Back to School

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Getting the Media Center Ready
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Prioritize

• Meet new staff greet friends
• Is there anything important in my mail or email?
• Is the circulation system ready for staff to
  checkout?
• What do teachers needto teach the first day /
  week?

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Prioritize

• Is the Media Center ready for Open House? (1st
  Day?)
• Is the Media Center ready to check out books to
  students?
• What else needs attention?

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Meet new staff greet friends

• Introduce yourself to new staff
• Let all staff know they can check out books and
  resources immediately
• Let them know when you will be ready to start
  student checkout
• Handout policy and procedures

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Mail and email

• Check email and mail (throughout the summer if
  possible)
• Separate new mail(catalogs, magazines, junk
  mail, important stuff)
• Look for important emails, memos, meetings, or
  notes from faculty

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Is the circulation system ready for checkout to
staff?

• Update school calendar
• Update fixed due dates
• Add new staff to circulation database and
  checkout system

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What do teachers need to teach the first day /
week?

• A-V equipment (training?)
• Books and resources
• STAR and AR updated(programs needed first
  day/week)

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Teachers need A-V equipment

• Summer storage / cleaning
• Equipment for new teachers
• Begin list for equipment order

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Teachers need books and resources

• Teachers check out immediately
• Class libraries (student access)
• Assist them in locating needed materials

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Teachers need STAR and AR _at_ SJES

• But first make sure your Media Center is
  inviting and ready for Open House and the First
  Day of School!

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Is the Media Center ready for Open House and 1st
Day?

• Look for clutter
• Try to look at the Media Center the way a
  visitor would view it
• Is it inviting?
• Prepare bulletin boards
• Is your webpage updated?

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Teachers need STAR and AR _at_ SJES

• You may have a different program that needs to
  be ready
• New calendar
• Promote students
• Unenroll students
• Enroll returning students to new homerooms
• Add new students

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Is the Media Center ready to checkout books to
students?

• Planning book
• Update students in circulation database
• Update checkout system(student barcodes / cards)

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Is the Media Center ready to checkout books to
students?

• Passes
• Plan for first visit / orientation
• Make sure media parapro knows your priorities

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Update circulation system

• Student data- import or manual
• If you are importing from the BOE student
  database, will it be in a timely manner?

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Manual update

• Need homeroom list from office
• Remove last years homerooms
• Print alphabetical barcode list from circulation
  program
• Scan returning students highlight new students
  in homeroom list
• Add new students
• Use global updates for common details e.g.
  grade, graduation date, patron type

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Plan for first visits/orientation

• Plan to check out
• Determine content
• Gather resources
• Books returned/paid for during summer?
• Individuals who have had orientation shouldnt
  have to wait to return

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Orientation

• Library orientation should be part of the
  students first informational need visit, but
  only to the degree to which students will use the
  items presented. -Ann M. Wasman, New Steps to
  Service Common-Sense Advice for the School
  Library Media Specialist

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Orientation 2 - 5

• Introduction
• Will be checking out today
• Ask purpose of library
• Therefore rules- brainstorm as group
• Review posted rules
• Game Where would I find? (4th / 5th in
  computer it will say)
• Strategies for returning books when moving
• Procedures for checking out and returning books /
  book limit
• What to do when finished checking out books

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Orientation K - 1

• Introduction
• Will be checking out today
• Basic purpose of library
• Basic rules
• Read book K- Mr. Wiggles Book by Paula Craig
  and Carol Thompson
• 1st- The Shelf Elf by Jackie Mims Hopkins
• Strategies for returning books when moving
• Procedures for checking out and returning books /
  book limit
• What to do when finished checking out books

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Review

• Meet, greet, inform
• Check mail and email
• Prepare for teacher check out
• Spruce up
• Prepare STAR / AR
• Prepare for student check out and orientation

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Additionally

• Schedule events(book fairs, author visits)
• Orders(newspaper, magazines, book awards)
• Miscellaneous(phone notes notebook, news team,
  journal routing slips, consideration file)

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