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1. Longfellow Elementary
District 97
Oak Park, IL
Maxen Winchell!

2. 571 students
• 52.2% White
• 29.1% Black
• 5.3% Hispanic
• 3.7% Asian
• 9.8% Two or More Races
• 24% low income
Bear
Necessities 2009-10: 89% met or exceeded IL
learning standards (all state tests)
2010-11: 92% met or exceeded IL
learning standards
Longfellow Bears are:
RESPONSIBLE, Is this school making AYP?: YES
RESPECTFUL & SAFE

3. Library Media Center
Sharon Pearce

4. Me!
Weekly calendar

5. 13,388 titles
(23,990 copies)
On October 30, 2012:
• 1,369 checked out
• 375 overdue
• 6 holds pending
• unpaid fines amount due: $1,037.10
• #2 top patron: Ryan Winchell

6. in front of the desk…
Computer Lab
Beyond the instructional space…
Flexible in theory, but…
• 5 hours/week: Kindergarten--Lexia Reading
• 3 hours/week: 3rd grade—Fast Forward

7. Professional collection
Easy Picture Books
Award Winners
beyond the computer bank…

8. And the far wall.
the stacks…
5th grade story:
The Tell-Tale Heart

9. An exemplar?
1350 Lexile

10. Promotion of
Online Tools Seasonal displays
& &
Database Seasonally thematic
Instruction stories

11. Encouragement
of Reading
Basher Basics Series
new graphic novels section

12. Library Skills

13. 5th Grade Reading Olympics
Online promotion, 1:1
conversations, meetings with small
groups

14. District 97 Materials Selection Policy
It’s time to weed!
Outdated labeling

15. The blue tape conundrum…

16. “There’s a
professional
collection?!”

17. link
iPad compliments
“not my dream job”

18. Longfellow Media Center: Collection Development Action Plan Item

19. 550 Earth sciences (Rocks Volcanoes
Earthquakes Weather)
551 Geology, hydrology, meteorology
552 Petrology
553 Economic geology
554 Earth sciences of Europe
555 Earth sciences of Asia
556 Earth sciences of Africa
557 Earth sciences of North America
558 Earth sciences of South America
559 Earth sciences of other areas

20. • Weed, weed, and weed some more.
• Reach out to Ms. Raia to exhibit student art.
• De-clutter: posters, knick-knacks, globes.
Ask of each item: Is it relevant to instruction
& student learning?
• Send the message: “Mrs. Pearce has
time and wants to help” as much & as
often as possible.