Resume

= **Leslie Weishaar ** = = **Employment Objective ** =

Secondary Library Media Specialist

**Experience **

**Library Media Specialist ** August 2011 to present USD 450, Shawnee Heights High School Tecumseh, Kansas 66542

August 1997 to 2011 USD 450, Shawnee Heights Middle School Tecumseh, Kansas 66542
 * Library Media Specialist **

Responsibilities: Develop and teach information skills curriculum; plan, implement, and evaluate the school library program, policies, and services; collaborate with teachers in implementing integrated instructional activities; serve as an information specialist to teachers and students; develop and maintain library collection

Accomplishments, Activities, Leadership: · Developed information literacy standards, benchmarks, and indicators · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Created information literacy curriculum maps · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Coordinate promotional activities such as Teen Read Week, Read Across America, and Battle of the Books · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Presented staff development workshops · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">School Improvement Co-Chair · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Building Communications Committee member · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Technology Cadre member · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Web Page Committee member · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Library Department Chair · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">KAL Tech member · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">SHAL Tech Co-Chair · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Kansas Association of School Librarians District I Director

**<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Guidance Counselor/Teacher ** <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">August 1989 to May 1997 <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">USD 420, Osage City Elementary School <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Osage City, Kansas 66523

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Responsibilities: <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;">Provided counseling and guidance to individuals, small, and large groups; Taught junior high students

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Accomplishments, Activities, Leadership: · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Developed and implemented outcomes-based K-6 guidance program · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Established and directed 7-8 teacher advisory program · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Administered and supervised summer school program · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Created a library policy and worked with staff to implement · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Quality Performance Accreditation Building Chairperson · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Site Based Council member · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Professional Development Council member

**<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Teacher ** <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">August 1985 to May 1987 <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">USD 339, Jefferson County North Middle School <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Nortonville, Kansas 66060

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Responsibilities: <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;">Taught sixth and seventh grade students language arts, social studies, reading, mathematics and science

**<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; text-transform: uppercase;">Education ** <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Master of Library Science <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Emporia State University <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">August 1998

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Master of Science in Education, Counseling and Student Personnel Services <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Kansas State University <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">July 1988

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education, Summa Cum Laude <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Kansas State University <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">May 1985

**<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; text-transform: uppercase;">Professional Associations and Activities **

<span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">American Library Association <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Kansas Association of School Librarians <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Kansas Association of School Librarians District I Director <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Kansas National Educational Association