[AISLE-Share] HS Student Library Assistants?

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Hi Leah,

Will you please share your syllabus and grading rubric with me?
Lschuler at ridgeview19.org <Lsculer at ridgeview19.org>


Thank you!

On Tue, Nov 6, 2018 at 8:56 AM Email list for the Association of Illinois
School Library Educators <aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> I have junior high library helpers.  They apply and need teacher
> approval.  I have them come in about 15 minutes before school starts and
> they sometimes come during lunch as well and will work on things like
> decorating or shelving after they eat.  I give them little gifts at the end
> of the semester, but I like the pizza party idea for students who have been
> reliable-- I might steal that!  At the end of the school year I also rely
> on helpers for inventory.  I just start it, finalize it, and make sure they
> all get scanned.  I also have students work on covering books and so forth.
> When I get a trained student for a longer time, like they have gotten ahead
> in work and earn a period in here, I then tend to have them help with
> things like deleting weeded titles and added genre stickers.  My biggest
> issue is about half tend to be unreliable, and not having enough time where
> they can come and help.
>
> On Tue, Nov 6, 2018 at 8:16 AM Email list for the Association of Illinois
> School Library Educators <aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> I have always had student library workers and could not run the library
>> without them.  It is volunteer and students come from their study hall. I
>> have an online application process that requires a recommendation from
>> another teacher. First semester freshmen are not allowed to apply because I
>> have found that it takes a semester for freshmen to get organized enough to
>> determine if they can give up a study period.  Students must maintain a C
>> average in every class to stay as library workers.  It is a volunteer
>> program with no credit or grade. I do tell students that they have
>> immediate research help, no overdue notices and a pizza party at the end of
>> the semester. MCHS is not a 1:1 district, but there are 90 Chrome books in
>> the library.  The student workers check them in and out to other students
>> and make sure that the computers are all returned and plugged in at the end
>> of the hour. The students also help create displays, process books, shelve
>> and do anything else the adult assistants or I need them to do.  I provide
>> recommendations for honor societies, jobs, college applications, etc. I
>> tell the students to treat their time in the library like a first job, and
>> most of them do so.
>>
>> Carolyn Kinsella, District Librarian
>> Minooka Community High School
>> ckinsella at mchs.net
>>
>> Central Campus
>> 301 S. Wabena Ave.
>> Minooka, IL  60447
>> PH: 815-467-2140 ext. 5040
>>
>> South Campus
>> 26655 West Eames
>> Channahon, IL 60410
>> PH:  815-521-4217
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 4, 2018 at 8:03 PM Email list for the Association of Illinois
>> School Library Educators <aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello:
>>>
>>> I am curious if anyone still has student library assistants in their
>>> school library?
>>>
>>> I was kicking around the idea of starting a program at our building and
>>> I wanted to get some insight into what others are doing.
>>>
>>> If you have a program, could you please share the details? Paid or
>>> volunteer? Duties, issues, advantages, disadvantages, etc?
>>>
>>> Thanks,,
>>> Eric
>>>
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