ETL507 - Assignment 5: Professional Placement Report (Section 4 - Placement Review Meeting Record)

This post is part of one of final assignments broken posted and broken down into their respective sections. I have decided to post this assignment as I feel that it is important to document what I undertook during my Professional Placement. This is verbatim for what I submitted for this assignment, however some sections have had to be changed in terms of formatting due to the restraints of Weebly. See Section 1 here and Section 2 here and Section 3 here.

This document is a record of the end-of-placement meeting held between the placement student from the School of Information Studies, CSU and the primary workplace supervisor. We request that both sign this as a true record of that meeting. This record must be submitted as an attachment to the Placement Report assessment.
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Student name:  Nikita Mickan                                              Student Number: 11685611
Placement host: Thiele Primary School (Aberfoyle Park Primary School Campus)            
Supervisor’s name: Hajnalka Molloy

1. Outline the professional tasks that the student participated in during the placement (program to be attached). – see Section 3, NM.
Library design and layout (setting up a new library after renovations), cataloguing (downloading from SCIS), stocktake, SCIS webinar, assisting with lessons, covering books, circulation desk, reshelving, selecting resources for a class taking into consideration text complexity for a junior class.

2. Please comment on the student’s strengths as demonstrated throughout the professional placement.
Nikita demonstrated strong communication skills. Nikita understood the importance of ensuring all cataloguing is kept consistent, accurate and appropriate to the needs of the context and clients. Nikita worked well with students, teachers and other members of staff, taking on feedback as necessary.

3. Please identify any concerns or issues related to satisfactory completion of the placement.
If Nikita wished to worked in a primary context she would benefit from more time in primary level classes to adapt the content and level of difficulty, she would benefit from more time explicitly teaching information literacy lessons.

4. Please discuss the progression towards achievement of the student’s professional goals outlined prior to the comment of placement. 
Nikita has met her placement goals, including catalogue development, how we work with stakeholders, selection and collection policy and inclusion of student voice.

5. Any other comments or feedback for the student.
Nikita shows initiative, confidence and asks clarifying questions when needed. We are looking forward to welcoming her to the profession and the SLASA committee.
 
Student signature:  Nikita Dawn Mickan                    Supervisor signature: Hajnalka Timea Molloy


Note:  This Supervisor Meeting Record is for educational purposes only and is not intended for use as reference material in seeking employment.