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Welcome!
Welcome!
This site contains resources to help you become familiar with your role in the school and district practices, whether you’re new to the school library profession or just new to GCS.
We offer meetings specifically for new SLMCs. We will have specific topics to discuss at each meeting and time to ask questions and get to know each other.
Your first year in school librarianship or just in a new school district can be daunting. It is important to set realistic goals and priorities to make it a positive experience. Please let us know how we can help!
Quick Links:
Quick Links:
Dos and Don'ts In Your First Year
Dos and Don'ts In Your First Year
Focus on
Relationships
with Students
with Staff
with Families
with Administration
with Community Stakeholders
Focus on
Instruction
Use the NC Digital Learning Standards
Use the grade level content standards
Use the GCS Pacing Guides and the K-5 Suggested Pacing Guide for school library instruction
Work with the Curriculum Facilitator and teachers
Focus on Learning
Evaluate student needs
Evaluate staff needs
Evaluate community needs
Evaluate your policies and procedures
Plan to meet those needs and set goals for your second year
Don't Redesign the Space
Get used to the flow of the space and figure out what is and what is not working.
Observe students to see how they use the space.
Think about how the space is organized and how to make it work better for everyone.
Get input from students and staff and administration about their vision for the space.
Plan your changes, get buy-in and recruit help!
Don't Do a Big Clean Out
Learn the collection to know how it is cataloged and organized.
Do a collection analysis to know what the priority areas are.
Do an inventory to know what you actually have.
Figure out what equipment is used and what just sits on the shelves.
Learn the procedures for discarding.
Don't Take on Too Much
Allow yourself time to get comfortable in this new position.
Give yourself permission to say "not this year, maybe next year".
Find out what programs the library has supported in the past.
Find out what programs the community would like the library to offer.
Think about how your interests can fit into the school's needs.
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