Monday, November 8

I went back to Blue Ridge and helped with a class who had come in to get a lesson on using guide words in the dictionary. 

After this class left, we worked on looking at Renaissance adding some of the programs for teachers.  While looking at the program, I noted some interesting data that I could use for my grant that would allow us to acquire some additional reading materials.  From here, we went into the circulation for the year.  Both of these revealed statistics that reinforce that BRE is an environment that encourages a love of reading.

After school I attending a Media meeting at the school level where the committee was considering creating a step-by-step policy whereby teachers would know exactly how they choose videos for classroom use.

This policy is being created due to a parent questioning the use of viedo is her student's classroom.  The students had watched Witches after Roald Dahl's novel.  The video is rated PG and the teacher has not sent out letters asking for parent permission.

This committee will meet with the parent next week to discuss the current policy and their plans to update their current policy.

I also touched based with my 3rd grade book review teacher.  The arts students plan to have their illustrations complete by the 12th of November and will bring a close to my work with that class.
2.5 hours

Monday, November 1

I went back to BRE and spend half of my time going over the DOE Rubric for media centers.  The media specialist and I agreed that they are proficient in most areas.  However, they are some areas that are questionable due to a lot of teachers' unwillingness to fully accept the media specialist as an instructional partner.  As we discussed the rubric, we came up with a lot of possibilities for an action plan for improving the media center.

As things are wrapping up, we continue to talk about how I can assist her in introducing new technologies.  This is important because many of the teachers are "old-school"; they look at the media center as a place to check out rather than a place where they can find resources to help them with their own instruction on meia and information literacy.

We did talk about creating some screencasts that would help the media specialist reach more students.  One area that we also discussed was how the media specialist should keep track of media literacy with regard to classes that come to her for instruction.  We thought it might be a good idea to create individual skill assessment folders to help her keep track of each student.

Completing this rubric satisifies by requirement, both in the area of hours as well as assignments to be completed as part of my portfolio. Now I have to get the final pieces put together and placed in the portfolio.

I will return to the media center on Thursday with my group of arts to illustrate the third graders book reviews and jackets.
2.5 hours