Cooper JHS Library
2019-2020
Mission Statement
Through collaborative curriculum integration the Cooper Library program
empowers students to be critical thinkers, enthusiastic readers, skillful researchers,
and ethical users of information.
Collection Statistics
Number of books in the collection: 8,616
Avg. age of collection: 2006
Areas for collection development: Need to update the graphic novels section and order more Ebooks.
Population: 1,117 (including teachers)
August 2019
Circulations: 1,468
Hold placed: 17
Classes: 32
PLCs: 6
109 chromebook repair tickets submitted
Library activities/Lessons
7th Grade Library Orientation
8th Grade Library Orientation
Distribution of 1,000 Chromebooks via Science classes and password setup
GEMS Digital Citizenship Escape Room
Daily Supervision of students
Average of 5 classes daily
Lunch Privilege Duty- 3 lunches with approximately 100 students a day between all the lunches
Drop-in students- approximately 50/day
Professional Development
Led a Power Week session on Advanced Google Apps
Led a C&I session on Advanced Google Slides
Led a C&I session on the 2019 Lone Star Book list
Led a Cooper teacher Library Orientation during Nuts and bolts session
Attended Librarian Bootcamp PD
Attended Technology in Advance conference in Denton
Attended Webmaster training
Attended SMART board training of trainers session
Attended MyVRspot training
September 2019
Circulations: 1,807
Hold placed: 27
Classes: 74
PLCs: 20
Chromebooks: 48- chromebooks checked out
156 chromebook repair tickets submitted
Library activities/lessons
7th Grade Book Genre Tasting- StarBooks
8th grade grammar escape room
8th Grade Makerspace- Spheros (coding out of a maze)
7th Grade Makerspace- Spheros (coding out of a maze)
Monthly GEMS digital citizenship- Being a good digital citizen life-sized board game
DEAR club (drop everything and read) during lunch privilege time
Daily Supervision of students
Average of 5 classes daily
Lunch Privilege Duty- 3 lunches with approximately 100 students a day between all the lunches
Drop-in students- approximately 50/day
Professional Development
Led an after school PD session on Grant Writing 101
Led an after school PD session on Go Guardian
District librarian training
October 2019
Circulations: 1,607
Hold placed: 35
Classes: 78
PLCs: 15
Chromebooks: 8- Chromebooks checked out
84 Chromebook repair tickets submitted
Library activities/Lessons
8th Grade Book Hooks musical chairs
8th Grade Library Catalog searching
7th and 8th Grade lesson how to access eBooks
GEMS lesson in classroom on how to access eBooks
8th grade Makerspace- Strawbees (bridge building)
7th Grade- Lone Star Book talks
GEMS Hogwarts Quidditch themed typing lesson
Lunch Privilege activities offered: DEAR club (drop everything and read), anime/manga club, Spooky Book talks, MAD libs musical chairs (Halloween themed), Strawbees free-build Makerspace, Unity Day Bookmark making, and Halloween themed escape room.
