Youth Librarian - Town of Trumbull

<strong>Youth Librarian - </strong><span style="color: #48286d;"><strong>Town of Trumbull</strong></span>. Library/Professional. SALARY: $29.94 per hr. HOURS: 35 per wk. WG: H. GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES: 1. Development of comprehensive programs for children and youth. 2. Serves as the children’s readers’ advisor. 3. Makes recommendation for purchases to Youth Services Coordinator. 4. Participates in outreach program in the community. 5. Performs other related duties as assigned. SUPERVISION RECEIVED: Works under General Supervision of Youth Services Coordinator or his/her designee. SUPERVISION EXERCISED: None MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS, KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY: 1. Knowledge of the practices, procedures, and techniques of library science. 2. Knowledge of children’s books and non-print materials. 3. Strong computer skills including the use of the Internet. 4. Effective oral and written communication skills. 5. Ability to work effectively with library staff and library patrons. EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING: 1. Master’s Degree in Library Science (MLS) from an ALA accredited Library school. 2. Two years children’s library experience preferred. For more information and an application, visit <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.trumbull-ct.gov/content/10623/10655/10977/default.aspx" href="http://www.trumbull-ct.gov/content/10623/10655/10977/default.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.trumbull-ct.gov/content/10623/10655/10977/default.aspx</a>. Applications must be postmarked or on file with the HR/Civil Service, Town Hall, Trumbull, Connecticut, 06611 on or before <span style="color: red;">Friday, July 6, 2012</span>.

Youth Librarian - Town of Trumbull

Youth Librarian - Town of Trumbull . Library/Professional. SALARY: $29.94 per hr. HOURS: 35 per wk. WG: H. GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES: ...

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Reference Librarian - Post University

<strong>Reference Librarian -</strong> <span style="color: #48286d;"><strong>Post University</strong></span> is currently accepting applications for the role of Part Time Reference Librarian. Job Summary: Responsibilities include responding to the information needs of the Post University community including but not limited to reference, OCLC interlibrary loans, database searches, bibliographic and Internet instruction, and government document searches. Scheduled nights and weekends. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: ALA/MLS required. Two years experience in academic LRC preferred. Reference and technical experience required. Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, Camtasia, Ebscohost, the iCONN Digital Library and Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe. Other database knowledge desirable. Ability to work cooperatively with a broad and diverse population. Interested candidates should forward cover letter, resume, and three references to Post University Human Resources by applying at: <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.post.edu/career-opportunities.shtml" href="http://www.post.edu/career-opportunities.shtml" target="_blank">www.post.edu/career-opportunities.shtml</a>. Disclaimer: This opportunity may be withdrawn and/or amended. Post University is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Reference Librarian - Post University

Reference Librarian - Post University is currently accepting applications for the role of Part Time Reference Librarian. Job Summary: Res...

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Cutting Back on Sugar for July

If one of Weight Watchers' requirements was to eat 5-7 (or 20) servings of sweets per day, I'd be killing it at this program!  Very sadly, we all know that immense amounts of sugar doesn't really do a body good.  <i><span style="color: #999999;">I cannot stress the word 'sadly' enough in that statement.</span></i><br /><br />I've been constantly trying to find areas of improvement (there are many!) in my weight loss journey, especially since I've been stagnant for months.  After reading <a href="http://movingthescale.blogspot.com/2012/06/sugar-its-addiction.html" target="_blank">Missy's post</a> about cutting out sugar for the month of July, I decided to follow suit.  She's right, sugar is an addiction.  Sugar is my drug.  Sugar is my alcohol.  Sugar is my cigarette (that's for you Joel!). <br /><br />Essentially, this is all about trying to find what works for me.  Right now, the phrase "everything in moderation" isn't really working.  In fact, I don't even know what moderation means anymore.  That can be both a challenge and benefit to following Weight Watchers.  Essentially, WW allows you to eat whatever you want.  That's great if you're a picky eater like me.  However, sometimes that flexibility is exactly what shoots me in the foot.  Right now, I almost <i>need </i>to be put on a strict, detox diet to remind myself of the types of foods that truly are beneficial to my body.  If I had the PointsPlus for the day, given the choice between my favorite meal from McDonald's and a more well-balanced lower PointsPlus home-cooked meal, I'm honestly going to choose McDonald's every single time.  This isn't okay with me. <br /><br /><div style="color: #999999; text-align: center;"><i>I'm doing a lot of "writing to think" here.. so just bare with me.</i></div><br />I've always tried to view this journey as a lifestyle change, and not a temporary diet.  To me, when I hear the word "diet", I automatically think of a person who is eating from a list of specific foods for a short period of time.  With WW, and with a "lifestyle change", I have currently been of the mindset of not changing my poor eating habits, but simply downsizing them.  I know from past diets I've been on, I don't do well with strict food lists.  I know this is because when I would ask myself, "Can you do this diet long term?" the answer would always be "No way! I feel deprived!"  The "good" thing about WW is that you can still have your cake and it eat too.  I don't <i>have </i>to cut out any "bad" foods - i.e. fast food, sweets, junk food, etc - because I know I can manage to fit those foods into my life using WW.   I do this by ordering smaller portions (like a kid's meal) or even ordering the regular size portion, but just counting it. <br /><br />Still, I cannot help but wonder, if I truly cut out those "bad" foods, even if for a short period of time to detox, then perhaps that would be the jump start I need.  Right now, in this moment, I'm essentially not doing anything different than I was when I started this journey, except eating a little bit less.  Yes, that's good.  It helped me lose 30 lbs.  But it's not enough.  <br /><br />So for now, I'm going to cut out sugar for the month of July and see where that takes me.  Eventually, I'll reintroduce it back into my life in smaller portions, but for now, it needs to go entirely.    <br /><br /><b style="color: #351c75;">For those WW readers, did you cut out any food groups/restaurants/etc when you started your journey? Or did you just do what I've done - cut back the portion size?</b><br /><br />**special thanks to Missy for the inspiration behind this post and this challenge :)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />

