Teacher: I began teaching my reading enrichment unit with my classes. At my school, it is the responsibility of science teachers to deliver the Mendez drug and alcohol awareness program. Although this is a good program, it lacks a connection to real people with real stories. I decided to incorporate a serious of short stories about real teens facing some of the issues that the Mendez program focuses on. Students create journal entries in response to the stores. I also created a blog for students to use as an alternative to turning in handwritten journal entries.
Program Administrator: I am almost finished with the grant writing process. I have decided to actually apply for a Dollar General grant to purchase technology to promote reading among below grade level readers. My proposal involves the purchase of audio books and the equipment to use them as audio books have been shown to have a positive impact on students' reading skills. In addition to work on the grant, I have also complete the monthly report on the operation of the media center. I did this in collaboration with the media specialist at my primary site. I explained to her that it was a good practice to outline the monthly activities for the principal so that he/she could have a better idea of the work load that is involved with the operation of the media center. When the report was complete, we were both impressed by the volume of student and teacher activity within the media center as well as the number of technology assistance requests performed.
Information Specialist: With CRCT week, I was not able to log any hours in the media center, but I was able to attend a technology meeting in the afternoon with the media specialist and county technology coordinator. This meeting took place to help teachers with their Interwrite PRS for students. Although only two other teachers attended, the meeting was very productive. We were able to get one teachers PRS up and running for him to be able to use.
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