Re: [LM_NET] Best Thing You Did This Year

[Shonda Brisco <sbrisco@GMAIL.COM>]

Probably one of the best things that I did this year was "answer a
challenge" by a first-year assistant principal (a "veteran of the
classroom" for a whole four years before taking the AP position) who
told me that it was "impossible" to get an IMPACT grant (a district
grant offered to schools to fund specific goals).  Within 4 weeks of
taking the position as the librarian, I collaborated with the science
teacher to determine what our needs were in raising student scores.
Obviously books, resources, and technology were some of the things
suggested.

So, I wrote a science grant (directly linking our grant objectives to
the state-wide curriculum objectives--also known as the TEKS) and
learned during the first week of March that we had won the $5,000
IMPACT grant to increase resources and technology in the area of
science!!

During the awarding of the grant (balloons, flowers, super-sized
check), the organizers told me that it was the first time the school
had EVER received an IMPACT grant. The teacher(s), parents, and
students were thrilled with the award and brought the newspaper
clippings, photographs, and notes to me for weeks afterwards.  I was
so happy to be able to do this for them...

...unfortunately, the assistant principal never acknowledged my
efforts, never said "thank you," and never talked about it again.


~Shonda


-- 
Shonda Brisco, MLIS
Library Media / Technology Specialist
Digital Bookends wiki / blog:
http://digitalbookends.pbwiki.com
http://shonda.edublogs.org/
sbrisco@gmail.com

"Digital Resources" columnist
School Library Journal

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