1. North Media Center
February Highlights
and Statistics

2. Monthly Highlights
--Collaborative Lessons
 In addition to the regularly scheduled collaborative class
sessions meeting in the Library Media Center, Mrs. Stout is co-
teaching a Senior Non-fiction Inquiry Unit with two Senior
English teachers, Mrs. Diercksen and Mrs. McGowan. The unit
uses best practices from UBD and Guided Inquiry to framework
student centered inquiry units incorporating Google documents
and Common Core standards. Students are self-selecting core
texts and essential questions, reflecting upon their progress,
and demonstrating their new insights in a culminating final
project. Mrs. Stout is working with the MTPL and ILL to acquire
high interest non-fiction for the project. In addition, the North
library has purchased several new high interest non-fiction
acquisitions.
 Two additional teachers have signed up for the unit in the fourth
marking period.

3. Monthly Highlights
--Events in the Media Center
 The book club met once in February to
discuss The Fault in Our Stars by John
Green. Next up is The City of Bones,
Book 1 of The Mortal Instruments Series,
by Cassandra Clare. The entire series is
available on Nooks 1-6.

4. Monthly Highlights
--Professional Development
 Mrs. Stout continues to attend the District Professional
Academy Board, and intends to stay involved with the Board’s
endeavors to continue to foster meaningful PD opportunities to
cultivate teacher leaders.
 Mrs. Stout also joined the building based School Improvement
Committee and would like to focus on improving the availability
of focus group sessions for students during the Block 3
transition period.
 At the February PLC session, Mrs. Stout offered a Google Ninja
Troubleshooting Session.
 Mrs. Stout served on the Digital Literacy Month Committee and
helped lead the district Middletown Google Ninja Program
Initiative to success.

5. February Statistics
Direct Instruction Class Sessions 138
Drop In Class Sessions 7
Classes scheduled for 24
Presenters/Events/Testing
Circulation 251
Before School Visits 476
Lunch and Pass Visits 233
After School Visits 25
LibGuides Usage 3557