What is your position in school for 21-22?
15 responses
School Library Media Specialist 80%
Library TA or Aide 13.3%
Other 6.7%
How would you rate the SLS in its support of your requests to manage item records for the central union catalog.
Satisfied 86.7%
Neutral 13.3%
Dissatisfied
Special Client Groups
For which resources do you feel more training is needed to help you meet the needs of your student populations? Check all that apply.
Awesome Stories 5 (33.5%)
Education Professional Collection 7 (46.7%)
Learn 360 4 (26.7%)
MackinVia Audiobooks 5 (33.5%)
Noodle Tools 4 (26.7%)
SWANK movie streaming 6 (40%)
Teaching Books 3 (20%)
Alexandria: 2 (13.3%)
Professional Development and Training
SLS provides professional development that enhances the knowledge and skills necessary to be leaders while at the same time help increase library collaboration and promote student achievement. *
Agree 100%
Neutral
Disagree
SLS provided virtual PD sessions throughout 20-21. Check those below that you attended or watched the video after the event. *
Reopening libraries planning 8 (53.3%)
Planning for the Unknown 4 (26.7%)
Library Girl Fact vs. Fiction 6 (40%)
Diverse and Standout Elementary Books 3 (20%)
Diversity, Equity, INclusion Resources for YA books 6 (40%)
Hot off the Presses: Best New Books for YA 7 (46.7%)
Ed Law 2D 10 (66.7%)
Copyright for Educators with Stephanie Cole Adams 4 (26.7%)
Tech Tools for any Environment 2 (13.3%)
Engaging Aesynchronous Learning 6 (40%)
Social Emotional Learning for Librarians 4 (26.7%)
Teaching Through Distractions 0
Re-Imagined ESIFC 5 (33.3%)
Virtual Vendor Fair 4 (26.7%)
Shawn David Hutchinson 2 (13.3%)
Mr. Shue 3 (20%)
Jerry Craft 2 (13.3%)
Did not attend any of the above sessions 0
Of the sessions you attended above how would you rate their helpfulness: *
Very Helpful 93.3%
Somewhat Helpful 1 (6.7%)
Not Very Helpful
Did not Participate
SLS is able to meet your library’s needs through individual consultation and referral.
Agree 15 (100%)
Neutral
Disagree
How would you rate the importance of the coordinated services offered by SLS – regional online resources, professional journal database, audiobook collection, library automation
Important 15 (100%)
Neither important or unimportant
Unimportant
How satisfied are you with the support you receive for issues regarding the new circulation system?
Satisfied 73.3%
Neutral 26.7%
Dissatisfied
The SLS has offered training on Alexandria. Have you attended or viewed the training recordings? *
Yes 15 (100%)
No
The SLS offered Alexandria user groups once a month. Have you attended any of the sessions? *
Yes 80%
No 20%
Awareness and Advocacy
Do you participate in advocacy for library programs at a local, state or national level? *
Yes 73.3%
No 26.7%
What evidence do you collect to demonstrate the usefulness of your school library to the administration? Select all that apply. *
number of classes taught 6 (40%)
number of walk-in 4 (26.7%)
grades or progress report 3 (20%)
circulation statistics 7 (46.7%)
end of year report 5 (33.3%)
direct observation 8 (53.3%)
student artifacts/portfolios 4 (26.7%)
other 4 (26.7%)
I do not currently collect any evidence 2 (13.3%)
Communication among Members
How satisfied are you with the dissemination of information from your Communication Coordinator to you? *
Satisfied 80%
Neutral 20%
Dissatisfied
How satisfied are you with how the SLS disseminates information from the State Education Department to you? *
Satisfied 86.7%
Neutral 13.3%
Dissatisfied
Collaborative Efforts with Other Library Systems
Did you attend any collaborative professional development this past year? (CDLC, Regional, Greater Collaborative with 8 BOCES) *
Yes 80%
No 20%
Name one thing that you have done during the 20-21 school year that you are most proud of professionally. Please keep identifying names out of your response. *
- Pulling together our SLMS to be more of a “Department” and work together
- Using Classcraft game-based learning tool with Google tools in the library classes has been a great blend of self-paced and whole group learning, synchronous and asynchronous.
- Library organization
- organizing and helping with the hybrid learning
- utilizing google classroom more to communicate with students
- Finding a way to provide digital books to my students, because most could not physically come to the library to check out books.
- Flexibly supported technology and material needs despite Covid restrictions.
- Our school PARP (Parents as Reading Partners) program.
- (survived) Making some connections with teachers to collaborate now or future despite all of us being overwhelmed and having very little time to do this.
- Designing a safe system for circulation that adheres to health and safety guidelines
- I was able to keep the library program going during all the restrictions.
- I arranged for all students grade 6-8 to receive classes in the library on a rotating schedule.
- I have learned the new Alexandria system.
- interviewed well
- Receiving a district proclamation for my work with Read Across America
In what ways has your program been positively impacted by the changes brought on by COVID? Please keep identifying names out of your answer. *
- I don’t think it has!
- COVID pushed us to use our whole array of technology skills and tools as well as resources.
- Collecting e-resources has been a goal and this time made me figure out new strategies.
- Made me realize it’s time to retire
- can’t think of any positives
- Students have been made more aware of the digital services that the library offers and are actually using them.
- Faculty are taking databases and reading more seriously. My administrators know that I am really willing to go the distance to help and can anticipate and march off the map to accomplish something that we have never done before.
