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Rolling Five Year Plan

Barbara Wall
Krieger Elementary School, Poughkeepsie, NY

Year One       

• Insure that the collection meets the cultural and demographic needs of student population. Build collection to meet curricular needs. Learn teachers and staff names. Create non-scheduled activities with at least 3 teachers Learn Follett system
• Create student volunteer corps
• Build responsible activities for T. A.
• Begin to change attitudes toward the library
• Add to magazine subscriptions for both students and staff
• Begin curriculum map of "taught" curriculum Meet with grade level teachers and discover their needs. Survey teachers re library program
• Survey students re library program Have at least two new book functions for staff/teachers Have student and library generated bookmarks for open house
• Be prepared for activities for half days for parents
• Reorganize library
• Weed
• Create separate spaces for different functions
• Beautify
• Create space for T. A.
• Create space for my collections
• Build a teacher share shelf and notify teachers of space to bring and share books - honor system borrow and return
• Invite teachers in - use food, coffee, etc. Go to PTA meetings and ask for parent volunteers
• Decorate
• Contribute at staff meetings - booktalk, websites, etc. to share for communal betterment
• Distribute magazines information to all each month

Year Two       

• Continue collection building to meet demographics
  
• Continue curriculum building of collection
• Learn students names
• Create non-scheduled activities with another 3 teachers
• Build student volunteer corps into a want to be in club --end of year rewards???---in between rewards?????             
• Work with T.A. to create more exciting programming
• Add to curriculum map
• Re-survey teachers and students re library program
• Continue weeding
• Work on district wide collection development policy and include challenges policy - with other libs in district
• Work on district wide across grade level library outcomes - apply for summer grant to do this
• Expand teacher share shelf
• Continue new books "parties: for teachers and staff
• Invite teachers in
• Pack for move
• Build parent volunteers/student volunteers
• Teaching assistant - build program

Year Three     

• T. A.
• Volunteers
• Curriculum map
• Move into new library
• Organize space
• Collection development
• Media collection and digital media
• LCD projector

Year Four      

• fully integrated library into curriculum program - pushing into classrooms use media to enhance curriculum in school
  T. A.

Year Five      

• Make library center of school
• Have librarian and T. S. teaching and co-teaching
• Pushing into all classrooms