7:30 Arrived at Tremper High School in Kenosha. Met Ruth Stamm the Library Media Teacher and Deb the assistant plus another practicum student, Eursola. We went on a tour of the library which for a school of 2500 students is rather small. There are 2 computer labs housing 35 computers each on both ends of the library. Surrounding the labs are the books shelves, so the potential for large numbers of students to be right in the computer lab during a class is very great. The center of the library is the circulation desk, copy center, COWS and circ. computers.
7:50 Ruth gave us a copy of the center's brochure which highlights the hours, contact information procedures, lending policies, resource information, staff, student behavior, and a host of other information. It is 2 sided single spaced printed on both sides. It contains a lot of useful information.
8:10 Ruth asked us about our practicum expectations and we went over the checklists. She explained that student aides do the circulation and shelving of the books. I already know the circulation system so I showed it to Eursola.
8:30 A class came in and I assisted some students with their computer logins. Introduced myself to the class. Assisted students with the copy machine, stapler, and fax machine.
8:50 Began going through the newly processed books to determine which booklist they belong on. Tremper keeps very thorough booklists of just about every book in the collection to help students find what they are looking for. Since much of the collection is tied to the major curriculum units the books are divided into one of the 60 categories from the subject list. If it doesn't fit into one of the categories, it can be categorized for its lexile alone.
9:10 The lexiles are checked on the online catalog. This was a great fun for me. I got to sit and read the book jackets and browse through the books. I wanted to take at least half of them home to read!
9:30 Assist students with letter writing and accessing software. Met Check the Instructional Technology Teacher and toured the office he shares with 3 other technology educational assistants.
10:00-12:00 Continued working on the book lists and showing Eursola how to use Destiny the online catalog.
12:00-12:30 Took a tour of the huge high school building. Met the office staff and some of the teachers.
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