Lots of people think children's librarians read all day and say "shhhh" to people. In reality, children's librarians do so much more.
Being a brand new school librarian is both exciting and scary. All summer, you’ve planned for your new position, but today, you're feeling pretty lost.
School Library Planners - Stay organized this school year with a planner made just for school librarians. There are over 300 pages. Many editable pages are included. Choose from 4 different themes.
A modern librarian needs to have a variety of digital resources and information both to keep the library organized and updated. Check out these skills!
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Does your district recognize the need for evolving school libraries? As I've written before, I believe school libraries are more relevant today than ever before... IF they are evolving to meet the needs of 21st Century students. I love this quote from the Mediamorphosis website, "The library, as we once knew it, may no longer
These professional development books for librarians are a great way to refresh and reset before the new school year!
Being a brand new school librarian is both exciting and scary. All summer, you’ve planned for your new position, but today, you're feeling pretty lost.
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Teacher-librarians, media specialists, and library staff can do these relevant professional development activities in-person or remotely to grow and learn.
The internet is overflowing with information and media. There is just SO much content out there, and much of it is just a few clicks away! As someone who remembers looking at documents on those old microform machines for my own school assignments, I am, frankly, a little jealous of today’s students. (However, I did … Continue reading "Copyright Resources for Teachers and Librarians"
This editable Ultimate School Librarian's Planner includes over 70 tools and templates to organize and grow your elementary library's program and instruction. Lovingly crafted by a librarian with 18 years in the field, this resource seeks to assist you with the many tasks that librarians are challenged with every day including lesson planning, collection management, student behavior, and library reports for administration. Packed with over one hundred fillable pages, The Ultimate School Librarian's Planner is divided into four critical sections - Library Management, Students and Instruction, Parent and Community Outreach, and Faculty Matters. Printable tab labels are inside your download. Also included is a monthly calendar for the front of your planner, which contains "From the Librarian's Bookshelf", title suggestions for engaging monthly themed, diversity-centered read alouds. This is an evergreen purchase - please visit Teaching By the Potomac on TPT each summer to download your updated calendar, free of charge! (This resource has recently been updated for the 2022/2023 school year.) This powerful set of printables is designed specifically to enhance and assist the magical job that you do in the library. Please read below a list of some of the tools included in the Ultimate School Librarian's Planner: - Give Yourself Grace... - Quarterly Library Goals - Library SMART Goals - Library Routines and Procedures - Monthly Library Themes - Diversity Inclusion in the Library Program - Library Needs - Library Wish List - Awesome Ideas to Try in the Library From Pinterest - Staff and Team Meeting Notes of Significance - Collection Development - Books to Add to the Collection - Weeding Plan - Library News Blueprint - Overdues Action Plan - Circulation System at a Glance - Special Event Planner - Book Fair Plans - Guest Author and Reader Guide - Library Assistant Tasks - Library Volunteer Tasks - Library Clubs - Special Requests - Notes of Thanks From the Library - Morning News Show Production Notes - Library Monthly Report and Data Snapshot - Reflections...What Worked and What Didn't in the Library - Classroom Management Strategies - Grade Level Notes - Favorite Read Alouds - Evaluation and Observation Planners - Curriculum Maps - Planning Ahead - 5E, Inquiry-Based, Project Based, Unit Study, STEAM, and Collaborative Lesson Plan Templates - AND MORE! A school librarian's job is not easy - but you do it gracefully! Please be sure to "Follow" Teaching By The Potomac to receive news of the latest curriculum-aligned print and go goodies for use in your library and instruction. -*- Will you be teaching library "on a cart" this school year or expect modifications to your schedule and routine? Or do you need quick, reliable, and easy library lessons that require little or no prep? 30 Fast and Fabulous No Prep Low Prep Ideas for Library Instruction is perfect for you! -*- Pumpkin spice is sprinkled throughout this set of Fall Library Brainteasers which includes Back to the Library, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and more. -*- Gingerbread, elves, reindeer, and poinsettias await in Christmas/December Library Brainteasers! Sweet and engaging fun for a busy time in your library with holiday eager students. -*- Library Brainteasers are the perfect little reliable standbys to always have handy in your collection. This bundle includes sixty library, reading, and research-themed puzzles that are wonderful for your Google classroom, socially distanced library, fast finishers, your substitute plans, or days you just feel "meh".
It can be difficult to find professional development for the school librarian. Learn about some new online on demand PD just for you!
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Here are 3 ways School Librarians can introduce specific relevant features of subject and grade-level appropriate resources to teachers & students to support classroom content learning, along …
Many commonly taught teaching strategies mignt not work for librarians. Here are my tips and strategies for librarian classroom management.
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Here are some free school library rules resources. Feel free to download the resources and edit them to meet the specific needs of your school library. Would you like to get more free school library resources? Sign up in the email list signup box on the right side of this page! Primary Interactive School Library Rules
These professional development books for librarians are a great way to refresh and reset before the new school year!
