First--Been there. My advice--don't fight it. LET them see the mess.
As books are being checked in---have carts to put them on. One for each major
section. Place the books there, and encourage students to check out what other
students have checked out. downside: Makes it harder to find books. Upside: Your
teachers will soon have a visual that you are on overload.
Student management. I did checkout FIRST ten minutes with the younger grades. THEN
I CUT OFF CHECKOUT and anyone NOT done, had to put their marker in their book to be
checked out later, and to pick it up later in the day. (I created shelf markers for
each student, color coded to the classes I saw that day.) Made for easy
management, and the markers could easily be put back into their class folder.
If you are with a class, and a student comes in to check out, Stop, and say: I am
sorry ___, I will be able to help you in ___ min or at ____ time. And send them
back to class. The teachers QUICKLY learn not to send students during others class
time. POST the times you are scheduled with classes with the grade and class name
LARGELY on the library door.
Open circulation is ONLY when there are NO CLASSES. Period.
One other "trick" you Might use.... Each older grade student gets a folders for the
# of books they can check out. When they check out a book, their folder goes in
the spot for the book. As students walk in with thier class, check in each book,
and the students need to put it in its spot (where their folder is) before getting
a new book. For kids who get this, will work. For those who don't.... major
headache.
Last bit of advice, ADVOCATE ADVOCATE for parent volunteers. AND let the admin
see that without help, they have created a disaster in the library.
good luck. I know that you will want to do everything, without consequences to the
students or staff. But logistically, you just can't. The admin needs to know that
THEY need to fix the problem. That you need an aide. And this needs to happen soon.
They will get the message when teachers start to complain that you cannot provide
ALL of the services that you used to.JaKay Greer Teacher-LibrarianMiddle
schoolAlbany, Oregon> Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:18:05 -0500> From: JEJ0120@ECU.EDU>
Subject: TARGET: NO MEDIA ASSISTANT> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> > I need help
from the group. This is my second year as media specialist at an elementary school
with an enrollment of 550. I teach a fixed schedule of 28 classes a week. My media
assistant was full time. She just quite. I have classes from 8:30 (soon to be 8:20
2 days a week) to 2:30 each day. Two days a week I only teach 5 classes a day. My
lunch and planning are together. We have open circulation from 7:50 to 10:00 and
1:00 - 2:00. I have fourth and fifth grade helpers, but I cannot continue to teach
a fixed schedule and manage the circulation desk. The students are good, well some
of them, but they cannot file all the books that come through each day. Our average
circulation numbers for the day are around 425. This number does not include our 90
kindergarten students, 15 pre-K and 7 severe and profound students. Kindergarten
starts check out next week, but only weekly. The rest of the students are to only
come once a day, but not all of the staff supports this, despite constant loud
protest. I need to come up with suggestions for my principal for the CHANGE in my
schedule. I like 3-5 one week and K-2 the next. It will still be a pain with open
circulation. Please send me suggestions. I am desperate!> > Thanks,> > Janette
Johnson> Media Specialist> Zeb Vance Elementary School> Kittrell, North Carolina>
252-438-8492> jej0120@ecu.edu> jajohnson@vcs.k12.nc.us> > >
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