- Students and teachers found new online resources and new ways of interacting and connecting with each other, and the online materials.
- Having many technology based lessons to use for the future. Being able to manage many types of technology / issues and being more flexible than I ever thought possible.
- Has shown how eager students are for books
- I think students have taken out books they normally wouldn’t because I brought a limited number to them.
- I have gotten to know the students our collection better. The students would email me requests and I would deliver the resources to their rooms.
- We were able to realize how flexible we are and how we could revamp our way of doing things so we could still get books in the hands of our students.
- easier working with students in their classroom than in the library supervision wise
- Students have regularly received books from the Media Center.
In what ways has your program been negatively impacted by the changes brought on by COVID? Please keep identifying names out of your answer. *
- Space taken away, staff taken away, staff not used to their full abilities. Sounds like it might be the same next year for some of our buildings
- COVID made it difficult to keep the pacing smooth and the content had to be pared down to a minimum of critical skills. This meant depriving the students of some of the enriching context and additional connections that would otherwise have been available.
- Less ability to have students come down to the Library due to construction and covid requirements.
- Everything I do is undone.
- fewer students using resources and teachers not doing research so less collaboration
- The library has not been the hub of activity, no makerspace programs, students being able to check out many physical books, teachers scheduling the library for their class projects or research assignments. The library is too quiet.
- More difficult to access students that have used covid as an excuse to disappear from school altogether.
- Staff, students and admin are all exhausted from the past year. Our emotional wellness has been difficult to manage, and this has led to lower focus and motivation, which are normal, yet expectations for things to be business as usual has put pressure on everyone in school.
- Limited hands on / group work. Limited opportunities for collaboration and working with teachers due to lack of time in my full schedule. Limited time to order new books. (You can see the repetition – LIMITED).
- reduced staffing of TAs, scheduling issues
- I miss my classroom! I had to share my room all year with 6th grade. I’ve have more respect for itinerant teachers now.
- Students were more limited in the time they could spend in the library.
- We have had less interactions this year with a larger group of students.
- no classes can be in the library; kids are limited in books they select
- Split time between buildings
What is the most important thing for school leaders to know about your library program? *
- It’s small but mighty – an important resource for kids who are already strong readers and kids who are working to become stronger readers, as well as for staff who enjoy finding and using its resources.
- It is important for school leader to know that our program supports all other school programs.
- I want to integrate Makerspaces. My position is now split, I don’t have an aide with regular consistence that has negatively impacted the program. Scheduling for a split building diminishes the time Media Specialists can work with students and faculty.
- We can march off the map and support learning under the most challenging circumstances.
that we do so much work behind the scenes: collaborating, helping students and teachers, and setting up databases, running the library; many think it’s just teaching and kids taking out books; they don’t see that we need library staff or to be full time - We are inspiring readers!
- The most important thing school leaders should know about my school library program is that it is multifaceted, multidimensional, and that we need the balance of both reading for pleasure and technology integration to make well-rounded learning pathways for our students. Neither reading+research/tech focus should prevent the growth of the other.
- That it is valuable and worthwhile
- I make an impact on students.
- Not only do we provide reading materials to students, support to teachers, but we do most of the Chromebook repairs and trouble shooting for over 600 students on a daily basis.
- They know I order the databases and license and that I know about the EdLaw. They’re starting to worry about all the things they don’t know
- We are vital to our students’ academic and personal achievements, and providing resources to support the program is paramount to this
- The school leaders should know that this library will find ways to be relevant to its students; we will provide them with books, we will provide them with instruction, we will provide them with material, we will provide them with fun and most importantly we will always be there for our students no matter what the world throws at us.
- It attempts to serve all teachers and students in the school in order to provide access to books, materials, and a collaborative partner in order to provide a positive and useful library experience.
- that we supply valuable resources to all students whether in person or remote
Do you have any additional information you’d like to share that was not covered in this survey? Please keep identifying names out of your response. *
- No
- Not at this time.
- I want to thank the SLS for supporting us. It is nice to know that whenever we reach out we will get the help we need.
- The SLS is always helpful and supportive. It is my go-to for questions.
- I am hearing feedback that indicates that we may need some onsite training to support
- Alexandria in the future–that is why neutral was selected for 2 of the responses. We have some libraries that are not actually run by trained media specialists. I do appreciate everything that you are trying to do for us and know that it is not easy.
- The Alexandria Circ system is not my favorite; I prefer Opals. Alexandria frequently doesn’t recognize barcodes and changes titles; it is not a very efficient system; I hope we can change to Opals.
- I have a lot of nonfiction that was weeded and will need to be disposed of safely according to district standards and I am a little concerned that the book budget shift to fiction will make those shelves look very empty when the deselected materials are physically gone for good. I want the impresion to be that we care about having books (because we do) but I also do not want to pay to replace the amount of shelf space that might be better allocated to Maker or
- Robotics materials in the future. Also, it sounds like there might be a library revamp in a year or two into a learning commons or something like that. Please keep this in mind and have resources for when I will eventually reach out when I have more details.
- none
- Thanks to Kristi, Kim, and Tariyka for all their help this year.
- Not at this time
- I forgot all of the PD I attended and may have missed some because of not identifying the “title” or name. I tried to look it up in MLP but couldn’t identify some that way. I attended a lot but not all. Also, in the list of things I’d like to know more about (that SLS provides) – I would really like a refresher on most of it. Many things we don’t use regularly, we “lose” the ability to use or promote to others.
- not at this time
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