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To Create a Learning Environment – Support Students’ Self Esteem
School is back in session. From now until spring break the greatest amount of learning for the year occurs. However, how much students learn depends on several factors. The least important is their individual intelligence. The teacher counts for most…
Finish Line? Not Really
I am a committed Weight Watcher member. When I set out on my weight loss plan almost eleven years ago, I couldn’t imagine I could lose close to fifty pounds. I expected that on reaching “Lifetime,” I would indulge in…
Tagged with: goal setting, goals, Hilda K Weisburg, Hilda Weisburg, school librarian, School Librarian's Workshop
Posted in Career, Librarian Life
Posted in Career, Librarian Life
Stop, hey, what’s that sound… Maker Spaces are Going Round
Makerspaces have been around for a few years. For much of that time, the public libraries had them and few early-adopter school librarians started them in their libraries. Their existence continues to grow, but many librarians are hesitant to start…
Tagged with: 21st century learning, common core, Hilda K Weisburg, Hilda Weisburg, librarian, Maker club, Makerspace, school librarian, School Librarian's Workshop, students
Posted in Career, Librarian Life
Posted in Career, Librarian Life
Libraries, Librarians, and Learning in the 21st Century
I have just returned the AASL Forum on School Librarians in the Anytime Anywhere Learning Landscape and as usual for this intense two-day institute I am precariously balanced between the excitement of new ideas (and old ones in new guises)…
Tagged with: AASL, availability, getting work done, Hilda K Weisburg, Hilda Weisburg, librarian, librarians, libraries, library, special environment, support
Posted in Career, Professional Development
Posted in Career, Professional Development
Do You Watch Your Words?
As a writer of books for school librarians (and School Librarian’s Workshop) as well as being the author of Woven through Time, a YA fantasy, I am well aware of the importance of choosing the right words to convey my…
Tagged with: choosing language, communication, Hilda K Weisburg, Hilda Weisburg, school librarian, School Librarian's Workshop, writing
Posted in Career
Posted in Career
Indispensable – Yes you are
On a personal level, no word resonates more with school librarians than “indispensable.” It’s what most of us believe we are, what some of us fear we aren’t, and far too many feel is not recognized by administrators, teachers, parents,—and…
Tagged with: community, connection, Hilda K Weisburg, indispensable, leadership, leading, librarian, libraries
Posted in Career, Librarian Life
Posted in Career, Librarian Life
Paradigms and Predictions – Exciting or Terrifying?
The Merriam-Webster online dictionary defines a paradigm as “a … group of ideas about how something should be done, made, or thought about.” Unconsciously, we approach almost everything in life through a certain mindset. It is why those of us…
Tagged with: 21st century learning, changes. future, Hilda K Weisburg, Hilda Weisburg, librarians, libraries, library, paradigm shifts, support
Posted in Career, Librarian Life
Posted in Career, Librarian Life
Do You Know Your Stakeholders and How To Reach Them
As school librarians we know students are our first priority. Most of us recognize that teachers follow close behind. Indeed where flexible scheduling exists, it’s hard to reach students without some connection with teachers. But what about your other stakeholders?…
Tagged with: administrators, Hilda K Weisburg, librarian, librarians, principal, school librarian, stake holders, students, support, teachers
Posted in Career
Posted in Career