Must Have Content:

 

 

• Acronyms / Glossary

   

• Calendar for both External & Internal dates

   

• Checklist of Nuts and Bolts and deadlines

   

• Associations worth joining and keeping abreast of

• Massachusetts School Library Association (MSLA)

  Massachusetts Library Association (MLA)

  American Association of School Librarians (AASL)

   

  MassCUE

  New England Association of Independent School Librarians (NEAISL)

   

• Leadership Development Pointers

   

  • Relational strategies

     

  • Self-care/know thyself – (Resources for identifying your management and leadership styles and for understanding others)

     

  • Knowing culture – what is important to your situation

     

• Managerial Tips

   

            Staff Evaluation methods

 

            Human Resource Information

 

             Institutional hierarchy

 

             Budget Preparation

 

            Planning

                Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC)

 

            Curriculum Planning

                Massachusetts Online Network for Education (MassONE)

 

             Organization and Time management

 

            Tips on how to do the legwork of the job

 

             In service training for staff

             Online staff development and training

 

             Volunteer management

 

             Negotiating contracts

 

            Evaluation practices for professional librarian positions

 

 Communication Strategies

 

            How to get your message to the right people

                   MSLA Advocacy Initiatives

                   Massachusetts Online Network for Education (MassONE)

 

            Presentation skills

 

            Liaising with parent groups

 

             Working with student advisory groups

 

• Building Collegiality – Working with the Faculty

   Massachusetts Online Network for Education (MassONE)

   

   

   

• State Documents & Initiatives

   

            National & State Standards

 

            Long range planning

 

             Accreditation self-study

 

            Partnership 21 Initiative

 

             No Child Left Behind Act

                 The Elementary and Secondary School ACT

                 Reauthorization of No Child Left Behind

                 School and District Accountability - Massachusetts

                 Public Education Network - No Child Left Behind Hearings - National Report

 

             Massachusetts Literacy Initiatives

                 Reading First

 

 

• What School and/or Consortium Committees to Belong To or to Initiate

   

• Collection Management Practices / Purchasing practices

   

            Weeding

 

             What to do with discards

 

            What to do with donations       

 

            Brokering or Cooperative services: CLA, Nelinet, NEISL, AISL

               NELINET

 

             Massachusetts Regional Library System Cooperative Purchase Plan (MRLS)

                Supplies and Materials

 

            Collection Development Tools (including local tools for Massachusetts)

             MSLA - Intellectual Freedom

             AASL Collection Development

 

• Vendor Services

   

            When to do a standing order

 

             Technology (systems operations)

 

             Negotiating contracts

 

         Checklist on What Your Region does for you

 

 

• Checklist on Library of Last Recourse Services

   

• School policies: AUPs

   

• Emerging technologies and applications hot topics list

   

• Sustainability

   

• Massachusetts Law

   

            State

 

 

 

 

, local

 

 

            Student rights

             American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

             Massachusetts Law About Student Freedom of Expression

             Massachusetts Gay and Lesbian Student Rights' Law   

            Parental rights

             Massachusetts - Grounds for Termination of Parental Rights

 

            E-rate information

             Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC)

             E-rate Central

             E-rate Profiles for Massachusetts Districts

 

 

            Censorship

             MSLA - Intellectual Freedom

 

• Programming (by grade levels / developmentally appropriate)

   

            Setting up an author visit

 

 

            Poetry contest

 

 

            Music programs

 

 

            Running a book fair

                Scholastic Book Fairs

                Personalized Book Fairs

                Adventure Land Book Fairs

                Imagine Nation Book Fairs

                Commercial Free Childhood Book Fairs

 

Annual report writing

 

        NEASC Self-Study tips and guidelines 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        Search strategies for library positions

 

 

Job descriptions

 

 

            Interview questions

 

 

            Checking references

 

 

            Competencies Statements

 

 

 

 

 

Existing Sources We Can Use

 

 

 

 

 

New Content We Need To Develop