[CALIBK12] Collaboration

[Millam, Joy]

Hi Everyone,

My school has instituted a collaboration period for staff on Monday
mornings from 7:30-8:15.  I am looking for others LMT's to collaborate
with and discuss current issues, procedures and innovations.  I welcome
any and all ideas.  I am a bit stymied as to where to go from here.  I
am going to be visiting the different departments on campus to work
collaboratively with them as well.  But beyond that, I need some help.
So I look to you all- the collective brain for inspiration.  

Thanks!

 

Joy Millam

Library Media Goddess/Teacher

Valencia High School

500 N. Bradford Ave.

Placentia, CA 92870

714-996-4970 x3250

 

 

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Subject: [CALIBK12] Do you have "secret spaces"?

 

Hi CA school librarians,

 

I am looking for a school library in which there is a nook that feels to
young children like a secret or protected space:  Here are some
examples...

 

Possible configurations might include a three-sided alcoves with one
glass wall or several large refrigerator boxes in an open space.
Alternatively, an enclosed space with short walls that is open on top,
such as several easy chairs that are pulled into a protective circle or
two couches angled against a wall, can create a feeling of privacy.
Vendors sell prefabricated structures such as reading nooks in the form
of trees, cars, or caves which could be positioned at some distance from
the main desk to suggest a refuge.  All of these give children the
impression of privacy while maintaining the openness needed for adult
supervision.  

 

...allowing them to reconfigure certain flexible spaces.  Whether that
is merely allowing children to reposition chairs and tables to suit
their needs, or whether it is more purposefully creating areas for
children to develop their own learning environments (i.e., displays on
topics they choose, graffiti walls for them to express themselves, or
online environments they can customize to suit their tastes), giving
children control over actual space, and hence over their learning, may
invest the SLMC with some of the vitality of a secret space. 

 

Further, since children retreat into their hideouts in order to begin
discovering themselves and their creative potential - often expressed in
drawing or storytelling - they should have regular opportunities and
space for creative expression, whether it is a stage for performance,
materials and tables for drawing, or computer tools for illustration and
design.  Many teacher librarians actively instruct students in
multimedia presentation tools, which is precisely the kind of
instruction that will help recreate the SLMC as a secret space.

 

 

 

best,

debbie

 

"In a time of drastic change it is the learners who inherit the future.
The learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no
longer exists." --Eric Hoffer

 

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