This week kicked off a brand new school year at Van Meter as we learned with our administrators, teachers and friends. On Wednesday, we were given some time to connect with the teachers to share information about the library program. As we prepared for this time together, I started thinking about all of the amazing ways that librarians on the Future Ready Librarian Facebook Page have shared. I especially love.... the menus Charles Scardina, Kelsey Erin and... James Allen created. Not only were they filled with wonderful information, they were all so cool too! Jessica and I started brainstorming and decided to put a little twist on ours. We made it like a movie or production by starting it out with... The Van Meter School Library Presents A Special New Feature During The 2018-19 School Year! We then split it into categories tying into thetheme.... Starring, Setting, Acts and Special Features. And of course included all of us as Friendmoji's too. It was such a good exercise to sit down and put all of these skills and thoughts onto paper. And of course, while I did this, I had the Future Ready Librarian framework sitting right next to me so I could reference and tie it into the work we will do with our school community. Then I thought.... After we give them this program, we should create something to get them even more engaged in these ideas. How could we get them thinking about how they will use the information and put it into action to help them in their classroom and throughout their work too? We got it! A ticket! What a perfect tie in to the theme! As you can see on the ticket, we tied in the same theme and lots of the same verbiage as the program. They will even find a little ticket at the bottom of their flyer to encourage them to look for a ticket that.... ..,,will encourage them to think about how we can help and write down their needs to give to us in our library...one more way to get them into the library too. To go along with the movie theme, we attached microwave popcorn... and the big boxes of movie popcorn with red and white yarn. It was so much fun to put these together with the tickets. We put all 70 of these little gifts into a big basket to bring with us. So, Wednesday was the day! The day that Jessica and I were going to kick off this awesome new partnership between us and with all of the teachers, students, administrators and families within our school community. The first impression we made on that day, will have a lasting impact all year long...and into the future. As we finished up meeting and talking with all of the secondary teachers, we made our way down to the elementary library where we had set up a special place for them to come in the afternoon. We put the little ticket packages and the What Your Teacher Librarian Can Do For You posters on each table where the teachers would be sitting. As they arrived at the library, we spoke about all of the special things we can do as their teacher librarian and how we can work together all year long. At the end of our time together, I was so happy to see our friend Amy give us this note. It worked! It was successful in bringing together communities in useful and special ways that will impact our students every single day.
These professional development books for librarians are a great way to refresh and reset before the new school year!
School librarians keep organized with this bundle. It includes a library planner, a library decor kit, lesson plans, printables, exit tickets, Dewey Decimal resources and more.
Whether you're just getting started or already have a thriving Maker program going, there will be makerspace resources here for you.
This is part of the series of blog articles called “A Writer’s Guide…”, check out this article by writer Alana Boltz on Librarianship.
Need to miss a day of school? Never fear! Elementary Librarian is here to help. Enjoy these free substitute lesson plans for the library. Download Free Lessons Download the Resources Would you like to have access to over 500 library lesson plans and resources? Join the Elementary Librarian Community today! Click here to learn more.
These FREE for YOU downloads are some of my best-practice library resources for students, for you, and to give to teachers. (PDF files can be viewed before downloading; DOC files are direct downloa…
We know that school librarians increase student achievement. In fact, years of research show that librarians make a measurable difference for our students. This needs to be part of the important and essential conversations that we need to have as school librarians, teachers, administrators, parents and others interested and invested in the future of our children. In the Advocate's Toolbox from School Library Journal and Capstone, you can now find.... the amazing School Librarians Make a Difference infographic that our friends at Capstone have created for all of us to use as an advocacy and conversation piece. If you head to The Advocate's Toolbox, you can download the infographic here. I really love how they have laid the infographic out into 8 pages, because it will give us a chance to use pieces of this information in creative and helpful ways throughout the year. In fact, the Power of School Librarians infographic and this information can be used in so many ways. Here are a few mentioned on the page.... Include in discussions with your principal and other administrators. Post throughout your library on parents night Use to create a library fact-of-the-month display Share with your fellow teachers Add to your newsletters and website And don't forget to share this information with your students. Their voice and advocacy can be some of the best we have as librarians too. We want each and every one of our students, teachers, families and community members to definitely know the power of school librarians!
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Teacher-librarians, media specialists, and library staff can do these relevant professional development activities in-person or remotely to grow and learn.
This is a bundle of my library no prep printables. By purchasing this bundle you will receive almost 150 pages of printables that you can use all year long! These are perfect for any elementary librarian. They are very similar to my other sets. These can be used with students in Kindergarten through fifth grade. You can use these when you need a substitute, for a last minute schedule change or any time you need a quick, educational activity. There is a separate table of contents that includes suggested grade levels. The preview for the bundle shows only a few pages from each file. To see a full preview please go to each individual product listing. Skills covered include: call numbers, Dewey Decimal System, ABC order, graphic organizers, dictionary skills, and parts of a book and many, many more. Terms of Use © Copyright Staying Cool in the Library. All rights reserved by author. This product is to be used by the original purchaser only. Copying for more than one teacher prohibited. Additional licenses are available at a discount. For librarians: you may use this product with all of your classes and students. Questions before buying? You can contact me through the Q/A section on TpT with any questions or special requests. You can also send me an email: [email protected] Feedback Please leave feedback on your purchases. If you have a concern, please contact me first before rating. Leaving feedback awards you credits towards future purchases. How to follow my store: Just click the green star next to my name. You’ll be the first to hear about new products, freebies and sales! Follow me on Facebook. Follow me on Pinterest.
