This week was a busy at my school. I continue to check out and check in books in the media center. Also, this week I started teaching my reading enrichment unit in the media center which I am excited. In addition, we had representatives from the Atlanta's Falcon and the mascot come to the school. My media specialist was absent so I had to take pictures during the program which was fun. Overall, I had a great week at my school.
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This week I was able to visit Elite's Scholar Academy and Pointe South Middle School. I enjoyed going to each school to see how the media center was run. When I visit Pointe South Middle School the media specialist told me that her struggle was getting students to check out books. The media specialist is going to try new incentives to get the kids into the library. Next, I visited Elite's Scholar Academy which was a totally different environment. The school is a magnet school so I saw a lot of parents volunteer in the media center. The only struggle that the media specialist is having is getting the teachers to collaborate with her. She told me teachers will tell her they want to collaborate but never do. Her solution was to go to the classroom and collaborate with the teachers which I thought was a good idea. She also bring books to the class for students to check out. This week was very informative about how different elementary, middle, and high school media center is ran. I learned so much from each media specialist and they gave me good advice on things that I can do when I become a media specialist. One thing that I heard repeatedly was build a relationship with the teachers and administrators. Pictures of Pointe South Middle School Visit Elite Scholars Academy I continue to check out and check in books. Also, I continue to shelves books in the media center. This week my school celebrate Grandparent's Day. The Principal gave the media center a low budget due to the district cuts back. So the media specialist and I was responsible for serving a light breakfast. We purchase apple juice, orange juice, and muffins. Also, we took pictures during the program. Our school didn't have a big turnout so everything worked out find. This week my media specialist showed me how to catalog (update MARC Records) new books that arrive to the school. When the delivery guys brought in 12 boxes of books my eyes stretch. I thought to myself that I got my work cut out for me when I become a media specialist. I ask the media specialist how long it normal takes her to complete this task by herself and she told a week and a half. My media specialist open a box to show me the process. After showing me what to do it was time to go to work. So I got a book and start cataloging. My first box I moved like a slow a turtle because I had wanted to make sure I was doing it correctly. I notice doing the school hours we wasn't able to get much done because of classes and interruptions. We had to stay after school to complete the task. I process 4 boxes so I was proud of myself. Oh! since my media specialist order her books from the same program that the county use the only thing we had to do was stamp the books, label them, update the MARC records , find space for new books, and shelve them. This week was a great week because I learn how to update MARC Records. My take away for this week is when cataloging plan to stay late and expect not to get a lot done during school hours. |
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