Back in the saddle . . .

Howdy, Pardner, it's that time again. Internship time. The final roundup.

I'll continue with my work at the community college and also spend three weeks back at Randleman Middle School with my friend and mentor, Maddie. I've worked in libraries nearly four years now, and have taught adults for nearly 30. Time now to circle the wagons and put it all together in a K12 setting, tho I have to say, all of my K12 training is finding very good use here at the community college. The principles of presenting information in alignment with the needs of the audience, promoting library resources, collaborating with faculty, learning and applying new technologies ALL have a place in any educational setting.

As I've mentioned before, I do work with high school students from the Huskins program, but the students I work most closely with are the Adult High School and GED students. Their classrooms are just up the hall. The library is a convenient testing center for the AHS and GED instructors. And these instructors seem to be especially appreciative of library support. It may be because of the challenging nature of what they do--create individual learning programs tailored to the needs of students who have dropped out or dropped behind for a wide variety of reasons. In any event, it's been a great venue for trying out a lot of what I've learned, and the positive response from both students and staff has made it very worthwhile.

So off we go on the final leg of this cattle drive . . . Giddyap!