In August of 2009, I began working at John Yehall Chin Elementary-which is recognized as a distinguished school by the California Department of Education. The students come for weekly library visits, through which they are introduced to outstanding literature and critical information literacy skills. I work with the fourth and fifth graders in the computer lab to ensure they are also receiving a technology-based education that will pave way for success as 21st century learners.

• Built and maintained a website for the school at: https://chin-sfusd-ca.schoolloop.com/
• Automated library catalog so that all records can be managed and viewed electronically
• Reviewed, purchased and presented appropriate, student-centered library materials
• Created Resource Lists of topic-related materials such as literature supporting the Social Studies Curriculum
• Assisted with the school gardening project through ongoing tasks such as purchasing and processing gardening resources
• Coordinated Oliver Chin author visit and fundraiser for Chinese New Year
• Performed school library's inventory for the first time since the school's inception
• Managed fundraisers to acquire a SmartBoard for the school library

Upon beginning my position at El Dorado, my educational career had been spent in the classroom. At the end of 2001, I re-opened the library, which had been closed the entire school year. Students flooded the library, which soon became a safe haven in a dangerous community. As well as running the library I was also the literacy specialist, ELD teacher, lead teacher for the after-school program, and health advocate. In order to draw families into the school community I organized ongoing student performances and events. To provide a safer, after school environment for students, I co-founded a non-profit named Direct Effect to raise money for arts, music and after-school programs when the district budgets were slashed.

• Conceived, raised money for, and executed a program to bring internet to eight classrooms and the library.
• Designed and implemented a reading motivation program that led school to win Governor's Reading Award with a $5000 prize.
• Decorated for, set-up, and ran biannual book fair which brought thousands of dollars of revenue for the school and over a thousand new books for students as well as winning 3rd place in Scholastic's National Book Fair contest
• Coordinated yearly Read Across America Day event.
• Organized book donations and reading incentives for students through the Tzu Chi Foundation, RIF, and Read to Succeed.
• Created and conducted ongoing trainings to staff on designing differentiated, standards based curriculum, literacy skills, and behavior management systems.

In order to earn a Teacher-Librarian credential, I needed to broaden the range of students with whom I was working and consequently interned at the library on the Ruth Asawa campus in San Francisco, which serves two different high schools: The School of the Arts, and the Academy of Arts and Sciences. Working in this library allowed me the opportunity to move away from fixed scheduling and to embrace project-based learning where students are able to work for larger periods of time. I assisted with the student librarians-both through the creation of usable training documents, and also through direct experience. Neither of these school campuses were using the district's School Loop websites and so I created a matching library site for each, which provides constant remote access to all of the most crucial library resources.