Professional Resources
Librarians support life-long learning for everyone! (including themselves!)
What Guides Our Work?
What Guides Our Work?
Ms. Paradis served as President of MSLA from 2013-2015
Waltham's Library Program:
Waltham's Library Program:
Every library in Waltham is staffed by a licensed school librarian. Librarians in the elementary school see Kindergarten students weekly. Students in other grades work on collaboratively-planned literacy activities and curriculum projects co-taught by the librarian and classroom teachers. In 2011, Plympton was named one of 35 "outstanding school libraries in the United States" by the American Association of School Libraries. You can read about our "Vision Tour" visit here on page 10 of the MSLA Forum.
Every library in Waltham is staffed by a licensed school librarian. Librarians in the elementary school see Kindergarten students weekly. Students in other grades work on collaboratively-planned literacy activities and curriculum projects co-taught by the librarian and classroom teachers. In 2011, Plympton was named one of 35 "outstanding school libraries in the United States" by the American Association of School Libraries. You can read about our "Vision Tour" visit here on page 10 of the MSLA Forum.
Ms. Paradis served as MSLA Appointee to State Legislative Commission on the Status of School Libraries in Massachusetts, 2014-2018. She worked with Dr. Carol Gordon, Dr. Robin Cicchetti (shown here) and representatives from educational and library organizations and agencies to evaluate equitable access to school library programs in Massachusetts. The Commission's final report: The Massachusetts School Library Study: Equity and Access for Students in the Commonwealth is available through the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
Plympton Libary 2016-17 wrap-up
Plympton Libary 2016-17 wrap-up
Articles:
Articles:
Ms. Paradis and Colleagues present!
Ms. Paradis and Colleagues present!
Outreach to ELL Families: presented at the Massachusetts Teachers' Association ELL Summit, February 2018 with Melissa Hagan-Alves
Outreach to ELL Families: presented at the Massachusetts Teachers' Association ELL Summit, February 2018 with Melissa Hagan-Alves
Making Sense of Simple Machines presented at the MassCUE/MSLA Better Together Summer 2015 with Peggy Keohane and Roni Sue Bower
Making Sense of Simple Machines presented at the MassCUE/MSLA Better Together Summer 2015 with Peggy Keohane and Roni Sue Bower
Digital Learning Day at WGBH with PBS Learning Media's Carolyn Jacobs, January 2016
Digital Learning Day at WGBH with PBS Learning Media's Carolyn Jacobs, January 2016