Welcome to Anna Kim's portfolio!
I graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2003 with dual degrees in English and Psychology. After working for a year, I decided to return to school and earned my Master of Science in Secondary English Education degree from Northwestern University, Evanston, in 2006. Immediately upon graduating, I taught high school English for two years in a Maryland suburb of Washington, D.C. before returning to Chicago where I taught at a charter school in the South Side for the 2008-2009 school year. Because I cannot stay still for too long, I decided to challenge myself by pursuing another course of study, Library and Information Science, with a focus on School Media at Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois. I graduated with an MLIS in August, 2011 and currently work as a school library media specialist in a K-8 elementary school in CPS.
Vision and Mission Statements
Vision Statement:
To create an environment in which we empower students to learn fearlessly and lead compassionately.
Mission Statement:
· I believe in providing a safe environment for students in order for them to achieve their fullest potential.
· I believe in helping students understand the wider needs of the global community in order for them to be empathic citizens of the world.
· I believe that today’s learners are required to become conversant in more than one type of literacy and I will provide the access and resources in order to equip students for success in this changing information landscape.
· I believe that the responsibility for students’ education lies with the entire learning community and that it is the duty of the school library media specialist to assist and collaborate with the faculty in order to provide the best service for students.
To create an environment in which we empower students to learn fearlessly and lead compassionately.
Mission Statement:
· I believe in providing a safe environment for students in order for them to achieve their fullest potential.
· I believe in helping students understand the wider needs of the global community in order for them to be empathic citizens of the world.
· I believe that today’s learners are required to become conversant in more than one type of literacy and I will provide the access and resources in order to equip students for success in this changing information landscape.
· I believe that the responsibility for students’ education lies with the entire learning community and that it is the duty of the school library media specialist to assist and collaborate with the faculty in order to provide the best service for students.
