Library+Positions

Budget cuts have sparked discussion about our position as library/media coordinators. What can we do to keep our position safe from cuts? What effects will one-to-one computing have on our profession? 1. Provide documentation of effective collaboration, being flexible and willing to try new ideas. One-to-one computing will increase our administrative duties in relation to charging, upkeep, etc. but will also provide new opportunities to collaborate and create a learning commons in our MC. 2.Due to one-to-one computing, media coordinators will be more of a tech facilitator. Our position will cover more of managing the technology in the room. Full time media assistants will be vital to handle admin duties and responsibilities to free up the media coordinator's time to work with the teachers and technology. Principal needs to be aware of what we do by showing stats or keeping records in our plan books. Teachers need to advocate for us, also.

Each classroom will be like a lab. As students come into classrooms they will be give a computer to use. This will most likely cause a decrease in media center use. Tech facilitators will be needed more. It's important for media coordinators to be on the cutting edge...know what's going on. Stay one step ahead.

3.To keep our position safe we need to stay involved with the curriculum outside of the media center. This means collaborating with teachers and impacting instruction. Providing data on our effectiveness and being an active advocate for our program. We need to be knowledgeable of everyone's curriculum so we can find opportunities to naturally integrate the ITES.

One-to-one: We think our profession will be still be very much needed in a one-to-one environment. Students still need to be taught effective and ethical research skills. Staff will need professional development in using the technology effectively in their classrooms. We also need to be proactive in promoting our print resources, as they will still be relevant.

To stay safe: With common core coming - we need to promote ourselves as a resource for instruction and the support that we can provide classroom teachers. One-to-one: We are afraid that with one-to-one we will become tech facilitators. If we wanted to be tech facilitators we would have gotten that license in the first place. One-to-one available in the classrooms will actually DECREASE the number of students in your library, making it more difficult for you to impact students. (If they're not there, how can you help them?) There are definite pros and cons to one-to-one.

4.collect data, establish yourself as a teaching partner now, stay on top of tech developments!

I think we will be doing more team teaching, and we be more of a technology facilitator. I think there will be a greater need for a media assistant.