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All l the more reason for us to be called "Teacher Librarian" instead of the inane "library media specialist!" My apologies to all you LMSs out there. ;<) Happy holidays everyone! Tom Kaun Thomas T. Kaun, Teacher Librarian Bessie Chin Library @ Redwood High School 395 Doherty Drive, Larkspur, CA 94939 tomkaun@gmail.com | Library Web site: http://rhslibrary.org | Professional development blog: http://tomlmt2.blogspot.com/ | Library news blog: http://libraryleaves.blogspot.com | Twitter: besschinlibrary President CSLA - NS All California students need strong school libraries. On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 9:41 AM, Kate Brown <kbrown@brevisconsult.com>wrote: > In my last position, I was the Library Director at a private secondary > school. Though not ranked in the "top tier" of private schools > academically > by national ranking organizations, many of the administrators and faculty > members acted as if the school was at least in the "top tier," if not > higher. > > > > Over the course of my run at the school, not one but two faculty members > approached me, face-to-face, on separate occasions, with almost the same > question (which always made me wonder how many others there were with the > same question who did not have the gumption to ask). > > > > The first said, "Now I am assuming that you had to finish high school to > qualify for this position, correct?" The second asked if I had to go to > college, a 4-year college, to be a librarian. > > > > I cannot count how many times while I was at the school that I was obliged > to tack "I am a member of the faculty" onto introductions to parents and/or > to other professionals visiting the campus. > > > > If one more teacher began a planning session with, "Have you ever written a > lesson plan before? Do you know what a lesson plan is?" I had decided I > would stand up, gather my things, and after pleasantly leaving the room, > send each person on the planning team an A++ lesson plan entitled "Lesson > Plans: Their Use and Misuse." > > > > Kate Brown, M.Ed., M.S. > > kbrown@brevisconsult.com > > Mattapoisett, MA > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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, you send a message 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 > > * LM_NET Help & Information: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/ > * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ > * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/join.html > * LM_NET Supporters: > http://lmnet.wordpress.com/category/links/el-announce/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, you send a message 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 * LM_NET Help & Information: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/join.html * LM_NET Supporters: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/category/links/el-announce/ --------------------------------------------------------------------