I agree with you Tom. I call myself a Teacher/Librarian. That is the offical title
for librarians. Some people compliment me when I give my job title.
Paulette
> Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:20:33 -0800
> From: tomkaun@GMAIL.COM
> Subject: Re: [LM_NET] Slap in the face . . .
> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>
> 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
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> 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
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