- District author presentation by G. Neri
- Brighton Memorial Library Book Sale set up
- IFC (Information Fluency Continuum) training at BOCES
- Growth Mindset PD
- Graphic Novel PD coordination with City librarians
- Open House at AT
- SICD TA Google Training
- Overdrive PD for teachers
What a busy month! We finally go to meet G. Neri, the author of Ghetto Cowboy, a historical fiction story of the horses and people of Urban Philadelphia. The day started with G. Neri presenting to two groups of students. Over the summer, students has read his book Tru & Nell. This presentation was the culmination of their school wide book club. We then moved the presentation to a second campus where more students heard his presentation on Yummy, the true story of the murder of Robert Sandifer and Shavon Dean. Students really enjoyed hearing about Neri’s journeys as a writer and learning that famous authors are really just normal people. I hope that students left the presentations understanding that anyone can become a writer.
Author G. Neri speaking to students
In partnership with the Central Library, I was able to host a talk by a wonderful librarian about the importance of Graphic Novels in the classroom. Teachers attended this talk and had the opportunity to explore an alternative resource for teaching both subject areas and human connection.
I started my library journey pouring through an almost two inch think document called the Information Fluency Continuum. It is a document that was adopted by New York Library Association in 2012. It is a roadmap for developing information literacy skills for students in grades K-12. This month an update was released. The update expanded on technology usage in the classroom, diverse student populations and most important to be more focus on digital citizenship. I attended a BOCES presentation with Dr. Barbara Stripling to learn about the most recent updates. It was a wonderful collaborative day spent with librarians from around the area.
This month was Superintendent’s Conference day. I partnered with the director of Technology to present the Google platform to our group of dedicated Teaching Assistants. It was a difficult task to teach what should be a hands on workshop to a crowd of 110 people without devices to practice on. In an effort to make the best of the situation, I structured the lesson to cover the theory of the platform and provide basic guidance on engaging students and keeping student information secure and safe.
Finally, I continued my commitment to providing quality PD to staff by researching and developing a small workshop to highlight Carol Dweck’s Growth Mindset usage in the classroom.
