Reflection

= Reflection = The process of creating this portfolio has allowed me to reflect on my work as a library media specialist. Through this process I’ve taken the time to examine what I do well and where opportunities exist to focus more energy. The items that I included in the teacher artifact section highlight one of my strengths as a library media specialist. I enjoy working with students on information search projects and the resulting products. I’m able to facilitate the development of the research process and I enjoy teaching students to use Web tools to share information. The students have been engaged in and successful with these projects. I believe these projects help development many 21st Century Learning Skills. At the high school I would like to see more use of a guided research process implemented. I created possible activities to help teachers with this and the process is posted on the library Web page. I'm working to build the library program and have seen increased use over last year.

One major task I took on last year was to revise the library Web page. The new Web page is user friendly and allows for the customization of pages for specific projects. I hope more teachers will take advantage of this service.

Another task Shari Toomay and I are working on is the updating the non-fiction section. We are currently looking at each book and evaluting it based on currency, relevancy, accuracy, and use. It is important to have up-to-date materials. This will become even more important as the Common Core State Standards drive teachers to require the use of non-fiction materials and the "deep reading" of those materials.

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