I too "fill out" my schedule after it has been given to me and some of my tasks
include laminating, AR and Patron maintenance, weeding, cataloging,
materials repairs, technology maintenance, pacing support, periodical maintenance,
resource research and evaluation and of course planning. Then I send a
copy to each faculty member. It is all about perception.
Angela Wilcox
I E Johnson Elem.
Laurinburg, NC
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From: Leah Hawkins
Sent: 10/10/2005 7:44:00 AM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Cc:
Subject: Re: [LM_NET] target: "free blocks"
Our campus enrollment has dwindled over the 12 years I have been here, from a high
of 650 to the current 450. My schedule is fixed for PK-3, fixed checkout
& flexible for 4-5 and flexible for 6. When you look at my "schedule" it
appears there are lots of empty "free" spaces.
I was recently asked by my campus administrators to "fill in" all those empty
spaces because the district is looking for areas to cut (and librarians were
suggested LAST year) - so I got creative and came up with Library Administration,
Cataloging/Processing, Small Group Research, Individual Research, Teacher
Support, Curriculum Support, Reading Counts Support, etc. as well as PLANNING,
right on the schedule.
But I also took the opportunity to remind my administrators that the library door
is NEVER closed unless I am out of the building, and that just because the
schedule says Administration at 2:00 on Thursday afternoon, it doesn't mean I am
not explaining to an individual student for the 10th time why he will never be
able to find a 32 page Reading Counts book that is worth the 14 points he needs by
tomorrow!
--
Leah Hawkins, Librarian
Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD
West Hurst Elementary
Hurst, TX
leahleah@comcast.net
"It's no use going to school
unless the library is your final destination."
Ray Bradbury
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> How many of you get frustrated when your administrators refer to your blocks
> with no classes as "free time" or "nothing" and what can we do about it?
>
> Help!
>
> Janet Gross
> Media Specialist
> Oaklawn Language Academy
> Charlotte, NC
> jgross8@carolina.rr.com
>
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