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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I’m elementary preK-2<sup>nd</sup> grade. Before schools shut down I taught 32 classes a week for 30 minutes each. I taught preK-2 students with a story and follow-up activity for 30 minutes a week and for K-2 something tech related for 30 minutes a week (research, coding, keyboarding, digital citizenship, etc.) using chromebooks and ipads. I am a “special” and cover teacher plan time but I’m the only special that does not give grades.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Post school closure I’ve been doing a video recorded story/read-a-loud for each grade K, 1, 2, SPED, and “everyone” (so a total of 5/week) with or without a supplemental video or extension on a site for my students and then adding to another site I made for students where I have coding missions, coding challenges, PebbleGo challenges, and PebbleGo bingo. I do all of my teaching/instruction asynchronously. I send out reminders to classroom teachers every couple of weeks of what is available if students/families need something “extra” to do. I do not do synchronous lessons because some of our families are already feeling stressed doing the GenEd stuff. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Since school closure, I’ve been doing much more teacher/parent tech support than I did during a “normal” week. I’ve taught teachers how to setup their Clever home pages, setup Google Classroom, shown them how to make worksheets that students can edit without accidently erasing the original content, etc. I’ve also done trouble shooting for families on how to access our resources, upload videos, etc. I’ve had conference calls with our tech support staff to test remote tools and work out the kinks before deploying to the staff at large. I have been a conduit for deploying remote learning and trouble shooting remote learning and will likely be that for continuing remote learning. I have pulled together free resources for teachers or asked our district to sign up for temporarily free subscriptions. I’ve attended webinars on best practices for remote learning and summarized the information for my admins and given periodic reports to my admins on what teachers are telling me is working and what isn’t and what temporary subscriptions the district may wish to consider adding for next year. I have also made one of those “hello we miss you” videos from the teachers for the students and a poster of images of teachers holding up words to make a collage message. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For next year, I am retiring, but based on discussions with admins, if the school doesn’t open for live classes in the fall, I am guessing the library focus will be:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>1 - finding a good ebook platform for primary students or developing some sort of plan to regularly distribute physical books to students. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2 - delivering some professional development to teachers on some essential tools that will help classroom teachers with remote learning. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>3 - discussing with classroom teachers what projects they plan to do and what resources they may need and finding remote ways to meet those needs<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>4 - delivering weekly asynchronous lessons to each grade level and including a few digital citizenship lessons, possibly exploring grade level synchronous lessons<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>5 - analyzing the collection to determine weaknesses/deficits and then reading reviews to find materials to supplement those weaknesses and building book purchase lists…all of those important “back office” tasks I never seemed to find time to do as well as I would like when I was also teaching 32 classes a week. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am guessing that my paras may be allowed in buildings in the fall and in that case paras could help with inventory, weeding, reorganizing, and repairing worn/well-loved books, replacing and supplementing visual shelf labels, going through the collection and making sure all the labelling is consistent on the physical items and in the catalog and recommending items for replacement as well as processing the books that weren’t delivered before the closures. As I am split between two buildings, my paras are used to working independently from a list of tasks, so at least for the short term there would be plenty to do. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- Leslie Compere<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> AISLE <aisle-bounces@list.railslibraries.info> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Margaret Burton via AISLE<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 11, 2020 6:58 PM<br><b>To:</b> AISLE-Share: Association of Illinois School Library Educators discussion list <aisle@list.railslibraries.info><br><b>Cc:</b> Margaret Burton <BurtonM@mattoon.k12.il.us><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [aisle] What will library look like in Fall<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Patti, that is what it is like in Mattoon. We teach 32 classes a week for 30 minutes each. Our district has hired teachers to do everything that Michelle is talking about. The state sees us as non-essential and we do not give grades so I am not sure what that means for an elementary librarian. Even more so for the library para since there would not be near the circulation, if any, going on.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id=Signature><div name=divtagdefaultwrapper><p class=MsoNormal><img width=128 height=80 style='width:1.3333in;height:.8333in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D627E3.7D127770"><o:p></o:p></p><p>Peggy Burton, Librarian<o:p></o:p></p><p>Williams Elementary School <o:p></o:p></p><p>1709 S. 9th Street<o:p></o:p></p><p>Mattoon, IL 61938<o:p></o:p></p><p>217-238-2800<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="98%" align=center></div><div id=divRplyFwdMsg><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='color:black'> AISLE <</span><a href="mailto:aisle-bounces@list.railslibraries.info">aisle-bounces@list.railslibraries.info</a><span style='color:black'>> on behalf of Kulesza, Patti via AISLE <</span><a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a><span style='color:black'>><br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 11, 2020 6:18 PM<br><b>To:</b> AISLE-Share: Association of Illinois School Library Educators discussion list <</span><a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a><span style='color:black'>><br><b>Cc:</b> Kulesza, Patti <</span><a href="mailto:pkulesza@d88a.org">pkulesza@d88a.org</a><span style='color:black'>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [aisle] What will library look like in Fall</span> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I'm wondering how it looks for elementary schools. I am considered a special along with music, art & PE. I see the kids 30 min. Once a week (K-4) I also teach 2 JH elective literacy classes. Remote learning has been a challenge for me. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Patty K.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, May 11, 2020, 10:15 AM Sue Meegan via AISLE <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>I have been asked to give my ideas about what my classes could look like in the fall if we open to in person instruction. I am in a PreK - 5th grade public school. I have been having about twenty-five 40 minutes classes with about 25 kids each and see each class once a week. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Have any of you thought about this or been given direction as to how school will look in the fall? I'd love to hear the ideas that are floating around. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks for your ideas,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Sue Meegan<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Teacher Librarian<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hoover School<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Calumet City, IL <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>MAILMAN_MIMEDEFANG<br>_______________________________________________<br>AISLE mailing list<br><a href="mailto:AISLE@list.railslibraries.info" target="_blank">AISLE@list.railslibraries.info</a><br><br>For list archives and subscription options, visit:<br><a href="http://list.railslibraries.info/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aisle" target="_blank">http://list.railslibraries.info/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aisle</a><br><br>To unsubscribe, send a message to:<br><a href="mailto:aisle-leave@list.railslibraries.info" target="_blank">aisle-leave@list.railslibraries.info</a><br><br><a href="https://www.aisled.org/" target="_blank">https://www.aisled.org/</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div></div></body></html>