Back once again

Feeling pressure - have to do assessments and write reports for ESL students already - have a maternity leave teacher leaving in 3 weeks - have a number of students in her class - only just feeling confident that they have made some progress since the beginning of the year. Have 33 students to report on.

Felt relief at getting assig 1 finished - not feeling confident in the result - having so much difficulty in handling all that is going on and feeling a lack of confidence.

I think one of the concerns is the utter lack of interest in the library as a working environment - it seems to be just a leisure/quiet reading place - teachers do not use the library for study nor the computer lab. The lab in particular is timetabled for one hour per week per class and often I witness it being used as a semi-release time for the teacher. The IT bloke provides support but it is more like turorship on his part!

Frustration at the fact that almost all of information I am reading (trying to) about information literate students and infor lit school communitites, is not practised here. I am one of the teachers supplying release - 0.5 in the library - I have to programme and plan - a few teachers just don't understand my role and that I am actually delivering lessons about literacy - they just don't see beyong their hour of release from their class. Have managed to get it through to one that I am not there to do exchanges of classroom readers for her class. Lack of care of books of all kinds, periodicals, posters, IT equipment and resources in general is just astonishing - both some of the children and some of the teachers.

There must be light at the end of the tunnel but I don't see it yet - and not here methinks.

Back again

Started Assignment 1 this week - rereading it constantly to make sure I keep on track. Also trying to keep up with modules and reading. Quite true to get oneself organised to study but after all these years still find that challenging especially having full time work, family life etc to cope with. Am aware others in same boat.
Have started to browse through Kuhlthau and daughters' Guided Inquiry - Figure 2.2 - model of the information process - just how I feel trying to get my head around assig 1 - so much reading/information - feel optimism at how much can be accessed to support my views on TLship but also feel confusion and doubt about the clarity of my ideas and whether I am using the right resources for the certain opinions. Just found this part of the book so relevant. Not much in Access related to local libraries but have found a couple of articles - so important to feel the connection. Do feel that as I go through this course I may be able to contribute something about the specific conditions of the need for TLs in the Top End.

Yippee

Be quick on this one - my lap top has been fixed after 2 weeks waiting - oh the ho huim joys of IT - back in business.
Read some of actual texts, borrowed other peoples' PCs - managed - makes such a difference to have one's own computer.
Going to read some more.