Whole Child
Healthy, Safe, Engaged, Challenged and Supported
Libraries promote engagement and independence
Each student is actively engaged in learning and connected to school and community. My role to provide opportunities for students to answer: What do you want to learn today? To challenge them with primary sources and opportunities to challenge evidence.
Libraries offer academic challenges and involvement
Each student is challenged academically to participate in a global environment. My role is to support student learning through differentiation by curating resources to read and to watch as well as to do!
Librarians are supportive collaborators
Each student has accessed to personalized learning and supported by qualified, caring adults. My role is support students through collaborating with colleagues in various subject areas, Book Groups, 1:1 literacy opportunities as well as electronic portfolios.
Libraries promote good health
Student enter school healthy and practice a healthy lifestyle. My role: I'm collaborating with our guidance counselor on a Modern Mindfulness -- a practice the promotes healthy practice. A former colleague used to say of Folsom School that we, as a staff, wrap around kids! When we as a staff embrace whole-school activities, we can make this happen.
Libraries are safe places
Each student learns in an environment that is physically and emotionally safe. My role: The library is a safe place for students to relax and read or research. Students know they can come to me for a good book and for advice.
Keep our eye on the prize
The goal is Whole Child. Thematic learning (project-based learning or problem-based learning) -- with the standards (CCSS, Next Gen, C3, ISTE NETS) woven seamlessly into academic lessons, with an administration promoting ample opportunity for collaboration among colleagues best addresses the tenets of Whole Child as well as new standards that promote academic excellence.
Practice what we preach!
Michelle, a high school history teacher, Annette, a fellow librarian, and I collaborate on a project for Old Docs, New Tech this summer in Barre. Don't be shy! Just ask ... or we librarians will ask you ... how we can help!
Email: sharon.taylor.hayes@gmail.com
Website: http://folsomschoollibrary.blogspot.com/
Location: 75 South St, South Hero, VT, United States
Phone: 802.372.6209
Twitter: @gotbooks2