ELEM : Need info for proposal

[Elizabeth Counce <ecounce@CISD.ORG>]

Dear Colleagues,

I'm so excited that my boss is going to let me propose to our school
board that we hire another elementary librarian!  I am currently the
only librarian for four elementary schools.  Each of the libraries has
an aide who essentially runs the library.

Here is what I need your help with:
--Should I propose for a librarian per campus with a full or part-time
aide?  Or would that be asking too much to start with?  Should I just
request one additional librarian and ask that they keep the full-time
aides in each school?
--Do you know of any reports that specifically address how having a
certified librarian per student population impacts the school, test
scores, etc?
--Do you have any other ideas for points I should make in this
proposal?
--What is the best way to convince them that I am not enough without
sounding incompetent?

Thanks in advance for any wisdom you may have to share with me!

Elizabeth Counce
Elementary Librarian

ecounce@cisd.org
(903) 874-6971
fax (903) 641-4114
Sam Houston Development Center
1213 W. 4th Ave.
Corsicana, TX 75110

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