No Sugar Challenge Cutting Back on Sugar for July

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Using Storify.com to summarise a tweetchat from #edchatsa

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Submitted by Fiona Beal </span></i></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><i>#edchatsa</i> is the hashtag for our weekly twitter chat for South African teachers on topics of educational interest. These chats take place on a Monday evening from 8:30pm – 9:30pm. This blogpost aims to show you how I went about summarising a chat using Storify.com</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdM0olfueJzrRpOOkYnid94n8XIzkU46SyLmvkT3af4ShUJ_IEQoxBeZocylBB1bm58nuAygyIIfNs7mNHOF_Ft_0NiWv3nIr_g7dloKvhnZWA_uS_yoP1-npHu8wIuXe0DfH___JZYvU/s1600/storify.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdM0olfueJzrRpOOkYnid94n8XIzkU46SyLmvkT3af4ShUJ_IEQoxBeZocylBB1bm58nuAygyIIfNs7mNHOF_Ft_0NiWv3nIr_g7dloKvhnZWA_uS_yoP1-npHu8wIuXe0DfH___JZYvU/s1600/storify.JPG" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Today curating is the buzz word with many amazing sites available to do just that. Storify is a form of curating – one can gather tweets, comments, videos, images and other media from all around the Web and put them into one post. Basically it is a way of creating stories using social media. I thought I would try out <i>Storify </i>today to see how it all works. I decided to use it to summarise our last #edchatsa talk on 25th June 2012 from 8:30 – 9:30pm, namely: </span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">‘How can we ensure fair assessment in collaborative learning when not every child contributes equally?’</span></b></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">At first it took a while to get my head around Storify, and then suddenly I realised how very easy it actually is!</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Step 1: Open <a href="http://storify.com/">Storify.com</a> and join</span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Once you have joined you click on <i>Create story.</i> A lovely big screen for writing opens up.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9dTVRDLSeZdDtrXrHFTpATNAGkCfWu-7tT6gVV-NWrHuwzE90rJUgWfjGmT2iWzPm5ovyr7XTbwLr1HjfN_FzRmamkTvEV4dduv9U-EIlgLpflkCUONLoxLSBplIpXSWz0FDqjR0pEZY/s1600-h/image%25255B2%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg3gor9HEe9w-fBdwRPQ4cs5q6lMvd4FAAagoYnFYwDBYB3sTyt0Jj8euFvgVWMn97lnJaHICiSkmEL7-zYfFQg5h8T7axDmhnCF1hAVIr4Nqanm1WRNfOIx-7xGDMCWCkLOcAKeaig-0/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Step 2: Find your media</b></span></div><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">On the right hand side of the big screen is another section that contains the place to find your media.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaZ0EIFACTmTn5ztavwwk5bq5aLWPIZKpCTWzGkLEGgn_OELgJrdhR1Enq9lAv3ZB1Sy_MRYvZ0N4W651mNNLgH0FzC8-YeHKY9OwggR1HdIbgGtKbJ-R35XV719t_h3uZWgyeutgaG8o/s1600-h/image%25255B5%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicvrvJRYRGxO_dDnoc9QaxbhNDz-wmPHep3oF7R4vA2TiYaZH5perv3dt1ClSlaU6JAZJDAkAKIXLnwU02_h7HdSaaPpI8yKtiP6VEBGfe5e6MBYrxlJDk2kRnFWK2NPlckNkQwBKGlvM/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="247" /></a></div><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Since I was keen to summarise a Twitter chat I asked for the Twitter hashtag <i>#edchatsa</i> and then searched for the date and the time I wanted to refer to </span></div>.