Library Service (Meeting with Advisor)

On Thursday August 25th, Charity and I met with Mrs. Reina to plan out the schedule for Library Service 2011-2012. We were able to jump to the more important aspects of library service, since Charity and I had creates a schedule a week before (during the CAS leader meeting on the previous Thursday, August 18th).
Mrs. Reina inspected our plans for the upcoming year, and she gave us her input:

– We should have an online system to keep individual library service memebr reflections/experiences. (More efficient than hard-copies, less paper wasted, and easier to transfer to report cards/progress reports)
– We should try to salvage the old Library Service CAS blog, and have one HS member of our activity maintain it. (Allows us to present or progress to the Key Club as well as the OSC community)

– We should ask the SGA for help, in sponsoring the Library Serivce’s activity, “Book Week” (Cost, advertising and so on.)

– She thought our ideas of, “Comic Day, Cosplay Day, Poem Day…”  were creative and definitively worth looking into to promote reading.

Other than those suggestions, Mrs. Reina was content with our plans for the upcoming academic year; and with her approval Charity and I are ready to lead Library Service 2011-2011, starting on Septemeber 1, 2011.

Library Service Goals for CAS 2012 (Service)

As the leaders of Library Service, Charity Dowers and I will be planning/organizing the Service program for the duration of our enrollment in 12th grade at OSC. Therefore our goals/plan for the academic year are:

-Limit the number of students in Library Service to 8-10 students to not overcrowd the library and make the workload last long enough until 3:30.

-Divide the students into two groups

Grades 6-8 will be supervised by Charity ( 4 or 5 students no more than 5)

Grades 9-12 will be supervised by Skylor (3 or 4 students, he will personally choose them)

Middle school grades will be in charge of organizing non-fiction books (they are easier to sort because of their numerical placement)

High school grades will be charge of organizing fiction books, ordering the magazines, and updating the library service blog each session. Also take pictures for the blog.

Library Service Daily Routine

1. Attendance
2. Separate the two groups and organize what needs to be organized
3. End the session with a ‘good job’ and ‘thank you’

Library Service First Day *

1. Speech about library service (maybe take some pictures)
2. Cover what is expected in Library Service: ATTENDANCES (3 strikes)
3. Learn names of each student
4. Explain how pizza party works
5. Try and set up the service blog

Book Week (Will probably come up with more activities that are “Community-based”

• More publicity –have the service make a few posters
• School newsletters, emails
• Assembly presentations (videos)
• Manga/Comic Day
• More reading days (10 minutes)
• Quotes from famous authors about reading
• Publish creative writing
• COSPLAY

Student Reflection/ Student reports

Around the end of November when the first semester is ending we will have students write a short reflection on their time in library service.  Also Charity and I will be writing student reports on the students’ performances in the service. I will write the reports for high school students and Charity will write for the middle school students.

Promotion To Leader of Library Service

The end of the academic  year marks the end of the CAS program, “Library Service”; which also means that the leader of the program must resign her position of leader and hand it down to another student to continue organizing Library Service.

In this instance, not one leader, but two leaders of were chosen to lead Library service. These two students include Charity Dowers and myself. I believe our previous leader, Keiko Tamura thought that having a pair of leaders would make the job easier in the long run, which I agree with as well.

As leaders fo Library Service we must pick up where Keiko left off which means for the next year our goals will include:

• Increase the awareness of one’s own strengths and areas for growth
• Undertake new challenges
• Plan and initiate activities
• Work collaboratively with others
• Show perseverance and commitment in the activities
• Engage with the issue of global importance
• Consider the ethical implication of the actions
• Develop new skills

We also need to update and further develop our Library Service CAS blog due to the formation of the Key Club.

Semester 2 CAS Activity on Thursday (Library Service)

For the second semester I have decided to continue with Library Service because I feel that I help the Leader, Keiko Tamura with organization and communication amongst the people within our CAS Service. I also realized that I could help out more because of the substantial increase of members of Library Service. In fact, within the first couple of sessions, I have helped explain what we do in library service, what needs to be done, and how it should be done.  I feel that it is most rewarding for myself when I can pass on what I have learnt to a new group of volunteers; not only does it show that I know what to do, it also shows that I know how to explain clearly to newcomers. I think that this entry is classified under the Service aspect of the CAS program. Some of the qualities that I demonstrate through this Service is increased their awareness of my own strengths and areas for growth, I have undertaken new challenges, worked collaboratively with others and I have shown perseverance and commitment in my service.