What is an idea/lesson you want to try this year?

What challenge do you think you will face this year?

What is a goal you have for the next year?

Share an accomplishment from last year that you are proud of -

What are your ideas on how to continue to strengthen the high school to college connection?

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introducing different genres, giving students ideas for reading material they may not be interestedin or know about.

Administrative support, an on going challenge

To promote library resources, one page tutorials

I feel I have built a super Graphic Novel collection to support a senior elective course “graphic novels as Literature”

Collaborating more with colleges to seek what is most values in a graduating student, what those students need to bring to college in terms of library skills.

integrate with freshman curriculum in Eng, history and science

finding the time to do everything I want to do

connect with more teachers

partnership with 2 English teachers & "low-level" freshman - our "no fail" research project

I think we need to have our teachers model the importance of using the library

comparing resources--splitting the class up into a couple of groups to tackle one topic. Google, EBSCO, Gale--see which is quicker and more effective. Not sure how to make this work though.

I can't remember last year. Too crazy.

No idea... But am looking forward to hearing ideas.

More Breakouts: Poetry, Citations, Orientation (I think). I am also leading the year off with Reading Interests survey with my 7th & 8th grade students and will do it midyear then at the end to see if we improved it this school year. I will also be doing a Battle of the Books with the Isinglss Nominees.

Time: I do not have someone to help with the Library Clerk role who can manage it while I am out. But I WANT to continue to collaborate with my teachers, so that is a priority.

To attend a department meeting with each department this upcoming year.

Circulation went up by over 2,000 books and I also had a 3,500 more students using the library and I also over tripled the amount of collaboration I did last year--including branching into additional curriculum areas.

Honestly, recognizing that some students need to be told that the trade career route is the best fit for them--and to tell them there is nothing wrong with this. This is something I am trying to focus on and to have books and materials that serve their career goals as well.

heatherraab78@gmail.com

I want to structure my time at work better and dedicate “office time” to collection development and lesson planning rather than doing all of it at home.

Having my assistant only part time will continue to hold me back from achieving as much as I’d like.

I want to attend more department meetings in order to learn more about the curriculum and find more opportunities for collaboration.

I’m proud that I created monthly newsletters and kept up with social media which led to 2 newspaper articles

Somehow work with UNH librarians, reach out to our college counselor and brainstorm/collaborate, try working with a sampling of teachers on specific college-level research projects. Design a unit together with goals and objectives that target college research

Individuals in the Holocaust- making to connection to one person not 6 million

Teaching a class I have not taught in 9 years. I want to be able to make it relevant for the studnets.

To allow my studnets more opportunities to research and learn from this research

Age of Exploration Break Out

heatherraab78@gmail.com

I already have a monthly newsletter, but I want to include a section that features one or two books per month that compliment the curriculum. "Want to learn more about X? Try this book...."

Finding the time to collaborate without a full-time assistant

Attending more department meetings, but also trying to find a work-life balance and the meetings are all before/after school.. How to do it all?

I was able to get a large budget increase by using strong research to back up my request. I was also featured in the paper twice after sharing my monthly newsletter on FB.

Portsmouth is so close to UNH and Great Bay Community College. I want to find a way to work with the librarians there.

heatherraab78@gmail.com

Another idea: I want to offer more PD!! (Online mostly or on PD days)

Something using digital curation/ book creator for interactive lab reports

Reduced staffing (less than ever historically for our library)

At least two community reads events and one author visit

Lots of teacher collaboration, co-teaching and classroom integration in terms of information literacy

Refining database usage, supporting scaffolded independent inquiry

Digital Citizenship curriculum roll out

Finish my masters program

Improved blended learning/1:1 Chromebook process

Continue meetings between colleges and high school librarians, ask college librarians to visit high schools

Book Speed Dating for book choice in a class