Kennedy Elementary Library Services Plan

4401 42 nd Street South

Fargo, ND  58104

2008 - 2010

 

School Mission Statement

Students at Kennedy Elementary School learn in a safe, collaborative, and stimulating environment while developing academic, cultural, and character excellence for successful lifelong learning.

 

Library Media Mission Statement

The Kennedy Elementary Library provides an environment that encourages intellectual curiosity and personal enjoyment reading.  The library offers a rich variety of print and electronic resources necessary to enrich and support educational programs and the certified library media specialist works collaboratively to provide the services necessary to satisfy the evolving informational and recreational needs of the students, faculty, and staff.

 

Personnel

Susan K. Kempel , MLS

Library Media Specialist

Masters in Library Science

Emporia State University, May 1998

Employed 100% full time with Fargo Public Schools since 1999.  

http://www.fargo.k12.nd.us/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=3233

 

Bonnie Bachmeier

Library Assistant

Employed 100% full time with Fargo Public Schools since ________

 

Scope of Services

  • Libr ary  Services provided to 23 classrooms of  kindergarten - 4 th grade students.
  • Library Media Specialist teaches individuals and classes the skills needed to find information in multiple sources. Individual assistance is available to students needing instruction in reference skills.
  • Library Media Specialist and library assistant make recommendations for good books to read.
  • Library Media Specialist offers the following services to teachers
    • Integrated, cooperative planning for curricular and multi-source o r multimedia research projects
    • Team-teaching
    • Bo ok and reading recommendations
    • Booktalks , Storytelling and Book Sharing
    • Interlibrary loan
    • Reference Services
    • Preparation of subject bibliographies
    • We bpage and multimedia creation and instruction
    • Technical troubleshooting (computer, electronics, etc.)
  • Library hours
    • 8:00 - 3:30 for students
    • 7:30 - 4:00 for staff

Resources

  • Approximately 16,000 books available
  • 16 magazines available for student checkout
  • 11 magazines available for staff checkout
  • Audio books available for student checkout
  • Videos available for teacher checkout
  • 6 online databases available on elementary resource page
  • Library catalog available online

Elementary Resource page: http://www.fargo.k12.nd.us/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=18453&sc_id=1187037040&sc_id=1187037041&sc_id=1187037040

Books and magazines purchased with school board funds.

 

 

 

Equipment

  • 5 desktop computers
  • 5 laptop computers
  • Document camera
  • 2 LCD projectors
  • 25 computers available in computer lab next to library
 

Schedule and Time assignments

  • Each kindergarten class has one 20-minute checkout time per week with instruction/story time
  • Each 1 st and 2 nd grade class has one 30-minute checkout time per week with instruction/story time
  • Each 3 rd and 4 th grade class has one 30-minute checkout time per week
  • Research activities scheduled as needed after collaboration with classroom teacher
  • Open access to students during school day
  • Databases and library catalog available online

 

Additional Information

Library Media goal statements available upon request

AASL Standards for the 21 st century student http://www.aasl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/guidelinesandstandards/learningstandards/AASL_LearningStandards.pdf

 

 

 

 

 

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