[CALIBK12] The Case for a Creator...Lee Strobel

[David loertscher]

That said, we do have the responsibility assigned to us by the courts as in
loco parentis.

this means we are the caretakers of the children and teens while in our
custody and not only teach them how to be safe but teach them many social
and ethical values as a part of growing up in a community. Historically,
many kids had three organizations that parented them: the home, the church,
and the school. Many kids now only have the school putting the onus on us to
"parent" these kids even more. The new AASL learning standards ask us to
teach kids responsibilities, ethical attitudes in information and
technological work spaces, self-reflection and a vari of other personal
skills to be able to cope in the real world and give these kids the skills
they need to compete in a global society. So many schools try to do outreach
to parents for this collaborative effort. Many times we succeed. Other times
we fail. In all cases, kids need advocates and adults who encourage them,
support them, and work with them. I know one CA librarian, and I am sure
there are many, who "adopted" one young lady who is now in college because
of her.. Of course there are very strict rules in all this. It is just that
fuzzy area where caring makes a difference. I can't help but remember the
film and the book: Freedom Writers that happened right in our own back yard.
It is a great challenge that we all face as we touch lives in our own unique
way as teacher librarians.



On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 9:38 AM, Headley Vicki <
headley_vicki at cupertino.k12.ca.us> wrote:

>  That is not our responsibility.  We are not their parents.   We do not
> set their moral standards.  The way that applies "in law" in our job is like
> in an emergency or disaster situation.  We are not allowed to abandon the
> children and go take care of our own even if the disaster/situation extends
> beyond the working  day.
> Vicki
>
>
> On 3/4/08 10:04 PM, "David Bogardus" <dabogardus at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> Joy, you could not be more wrong. Speaking personally, our struggle lies
> in the fact  that our Library Bill of  Rights does not include a Parents
> Bill of Rights. We are not here just to serve students and their needs. Our
> official role as teacher-librarians is to be parents in abstentia. That
> means we must act as responsible parents not as babysitters or waiters to
> every student's curiosities. There are few parents who have not set limits
> or moral boundaries at home. Do we have the right to act outside the
> community boundaries parents entrust us with? Do we give our own children
> everything they ask for just because we think they will like it? Do we
> provide materials when we will not be there to guide and lead the student as
> we would our own children? If so, we have reduced our profession to looking
> much more like older, seedier professions with which we would not care to
> align ourselves.
>
> David Bogardus
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Millam, Joy"
> Sent: Mar 4, 2008 9:57 AM
> To: David Burt , calibk12 at lists.sjsu.edu
> Subject: Re: [CALIBK12] The Case for a Creator...Lee Strobel
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