Elementary Experience Post-Write

I have greatly valued the time I have worked with elementary students. I have also realized that I am not necessarily meant to work in an elementary school. The schedule of an elementary Library Media Specialist is non-stop. They see every student in the school each week, sometimes twice. While I am used to seeing many students from my high school experience, it is still different and sometimes overwhelming.

Elementary students easily excited. They are much more excited about Dewey than those in high school. They show how much they like lessons. Students are also very enthusiastic about reading. They look forward to checking out books. However, I’m not sure if they are actually always reading the books or just getting new ones. At this level, they do not need to offer proof of their reading, so I think that it is hard to tell sometimes.

At both of my placements, the Elementary students were just beginning to receive library instruction. Therefore, as the students progressed through the school, their lack of library instruction was obvious to those that had received instruction. It very much made me aware of how important it is to teach students these skills.