1. Nancy Matz October 24, 2009 “RAY OF HOPE”

2.  Classroom teacher: 1984-1990 --Reading/English Language Arts --9 through 12 grade  Library Media Specialist: 1990  Fresno Pacific University: 1995 --certificate in library media --masters in library media  CSLA presenter: 2005

3.  Administrators --Principals --District Office/Superintendent  Teachers  Students

4.  Used to have monthly meetings with the principal  New supervisor is Dean of Students (Vice Principal)  Mostly email --informational --statistical  Meetings 2/3 times a year not much pro-action on their part--contacting her-- but she goes out of her way to share with them

5.  Library advisory Board: twice yearly --each department head --parent and a student (usually a library science student) --classified  Set goals  Share last year’s statistics  Celebrate accomplishments

6.  Has 16 library science students that she recruits and one co-op student (paid internship)  Asks them at the beginning: What do you think a librarian does? --buys books --keeps books in order  Works on changing that perception and asks them again at the end of the year  They become her “leaders” in the library

7.  Background information sharing and celebrate that we have certified teacher librarians in our district  Highlight library science students  Share information about the “MILLIONAIRE” celebration towards the end of the year --AR/English teacher count of how many words each student reads --pizza party  Public Library collaboration

8.  Incentive to get a public library card --applications provided, library card delivered to each student --English class extra credit points --$5.00 overdue fine waiver  Research databases --12 different ones --speak briefly about each database  New facility—highlight student help areas  Collaborative author visits with high school

9.  Customer Service --Freshman orientation update --website renewal  Collaboration --big push 3-5 years ago with teachersnow trying to maintain the same lessons --with public library  Culture of Reading --focus specially on English Language learners --not really “information literacy” but instilling a love of basic reading in the students

10.  District needs a CHAMPION --big push 3-5 years ago --seems to have plateaued  District 3 “t’s” --Textbooks --Technology --Testing

11.  Textbooks --new “netbooks” computers for students/labs --Electronic textbooks  Technology --library needs to be on the forefront --website, publications, programs we already have but are not used (ie United Streaming)  Testing --tie into curriculum areas better (math/science) --research historical data and compare with present day data.