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Atlantic City, NJ
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Ocean City area
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Educational Media Specialist, MA School and Public Librarianship, 5 year Media Specialist in NJ
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Greetings Jennifer,
I'm Mike McQueen, teacher librarian and founder of http://www.GettingBoysToRead.com. Like many school districts, we are in a financial crises. Our school board recently proposed to eliminate ALL 20+ middle school teacher librarians and also cut all 90+ elementary schools to half time. Since we are the biggest district in all of Colorado, we worry this will cause other districts to follow suit. We launched an online movement and are going to do our best to put up a good fight.
If possible, please visit our Facebook page and "Like" us http://www.facebook.com/SupportSchoolLibraries . Adding a positive comment and sharing with your friends would help our morale as well. The board finalizes the budget soon so your timely support would be greatly appreciated!
Sincerely,
Mike McQueen
Teacher Librarian at McLain HS
Lakewood, CO
I'm a teacher librarian & recently started a community based blog for getting boys to read - http://GettingBoysToRead.com. Please send me a friend request if you'd like to network, share ideas, and learn more about getting boys to read.
Sincerely,
Mike McQueen
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What level school is it? There is so much to do-- getting to know your collection, meeting teachers, looking at the curriculum, meeting the students, etc. etc. I guess I would start with making the library as inviting as possible and meeting as many people as I could, both students and teachers. As for fixed v. flex, I think it depends a lot on what level your school is.
Problem: Inner city district, this year first time that Librarians are taken out of the "rotation" (i.e. Fixed) and are moving towards flex. What are some of the first things you would do in the first weeks? (am also starting from scratch in a new library..alot of aesthetics to do)