Making Public Library & School Library Partnerships Work in Troubled Times Bill Harris &...

Making Public Library & School Library

Partnerships Work in Troubled TimesBill Harris & Carol Sivard

Your Experiences

Normal Everyday Duties

Media Specialist TasksMedia Program Advocate

Literature Appreciation

Readers Guidance

CreatingBrochuresBookmarksFlyersDisplays

Media Specialist TasksCurriculum Development

BooktalksInformation Literacy

• Research

• Plagiarism

• Works Cited PageUse of Online Resources

Media Specialist TasksCollection Development

SurveysNeeds Assessment

Budgeting

OrderingBooksAudiovisualsPeriodicals / SubscriptionsSuppliesProcessing Materials

Weeding

Handling Challenged Materials

Media Specialist TasksSpecial Programs

Author VisitsPoetry JamReading RumbleContestsReading CountsClubs

Media Specialist TasksTechnology Support

Equipment Inventory

Edline

Maintenance Requests

Webmaster – School and Media Center

Liaison for Mass Telephone Messaging for Parents

Testing Proctor / Monitor

Youth Services Librarian

Teen Advisory Board

Youth Services Librarian

Game Zone

Youth Services Librarian

Special ProgramsTeen Talent ShowFilm FestivalHispanic Heritage Poster ContestCollege PrepTeen Read WeekNational Gaming Day

Youth Services Librarian

Other TasksReference DeskShelvingProgrammingSchedulingSocial NetworkingKids / Teen WebsiteOutreach

How do you connect with the

local schools?

Where do you start?

School LibrarianCollege & Career CounselorPrincipalEnglish TeacherReading TeacherDepartment Head

When do you start?

Testing Schedule

Test Grade Level Dates

FCAT Retakes 11th and 12th April 9th – 20th

FCAT 9th and 10th April 16th – 20th

FCAT Makeup 9th and 10th April 23rd – 27th

Biology End of Course Exam 9th April 30th – May 4th

Geometry End of Course Exam 10th May 7th – 11th

AP Exams 9th – 12th May 7th – May 18th

IB Exams 11th – 12th May 7th – May 22nd

Algebra End of Course Exam 9th May 14th

Senior Exams 12th May 22nd and 23rd (at Blake)

Flexibility

Conflicts

Persistence

Examples of Cooperation

Distribute Flyers

Having Someone On-Site for Follow-

Up

Blake TAB

Teen Read Week

Teen Poetry Jam

Conference Nights

Questions?