Re: [LM_NET] restricting checkout

[janet perry <perrybros@HOTMAIL.COM>]

At my PreK-12 school when we go through our curriculum update cycles, I'm 
right there with the English department writing and rewriting MY currirulum. 
  Of course one of the main components of my curriculum is exposure to 
literature.  Therefore, I do not feel the teachers have any right to tell 
the kids what they can and cannot check out because it is infringing on my 
curriculum.  That being said, I do have to get along with those AR lovers, 
so, for some teachers, I have a policy of one book to read (for AR or 
whatever) and one book to look at, which can be anything.  Even worse than 
having other librarians tell me what I should and should not be doing in my 
library (grin to all the "helpful" advice I've received from some LM_NET 
members), I hate it when teachers try to tell me what I need to do in the 
library.  It's mostly at the elementary that I run into that.  The thing is, 
I would not ever consider telling them how to run their classrooms, even 
though I do have certification to do so.  Why do they think they can do it 
to me, and they don't have certification?

I guess the bottom line to me is, if you are part of the curriculum cycle in 
your school, explain that book choice is part of YOUR curruculum.  If you 
are not part of it, try to become part of it.  You should definitely have 
equal standing  with classroom teachers, and I don't imagine you get to make 
rules about how they assign math homework!!!



Janet Perry, Prek-12 Librarian
Cerro Gordo CUSD 100, Cerro Gordo, IL
perrybros@hotmail.com

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