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An Interview On Creativity

  In this interview, I spoke with a school librarian from Kensington Elementary School in Georgetown County, South Carolina. The high school contains 565 students. It serves grades pre-K through fifth. I spoke with the librarian about the ways in which she implements the AASL’s standards, along with the strategies she finds to work the best for her. In this interview, I decided to ask questions that had an emphasis on creativity, which is one of the six shared foundations from the AASL’s standards framework. Here are the questions that were asked, and details from the conversations that came of them: 1.     What are some examples of the ways in which you are implementing creativity in your library program? I asked this question to gain insight on whether creativity is a foundation that is actually being used or not within her library. She explained that she always has to be creative with scheduling to make sure they can fit creative activities into their programming. She...
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An Interview On Inclusion

In this interview, I spoke with a school librarian from Carvers Bay Middle School in Georgetown County, South Carolina. The high school contains 262 students. It serves grades six through eight. I spoke with the librarian about the ways in which she implements the AASL’s standards, along with the strategies she finds to work the best for her. In this interview, I decided to ask questions that had an emphasis on inclusiveness, which is one of the six shared foundations from the AASL’s standards framework. Here are the questions that were asked, and details from the conversations that came of them: 1.     What are some examples of the ways in which you are implementing inquiry in your library program? I asked this question to gain insight on whether inquiry is a foundation that is actually being used or not within her library. The response proved that it is evident, as she excitedly  explained some of the ways she promotes inclusivity in her library. The librarian stated, ...
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An Interview on Inquiry

  In this interview, I spoke with a school librarian from Georgetown Middle School in Georgetown County, South Carolina. The high school contains 682 students. It serves grades six through eight. I spoke with the librarian about the ways in which she implements the AASL’s standards, along with the strategies she finds to work the best for her. In this interview, I decided to ask questions that had an emphasis on inquiry, which is one of the six shared foundations from the AASL’s standards framework. Here are the questions that were asked, and details from the conversations that came of them: 1.     What are some examples of the ways in which you are implementing inquiry in your library program? I asked this question to gain insight on whether inquiry is a foundation that is actually being used or not within her library. The response proved that it is evident, as she excitedly  explained some of the ways she promote inquiry in her library. One way that I thought was ...
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An Interview on Collaboration

In this interview, I spoke with a school librarian from Georgetown High School in Georgetown County, South Carolina. The high school contains 917 students. It serves grades nine through twelve. I spoke with the librarian about the ways in which she implements the AASL’s standards, along with the strategies she finds to work the best for her. In this interview, I decided to ask questions that had an emphasis on collaboration, which is one of the six shared foundations from the AASL’s standards framework. Here are the questions that were asked, and details from the conversations that came of them.      1. What are some examples of the ways in which you are implementing collaboration in           your library program? I asked this question to gain insight on whether collaboration was actually being used or not within her library. The response proved to be positive, as she explained that she is collaborating with teachers and students through a...
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