[aisle] Does anyone have the most current data on the number of school librarians in Illinois?

Sun Sep 11 12:49:12 CDT 2022

Chicago State has a program...
https://www.csu.edu/cimst/infostudies/school_lib_endorsement.htm

KC Boyd, SLJ librarian of the year graduated from there.

On Sun, Sep 11, 2022 at 12:39 PM Barbara Ungar via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> To answer the question about were their other universities that had a
> library certification program:
> Up until 1980, Northeastern IL University offered a masters in
> Instructional Media which was a state certified library program. National
> Lewis also had a similar program during the 1970s. Since then I don’t
> believe any other universities in Illinois offer a certification program
> besides the two mentioned.
>
> Barbara Ungar
> Instructional Strategy & Design Consultant
> barbara.m.ungar at gmail.com
> 847.910.6974
>
> On Sep 11, 2022, at 12:33 PM, Kathryn Green via AISLE <
> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
> Oregon School District 220 has only one certified librarian. I do have a
> Masters in Elementary Education and 38 graduate hours for the Librarian
> certification. I am certified in library for pre-kindergarten through grade
> 12.
>
> I am the district Librarian and take care of all the buildings. However, I
> am also assigned 48 classes per week, each lasting 27 minutes.
>
> OCUSD220 did cut a full time library assistant in our Pre-K through grade
> 6. Our middle and high school were merged into one building with “some book
> shelves” to prevent students from entering the other side. Neither para has
> any library experience, nor do they like to read or even care to read.
>
> Two people, myself and my assistant, run back and forth all day. Students
> cannot come when we are not in the room.
>
> Thank you for reminding me to update L2.
>
>
>
> Kathryn Green
>
> On Sep 11, 2022, at 12:14 AM, Deb Kaczar via AISLE <
> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
> Just an FYI, CUSD 300, eliminated 9 elementary school media positions at
> the end of the ‘21-‘22 school year. Each teacher was at two schools. So,
> eighteen less libraries have media teachers.
>
> Deb Kaczar
>
> On Sep 8, 2022, at 1:38 PM, Michelle Harris via AISLE <
> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
> 
> Contact Don Hamerly at Dominican.  He's working on a project that might
> have current Illinois numbers for you.
>
> Michelle Harris
>
> On Thu, Sep 8, 2022 at 10:42 AM Donovan, Marie via AISLE <
> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> Good morning, all—I hope you won’t mind helping me: I’m in the process of
>> finalizing a column I write for the Illinois Reading Council journal with a
>> librarian friend and colleague on the connections between teachers/reading
>> specialists and school librarians. For our upcoming column, we’re focused
>> (yet again) on the loss of school librarians and libraries in our state. In
>> researching the number of funded librarian/media specialist positions for
>> this school year, I’ve hit a wall in finding this out. I realize learning
>> this for private schools probably isn’t possible but I thought I could for
>> public schools—yet I’m stymied in locating a database or other entity that
>> could give me a sense of where we stand.
>>
>>
>>
>> Is this something AISLE would have or somewhere/someone else?
>>
>>
>>
>> Again, I hope you don’t mind my asking. Thank you all in advance for
>> whatever guidance or insights you can share.
>>
>>
>>
>> Sincerely, m
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Marie Ann Donovan, Ed.D.
>>
>> She/her/hers <https://www.mypronouns.org/>
>>
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>>
>> Director, Program in Early Childhood Education
>>
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>>
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>>
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>>
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