Houston Independent School District
Librarians' Alternative Certification Training Schedule
2006-2007
Learning Resource Endorsement       Assignment Due dates

                                   ACP Librarian Interns
                                     2007-2008 Schedule

Date Time Hrs Place Course
5/2/2007 5:00-8:00 3 DMC Orientation and Introduction
       
5/9/2007 5:00-8:00 3 DMC Scope and Sequence/Project Clear
       
5/16/2007 5:00-8:00 3 DMC State and National Standards
      Information Power
5/23/2007 5:00-8:00 3 DMC Prep for Field Study
       
End of May 07 8:00-4:00 32 TBA Field Study Weeding/Organizing Collection
       
Week 1 - June 07 8:00-4:00 40 TBA Field Study Maintaining Collection
       
Week 2 - June 07 8:00-4:00 40 TBA Technology Foundations
       
Week 3 - June 07 8:00-4:00 40 DMC Facility Management Field Trip, Collection Development/Analysis, Special Populations, Research Using Big 6, Reference
       
Week 4 - June 07 8:00-4:00 40 DMC Online Cataloging/MARC Magician, Alexandria/Legal issues for librarians, Reading programs (AR, Lexile, Reading Counts), Make and Take/Media Center Field Trip, Author Study Presentations
       
       
End of July 07 8:00-4:00 16 your library Collaboration with mentor - 2 days
       
8/9/2007 am 8:00-4:00 8 DMC New Librarians Inservice
8/9/2007 pm 8:00-4:00 8 DMC Children's Lit Projects Due
         
8/21/2007 8:00-4:00 8 TBA All District Librarians Inservice
      intern mentor blackboard session
9/11/2007 5:00-8:00 3 DMC Alexandria Reports/PreK survival
       
9/25/2007 10:00-3:00 5 DMC TAKS Intervention Plan/ Grant Writing
       
10/9/2007 5:00-8:00 3 DMC goal setting with mentor
       
10/23/2007 5:00-8:00 3 DMC Big 6 collaboration with teaching partner
       
11/13/2007 10:00-3:00 5 DMC Library Programming 
       
Nov 5:00-8:00 3 DMC TeXas pre test
       
1/8/2008 5:00-8:00 3 DMC TExES test prep - Test Taking Strategies
         
1/15/2008 5:00-8:00 3 DMC TExES test prep - Domain 1
         
1/22/2008 5:00-8:00 3 DMC TExES test prep - Domain 2
         
1/29/2008 5:00-8:00 3 DMC TExES test prep - Domain 3
         
2/5/2008 5:00-8:00 3 DMC TExES test prep - practice test
         
2/12/2008 5:00-8:00 3 DMC TExES test prep - Final test review
         
2/19/2008 5:00-8:00 3 DMC Intervention

 

2006-2007 Important Dates

 

Date

Event/Name of Form Due

September

09/05/06

ACP Training (5:00-8:00)

09/05/06

Portfolio Assignment #1 Due

09/15/06

Intern/Mentor Form #1 Due

09/15/06

Observation of Experienced Teacher #1 Due

09/15/06

Principal’s Observation Form #1 Due

09/19/06

ACP Training (5:00-8:00)

09/22/06

Substitute Day Observation Form #1 Due

09/30/06

ACP Specialist Observation Form #1 Due

October

10/03/06

ACP Training (5:00-8:00)

10/03/06

Portfolio Assignment #2 Due

10/13/06

Intern/Mentor Form #2 Due

10/13/06

Observation of Experienced Teacher #2 Due

10/17/06

ACP Training (5:00-8:00)

10/27/06

Principal’s Observation Form #2 Due

10/28/06

ACP Training: Library Programming – Peggy Sharp (10:00-3:00)

10/31/06

ACP Specialist Observation Form #2 Due

November

11/07/06

Portfolio Assignment #3 Due

11/14/06

ACP Training (5:00-8:00)

11/15/06

Intern/Mentor Form #3 Due

11/15/06

Observation of Experienced Teacher #3 Due

11/17/06

Substitute Day Observation Form #2 Due

11/30/06

ACP Specialist Observation Form #3 Due

December

12/08/06

Principal’s Observation Form #3 Due

January</