lemmon 
Library Media Specialist / School Technology Coordinator 
Model Laboratory School, Eastern Kentucky University 
Richmond, KY 40475 
(859)622-1039 
michelle.lemmon@eku.edu 

 


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