Elementary Librarian

Library lesson plans and ideas for the school librarian. Lessons incorporate Common Core and AASL standards.

What Does an Elementary Librarian Do?

Every week, people land on our site website while searching for some variation of "What does an elementary librarian do?" Sometimes they might search for elementary librarian job duties, or even elementary librarian job description. If you've been wondering what's involved with being an elementary librarian, you've come to the right place! When a ... Continue Reading...

Library Organization

What do you do to help with library organization throughout the school year? If you’re anything like most school librarians, you wear many different hats at your school. In addition to being the library media specialist, you might be in charge of the school website, yearbook, or technology equipment. Maybe you’re the Accelerated Reader coordinator ... Continue Reading...

Goals for School Librarians

Whether you're looking towards the new year or want to reset at the beginning of a school year, now is a great time to begin setting goals. Goals for school librarians can vary. Do you want to improve your interactions with students? Grow your professional knowledge? Find work-life balance? Whatever your focus, maybe some of our goals will work ... Continue Reading...

Summer Reading Programs

What's your take on summer reading programs? We started a summer reading program at my school this year.  I've been pretty pleased with the results so far.  We open the library from 10:00-12:00 every Tuesday so students can come in, read, and take Accelerated Reader tests.  Around 30 students attend each week, which isn't bad for summer. Some ... Continue Reading...

How I Use Library Stations

Every day people want to know more about my library stations (or library centers). Incorporating them in to your library can help students take ownership over their learning and also free up more time for you to take care of other tasks during a library class. I gave a brief explanation of my schedule on this page, but I hope this post will help ... Continue Reading...

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