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From Spanish Sub to LMC learner assistant

Disclaimer: BEA Middle School Library I realize teachers (especially those with a master's degree) shy away from subbing positions that aren't designated teacher positions, but the lure of being in a Library Media Center had me hooked. After all, you essentially do more for less, (as is the current structure of learner assistant schedules--as my sister-in-law would agree).  But from my graduate work, the LMC is the heart (or should be) from which the blood of education flows.  (Okay students, I know this isn't English, but I couldn't resist that metaphor).  The picture I used is actual from Blue Earth's middle school, not Lake Mills where I currently am on assignment. As I worked there, I had alot of fun communicating the learning, even though it wasn't math related (okay, some, if a student asked me a math question during study hall).  I envisioned Dr. Loerschter's Model of a 21st Century Commons, and how (one day) technology integrationists, Medi