Collaborative Leadership
Action Item:
By 2023, the School Library Team will collaborate with classroom teachers to develop a organization system for leveled/Units of Study book sets in the book room. The organization system will be sustainable, such that teachers and other staff can independently and easily locate, check out, and return books to the proper location.
Summary
Step 1: Teachers and librarians will collaborate to weed underutilized book room resources
Step 2: Teachers and librarians will set up a meeting to decide upon a checkout system that works for everyone
Currently, teachers are using a clothespin system, which is no-cost. The teachers and librarians will re-convene at a later date to discuss the effectiveness of this system and provide suggestions for a modified/different system.
Step 3: Additional shelves will be added to create more space for resources
Step 4: Teachers and librarians will reevaluate around winter 2022 to see if any changes need to be made to keep the system moving along
Results:
Kristine Hedrick worked with the teachers to organize the books in the book room, and the project has proven to be successful and sustainable. K-5 books were organized in bins by reading level. Middle school books were organized in bins by genre/topic and grade. With the new curriculum, the K-5 books were no longer being utilized in this way so they were distributed to be used in classroom libraries. There is a recommended book list that accompanies the new curriculum, and individual copies of these titles will be made available through the regular library collection.
