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Part D - Paid Staff Activities per Typical Week

  • Report your best estimate of the number of hours per typical week all staff spend on each of the following activities. 
  • Include all staff hours, not just professional staff.
  • Col. B is OPTIONAL. Only complete it if you wish to report voluntary unpaid overtime.
  • Line D 12 (a), Total Weekly Hours of Paid Staff must equal Line C 3(b), Total Staff-Hours per Typical Week

In our example, three staff members work 60 hours in a typical week.  Note that the hours worked in the example
total 60.   The hours worked by Library Media Specialists and by other staff are included in this section.

 

 

Activities

Staff-hours/typical week

 

Line

Col. A

Regular, Paid hours

Col. B

Voluntary Unpaid

hours

Collaboration

Hours spent weekly identifying materials for and planning instructional units with teachers

1

5  
Hours spent weekly teaching students cooperatively with teachers  2 1  

Hours spent weekly  providing information skills instruction to students—individually or in groups (e.g., locating information, citations, copyright/plagiarism, evaluating Internet sources, note-taking)

3

3  

Hours spent weekly providing in-service training to teachers and/or other school staff (includes informal one to one and formal group sessions)

4

3  

Hours spent weekly implementing reading and literacy incentive activities for students and/or promoting reading guidance (e.g., reader’s advisory services, book talks, book clubs, story times, author visits, puppet shows)

5

3  

Hours spent weekly on collection development (e.g., selecting materials)

6

5  

Leadership

Hours spent weekly meeting with school library staff from building, district, or beyond

7

2  

Hours spent weekly meeting with principal and/or other building or district administrators

8

2  

Hours spent weekly attending general faculty and/or staff meetings

9

2  

Hours spent weekly with meeting standards and/or curriculum committees/teams/task forces

10

3  

Technology

Hours spent weekly managing computers/library automation/computer network

11

3  

Other

Hours spent weekly on All other library activities (e.g., processing, retrieving, checking in and out, re-shelving/re-storing) plus  

12

20  
Extra duties unrelated to school library services (e.g., monitoring restrooms, lunch, etc.) 13 8  

 

TOTAL WEEKLY HOURS OF PAID STAFF (Add Lines 1 through 12 )

14

60

 

Frequently Asked Questions

Where is travel time recorded?

Depending on local circumstances, travel time may be recorded as part of #1-12, or it may be recorded in #13.


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