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Fairview High School
Hometown:
Cullman
Class Information:
Room Number: Library Media C
Students per Class: 500
Class Description:
Students use the 13 available computer stations to complete class assignments and projects. All but 2 of our computers are over 7 years old. All have updated memory and additional components to keep them operating as efficienty as possible. The only other computer "lab" for students to use, has computer classes in it every period but the teacher's planning time. Therefore, the library's technology is heavily used by students to complete their assignments. We have organized a library classroom area that has a laptop, a data projector, VHS/DVD player, scanner, and 2 digital cameras that teachers/studentsmay use.
Position:
Media Specialist
Needs:
USEAGE & ACCESS: 1) Need to continue to update the computers, or purchase newer, ones that meet our district's technology guidelines. 2) Need to provide laptops so that students can check them out from the library for those who have no computer at home. 3) Need to obtain 2 document cameras, one for the library's classroom and 1 that can circulate to classrooms. 4) Need to obtain a networked heavy duty color laser printer with a print port or software to handle and manage the student printing needs in order to keep from wasting paper and especially toner supplies. 5)Fundingfor paper and toner supplies--a major concern and problem since the state nor county school systems have listed them as a budgeted expense! We therefore cannot use state or district funds to purchase these essential supplies, but have to hold local school fundraisers or pay for them out of our own personal finances!!! 6) Our print collection's average age is 1982, which means the overwhelming majority of our book collection is not current. Our limited funding has to be splintered to meet our needs for technology and keeping it current since it is the most heavily used resource we loan so there is very little left over (25% of the budget to be exact) to spend on updating our print collection. This makes it very difficult to make a significate change in our collection of print resources: fiction, nonfiction and reference. Technology is expensive but so are books! We would appreciate any donation of funds to assist us with updating our print collections.
Personal Information:
About Me:
I have been teaching for over 20 years and have experience at all K-12 levels (elementary, middle, and high)including community college. I have been the high school library media specialist at Fairview since 2002-03 school year and have worked part-time as an evening librarian at Wallace State Community College in Hanceville, Alabama since 1997. Until the 2007-08 school year, I also served as the local school technology coordinator. I have experience teaching in the state of Texas for 11 years, and have taught at two schools in the Cullman County School System, Hanceville Elementary and Fairview High School. Although I have been teaching for a significate time, I am still dedicated, enthusastic, and want to be a positive example for my students. My desire is to teach them marketable skills and make them "work-force" ready when they leave high school.
College and Degrees:
My bachelors is in health, physical education & recreation and my masters is in educational media. Both degrees are from Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama. Also, I earned an endorsement in Supervision and Administration from UAB. I am currently working on certification in technology integration.
Activities:
Chess club sponsor. CulturalArts Council sponsor. GAP Advisor (FHS Mentoring program). FTA Co-sponsor. (Future Teacher Association) Bibleclass teacher.
Favorite Books:
For a librarian this is a hard question! Love to read science fiction fantasy, historical fiction, realistic fiction, young-adult novels, and biographies.
Favorite Quotes:
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)
Employment History:
Club Hill Elementary, Garland, Texas E.D. Bussey Middle School, Garland, Texas HancevilleElementary School, Hanceville, Alabama FairviewHigh School, Cullman, Alabama Wallace State Community College, Hanceville, Alabama
Why Do I Teach?:
To have a positive impact upon the future.