October 16-20 (9 hours)

Monday (2 hours)

The library was relatively slow today as teachers are working in their last minute reviews in preparation for the district assessment. The time that I spent in the library was used reshelving.

Wednesday (no pictures can be taken during testing) (2 hours)

Today was a testing day. The library is used during this time for students taking their district assessments online or in small groups (ESOL or SPED). During this time the library is shutdown and is shutdown. During this time movement inside the library is to a minimum the media specialist is use more as a extra pair of eyes during testing.

Thursday (no pictures can be taken during testing) (3 hours)

As stated on Wednesday, Thursday was also a testing day. It concerns me that the library is closed and students don't have access to it, however, I understand the reasoning. Our school is currently understand construction, and two more stories of classrooms are being added. Therefore, space is tight and we do what we must

Friday (2 hours) 

As a result of testing there, was a lot more students coming in the library to renew their books and checking out new books. This caused for a a lot more shelving of books. I'm noticing that the same books are being checked out by the students. All of the books tend to be the new books that are full of pictures and color.

October 9-13 (15 hours)

Monday (6 hours)

Today was an easy day in the library as there were no students. However, there was still a lot to do, mostly checking books in and reshelving. A lot of the teachers brought their students in on Friday and there was just not enough time to check in all the books that were turned back in.

Wednesday (3 hours)

Today was more checking out of books. There was, however, a class that came to find books for a project. I got to help them find the books they need. While doing so I noticed that the students struggle with understanding their project. When asking them what kind of books they needed for their project they were unsure. I think that having a mini-lesson on library research would have helped them.

Friday (6 hours)

Today I spent some time at Norcross High School with the schools Instructional Technologist also known as the LSTC (Local School Technology Coordinator). I noticed the differences in job descriptions based on the school. At this particular school, the LSTC get to help on a multitude of levels from; teacher training, students training, and specialty programs. This particular day was a slow one as the only thing that was getting working on was the trainings website. This did give me a lot of time to talk with the LSTC, his insight on the field and the jobs available in this county have me even more excited than I already am. One of the things I did observe however, was his semester trainings. Every year he comes out with a series of trainings over a number of topics that usually have a theme behind it.

October 2-6 (7 Hours)

Monday (2 hours)

 Monday was a slower day. There were not that many classes in the library. This gave us time to work on work the collection. The library had recently purchased a large group of books. There books needed to be added to our database and barcoded before they could be put out on the shelves.

Wednesday (2 hours)

Wednesday picked up a little bit more, as there were a lot more classes coming in. So many that during the time that I was there only things that got accomplished was checking in and out books. I am noticing that the formula of having students pay a dollar to check out books and having to pay another dollar to turn them in (when owing fines or having lost books) is working. Students are paying the money or finding the books.

Thursday (2 hours)

Today a sixth grade teacher brought her class into the library for the first time. Students were informed on how book checkouts worked, what kinds of books were available in the library, and what else they could do in the library outside of checking out books. After the classes were done students checkout out their first books of the school year. 

Friday (1 hour)

 

Friday was a training on how to properly create a space on eclass pages for cultivated resources for our students. As a county we use to use symbaloos, however, symbaloo noticed how much our county was using it in the schools and tried to charge for it. Our school declined and just recently found an alternative, so every grade level has a training on how to implement the new tool properly.