TCHS Library Policies & Procedures (for teachers)

Requesting the library for class research (8:20am-3:30pm):

Log in to Eduphoria via the LHUB.

Click here to open directions for requesting the library.

Finally, contact me and let me know what your class will be doing, and if you would like for me to teach a short lesson on research strategies beforehand. I will then approve your reservation.

For after hours reservations, see the appropriate Associate Principal for assistance.

Bringing your entire class in to choose library books:

If you want to bring in your entire class to choose a book and then leave, simply call us or email beforehand to make sure we are not teaching a class.

If you want your students to check out books and have quiet SSR time in the library, please go through Eduphoria to request times for your classes. Please put “SSR Time” in the description in Eduphoria so we will know not to schedule other classes during that time.

Sending an individual or a small group (5 or fewer) to the library:

Make sure each student has a hall pass that includes student name, date, time, teacher name, and “library”. If you have a specific time the student needs to be back, please include that information on the pass.

Students will be required to sign in at the library. If you want to check up on a student to make sure they arrived in a timely manner, just call and we can look it up for you.

Please do not send students to take a test, as we cannot reliably monitor them.

Reserving the Mac Carts:

We have 8 Mac Carts (15 computers per cart), and 2 Dell Carts (30 Computers per cart) on campus. All reservations should be made through Eduphoria. Please refer to this this document for directions. Since we must all share them, here are the rules set forth by administration for reserving carts:

TCHS Laptop Cart Policies:

• Your class may reserve a maximum of 2 laptop carts 2 times per week in advance. This serves to ensure that one person is not monopolizing the carts. EXCEPTION: If it is the day of, and nobody else has reserved the carts, you are free to reserve them.
• Carts may not be reserved if you aren’t going to be in class. If you have a sub in your room that day, please do not reserve the carts. We have had too many instances of the carts and computers not being taken properly care of when a sub is in charge.
• Please refer to the picture on the top for managing and organizing the computers. They need to be in order, pushed all the way to the back, facing the correct direction, and plugged in. If you receive a cart that is not in proper order, please let me know. Likewise, if we get a cart from you that is not in order, we will be contacting you to send someone to fix it.
• Please have the cart either back to the library or in the next person’s room as soon as your time slot is finished. Sometimes teachers reserve carts after we have printed the schedule, so we need them in the library for them to pick up.
• If you reserve the carts 4^th period, please have them back to the library by 3:45pm. If you need the carts after that time, you will need to get with Mr. Gilbreath to reserve them after hours.
• If a laptop is not working in the cart you reserved, please put in a technology ticket for it.