Families and schools are increasingly separated in today’s education landscape, and blaming parents only makes matters worse. As educators, we can take proactive steps to foster collaboration, advocate for systemic change, and focus on what we can influence. Make real improvements in education through actionable solutions that shift the narrative, communicate more effectively, and make education more effective.
Creative solutions and strategies to secure funding for your elementary school library without dipping into your own pocket.
Prepare your library for PreK; make it an inviting, exciting and engaging space for little learners to love coming to the library.
Empower elementary students in the library. Use these tips to teach them how to successfully complete a library self checkout.
Being an elementary school librarian can frequently feel unwieldy. There is so much to do! We teach, shelve, circulate, collaborate, order books, and more. I know many school librarians who also manage the school’s technology, book clubs, and school discipline. With so much to do, it’s necessary to make library teaching manageable.
How can we keep reluctant readers engaged so they stick around for a read aloud? After all, they don’t have choice in what gets read aloud to the class.
One thing that is a huge life and time saver is a Scope and Sequence. I’ve started using them years ago. Back when I was a classroom teacher. Even today as a Library Media Specialist, I still find them invaluable.
Just reading aloud doesn’t guarantee students are going to enjoy it. Or that they are going to sit calmly and quietly while we read. Or that they’ll want to answer any of our questions we may ask before, during, or after reading to them. If we want students to love a read aloud, we need a few tricks up our sleeve.
Teacher – student relationships are a key factor in student engagement and motivation. When students know that we care, and we are interested in them, they feel safe and comfortable taking risks.
It can be difficult keeping young children engaged. They have a need to get up and move and talk to others. In addition to that, today’s technology has trained their brains to work with small bites of information.
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