[CALIBK12] Teacher Librarians / Classroom Teachers - How?

[LL Blackwell]

I, too, am looking at splitting my time between the classroom and library
next year, albeit under different circumstances and was wondering on some
tips to make it work. There will be someone helping to keep it open while I
am teaching English, but I'm not totally sure how to work out scheduling and
such. Right now, I think being in the library the first half of the day
would be best, with teaching in the afternoon. I have also made it perfectly
clear to my administration that my library time does not constitute a
conference period and if I teach through the rest of the day, I had better
be compensated.

Any advice on how to make this work?

Thanks!

-Lisa Blackwell
Rarin' to be a teacher-librarian

-----Original Message-----
From: calibk12-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu
[mailto:calibk12-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu]On Behalf Of Blanche Woolls
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 2:11 PM
To: Marie Slim
Cc: CALIB
Subject: Re: [CALIBK12] Teacher Librarians / Classroom Teachers - How?


Unfortunately, the only situation I have heard of where this was the
"rule" was a high school with six professionals and they each taught a
class in their area of expertise. It seemed a good way for them to
interact in a different way with students and they could certainly make
appropriate library use assignments in their own class. It also seemed to
drive home the lesson that they were six professional teacher librarians.
However, with six professionals, the library was not closed when they were
teaching.

You must tell the principal that you must teach in the library and that it
will be closed while you are teaching because having students strolling in
and out will interrupt the Spanish class. It will also make the point with
teachers that the library is not a library without your managing what goes
on in that library.

What other teachers are doubling up on classes? How much is class size
being raised? What teachers are teaching small numbers in their classes.
I'm sure the principal is scrambling for solutions and at least you will
be there the remainder of the time, Si?

Blanche

On Fri, 7 Mar 2008, Marie Slim wrote:

> Hi all!
>
> Our district has proposed that we Teacher-Librarians (who already have
Library Experience students periods 0-6) ALSO teach one or two "fifths" of a
subject.  (Mine would be Spanish).  Is there anyone out there who is doing
this?  Does it work?  How does it affect student learning and student safety
when the Teacher-Librarian is teaching a fifth (or two, or teaching an
"online" class) and not supervising students in the Library?
>
> I know that many of you are down to one person in the library already - we
still have two full-time people.  It has also been suggested that we "share"
library techs.  How is this done?  What is its impact on student learning
and safety?
>
> Thank you in advance for your responses.  I will post a HIT and I will
only post your name if you request it.
>
> Marie Slim
> Teacher-Librarian
> Troy High School
> 2200 Dorothy Lane
> Fullerton, CA 92831
> Library hours: M - Th 6:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Fridays 6:30am to 3:30 p.m.
> phone: 714-626-4482
> fax: 714-626-4485
> http://www.ilovelibraries.com
> http://slimlibrary.blogspot.com/
> SraSlim at sbcglobal.net
>
> "This is the age of the open-source encyclopedia.  Words like 'research'
and 'corroborated' now mean whatever the majority says they mean.
Personally, I'm voting for 'research' to mean 'speculation' and
'corroborated' to mean 'a zesty sour cream-based dip.'"
>
> - Steven Colbert, I Am America (And So Can You!)

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