Management of Adults Teachers, Administrators, Staff, Library Staff, Volunteers, Class #8

TCB Today’s agenda: –Future class topics Students Budget Communications Educational Topics presentations Educational Issues - NCLB Career Prep Program presentations

TCB con’t –Other topics: (fill in the blank) Conversations about presentations – groupthink assistance Conversations about first job realities- wiki comments

Today’s Topic - ADULTS Who are they? What are their roles? How do they use the library? What is the LMS’s relationship/responsibility to them?

Who are they? School AdminC.O. Admin ParentsCustodians TeachersVolunteers InternsCommunity Support StaffGovernment Library StaffHomeschoolers ParaprofessionalsCafeteria workers Office staffOther librarians

What are their roles? Do you work for them, with them, in spite of them…? To what degree and in what ways do they influence the library program and policies? Are the library’s mission and goals the same as theirs?

How do they use the library? What policies and procedures are needed for their successful use of the facility, materials, program and teaching? What do they need from the library in order to do their jobs well?

What is the LMS’s relationship to them? Supervisor / supervisee Colleague Assistant Equal status / Auxiliary status

How do we communicate? Internal Outreach Publicity Needs based How much? How often? What formats? (Much more on this in a later class.)

Example - Circulation Who can borrow library materials? (cafeteria worker’s son has a science project on Mars) For how long? (Art teacher wants books all year for student inspiration.) Fines? (I refer to this book on homework help at least once a week when my daughter gets stuck.) Replacement of lost or damaged materials (Book checked out to teacher disappears from classroom.)

Example - Scheduling Flexible v. Fixed v. Combo –Who does it affect? –How does it affect? –What does it affect?

Staff Development Collaborative and collegial Closely connects current theory to practice Responsive to our students’ ever-changing needs PreK thought 12 Sustained, continuous, and ongoing Designed to promote active learning and a range of opportunities Results-oriented and transformative

Sticky Wickets A teacher wanted her class library time to be every Friday afternoon so that they would be certain to have “new” reading materials for the weekend. After about month, she asked if you would dismiss her class at the end of the day and take them to the buses as she felt ill. This happened again a few weeks later, and then again… How do you handle it?

Sticky Wickets The superintendent asks you to be on the hiring committee for the new head of IT for the system. She says she is looking for someone to really “take control”, “close all the loopholes”, and take away the “computer fiefdoms” some teachers have. You have always had the final say in the way the library network works and have had admin rights. Do you tell the superintendent that you disagree with her point of view? How do you handle the interviews?

Sticky Wickets The head of the English department thinks that the library should take over the issuing of required reading texts because they have an automated system. The principal thinks this is a great idea and will cut down on the losses incurred by texts not being returned by students. What is your reaction? What are the issues involved?

Wolkenbreit’s Words of Wisdom Get along with everyone Understand that it’s not “your” library Your existence is based on their needs Always be professional Even though the adults control it – it’s still ALL about the kids The more you do, the more you will be asked to do. The less you do – you disappear. Doing more doesn’t mean giving up your life.