As a new teacher, I sometimes find it a bit difficult to give support my colleuges, as I don’t always have as much experience in the field as them. Nevertheless, I am in the role of a librarian and do most the purchasing of literary resources for the school.
I am going to break this blog into 3 sections. My current Practice, New ideas I found, and 1 idea I will try… Really try!
My Current Practice:
I usually send out emails with new books, or links, I feel might be useful. I sometimes get responses and sometimes don’t….. it works, but perhaps not the most effective method.
I also hand deliver books, I think might go with what a teacher is currently teaching, or just interested it. With 13 divisions, it works okay…not the most effective to target all teachers. Especially a few that are not in the staff room as often, I will sometimes miss having those conversations with them, to find out about what is happening in their class.
Developing kits, that get rotated monthly among staff…. Has worked well with integrating aboriginal teachings, literature, and activities. (Can’t take the credit, I just took the project over). But it is a great way to spread new and different resources.
At staff meetings, presenting new books… problem once a month, and adds time to the staff meeting, so I always feel a tad rushed.
Talking to teachers when they have library, if I can steal a moment…
Asking, Asking and asking… Always asking what they are studying, feel they need, ect,
New Ideas,
- A teacher librarian at Mc Math, sends out a monthly newsletter to her staff, which is colourful and has everything that is happening in the library.
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- -Creaza is a really neat website, where you can easily create and edit videos. I wonder if this might be a good way to communicate with staff. Sending out a fun video, with new books or information of things going on in the library.
- Creating a space where student/teachers can share what they are teaching in the classroom.
Perhaps the students could write it down, opposed to the teachers. That way the students are reflecting on what they are learning about and it is not adding another job for the teachers. I picturing a big chart or some roll paper in the hallway, and a graffiti style writing…. ( just an image in my head right now).
New thing to try:
- Create a video introducing some new books, or new technology teachers can use.
I am going to be very nervous to do this, but I think it will be good to push myself out of my comfort zone. I will post it to this blog, when I finish it.
Hopefully, I will try some more things as well, but now I have a firm commitment to at least 1 thing
Some decent ideas in this blog post, but a little more proofreading and narrative structure generally makes the blog post format easier to read and digest. Point form is better for presentations. Some interesting ways to support your staff and I applaud your challenge to yourself and hope you are able to complete it soon. Also, you are a little bit behind the rest of the class and this has an impact on the type of comments and discussion that you are able to have with your small group, if you could work on getting back into pace with your group and staying on the current weekly topic, that would be beneficial for you and your group members.
ReplyDeleteHi Achura,
ReplyDeleteI like the Google Doc idea to get feedback from the individual classes for topic ideas. This would certainly make it easier for a librarian to target what each class needs and offer support. Staff meetings are always rushed at the best of times, so I can understand your feelings of being rushed trying to present new books. At our school we used to have "Monday Morning and Muffins". The principal used to bring in muffins and everyone would informally meet in the staff room before school to touch base for the week. Perhaps you could enact something similar, perhaps twice a month, and let your colleagues know ahead of time so you could share some of the new information you have pertaining to the library.
As for your comment being a new teacher and feeling like you don't have much to share-- everyone has something to contribute! So don't doubt yourself. :)
Cheers,