Professionals: Janette Fluharty

Janette Fluharty has been a teacher for thirteen years, having taught for ten years in a general education classroom and now in her third year as the teacher librarian at Avon Intermediate School East in Avon, IN.

School Website: http://ie.avon-schools.org/
Media Center Website: http://media-center.avon-east.schoolfusion.us/

Janette holds a B.A., and a M.L.S.  Her teaching experience ranges from first grade to fourth grade.   While she loved being in the general education classroom, she feels she has found her niche as a teacher librarian as it’s the perfect combination of her passions: teaching, reading promotion, technology integration, and collaboration with peers.

Janette also serves on the AIME Board as representative for District 4 (Boone, Hamilton, Handcock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, and Shelby Counties)
 
Biggest Surprise About Her Job: She LOVES 5th and 6th graders. 
Best Part of Her Job: Working with teachers and students
Hardest Part of Her Job: Finding the time to fit it all in
Areas of interests include:

• Reading Promotion:
  • Booktalks
  • Battle of the Books
  • Book clubs
  • Read-N-Feeds
  • Read alouds
• Partnering with Teachers to:
  • Meet Indiana’s Academic Standards
  • Use authentic integration of technology
  • Share and disseminate ideas, articles and resources
  • Teach research skills
• Utilizing a combination of fixed and flexible scheduling (It’s the best of both worlds!)
• Librarians role in curriculum integration and development
• Collection development