Last Class & Power chart

Last night we had our third class for the summer. We talked about Budgeting for school libraries and writing grants. The budget part reminded me a lot of the things that I have to do with an art budget. Dr. Nita mentioned to not brag about all of the things that you are able to purchase, even though the materials that are ordered are for the whole school. I try not to brag or say too much about how much I've spent on art materials because people don't realize that my budget goes towards everyone student in the school. We have to have a little more than markers and pens. The writing grant part was a little overwhelming. I know I may have to do this some day, but I feel like I'm not the best writer. This part I'm not looking forward to dealing with. Another thing we talked about is our school mission statement. We got into groups and part of our homework was to come up with a mission statement and a brief outline on policy and procedures. We got most of that done in class, so it won't take us long to work on this.

Our previous homework assignment was to create a power chart of an organization. I created mine on my middle school. We had to pick the formal leaders, informal leaders, and the information brokers. This was interesting to put together because everyone already knows or thinks about who has the "power" but we just put it down on paper. They all connect and tie together in their roles with the librarian. If the librarian wants to order something she goes to get a form from the bookkeeper. Then the principal has to approve it. Many of the materials that librarians try to get are things that other teachers can use. So it's good to have good relations with the teachers as well.