Make Your Library Shine

Ramona Abernathy, Lori Bush, Ellen Clements, and

Jil’Lana Heard

Collaboration There are 6 media

specialists in our district 4,000 students Use Renaissance Place

in grades 2-12 We wanted consistency

throughout the district Share resources and

ideas Meet frameworks Grants

Monthly Meetings Meet once a month to plan

displays, themes, genre information

Christmas Party – book exchange

Troubleshoot district-wide, literacy related issues

Discuss Frameworks – Ellen’s story

Vendor presentations Discuss professional journals Discuss professional

development opportunities

Shared Themes Hollywood Hot

Reads at the upper level

Get Caught Reading focused on taking pictures of students and faculty reading at lower levels

“Paws and Read”

Monthly Genres October – Mysteries November – Historical

fiction December – Illustrators January – Adventures February – Black

History, Coretta Scott King Award Winners

March – Folk Tales, Fairy Tales, Tall Tales, Music in Our Schools Month

April – Poetry/Sports

Shared Resources Guest speakers Library Materials –

inter-library loan Professional

materials Decorations Ideas Young Adult Author

Series

Programs Library Lion Read Across America –

guest readers Teen Read Week –

Books With Bite School wide read Author visits Music in our Schools

Month Simon and Diamond Teen Tech Week

Frameworks

Using templates Marking/highlighting

frameworks that are being taught

Reflect on weaknesses and missing links

Use that information for next years’ instruction

Summer Reading Libraries open on

different days Students allowed

to AR test Programs for

younger students Available for 4-12 Incentives