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School Library Aides and Volunteers: Partners for Success

School Library Aides and Volunteers: Partners for Success. Dr. Sunni Johnson Northwest ISD sjohnson@nisdtx.org. Why do we need student aides?. Budget cuts Relate to other students Bring students in the library Student ownership Frees up time to get all our tasks done!. Recruiting.

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School Library Aides and Volunteers: Partners for Success

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  1. School Library Aides and Volunteers: Partners for Success Dr. Sunni Johnson Northwest ISD sjohnson@nisdtx.org

  2. Why do we need student aides? • Budget cuts • Relate to other students • Bring students in the library • Student ownership • Frees up time to get all our tasks done!

  3. Recruiting • Word of mouth • Signage • Announcements • Website • Facebook • Counselors • Teachers

  4. Top 10 reasons to be a library aide

  5. Applying • Scheduling time!!! • Application- all three aides • Ranking • Schedule • Teacher references

  6. Rules and Regulations As a student aide I agree to the following: I will serve as a positive role model for my peers I will be respectful to personnel, parents, visitors, and other students I will keep school and personal information confidential I will be responsible and trustworthy and behave in a mature manner I will follow all school policies and procedures I will stay in my assigned area I will not have personal phone calls I will not give out hall passes without permission I will not allow anyone to access to the office without a pass I will have school work or a book to keep me busy in the event that the staff does not have work for me. • Students must have: • passing grades • satisfactory conduct • positive attitude • good attendance • on time • dress code

  7. Choosing library aides • What choice? • Scheduling issues • How many per period? • 7th and 8th graders • Check references • Accommodate, Accommodate, Accommodate

  8. Library Boot Camp • Expectations and confidentiality • Survey • Scavenger hunt • Training videos • Destiny circulation • Destiny Quest • Training on the job • Test!!!!

  9. Training

  10. Boot camp week • Monday: Getting to know you and you getting to know the library. • Tuesday: Destiny and Quest video • Wednesday: Learning how to shelve • Thursday: Practice shelving • Friday: Test! • Monday: Supervised chaos

  11. Training Videos • Getting to know the library • Destiny circulation • Destiny Quest

  12. Jobs and Grading

  13. Library Aides Daily Duties This list should be followed everyday, every period • Check in for attendance and put on library aide badge. • Check in any books in the book drops. (Remember to take out due date cards!!!) • Shelve any books that are on the black cart at the circulation desk. • Check your shelves daily. Make sure your books are in order and brought to the edge of the shelf. (This is the largest portion of your grade) • Stamp due date cards. Check and make sure we have enough for today and tomorrow. There should be at least a 2 inch stack in each basket by the scanners. • Push in chairs and pick up books, pencils, and trash in the research area. • Check the Extra Jobs list and with Ms. Johnson or Mrs. Maples to see if there is anything that needs to be done. • Monitor the circulation desk at all times. • If all duties are finished, you may work on homework, read, or work on the puzzle but you must stay quiet and stay close to the circulation desk.

  14. Shelf Assignments • Fiction- approx. 12 shelves- colored • Nonfiction- approx. 8 shelves- numbered

  15. Retaining library aides“I want a schedule change!!!” • Ownership- Who is in charge? • Choice • Change it up • Get to know your students • Tell them they are important • Special privileges

  16. Not a perfect world • Shelves • Books checked out • Books checked in • Holds • Due date cards • Student IDs

  17. Getting past the challenges • Let go of the control!!!! • Patrons are resilient • Don’t touch the cash!! • “STOP” • Check the shelves • Grades

  18. If they do all that, what do I do? • Co-teach with all content areas • Give students individual attention • Give teachers individual attention • Order books • Manage contests and book of the month • Manage the aides • Etc.

  19. Making Book Trailers

  20. http://tinyurl.com/DrSunniTLA2012 sjohnson@nisdtx.org

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