Notes from
Survivor 2003!
Some of our groups used chart paper and brainstormed some of their ideas as they were sharing. Here is a compliation of those brainstorming sheets.
Standards and Curriculum
- Staying current with new print materials and knowing what would compliment units of study
- Work towards school goals
- Attend/Volunteer School Improvement Committee
- Share in a newsletter skills in the media center that tie into the classroom
- Know literature as support resources
- Be knowledgeable of grade level units and standards
- Lead reading promotional activities and programs
- Find out when teachers plan together and attend those meetings
- Curriculum map
- Track standards on collaboration forms
- Help teachers collaborate together (cross grade levels and within their grade level)
Professional Relationship
- Mentor new teachers
- Provide friendly inviting atmosphere
- Collaborate with teachers and let teachers know how to collaborate with LMS
- Let teachers know how we can help reinforce (or teach) the state standards
- Attend team meetings
- Participate on school committees
- Try to find grant resources for summer planning sessions
- Request teacher imput on materials being ordered
- Assist with grants
- Be flexible in scheduling meetings
- Help faciliate communication in the building
- Make sure teachers know available resources
- Be visible (eat lunch at various times -- make sure to eat in the teacher's lounge!)
- Provide flexible hours to accomodate needs of others
- Involve/Update Admin - PR for innovative programming with classrooms
- Produce/Keep a collaboration log
- Post new materials or ideas in bathrooms of the teachers
- Invite staff to monthly breakfast for conversation and to see resources.
- New teacher training - be a part of it.
Professional Growth
- Take a by myself facation and read, read, read
- Talk to staff and explain other parts of the LMS job
- Annual summer staff retreat
- Keep up with news updates in our profession - Internet, Journals, Workshops, Seminars, Conferences, Classes
- Join, attend, and be active in your professional organization - AIME, AASL
- Meet with othe LMS in your district
Support and Management Ideas
- Keep journal using student agenda for those days when I think "where did the day go? what did I accomplish?"
- If there is no operation manual, make one up!
- Have media center website with links to site that would be useful for units
- Calendars
- Working with individual studnets
- Know how to use the software in your building
- Book talk new books
- Promote reading to students - book talks, announcements, newsletters, etc.
- Volunteers
- Be available
Working with Students - Orientations
- Common Class
- Proactive invite
- Schedule with Dept. Chairs
- Online Class
- Handouts - PowerPoint
- Bookmark with phone and web
- Content / Fast Facts / Attitude Tone for LMS
- Newbies - How to research
- Follow-up with classes/students
Promote Reading
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Reading Clubs
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Eliot Rosewater Award
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SSR
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Booktalks
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Marketing
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AR/SRC
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Purchase "Quality" recommended books
Research
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To promote proper research skills to all students and staff (Goal)
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Allow for collaborative planning time for each project (Action)
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Adopt a common plan for research (Action)
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Assist teaching and evaluating projects (Action)
Teacher Collaboration
- Add two new collaborative partners this school year (Goal)
- Suggest tweaking project into a problem/questions (Action)
- Create a format or plan for collaborative planning (Action)
- Be clear about what you have to offer to teachers (Action)
- Advertise (Action)
Busy Professional Learning Center
- Team with administrators for PR
- Locate materials in dept. or classrooms - use routing slips
- Post table of contents (E-mail/Bulletin Boards)
- Open House of Resources with Food!
- Teachers courses - support conferences, follow-up
- Prof. info in the lounge or faculty dining