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtn31rBZPx34IrbO9JCCVeu2vHPzZ2ehOjkg7Zn6_vd_sNJGdJBXOZ5r2_BdUhq7-8Qee0qy7yw87-eMJ_avoB5DSBRtE5EzQmQZ7WIIWLFQOHN0KucBAzGNA9cM7cmfu0VxaBd5mMgBU/s1600-h/image%25255B8%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0DgH1UM7M7zzv1dcl5qcRRl6LnmgaLOow9eAbaWMsQnMtgN2IWGVk37QN9hP6gXuYWwIDmtpFOvFUUdYGJlPwBPSI2wTMT0YaXNLFilfUvK5Pn0qxNS3V6ruy9c4cnj0a2l1MIg5vQtc/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="232" /></a></div><br /><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br />Step 3: Plan the structure of your story</b></span></div><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">There are different blocks to use in Storify, so in my case I decided on:</span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A heading</span></li><li style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Putting the story in context</span></li><li style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">An opening summary</span></li><li style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">How the discussion progressed with relevant headings</span></li><li style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Actual notable tweets that shed light on the discussion</span></li><li style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Some of the sites and links provided in the chat</span></li><li style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Possibly plan of action ideas</span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Embed a final summary of tweets made in a different Storify document from earliest to latest as the last entry on the document</span> </span></li></ul><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">From here on it was a case of writing and then dragging across tweets from the #edchatsa hashtag I had opened in the right hand section of Storify. <br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Step 4: Create and publish your story</b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A lovely story emerged! Take a look...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1P-0YJbb_HRtoaTQgOZewOxICDGNxuFAZGxlyO8Q46zOeirjvZRwMpKcQu5csGbfIIFsOx4UWIWG9wIgPtwmQyS72mB9WtDI-9SU1IlXhhVn6IBWwP0TWEqIGDhn_9F7Hr0INSZElDMI/s1600-h/image%25255B17%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJQ-ZRGxZK6iw3Tclq7FeFnELKOSXvB9KbngdWbctXDSaislXd-tNBAis-i7cxXWElWcukseVnh0-hFaVHduZ4pxDffkf4UcZ7P5NKHfEs_sb8hFmHodVpCxPdh_CAf-0bh3taW-Oyfng/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">If you would like to see the finished result please open this link. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://storify.com/fibeal/how-can-we-ensure-fair-assessment-in-collaborative">http://storify.com/fibeal/how-can-we-ensure-fair-assessment-in-collaborative</a><br /><br />If you would like to read all the tweets separately here is the link:<br /><a href="http://storify.com/fibeal/tweet-summary-edchatsa-25-june-fair-assessment-of">http://storify.com/fibeal/tweet-summary-edchatsa-25-june-fair-assessment-of</a></div></div></div>

Tutorials Twitter Web tools Using Storify.com to summarise a tweetchat from #edchatsa

Submitted by Fiona Beal #edchatsa is the hashtag for our weekly twitter chat for South African teachers on topics of educational interest. ...

