[ISLMA-Share] Library Rules for Junior High library

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My rules are pretty basic.  The instant they don't behave or show respect
for the library they are simply sent back to class.  It's a privileged to
come here without their teacher and on a pass.  If they are with their
teacher I tend to let the teacher handle it.  If that does not happen and I
do find I need to step in, I tend to separate students who are causing
problems to different tables and make sure they are not facing each other.
Most teachers immediately step in and join me with the reprimand. On a VERY
rare occasion, I pull up a new chair to the teacher's table and asked the
disruptive student to sit down. That typically gets everyone's attention,
especially the non attentive teacher's.

My posted rules:

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Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> I'm looking for a list of rules for appropriate behavior in a junior high
> library and consequences for breaking those rules.
>
> The library has a full-time aide and I teach in another building.
>
> There are no scheduled classes and students come to the library to work
> and check-out books in small groups.
>
> Some of the students become rude and disruptive and I'm working on
> compiling a list of library rules to post.
>
> I'd like to know what others do in their buildings.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Diane Nelson
> District Teacher Librarian
> Darien School District #61
> dnelson at darien61.org
>
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Renee Welch
Bednarcik Junior High <https://www.sd308.org/domain/965>
LRC Director

Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library.
The only entrance
 requirement is interest. - Lady Bird Johnson
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