Getting There

How often does a high school librarian teach classes as a result of collaborating with teachers? That is my passion, yet I do not feel that I do this enough. I believe that teachers get busy with the daily-ness of their lives and we fall off  their radar. I try to encourage teachers to plan with me, but in the daily-ness of my duties as instructional technology chair of the 1-12 school, that falls off my radar, too. If I am working on people-less activities and checking off items on a to-do list or completing a project, is that valuable work? Somehow, I don’t think so. I know in my head that it is important, but it does not make me feel like I am contributing directly to teaching and learning. So, I am exploring other avenues. Stay tuned…