Library Practicum Experience
Please read through the following
information before starting the
practicum experience. Your practicum experience will involve working in
a school library media center for 200 hours. Half of the time will be
at the elementary level, half at the secondary level. If your
experience is occurring in your home district, you will be expected to
complete one week of the experience per 100 hours at another library
(one week at the secondary level, one week at the elementary level).
The purpose of this is to become aware of how other libraries operate.
Electronic Portfolio -- Make your own using a blog or wiki
Supervising Library Media Specialist performance evaluation -- Supervising LMS will be sent a link to the electronic evaluation.
Ideas for achieving your 200 hours -- How can I possibly get 200 hours??????
In addition to the time you spend working with your cooperating teacher here are some
SUGGESTED activities…
• Collaborate with a teacher developing and implementing a unit that integrates
library/media resources.
• Assist your principal or some other administrator with a project.
• Volunteer in your school’s LMC before or after school or during your prep time.
• Offer to do a story time in your LMC.
• Interview your administrator about his/her expectations for an excellent library
media program.
• Create a questionnaire to survey teachers or administrators on their expectations
for an excellent library media program.
• Attend a school board meeting.
• Meet with a public librarian, and talk about how they serve children/young adults.
• Meet with a public librarian and discuss school/library collaboration.
• Meet with a Library System Director and discuss library services on a broader
scale.
• Meet with your District Library Media Director and discuss the direction of
library services in the district.
• Meet with your district Technology Coordinator and discuss the direction of
technology services for the district.
• Serve on a district committee working on the state required district 3 year
Information and Technology plan.
• Visit other school libraries in your district or in surrounding districts.
• Count the time we spend in the Library Media Centers of your classmates.
Ideas for achieving your 200 hours -- How can I possibly get 200 hours??????
In addition to the time you spend working with your cooperating teacher here are some
SUGGESTED activities…
• Collaborate with a teacher developing and implementing a unit that integrates
library/media resources.
• Assist your principal or some other administrator with a project.
• Volunteer in your school’s LMC before or after school or during your prep time.
• Offer to do a story time in your LMC.
• Interview your administrator about his/her expectations for an excellent library
media program.
• Create a questionnaire to survey teachers or administrators on their expectations
for an excellent library media program.
• Attend a school board meeting.
• Meet with a public librarian, and talk about how they serve children/young adults.
• Meet with a public librarian and discuss school/library collaboration.
• Meet with a Library System Director and discuss library services on a broader
scale.
• Meet with your District Library Media Director and discuss the direction of
library services in the district.
• Meet with your district Technology Coordinator and discuss the direction of
technology services for the district.
• Serve on a district committee working on the state required district 3 year
Information and Technology plan.
• Visit other school libraries in your district or in surrounding districts.
• Count the time we spend in the Library Media Centers of your classmates.
