A Day in the Life of
a School Librarian

A Day in the Life of
a School Librarian

So ……

So ……
What do you think I
do all day?!

Days of the old
schoolyard ……..

Days of the old
schoolyard ……..
What memories do you
have of your school
librarian?

Structure of a School Day
No two days are the same but a typical day is:
08.55 – 09.50 Period 1
09.50 – 10.00 Roll Call
10.00 – 11.00 Period 2
11.00 – 11.30 Interval
11.30 – 12.30 Period 3
12.30 – 13.30 Period 4
13.30 – 14.10 Lunch
14.10 – 15.20 Period 5 (includes SSR)

8.00 – 9.00am

Getting set for the day ………
Check emails and booking sheet
Open Twitter, Diigo, Bitly &
Livebinders
Respond to correspondence
Take bookings
Open library
Attend staff briefing

9.00 – 10.00am

 Year 9 class booked for 1 st
orientation visit with their
English teacher
 Tour
 Dewey Game
 Important bits about the library
 Story

10.00 – 11.00am

Book selection from
consignment delivery
 Appraise non fiction books for
curriculum content

 Meeting with teacher about
new Year 13 English
standard
 Discussion around task and selection
of suitable texts

11.00 – 12.00pm

Morning tea
 Discussion with teacher about lesson
– Encyclopaedia Quiz

 Year 10 class booked into
classroom
 session on ways to use Google vs.
Sweetsearch

12.00 – 1.00pm

Lesson Planning:
 Put together a Livebinder for classes
starting a unit on Earthquakes through
Y11 Science

Select books to show Book Club
at lunchtime
Decide on which ones I will
review
Choose a section from a book to
read aloud

1.00 – 2.00pm

Quick lunch at my desk and then
………
Book club in the library
classroom

2.00 – 3.00pm

SSR
Year 9 Orientation lesson #2 in
the library classroom
 Library Catalogue session
 Two activities – Dewey Story & Library
Map

3.00 – 4.00pm

Study Centre
Lesson Planning:
with Kaiawhina for Y11-13
Maori research assignment

My Research Plan
What will I do first?
What will I do next?
What am I confident about doing for my research?
Finding good information
Forming good research questions
Taking notes
Something else ….. ____________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
What do I need help with for my research?
Finding good information
Forming good research questions
Taking notes
Something else ….. ____________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
How will I present my information about my person?

4.00 – 5.00pm

Professional Reading
Planning for the next day
 Checking bookings
 Preparing for classes
 Collecting together resources
 Shelf check and tidy

The intersection between
school and public libraries

The intersection between
school and public libraries
…………….
How can we work
together?

 Linking to each other in the
minds of our users

 Linking to each other in the
minds of our users
 Meeting together, talking to
each other

 Linking to each other in the
minds of our users
 Meeting together, talking to
each other
 Shared understanding of
what we all do

 Linking to each other in the
minds of our users
 Meeting together, talking to
each other
 Shared understanding of
what we all do
 Linking to the curriculum

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