I've been feeling a sense of urgency and a call to action lately. I'm generally focused more on solutions than problems, so I thought I'd share a few ideas that may be worth considering as we consider our emerging and evolving place in education.
1. Develop a student focus group to get feedback & fresh ideas to connect w/ what they need/want from their library.
2. Create a space on the library/media center's website that showcases collaborative work with teachers & students.
3. Find at least 5 other School Librarians who have a positive attitude about growth/change.
4. Develop an online request system to solicit ideas for future purchases.
5. Weed.
6. Invite someone from the Board of Education to participate in a lesson, program, or special event.
7. Realize that books may change in format and such but READING isn't going anywhere.
Focus on reading and literacy and you won't go wrong.
8. Try a new techy tool and shamelessly show it off to anyone who'll listen.
9. Use a social network to build a professional support group, think tank, sounding board, and cheering section for yourself.
10. Find a reason to make parent phone calls every week. Solicit volunteers, reinforce student accomplishments/learning, whatever you can do to remind parents of your role in their child's education.
Lots of library love to you all,
Gina
As Gina's intern from this spring, I would like to say that these ideas are great! : o) And it's nice to see that these are all things which I either saw her do or heard her talk about in some way. It's easy for people to talk about what we should be doing, the hard part is actually doing it. Gina will be on my list of five librarians with positive attitudes about growth and change when I dive into my first year as a librarian this fall.
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