Bulletin: C-127-10                                                      Date: May 18, 2010 The Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools announces a vacancy in the following position: DIRECTOR OF LIBRARY/MEDIA SERVICES Twelve Month Position Administrative Salary Schedule – Director (Salary based on training and experience)  The position is open until a candidate is identified. Human Resources Department Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools 2601 Bransford Avenue [...]

If you haven’t set foot in a school building at the end of the year lately, you’ve forgotten the feeling in the air. Textbooks get turned in and students feel liberated long before the last bell rings. Teachers are trying to control chaos and interest students in keeping busy. Award assemblies are held. Parents visit. Celebrations [...]

Thanks to Bryn Samuels I was able to connect with  the library/media specialist Sue Hasse at Kingston Springs Elementary School. Sue Hasse has had to put her library/media specialist job on hold since the flooding hit Tennessee last week and is now the "donation coordinator" for Kingston Springs Elementary School. Sue needs our help.  Last [...]

Tomorrow the students return to Nashville schools after a week of being out due to the incredible flooding. I was able to request the Scholastic Bookfair stay an extra week since not all the students have seen their hard work decorating yet. Tomorrow the teachers will attempt to balance counseling, chatting, teaching, and wrapping up a school [...]

Sharing from Tracy Barrett and the Child_Lit listserv:  Most of you have heard, I’m sure, about the horrendous rains and flooding in Nashville, Tennessee and surrounding areas. Several of my friends have lost everything, and one had to be rescued from a second-floor window in a canoe. Many people didn’t have flood insurance because they [...]

Life-long learning for me! How about you? I don’t take time to create many video podcasts, but it is my resolution this year to do more. To complete a workshop through MTSU, I needed to create a podcast on math. I decided to focus on math teacher – school librarian collaboration. This is the first [...]

National news seems not to have noticed Nashville and Tennessee’s flood. My school neighborhood received over 16 inches of rain this weekend in Antioch. Buildings floated down the interstate and ran into trucks. People died. Rivers rose. Homes were flooded. Schools, libraries, and businesses are closed. And volunteers showed up.  Tennessee is the Volunteer State. [...]

After the ALA election results were announced, I was able to reach Molly Raphael to ask a few questions. Diane:  Congratulations on your election as ALA President for the 2011-2012 term. What are you most looking forward to in your presidency? Molly: My platform stated three areas of focus from ALA’s strategic priorities: advocacy: having [...]