Students demonstrate capacity as a program manager.
The Teacher-Librarian is a teacher through instructing how to navigate the library and a Librarian through the science of integrating interdisciplinary practices that not only curates instruction based on policies and data, but also considers the whole library program. There is only one person on campus that can advocate for the library and that is the Teacher-Librarian. We are tasked with the develop and articulation of plans but also the implementation and monitoring of them. We are the entire program and we have to be able to manage it along with managing our students and volunteers. The following evidence will:
Description of Evidence: Library Mission Statement includes the basic elements of information literacy, the love for reading, and being connected to the programming and services provided to the students which includes having agency over the collection and the supports offered to our clients at Fulton College Prep Library.
Connection to Standards: Library program has a mission statement that guides day to day operational procedures and policies
Description of Evidence: This is a memo of basic policies & procedures on how to sign up for the library , sending students independently to the library, printing services, library hours, expectations and library set up.
Connection to Standards: Library program has procedures to govern day to day operations
Description of Evidence: Written budget document with spending priorities and potential sources for additional funding
Connection to Standards: Teacher librarians are responsible not only for managing a budget but for advocating and seeking out additional funding (as it is usually necessary to do so)
Description of Evidence: Directions for managing a project; students organized data in a shared document for teachers to utilize. The list is of the Core Literature & Trade Books available to classroom teachers was co-created by my service students and my parent volunteer.
The list includes all the selections of core literature available in the library listed in alphabetical order by author and includes the title and the amount available for checkout. Some books are barcoded and part of the library collection. Others are not are numbered with stickers on the back. Essentially, these materials are considered textbooks, but some have been cataloged as library. In an effort to support the school and teachers with their immediate access to these core literature and trade books (we do not have a textbook clerk on our campus) we have worked collaboratively with students and volunteers to count the books and compile a master list.
Our parent volunteer worked on counting books, and grouping like titles together. She began record keeping on notebook paper and our students processed the information by transferring it to a Google Doc. The service students from Period 4 continued the efforts by alphabetizing the list by author, including title information and listing the numbers. The second page of the document reveals the Trade Book information by grade level in middle school. For more extensive information on the books, we looked up the Lexile levels and included that information on the form.
Connection to Standards: Managing volunteers and staff - demonstrate capacity of training and managing staff. The document shows the finished product of directions given to volunteers and service students.
Instructional Program Promotion for Seniors
Description of Evidence: Promotion of Library Practice course for seniors & a tutorial for shelving fiction and non fiction books in the library. Both are elements of an instructional program for students
Connection to Standards: Managing service students is a challenging task, especially when they lack training or motivation. Providing how-to reference guides can support students as they can refer back to their trainings if needed.