July 2019

Accomplishment Summary for the month

• Support Team Workshop
• Literacy Group Meeting
• Campus closure inventory 
• Curriculum update planning meetings

Two large projects occupied my time this July. First was helping our Curriculum Coordinator with the curriculum update project. This is the second time I have assisted with the curriculum update project. Previously, I simply helped with the formatting of the documents. For this project, I helped in the project set up and even presented essential curriculum resources to the team. The Curriculum Coordinator and I make a pretty good team. I believe all librarians should insert themselves into their district’s curriculum committees. Having a close relationship with the curriculum team facilitates meaningful library support to the entire school.  

Secondly, I dove into assisting with the closure of one our campuses. It was announced last month that one of our campuses would be closing. I had visited the campus a few times over the past year to train staff on Google Classroom, so I was familiar with some the school staff. I reached out the Title I teacher and asked about starting an inventory project. I then took the hour drive down to the school with my trusty book scanner, and started inventorying all the books (over 2,000). It was a fun project. I created a report of all the book sets and set to work redistributing the books to our other five schools. 

This month I also attended a literacy group meeting with teachers at one of our day treatment schools. It was a vibrant group of teachers and support staff who are creating a school-wide literacy program. I was very impressed with their organization and drive. I am looking forward to collaborating with them this coming year.