Work week - day 4

• weeded old college application and SAT drill books.
• helped staff cover book cases with plastic sheets
• cleaned up library laptops
• sending update information notes to database companies
• cleaned out desk
• cleaned out email and backed up to disk

Work week - day 3

• created posters and matching bookmarks for reading initiative. After a week of trying to do it with Photoshop, I discovered that Pages has a masking feature, so used that instead. Poster was done in 2 hours and is stunning! Bookmarks were ready in less than that. Now to wait until August to see them in print. That’s the bad part.
• finished state-of-the-library presentation with statistics that were emailed in because they are not available online.
• went home early. I worked so hard on the posters and bookmarks I didn’t eat my yummy Indian leftovers lunch until 2 o’clock and then couldn’t keep my eyes open.

Work week - day 2

• collected statistics on our subscribed databases
• updated state-of-the-library presentation with databases subscription in preparation for next school year’s orientation
• emailed database that does not offer their statistics online. Waiting for answer.

Work week

• Placed Follett order for the year - 2010JUN15
• Library clerk archives magazines, leaving last 6 weeks/months on shelves
• worked out shelving needs for new library
• continued to struggle with Photoshop as I create the Panda posters for next year
• was resource for librarian who worked on statistics ppt for next year

Last day of school - Friday:

• chasing students for last books
• facing wrathful parents because those students didn’t return the books
• signing out teachers
• farewell assembly
• end of year party - drank way too much

D-day minus 7

• met with TA’s re leveled reader inventory
• proofread reports and debriefed
• printed out library notices for g2
• worked in resource room and emailed teachers re end-of-year procedures. (Basically, no dumping of junk!)

Noticed I’d missed one student in the Scholastic refunds “Sold” a dad on the Birthday Book Club program Chased down a fifth grader to make sure she cited two websites we found together (i.e., I found them for her as she looked on) two sessions with second graders on Caldecott Award winning books - possible Caldecott Challenge for entire school: read all the Caldecott winners in 1 month faculty meeting on math program collaboration meeting with grade 4 on How we organize ourselves unit collaboration meeting with grade 1 on How the world works - simple machines

Promoted piñata relentlessly at student entrance and at the morning assembly Emailed Scholastic for a replacement book Led 2 kindergarten sessions Answered parent query about an overdue book and contacted a patron to return a book that another patron requested Finished labeling reader’s theater leveled reader sets. Waiting on laminated dividers. Opened Planbook to type in next week’s sessions but only got to g5 and remembered we hadn’t located their books, but then again, they’re not asking for any of them. Noticed that Tumblr will accept Mail’s formatting so don’t have to learn html after all

Today was Thursday, my early childhood day. Worked on piñata before my first class and all afternoon until dismissal. Plugged the piñata at every single class I had today: preK, nursery, grade 1. Read aloud books with piñatas in them. Leveled books for reading resource room. Inventory on server in language arts folder. Responded to emails from the Scholastic rep about the January order and confirmed refunds. Checked into to grade 4 about their next unit. Will be on How we organize ourselves theme, so one of the teachers suggested ……………. oh heck, I can’t remember and I’d better because she’s expecting me to bring stuff to share. Anticipating teachers’ needs will help me strengthen my street cred with them, but if I can’t remember what she just said, I’m doomed!!! Danish parent told me that in Denmark, they have wooden piñatas. They are actually barrels with a black cat painted on them, because in the olden times they actually put a live cat inside. Good grief!