This post is going to piggyback a bit on the last post in regards to access. I believe that all students should have access to library resources and to a qualified TL. I am going to now post part of my reflection that I posted in the discussion for this week as it reflects my thought on the access and the library.
Housed in the library are all of the teaching resources,
novel studies, and other class materials.
Teachers have access to these materials at all times and the TL has said
that he is readily available to help out.
This school seems rich in access to materials, time, and space. Cutbacks seem not to have affected this
school but that is due to the high population of the school and that the entire
school uses the TL and the library as prep.
In my previous school the TL was only a .20 position and it
was held by the principal who had to teach library because of the small
population (220 students) of the school.
The library was rarely used except for scheduled book checkout
time. Access to the library was limited
and underused. I can see as some of my
other classmates has noted that underfunding and lack of training is hurting
our libraries. See inb both sides of the
coin makes me grateful that I am now at a have school but sad for my former
students and fellow colleagues that are at a have not school.
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