Re: [LM_NET] TARGET>School librarian doing remediation

[Shonda Brisco <sbrisco@GMAIL.COM>]

Personally (and professionally), I would appreciate a time when
teachers stop worrying about how much "free time" they perceive the
librarian to have during the school day.  I have seen this happen over
and over again in (usually) elementary schools when the teachers, who
usually have planning periods and conference times (unlike the
librarian who runs kids through every hour), believe that any time the
librarian is not working with a child must be "free time" and should
be filled with extra responsibilities.

Administrators at this level should remind these educators to stay
focused on their own responsibilities and duties, and stop behaving
like the children they supervise by "tattling" on librarians who they
believe aren't supporting their own weight in the library.

There's a lot more involved in being a librarian that what is seen by
the classroom teacher who drops her students at the library's
doorway...any elementary teacher who wishes to take on this
responsibility is more than welcomed to enter the profession and
discover the realm of instructional, administrative, and clerical
duties that await them once storytime is over.  In the meantime, I
advise that an administrator, teacher, or other whining adult who
doesn't understand what a librarian does throughout the day, take the
time to "shadow" the professional within his / her school to gain a
better perspective of the program.  It just might surprise them!

My two cents...spend them wisely.

~Shonda


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

Resources for Texas School Librarians:
http://txschoollibrarians.ning.com/
http://txschoollibrarians.wikispaces.com/

"Digital Resources" columnist
School Library Journal

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