I haven't written in a while, and while there are lots of reasons (well, really one: I got busy.) I felt a tug at me to write this post for days. So here goes: I saw a post on Facebook recently that was a cheer to teachers in all different kinds of circumstances. With some …
Continue reading Here’s to Librarians.
One of the things I love most about being a school librarian is networking with other librarians - to collaborate, share ideas, and get inspiration for how to improve my practice. Through a generous scholarship from the Virginia Association of School Librarians, I was able to attend the 2017 School Library Journal Leadership Summit in …
Continue reading Top 5 Takeaways: My Experience at SLJ Leadership Summit 2017
If you're like me, this past week has been...rough. Aspects of our country have been changed so much, often at a flick of a pen, much to the horror and shock of many people in America - and across the globe. It hasn't been easy on my students, either. The middle school where I work is …
Continue reading Providing Safety When Students’ Lives Get Complicated.
I've been debating for a few days whether or not this post was actually going to come to fruition. I went back and forth, wondering if this was even a topic posting about and if it would mean anything to anyone. The conclusion I came to was that it means everything to me, so I'm …
Continue reading A Librarian’s Thankful List.
I don't know about you, but fall is always incredibly busy for me as a librarian. Between orientation, starting to collaborate with teachers, and attending conferences, every moment is good, but every moment is full, too. Through the course of the last month or so, I've experienced and reflected on many things that I've been wanting …
Continue reading Fall: A Time to be Busy (and Remember What We Do)
This post is Part 2 of Making Your Library Relevant When Your School Goes 1:1 (see first post here). So, why do we as librarians need to know about tools like these? They are going to help us have staying power with our staff and students when all students have their own devices and may …
Like you most likely know, I am a huge advocate for my library, students, and staff. Being in the classroom for many years really brought to light the variety of experiences, abilities, and wealth students bring with them to school each day. It is the teacher's responsibility to take all of those and ensure all …
Continue reading Making a Makerspace (and why my students need one)
In my previous post about weeding, I talked about the rationale and why weeding was so necessary in my middle school library (and shared photos, too!). This post will finish my thoughts about weeding (for now) but I felt like adding this info to the end of the previous weeding post would have been over …
Continue reading The Great Weeding of 2015-2016, part 2.
As a middle school librarian, I consider one of my greatest tasks to be ensuring that all of my students, regardless of ability or interest, have plenty of choices when visiting my library. Middle school is challenging, though: we have students who may be reading at the 3rd grade level (or below), students reading on the …
Continue reading How Public Libraries Help Make School Librarians Indispensable.
Grover's Corner of the Library 
You must be logged in to post a comment.