When I blogged about writing a Mission Statement two weeks ago, I said it would help focus you so at the end of next school year you would not feel overwhelmed, exhausted and unsure of what you had accomplished. If…
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Your Winning Strategy
Tagged with: goals, Hilda K Weisburg, Hilda Weisburg, mission, strategic plan, strategy
Posted in Librarian Life, Professional Development
Posted in Librarian Life, Professional Development
20/20 Vision
Last week I blogged about the importance of a Mission Statement and how to create it if you didn’t have one. A Vision is equally important, yet many who have Mission Statement don’t have a Vision Statement. The reasons are…
Tagged with: goals, Hilda K Weisburg, Hilda Weisburg, librarians, school librarian, School Librarian's Workshop, vision
Posted in Librarian Life
Posted in Librarian Life
It’s Your Mission
The school year is over—or just about for some of you. How do you feel as you look back on it? Do you have a sense of accomplishment over what you have achieved? Or are you tired and exhausted, able…
Tagged with: 21st century learning, community, connection, goal setting, goals, Hilda K Weisburg, Hilda Weisburg, librarian, librarians, libraries, library, mission, school librarian, School Librarian's Workshop, students
Posted in Career, Librarian Life
Posted in Career, Librarian Life
Rejoice, Relax, Reflect, Re-focus
The holidays are over. The mad scramble is past. I hope you rejoiced with family and friends. Facebook was filled with greetings exchanged with those too far away to see over the holidays, and it was good to see us…
Tagged with: goals, Hilda K Weisburg, Hilda Weisburg, librarian, librarians, planning, resolutions, school librarian, School Librarian's Workshop, time management
Posted in General, Librarian Life
Posted in General, Librarian Life
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
Live Long and Prosper – Are You Creating New Avenues for Outreach?
The famed Vulcan farewell is an ongoing commitment I have to school librarians and their programs, yet everywhere they are being threatened with elimination. What can you do to turn the tide? The answer is a 3×3 strategy for winning…
Tagged with: advocacy, connection, goals, Hilda K Weisburg, Hilda Weisburg, librarians, outreach, school librarian, strategy, support
Posted in Career, Librarian Life
Posted in Career, Librarian Life
A Dream Deferred
In “A Dream Deferred” also called “Harlem,” Langston Hughes, referring to the lives of African Americans said, What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore– And then…