I will have to say that one of my colleagues read about what we do
when he was getting his master's degree in administration. He told me
that he had no idea how much I did (or could have done if I had not
had three schools at that time in my career). This was about 1983.
But you are correct, Paula, this is not a general trend. I think that
any administrator who knows what we do shows this by the schedule
that he/she allows us to have. I have always had fixed classes (no
aide), but in general have had principals who allowed me a block of
"library administration" time in my schedule (never enough, but it
keeps me having positive thoughts...)
The problem with educating the teachers in the building is that you
keep having to do it and do it and do it as people retire, transfer,
etc. Our music and art teachers say the same. You just have to keep
doing those one-on-one things to let your faculty members know how
your work life is different (yet similar) to theirs. Sometimes it is
easy, but often it is very difficult to do all of this positive PR,
but it is a necessity.
Deb Hendrickson
P.S. Coincidentally, we just discussed having a job trade day. Our
heavily pregnant Kindergarten teacher subbed for third grade (so that
third grade teacher could go on the K field trip and she didn't have
to...) and she was amazed and delighted with what her first class had
achieved in just three years!
Deborah J. Hendrickson
Teacher-Librarian & Technology Coordinator
Westernport Elementary School
172 Church Street
Westernport, MD 21562
301-359-0511(phone) 301-359-0411 (fax)
DHendrickson@allconet.org
http://boe.allconet.org/wt/
On Oct 31, 2008, at 4:26 PM, Paula Yohe wrote:
> Go check out some of the textbooks that are used for administrators
> and ask any administrators you know if they discussed libraries in
> their classes.
>
> Most will tell you no and they have no idea what librarians are
> supposed to be doing
>
> Paula Yohe
> Director Of Technology/Library Media Center
> Dillon School District Two
> 405 West Washington Street
> Dillon, SC 29536
> Phone: 843-841-3604 Fax:843-774-1214
> paula_yohe@yahoo.com
>
>
> --- On Fri, 10/31/08, Cheryl Youse <cyouse@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
>> From: Cheryl Youse <cyouse@GMAIL.COM>
>> Subject: Re: [LM_NET] Thank you and let's keep discussing the role
>> and future of libraries and librarians
>> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>> Date: Friday, October 31, 2008, 2:34 PM
>> I agree with Laura wholeheartedly. I would like to see a
>> required course in
>> use of the media center as part of undergraduate
>> teaching/educational
>> programs. I try to snag new teachers and student teachers
>> but I currently
>> have a faculty of 200 and if they don't come to me for
>> help, it's tough
>> sometimes to reach them. I do attend department meetings
>> when I can wangle
>> an invitation, collaborate with those who are willing, send
>> frequent emails
>> of resources, a monthly newsletter, etc. but still am not
>> seeing some
>> teachers that I expect to use the media center as often as
>> I would like them
>> to do so.
>>
>> Laura also makes a point about administrators. Many do not
>> know what to
>> expect from a media specialist or have any idea what we can
>> do and how we
>> can contribute.
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 1:53 PM, MacArthur, Laura
>> <lmacarthur@ahacademy.com>wrote:
>>
>>> I've seen a lot of great ideas for promoting
>> ourselves in a positive way
>>> to our co-workers, and I really appreciate the time
>> everyone is taking
>>> from busy schedules to participate in the discussion.
>> It seems like this
>>> might be a good time to ask a question that's been
>> bugging me for
>>> awhile:
>>>
>>> Why are teachers and administrators still earning
>> degrees and
>>> certifications without ever being taught anything
>> about information
>>> literacy and the role of the media specialist? (You
>> could probably add
>>> on "the role of..." ed tech specialists,
>> literacy coaches, etc., but
>>> since we so often wear those hats too, please read it
>> as assming those
>>> are included.)
>>>
>>> When so much has changed so fast, I can understand why
>> I have to educate
>>> older teachers about these things, but why do I have
>> to repeat the
>>> process time and again with those who are fresh from a
>> teacher (or
>>> admin) education program? Is there a way we can
>> effectively lobby for
>>> the curricula of these education programs to include
>> coverage of
>>> information literacy, with technology literacy and
>> all the other
>>> related literacies, and coverage of how to collaborate
>> with the folks
>>> who need to teach those things through the regular
>> classroom without
>>> actually having a traditional class on the topic?
>>>
>>> Or am I just a few books shy of a full shelf?
>>>
>>> Thanks, and have a great Halloween!
>>> Laura MacArthur
>>> Media Specialist
>>> American Heritage Academy
>>> Canton, GA
>>> lmacarthur@ahacademy.com
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