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2022/2023 Impact Report

Librarian

4th and 5th-grade teachers analyzed last year’s STAAR results and current MAP data to select small groups for reading enrichment with the librarian. Groups began in September, and students learned how to implement a Socratic Dialogue during their first enrichment session to dig deeper into a poem.
Kindergarten through 5th grade students learned about the writing process and story development from award-winning author Liz Garton Scanlon. One of the most meaningful things she shared with the students was that it takes multiple drafts and corrections before a story is published.
The librarian coordinated Mighty Mavericks’ Book Week with our annual Storybook Character Day, which is always a favorite for staff and students. Grade levels were encouraged to plan a group theme and incorporate the book (or books) into meaningful lessons for their students.
The librarian periodically modeled how to access Sora and showed students how to attach San Antonio Public Library to their NEISD account. This frequent modeling resulted in a 16% increase in Sora checkouts over the last year.

Small group of students sitting in a semi-circle on the floor discussing a poem shown on the board.

9,389
print books in collection

4,513
ebooks books in collection

14,958
print books checked out

2,082
ebooks books checked out

Librarian presenting to 1st graders who are sitting on the floor.

Teacher

bullets detailing research/lesson examples which the librarian contributed to as a coteacher
bullets detailing research/lesson examples which the librarian contributed to as a coteacher
bullets detailing research/lesson examples which the librarian contributed to as a coteacher
bullets detailing research/lesson examples which the librarian contributed to as a coteacher

Class of third graders working on computers.

Lesson Spotlight

The librarian developed a lesson utilizing Shel Silverstein’s Runny Babbit to address 1st and 2nd grade ELAR TEKS, 110.3 A (iv) and 110.4 A(iii). The TEKS read, “recognizing the change in spoken word when a specified phoneme is added, changed, or removed;” The humorous nature of the text turned what could have been a frustrating task into something fun and engaging. Students listened to one of the poems as I read it aloud, and then we broke it down line-by-line, and students had to change the beginning phonemes of two words to make the sentence correct. Initially, I underlined the two phonemes that needed to be changed. By the end of the lesson, students were familiar enough with the pattern to make corrections without visual cues and mastered the TEKS taught.

Collaborator

The librarian collaborated with the district librarians’ PLC members to plan how we would address our essential goal of providing teacher training. We also examined the district’s exception form to understand better when it was necessary to use it.
The librarian connected with the GT teacher and counselor to determine how the library could best support the needs of STEAMfest should there not be enough volunteers. Based on the discussions, it was decided that the librarian would facilitate creation station lessons focused on problem-solving during the event with various Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grade classes.
The librarian reviewed ELAR TEKS with 1st grade to determine which TEKS could best be highlighted during weekly library visits. Vocabulary was a focus, so the librarian utilized one of the tools shared by Katie Eckelmann, a district ELAR Specialist, and spotlighted at least one new vocabulary word before each library lesson
The librarian facilitated a research project with the 3rd grade students about planets and demonstrated how to use three online encyclopedias in Launchpad. Students learned how to use the citation features in Britannica, PebbleGo, and PebbleGo Next to create a digital citation page using Google Docs.

Collaboration Spotlight

The librarian worked with the family specialist and other members of the Campus Leadership Team to implement our first Night of Family Learning at Oak Meadow. The goal of the evening was to provide parents with ways to reinforce the various skills that students learned throughout the school year and to encourage learning during the summer months to avoid the “summer slide.” After brainstorming with the family specialist, it was determined that the librarian could best support the evening by providing two breakout sessions demonstrating the various ways to access eBooks using Launchpad. Parents were shown how to help their students log in to Launchpad if their child was not yet independent. An overview of the eBook platforms was given, and students and their parents were given time to explore the resources

Young boy showing his parents the electronic resource, Pebble Go, on the computer.

Campus Leader

The librarian was assigned the Campus Testing Coordinator role for STAAR and CogAT. The librarian attended multiple trainings with Testing Services to become familiar with the duties and responsibilities that accompany this new role.
During an after-school staff meeting, the librarian provided training for all teachers in using News-o-Matic. Teachers were incredibly excited about the accessibility features available for students and that they could assign articles directly to their Google Classrooms.
The librarian highlighted various online resources with parents through the principal’s weekly Maverick Memo newsletter, sent digitally to all families. The newsletters included all pertinent information for access and step-by-step directions on using the specific resource being shared for a particular week.
The librarian successfully managed the implementation of STAAR interim testing in March and early April, along with STAAR-Alt 2 during that same time. The librarian also oversaw the regular STAAR testing dates and makeup tests during April and early May.