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**Portfolio Home page **  The bulk of my SPP was undertaken at Site 1 and 2 with visits to the other sites. From these visits I was able to see some really great ideas and some things I would choose to do differently. I found this experience highly valuable as I was able to learn from a number of teacher-librarians and build my bank of ideas ready to take into my future library. I also found this experience allowed me to further strengthen my professional network in my local area.

//SPP Site 1- //The library is situated in a co-educational State primary school in a northern suburb ofBrisbane. The school has a current enrolment of 846 students from Prep-7 with 34 classroom teachers. The library is staffed by a qualified Teacher-Librarian 2.5 days per week, and an experienced Information Communication Technology teacher 2.5 days per week. There is also a Library Aide 4 days per week. The library collection consists of 8000 items (this does not include the 2500 resources in the Teacher Resource Centre). //SPP Site 2 // – This state school caters for just under 300 students ranging from prep-7 and is located in the northern suburbs of Brisbane. The library is staffed by a full-time library aide and a part-time teacher-librarian who works 3 days per week. The library building is brand new and has been designed in collaboration with the library staff as part of the BER. //SPP Site 3 // – This library, also situated in the northern suburbs of Brisbane is run by the same teacher-librarian as site 2. A library aide works full-time with the teacher-librarian working 2 days per week. The library caters for just over 200 students from prep-7. As with the site 2 the library building is brand new funded through the BER, however, the library staff were not consulted during the design stage. As a result the teacher-librarian is able to notice some marked differences between the two libraries in terms of catering for the needs of library staff and the school community. //SPP Site 4 // – This library is a public library within the Brisbane City Council group of libraries. Although each site has individual responsibilities the collection is a floating one. This means that material can be transferred from one library to another easily and a patron may borrow from on library and return at another. The collection development is not done in the individual libraries, however, the library staff may make suggestions or requests. Thus the bulk of the library budget is not managed by the head librarian. The collection consists of approximately 1.3 million resources, with the particular library site housing approximately 90 thousand resources at any one time. //SPP Site 5// - The school is situated in a suburban area in the Northern suburbs of Brisbane. It has a current enrolment of 340 students in Years 1-7. The teacher-librarian works full time with occasional assistance from various teacher’s aides throughout the week. // SPP Site 6 // – This state school is located in the inner northern suburbs of Brisbane. It has a current enrolment of 350 students from prep-7. The library is staffed by a teacher-librarian 3 days per week and 2 library/teacher aides throughout the week. The library space is quite small however, it has recently been given a refit as part of the BER. // SPP Site 7 – // The library at site 7 is situated in a state school in the Northern suburbs of Brisbane. The school caters for 790 students in grades prep-7. The teacher-librarian works full-time in the library and has 2 library aides that share a full-time roster. The collection consists of approximately 5000 junior fiction books, 5000 non-fiction resources and 3000 fiction books. The library has recently been given a revamp as part of the BER.

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 * Site 1 M || 21 hours ||
 * Site 2 E || 32 hours ||
 * Site 3 NG (Site 2 T-L’s 2nd workplace) || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">2 hours ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Site 4 Council || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">2 hours ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Site 5 EP || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">1.5 hours ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Site 6 K || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">1 hour ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Site 7 AC || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">1 hour ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Total Hours || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">60.5 ||