Today I had the pleasure of visiting Laura B.'s new school, Farmwell Station Middle School. I was there to observe one of the librarian's lessons today for my LIS5524 lesson observation assignment. She was teaching some ESL classes how to look through the library's Accelerated Reader (AR) lists, find books that are at their AR reading level, and then how to use the library's catalog to see if the library actually has those books, and if so where to locate them.
Both of the librarians there were really sweet and helpful, and the one I observed seemed totally open to not only having me come back to do my final teaching/video taping assignment for this class, but also seemed interested in me possibly doing my internship there next semester. If that can happen, it would work out very well in terms of me being able to continue working at AOL during the internship; Farmwell Station is only a few minutes down the road from AOL, so commuting between them would not waste a lot of time.
I'm still rather baffled by the internship application process though. I was first told that an e-mail I had from January saying I passed a background check was good enough. Now I'm being told I need to get a letter on official Loudoun County letterhead saying I passed the background check, so I sent off an e-mail to the nice woman at the Loudoun County personnel office who helped me set up my ESL placement in January if my background check is still on file, and if so, can she send me a letter on official Loudoun County letterhead saying I passed. And if that background check is not still on file, asking what I need to do in order to get a new background check to submit proof of to FSU.
FSU's distance program is absolutely wonderful, but because I'm here and they're there, and FSU's requirements are not necessarily the same as the Loudoun County requirements, and FSU's process is not necessarily Loudoun County's process, it's cause for much confusion, and I never know if I'm doing the right thing or not.
I should try to get some homework done now.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Almost graduated?
Well, I just applied for my graduation check (when the graduate coordinator checks if you are on track to graduate when you think you'll be graduating). I hope I'm not in for any (bad) surprises...
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Am I stressed out yet?
It's the third week of classes, and I am both stressed out and not stressed out at the same time. Because of Monday being a holiday, I actually only have one class to attend this week, I did most of this week's homework over the weekend, and what homework I did have this week was fun and interesting, so in that way, this week is pretty calm and relaxing.
On the other hand, thinking about the upcoming assignments for my class about the instructional role of the information specialist is stressing me out. We have two major assignments that I just don't know how they're going to work.
The first one, due at the beginning of October, requires me to find a school librarian who will let me observe what the assignment alternately calls a "formal class" and an "instructional session." I e-mailed the librarians at Laura B.'s new school, so we'll see what they have to say, but until I have something scheduled, it's going to stress me out.
The big final assignment in the class will require me to find a school librarian who will actually let me teach a lesson in the school library and video tape it. At first I thought I could just teach anywhere (like for a home school group), and in the first class period the professor did say that worst case scenario we could get some friends together and video tape ourselves teaching them, but after looking at the school media assessment rubric for this assignment, school media students are assessed on whether or not we do this in a school library. I just can't picture a school librarian saying, "Sure, you can come teach a lesson in my library and video tape it. No problem."
Updated: Well, it looks like the two librarians at Farmwell Station are willing to work with me, so assuming they schedule any lessons that will work with my assignment between now and the end of September, I should have the first assignment taken care of at least.
On the other hand, thinking about the upcoming assignments for my class about the instructional role of the information specialist is stressing me out. We have two major assignments that I just don't know how they're going to work.
The first one, due at the beginning of October, requires me to find a school librarian who will let me observe what the assignment alternately calls a "formal class" and an "instructional session." I e-mailed the librarians at Laura B.'s new school, so we'll see what they have to say, but until I have something scheduled, it's going to stress me out.
The big final assignment in the class will require me to find a school librarian who will actually let me teach a lesson in the school library and video tape it. At first I thought I could just teach anywhere (like for a home school group), and in the first class period the professor did say that worst case scenario we could get some friends together and video tape ourselves teaching them, but after looking at the school media assessment rubric for this assignment, school media students are assessed on whether or not we do this in a school library. I just can't picture a school librarian saying, "Sure, you can come teach a lesson in my library and video tape it. No problem."
Updated: Well, it looks like the two librarians at Farmwell Station are willing to work with me, so assuming they schedule any lessons that will work with my assignment between now and the end of September, I should have the first assignment taken care of at least.
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