As a librarian, you have many responsibilities. Therefore, any opportunity to save time is a good one. A few minutes saved here and there can help make the day run smoother and maybe even give you a chance for a much needed rest. To help you save some time this year, we asked an elementary librarian to share some of her time-saving tips with ... Continue Reading...
Library Procedures: A Guide to Sanity
Every veteran classroom teacher worth their grain in salt will tell you that rituals and routines are a necessary part of the management of their students. It would be impossible to manage a room full of 2nd graders who decide to walk into their classroom and pick what they want to do! It is ineffective, and it will bring you one step ... Continue Reading...
How I Got My Library Mojo Back
Some days as a librarian can be very difficult, as you can probably relate. You may be overwhelmed with back-to-school setup, end-of-year inventory, or any of the other multitude of extra activities you have to take care of. Librarians get called out to man stations during field days, supervise large groups during testing, and even cover ... Continue Reading...
Getting Ready for the New School Year
This post is written by Nichole Baumgartner. Nichole is an Elementary (K-5) librarian. She works at Carlin Park Elementary in Angola, Indiana. She sees classes every day, as well as doing recess duty, lunch duty, and aiding in the Kindergarten and Deaf and Hard of Hearing rooms at her school. If you are like me, last year ended in a haze of ... Continue Reading...
Collaborating With Teachers
As a traveling librarian, half of my day is spent in one building and the other half in another. My schedule doesn’t allow for much collaboration with other teachers, especially other librarians. Over the last ten years, I have tried many different ways to collaborate with classroom teachers. In the beginning, it was very challenging to ... Continue Reading...
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