Thursday, March 27, 2008

Posting a Zoho doc to a blog - save our jobs

What will our students and teachers miss without a full time TL at each school:

a.    No AR
b.    No Independent use - that includes students having somewhere to take make-up tests, work on projects independantly, etc.
c.    No Small groups
d.    No professional to oversee textbook distribution
e.    No Orientations
f.    Very limited instruction (2 – 3 times per month, no option for on-demand, collaborative, research skills, or curriculum-driven instruction)
g.    No one to maintain a curricular driven print and electronic collection customized to the specific needs of each school
h.    include increasing clerk time
i.    no one to run Alexandria effectively – an $85,000 investment  – with a global vision
j.    it has been tried and didn’t work at Calabasas
k.    Value of collection –with inadequate professional staff to safe guard
2.    Legality
i.    Because of need to have students supervised by credentialed staff, there will be no individual student or small group student visits to the library, only whole class accompanied by teachers
3.    End with Krashen quote