I am at a 6-8 middle school.  We are testing all grade levels (~750 students), all 4 tests.  We have 8 teams and will use four weeks for testing using three labs and the library.

In order to keep circulation going (because the library is a testing site), I made a Google book request form and put the link on my Destiny homepage and created a bit.ly link.  Students enter books they want from their classrooms (ELA classrooms have a few computers) and we fill the requests with a team pick up at 12:20 and 2:00 daily.  I am keeping the requests on the form so I have data on the impact on circulation (and doing this instead of official "hold" requests in Destiny).  I am using this time to do a major weeding project as well as select and enter the iCONN audiobook and eBook MARC records into my catalog (see iCONN - For Librarians page for the MARC records).  I also plan to do some professional development through webinars.  Today I was able to participate in the School Leadership Summit at http://admin20.org/page/summit.

Kris Woods
Chippens Hill Middle School
http://bit.ly/chmslibrary




On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Emily Kelsey <elfkels@ymail.com> wrote:
I forgot to add that they got a sub for me and my classes are in the classrooms. Lucky me, I am the coordinator and TA for my school. Its a hassle but not any worse than CMTs


Emily Kelsey sent this from her iPhone...

On Mar 27, 2014, at 5:17 PM, Katie Finlan <kfinlan@yahoo.com> wrote:

In the same boat as Nancy, except I will be visiting my classes in their regular classrooms.  If I want to circulate books or use iPads (the only technology available during testing) I will be lugging those around with me!


On Thursday, March 27, 2014 4:54 PM, Nancy Shwartz <mrs.shorts@gmail.com> wrote:
Grades 3-5 field test, all sections, all tests, all parts, all a massive headache trying to schedule them all. Looks like my classes are cancelled for a month or more.

Yikes.

Nancy Shwartz
Library Media Specialist
Cos Cob School 
Greenwich, CT




On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 3:44 PM, Yulo-medeiros, Julie <jyulo@cromwell.k12.ct.us> wrote:
Just Grade 11- both ELA and Math at the high school.
Grades 3 -8 at the other schools.
Julie

Julie Yulo-Medeiros
School Librarian
Virtual High School Site Coordinator
Cromwell High School
34 Evergreen Road
Cromwell, CT 06416
860.632.4841 Ext: 14830
jyulo@cromwell.k12.ct.us

I am currently reading Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt, Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo and Dark Places by Gillian Flynn. What are you reading?




-----Original Message-----
From: casl-l-bounces+jyulo=cromwell.k12.ct.us@mylist.net [mailto:casl-l-bounces+jyulo=cromwell.k12.ct.us@mylist.net] On Behalf Of Kristie McGarry
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2014 1:13 PM
To: casl-l@mylist.net
Subject: [CASL-L] SBAC testing

We are testing all 9th 10th and 11th graders in ELA and Math over the next month.

what grades are your schools testing? Just curious.

Kristie McGarry
Library Media Specialist
Derby High School
8 Nutmeg Avenue
Derby, CT  06418
Direct line: 203-446-2612 ; School line: 203-736-5032 www.derbyps.org/dhslibrary _______________________________________________
CASL-L mailing list
CASL-L@mylist.net
http://mylist.net/listinfo/casl-l

_______________________________________________
CASL-L mailing list
CASL-L@mylist.net
http://mylist.net/listinfo/casl-l


_______________________________________________
CASL-L mailing list
CASL-L@mylist.net
http://mylist.net/listinfo/casl-l


_______________________________________________
CASL-L mailing list
CASL-L@mylist.net
http://mylist.net/listinfo/casl-l

_______________________________________________
CASL-L mailing list
CASL-L@mylist.net
http://mylist.net/listinfo/casl-l




--
Kris Woods