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Hello: I'm new at this, and have NO IDEA what I am doing, so please bear with me. I am the teacher librarian at a JK-8 elementary school in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Our population is about 450. I spend most of my time in the library, although at times I am teaching music. About 60% of my time is directly spent on library-related activities. I do book exchange, information literacy skills, work with full classes, small groups and individuals, and work as much as I can with other staff. Currently, my Board of Education, although it does recognise the importance of literacy, does not fully support full-time programming or staffing in elementary schools. They are instead promoting and funding (they might get money from the Ministry of Education for this) Literacy Improvement Project teachers. Every school, beginning this year, has a half-time literacy teacher. We are also creating Bookrooms that house guided reading, shared and read-aloud books for teachers to borrow. Now, maybe I'm out of the loop, but it seems to me that if the Board and the Ministry funded and supported full-time programmes and staff in every library in every school in the Hamilton-Wentworth District, we might just achieve the results they are hoping for. There is so much research that has drawn a positive connection between fully supported libraries and a rise in test scores, it's not funny. We have standardised testing in Ontario at Grades 3, 6, 9 and 10. What are the experiences of others out there? Thanks for listening. Deanna Deanna MacKinnon Teacher Librarian Huntington Park School 80 Kingslea Drive Hamilton, ON L8T 4A5 (905) 383-3305 Deanna.MacKinnon@hwdsb.on.ca -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. * LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/ * LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html * LM_NET Wiki: http://lmnet.wikispaces.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------