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Miss Bettys current practice, snapshots
Miss Betty works as a school librarian in a multilingual and multicultural environment. She highlights bringing stories to life through storytelling and activities. Miss Betty collaborates with teachers on projects like a water dance performance. She advocates for the library through promotions. Miss Betty teaches students note taking, alphabetical order, and language patterns. She has authors visit and teaches genre studies. Miss Betty works hard to serve the students through the library.
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- 1. Miss Betty’s CurrentPractice Working with children in a multilingual, multicultural library environment – a few highlights!
- 2. Literature Extensions: BringingStories to Life
- 3. The Physical Environment,Our Story Telling Chair:
- 4. Reading Makes YouFeel Good!
- 5. Collaboration: Water Dance,by Thomas Locker
- 6. Students’ Experiences: KidsLove To Help!
- 7. Library Advocacy: ShamelessSelf Promotion!
- 8. Getting Ready forBook Week!
- 9. Summer Reading, AProud Participant!
- 10. Back to Basics:A Space To Work . . . .
- 11. Student Interns, TheLibrary and Career Education
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- 13. Creative Thinking :Crafts and Activities (Recycling Old Books)
- 14. The Greater SchoolCommunity: Autograph Parties and Book Fairs
- 15. The Greater SchoolCommunity: The Library Loves Babies!!
- 16. The Librarian: AnInformation Organization Professional
- 17. “Thanks and PleaseVisit Again Soon” Thank you for taking a glance at this Power Point, a brief introduction to me and some of the ways I practice school librarianship. You will undoubtedly have many strong candidates with outstanding application packages. However, you will not find another librarian as enthusiastic or as passionate about serving children through library services. This week I am teaching note taking strategies to fourth graders, reviewing alphabetical order through games with third graders, and looking for language patterns in stories with second graders. My fifth grade students have enjoyed two local, self-published authors presenting on their creative process, and my first graders have looked at transportation of the future using work from Chris van Dusen. Later in the year I will teach a series of genre fiction lessons as well as MLA Starter citations and bibliographies. I work hard for my kids every day, and I will work hard for all the children I am privileged to serve in the future. I wish you all the best in your search process and hope to hear from you soon regarding the next step in my application. Sincerely, Betty (aka “Miss Betty,” dressed here as Introduction to Modern Art By Rosie Dickins.)
Editor's Notes
- #2 Welcome to the library! I am Miss Betty, the Lower School Librarian at The International School of Stuttgart in Stuttgart, Germany. Take a peek inside and discover a few of the exciting things I do to make the library an extra special and extra wonderful place for everyone in our community.
- #3 When working with children, I try to find ways to bring the stories to life. Here, students are telling one another’s fortune using an old scarf and a small glass ball. The beginning of the school year is a perfect time for Lloyd Alexander’s The Fortune Tellers. The kids write down when they think will happen to them over the coming year. At the end of the year we bring out their predictions and see how accurate they were. This is one example of an activity that is great fun, incorporates terrific literature, and costs next to nothing.
- #4 The importance of the physical environment of a library cannot be overstated. I try to make the library a beautiful space full of full of light, color, and children’s art work. Here, you see my newest addition, a fairytale inspired storytelling chair. The “throne” is so popular that the library now figures prominently in the tour for prospective families! This little boy is happily lost in his book – exactly my goal!
- #5 Physical Environment continued: Inspired by the work of Todd Parr in Reading Makes You Feel Good, my Grade 1 and 2 EAL students created wonderful art for the library this year. The originals are just slightly smaller than a Grade 1 child, and this shockingly colorful collection warmly welcomes every visitor.
- #6 This student art work as an example of curriculum support and cross-curricular collaboration. In the spring I often use Water Dance by Thomas Locker as a text to support a unit of study on natural resources. The art teacher decided to create an activity based on my choice of text. Each student created a piece which illustrated one step in the water cycle and one section of the text. The display was beautiful!
- #7 The best way to get kids involved at the library is to encourage them help. Here, Early Years boys and girls are helping with book returns. Little ones can also sharpen pencils, put away “E for Everybody” books, wash tables, create displays, ring the bell, tidy book boxes, etc. There is plenty of work for all of the helping hands in the school library.
- #8 I advocate on behalf of the library in as many ways as I can using as many media forms as I can. Here you see girls who were part of a promotion called, “If you can read, you can . . . (fill in the blank).” I used pictures of kids doing all kinds of things they would not otherwise be able to do if they were not readers. These girls are showing their knitting instructions as well as their knitting projects.
- #9 Each year we invite a visiting author or illustrator to conduct workshops and share their expertise with the children. Last year we hosted Sarah McMenemy, the creator of the popular 3-D City Skyline books. Here, you can see one boy exploring Paris in preparation for Ms. McMenemy’s visit. Book Week happens only once a year, but we try to make it a special and memorable event for all the children.
- #10 We offer a great summer reading program every year designed especially for multilingual kids! Here is one proud participant showing off his completed reading card. I try very hard to encourage kids to read in many different environments and to experiment with different kinds of texts. Summer Reading is one of the programs in that larger effort.
- #11 As exciting as it is to talk about visiting authors and special art projects, sometimes kids just need a place to get their work done. I try to make sure that the library is a comfortable place for reading, thinking, writing, and studying. Here, two students are working on their Health Fair presentations.
- #12 Many young people are looking for opportunities for community service or internships. I do my best to accommodate anyone who is interested in learning more about the library. Here you can see one of my high-school interns assisting with circulation. I am particularly proud of this intern because she ultimately chose to go on and study library science at university.
- #13 I try to create displays outside the library to entice parents to stop by with their children. This was a display in the school lobby for Meet-the-Teachers Evening. Our bookworm featured prominently, as did some of our easy readers and picture books.
- #14 One way to create enthusiasm for and interest in books is to use old books in craft projects. Here’s a little diorama I made with an old book, some hot glue, acorns, sand, shells, crayons, and a bit of batting. Projects like these cost very little and are a wonderful way to help kids create their own library keepsake.
- #15 Each year I organize book clubs, a book fair, as well as Book Week which was mentioned earlier. Special events keep us hopping, but they are part of the library’s role in our community and a lot of fun as well .
- #16 It is very exciting when an infant makes his or her fist visit to the library. Whenever possible, I try to capture the special day with a photo which I send to the parents. It has been my honor to be part of at least a dozen babies’ first visit to a library! This is just one way that I try very hard to make the library a part of the greater school community.
- #17 Don’t ever let your patrons see behind the circulation desk!! My words to the children are simply, “This is Miss Betty’s working space.” At any given moment I am juggling multiple projects, classes, and events. There is order in the madness, but, to be honest, sometimes it does look like this!
- #18 This is what I say to kids, teachers, and parents as they leave the library. It is important that everyone have a great experience and want to come back again.