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A rough start with Whole 30

I really thought this would be a good weekend to start the Whole 30 plan. My husband was out of town so I had complete control of what I ate. Or did I?<br /><br />Saturday went pretty well until about 8pm. I spent the day with my sister. First, her two-hour hair appointment (and she looked gorgeous when they were done). Then Magic Mike. Turned out not to be as fun or interesting as I thought. Stupid subplots, didn't like the character The Kid. Hated Matthew <span class="name" id="yui_3_4_1_5_1341242239318_449">McConaughey</span><span class="title" id="infoBarPosts"></span>'s character. Now Magic Mike, he was "interesting", but the movie was a lot more raunchy than I expected. I know, what should I have expected, it was a male stripper movie.  Basically, another stupid movie.<br /><br />It was 6pm after the movie (where I avoided popcorn or diet Coke - a nasty habit I acquired recently). My sister's normal bedtime is 5:30pm. She sleeps 12 hours a night. I read this is normal post-stroke. At least she doesn't take a nap in the afternoon anymore. She was too tired to go out to eat and indicated she wasn't hungry. However, I asked her, "how about some ice cream?" and she smiled and nodded yes. We stopped at Baskin and Robbins. I got her a scoop of Pralines 'n Cream and nothing for me.  <br /><br />So all had gone well, except I hadn't eaten anything since 11am. I got home at 7pm. I was starving! I still hadn't gone grocery shopping for Whole 30 foods. I had lots of stuff I could eat. Vegetables, fruit, chicken, fish. Dinner was talapia and brussels sprouts, with a cup of blackberries for dessert. I was still starving. I stood in the pantry and spotted a box of Carmel popcorn. The kind you pop in the microwave and then but a slab of caramel on it to melt. I ate both packages.<br /><br />Sunday was worse. I was exhausted, probably from all the sugar and a bad night of sleeping. I just didn't care. I had major house cleaning to do, so I ate whatever, then slept four more hours. Got up at noon and cleaned like a manic.<br /><br />So the whole weekend was a bust. No exercise. Bad eating.<br /><br />Today I'm trying again. My healthy lunch is packed and I have really good intentions (again) today. The goal is to just get through the day. Just one day of eating healthy, whole foods. Certainly I can do one day, right?

A rough start with Whole 30

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Teacher's Garden

<br /><br /><center><a href='https://picasaweb.google.com/115916382183421477315/BloggerPictures?authkey=Gv1sRgCNPCp6bK0YDF6gE#5760574480655747890'><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN4tVBDBUAgp3_7t2D5gX-A73tsWwwPuqshGFVNkqDM51soo_TxtWjF1x6jxU2fnKYYMwAGjf5UJWFtwZJ7aYuQbY_Kx_cKzPZPZvUgIw_SBC_MlOyB9ChaF3SXRhs19QI35vczkqYkZub/s288/0.jpg" style="margin:5px" width="267"></a></center><br />"In our garden there's a flower<br />always blooming just for you.<br />Whether sunshine or in shower,<br />In our garden there's a flower.<br />A teacher's love has super power<br />We give thanks for all you do-<br />In our garden there's a flower<br />always blooming just for you."<br />-Andromeda Jazmon<br /><br />"dedicated to Ms. Rhonda Bush April 29, 2011"<br /><br />"they are like trees planted along the riverbank, bearing fruit each season. Their leaves never wither and they prosper in all they do." Psalm 1:3<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='https://picasaweb.google.com/115916382183421477315/BloggerPictures?authkey=Gv1sRgCNPCp6bK0YDF6gE#5760574496544326082'><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgen2UpyxQbP7rljggDH10bSBxJ7q5kcSQx66UMmmYU1o6CpmJb8xyRA7ReIMaTIKbtl98sWjK3QVt4VL9nZPazmABLB8cSV3Svo4ytXlMP9Ht3o7Nj-raVR21iK5VIVMjh2vbUPrNGU5c0/s288/1.jpg" style="margin:5px" width="267"></a></center><br />I'm sitting in our outdoor classroom waiting for my son to get finished in the learning lab and as I looked at the corn, okra, beans, and the most beautiful zinnas I've seen in a long time, I came across the dedication sign that we put up in honor of an amazing K4 teacher, Ms. Rhonda Bush.<br /><br />I'm finally home after being gone for 12 days! Too long in my book. I've been away from home more than at home the last month and I'm completely worn out. It is time to recharge so I can be ready for August, which will be here too fast.<br /><br />There is an ironclad rule about gardens -- three actually:<br />- You harvest what you plant<br />- Your habits in the garden determine the quality and quantity of the harvest * Do you hoe or weed every day?<br /> * Whatever you water, grows.<br /><br />Whatever you do now, you will reap when school starts:<br />- What you learn this summer will come out in your teaching in the fall.<br />- What you plan and do now will determine how well you start?<br /> * Do you map out your plan for the year?<br /> * Take the school calendar and put it on the plan so you have no surprises.<br /> * Plan ahead for those field trips etc. and get those arranged FIRST so there is less stress for you.<br /> * Determine how you'll be communicating with parents and set it up NOW. Plan ahead.<br /> * What is going on your door? This sets the theme of the year in many ways. <br />- A very important one: Did you rest this summer? (I'm speaking to myself here as much as you. Take the time to unwind so you're ready for the fall.)<br /><br />Just some thoughts from the teacher's garden. Teachers, you rock!!! <br /><br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad<br />

Teacher's Garden

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