Daily Supervision of students
Average of 5 classes daily
Lunch Privilege Duty- 3 lunches with approximately 100 students a day between all the lunches
Drop-in students- approximately 50/day
Professional Development
Librarian Inquiry Curriculum work
November 2019
Circulations: 560
Hold placed: 15
Classes: 40
PLCs: 18
68 chromebook repair tickets submitted
Library activities/Lessons
7th and 8th grade Book Fair book talks
GEMS- book talks and digital citizenship Gimkit game
7th and 8th grade Real vs. Fake New trashketball
8th Grade Makerspace- building a catapult
Lunch privilege activities offered: DEAR club, Makerspace Monday (catapults), Book Buffet book talks, First Chapter Friday (the Unteachables by Kormon), Anime/Manga Club, UNO tournament
Daily Supervision of students
Average of 5 classes daily
Lunch Privilege Duty- 3 lunches with approximately 100 students a day between all the lunches
Drop-in students- approximately 50/day
Professional Development
Led an after school session on Google Keep
Attended 3 Scholastic Book Fair Webinars about featured books, EZcash Wallet, and Book Fair ideas
December 2019
Circulations: 603
Hold placed: 15
Classes: 104
PLCs: 0
75 chromebook repair tickets submitted
Library activities/Lessons
7th and 8th grade Genre exploration- poetry
7th Grade writing- Book fair Preview rotations
8th Grade ELAR Main Idea Mystery Classroom lesson
Scholastic Book Fair
8th Grade Makerspace- used sewing machines to create 3-dimensional ornaments and build Christmas trees from book pages
GEMS digital citizenship lesson- I have, Who has game and scavenger hunt
Daily Supervision of students
Average of 5 classes daily
Lunch Privilege Duty- 3 lunches with approximately 100 students a day between all the lunches
Drop-in students- approximately 50/day
Professional Development
Librarian Inquiry Curriculum work
January 2020
Circulations: 1,120
Hold placed: 14
Classes: 64
PLCs: 16
Chromebooks: 15- chromebooks checked out
120 Chromebook repair tickets submitted
Library activities/Lessons
7th and 8th grade library catalog and SORA Overdrive lesson
8th grade- elements of Persuasion game- Superfight card game
GEMS digital citizenship lesson- focused on Plagiarism vs. Paraphrasing
Daily Supervision of students
Average of 5 classes daily
Lunch Privilege Duty- 3 lunches with approximately 100 students a day between all the lunches
Drop-in students- approximately 50/day
Professional Development
Led campus PD on Chromebook Expectations Refresher
February 2020
Circulations: 1.072
Hold placed: 19
Classes: 60
PLCs: 14
95 chromebook repair tickets submitted
Library activities/Lessons
8th Grade Makerspace (Makey Makey)
7th Grade Reading- 2020 Lone Star Book Talks
7th Grade Reading- Blind Date with a Book lesson/display
8th Grade Makerspace (Keva Planks)
8th Grade Makerspace (Paper Circuits)
Daily Supervision of students
Average of 5 classes daily
Lunch Privilege Duty- 3 lunches with approximately 100 students a day between all the lunches
Drop-in students- approximately 50/day
Professional Development
TCEA Conference in Austin
March 2020
*one week of in class lessons/circulation, one week of distance learning
Circulations: 379
Hold placed: 3
Classes: 22
PLCs: 1
18 chromebook repair tickets submitted
Library activities/Lessons
7th grade Poetry Escape room lesson
Lunch Makerspace- Kapla Blocks
Professional Development
Librarian Inquiry Curriculum work
April/May 2020
Ebooks circulation (district-wide): 3136
Library Lessons/Activities
CJHS Virtual Library/Media Center- 200 students
Virtual Office Hours
11:00A.M.- 12:00 P.M. - Virtual Help Desk
3:00-4:00 P.M.- Library Aides past and present chat
Mrs. Sanchez- Book Talk
The Dirt Diary by Anna Staniszewski - SORA Sweet Read
- I have been working to support teachers and students with this new adventure of online learning! As Cooper’s EdTech Coach, I have worked to help train teachers on Google Meets and various other tech tools by creating videos or training via Google Meets.
- I’ve also created extension lessons for students in the CJHS Library Google Classroom. Students have participated in digital escape rooms, participated in virtual tours around the world, and even a virtual Easter egg hunt.
- Additionally, I have created 20 book talks for students that feature the books on the Lone Star 2020 best books for grades 6-8 list as well as other tutorials to teach students how to access Wylie ISD ebooks/audiobooks.
- Delivered gifts to my student library aides on National Library Worker day
Professional Development
Librarian Inquiry Curriculum work
Librarian End of Year Procedures
School Library Journal Webinar- Book magic
Follett Webinars
Pear Deck Webinar
TCEA Webinar- Digital Field Trips
Linda Sanchez
Email: linda.sanchez@wylieisd.net
Location: 101 Hensley Lane, Wylie, TX, USA
Phone: 972-429-3261
Facebook: facebook.com/cjhslib