<div dir="auto">I currently have a similar situation- 20 minutes weekly in 1-5 school, not plan time so teachers are expected to stay. I’m not sure how much more you can put in that time? Once they get in, a picture book and checkout is tight squeeze. Can you switch to checkout every other week to maximize teaching time? So you can add activities with the story? Or just checkout in that 15 minute time to use the 25 best? </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I’m sure it’s an adjustment for the teachers; I was the assistant there years ago. Then, they had a 40 minute and a 20 minute library each week in k-2. What is the district stance? They put this ridiculous schedule in place. The union, if you’re in it? </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Never give up hope! Next year our district is upping library from 20 to 40 minutes. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Feb 25, 2023 at 12:32 PM Karrie Fisher via AISLE <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">Hi Everyone,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">Some of you may remember that my librarian position at the elementary school was eliminated for this school year. I am the sole librarian for the elementary and the middle schools, which means my time is split. I have one full-time assistant, but she is in the library where I am not. This decision and subsequent decisions for how this position was going to work have been a disaster.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">Bottom line: I am looking for fun, quick (10 minutes) library lessons for K & 1 kids. The K & 1 teachers are complaining to administration and the union that I am only "reading books to the kids." They are demanding to see my lesson plans and library standards because they are convinced I am not teaching the kids anything. My immediate supervisor is supporting me, but this is really wearing me out; they keep bringing me up in their team leader meetings to complain about me.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">I have a CRAZY schedule this year. Every other week, I see the K-5 kids for:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small"><ul><li>15 minutes to do a lesson and 10 minutes for a book checkout -- total time = 25 minutes </li><li>15-minute book check out only -- total time = 15 minutes</li></ul></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">The teachers have to stay with their kids because I do not have an assistant with me; they see and hear me reading and teaching. They resent having to be there and are mad at me, even though I did not make the schedule. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">I am reading the Monarch Award nominees to the K-2 kids. The K-1 teachers know what I am doing because they hear me tell the kids every week that we are reading a Monarch Award book and they will be voting for their favorite one. Teachers don't care and see no value in me reading to the kids.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">I should mention that I embed lessons into the read alouds. Parts of the book, importance of spine labels, where to find the book in the library, book care, how text impacts the way we read the book both silently and aloud, characters, etc.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">I've been trying to read the Monarch Award books since the beginning of the year...every other week. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">To add fuel to the fire, I've had the flu, pneumonia, and covid this year and administration was not getting a sub for me; classes were cancelled. Some teachers are actually angry at me for being sick and have complained to the admin about me being sick. I know it's displaced anger, but this is not helping my relationships with the K-1 teams. I have managed to change this policy and they are now getting a sub for me.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">Sorry for the saga --</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">What do all of you do with K and 1 for library lessons? I would appreciate any and all ideas!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">Thanks so much, everyone!</div><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><a href="https://district31.follettdestiny.com/common/servlet/logout.do?tm=" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif" target="_blank">Search The Card Catalog</a><br></div><div><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif">Happily Ever After, </span><br></div><div><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif">Karrie Fisher</span></div><div><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif">District Librarian</span></div><div><img src="https://sdk.bitmoji.com/render/panel/ded21d24-cb38-4e67-862b-4fcb8201f661-c39eeb65-eae4-4397-825a-d720c1dec323-v1.png?transparent=1&palette=1" alt="reading" width="96" height="96"></div><div><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif">Winkelman School * 1</span><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/919+Landwehr+Road+*%C2%A0+Glenview,+IL%C2%A0+60026?entry=gmail&source=g">919 Landwehr Road * </a></span><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/919+Landwehr+Road+*%C2%A0+Glenview,+IL%C2%A0+60026?entry=gmail&source=g">Glenview, IL 60026</a></span></div><div><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">847-729-5650 </font><br></div><div><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif">Field Middle School * <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/2055+Landwehr+Road+*+Northbrook,+IL+60062?entry=gmail&source=g">2055 Landwehr Road * Northbrook, IL 60062</a> </span></div><div><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">847--272-6884</font></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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