Library a Wealth of
Information for Teachers
Professional Collection consists of
thousands of books, videos and journals

Need to find resources for professional development or classroom use? Check out the SBBC Professional Collection. Located on the 4th floor of Broward County Main Library, the collection contains more than 5,000 professional education books and videos covering all aspects of education -- from the historical to the most current hot topics in the field.

The Professional Journal Collection, which is located in the periodicals department on the 3rd floor, consists of 130+ professional education journals as well as a collection of Education Resource Information Center (ERIC) microfiche dating back to 1969. The Professional Collection Liaison is available to assist you Tuesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and can be reached at 754-321-1700.

Services the liaison can provide include:
• Checking out and sending books, educational videos, kits and other library materials to any School Board employee
• Retrieving and copying articles from professional journals and sending them by fax, pony or E-mail to any Broward County School location
• Assisting with access to Broward County Library’s collection of ERIC microfiche
• Locating and requesting journal articles or books not available in the Broward County Library System
• Providing reference services and research assistance

You can access the collection during regular library hours: Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. and Sunday from 12 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.


Hot Off the Presses
Newly acquired titles in the Professional Collection include:
• Using Technology to Increase
Student Learning
• The Unintended Consequences of
High-Stakes Testing
• Educating Oppositional and Defiant
Children
• Action Strategies for Deepening
Comprehension
• Tough Fronts: The Impact of Street
Culture on Schooling
• Reading Don’t Fix No Chevys;
Literacy in the Lives of Young Men
• The First Days of Class: A Practical
Guide for the Beginning Teacher

Hallandale Elementary School, 1916 Image courtesy of Hallandale Beach Historical Society

Want “Inner Peace?” Try the EAP
So you’ve returned to work after a restful summer vacation and noticed that your co-workers seem particularly “at peace” with their jobs. What’s up with that? It could just be that they’ve taken advantage of one of the District’s best-kept secrets: the Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Not only is the EAP totally confidential, but it’s also entirely free. The District’s EAP is there to help you with job-related and personal issues. Its goal is the total wellness of all permanent District employees and their dependent family members.

Even the most effective employee encounters obstacles that may - or do - impede their efficiency and productivity. Given that our employees are our most valuable assets, it only makes sense that the District would value them so highly and make the EAP available to them. With the help of the EAP, even the most troubled employee can achieve an optimum sense of well-being and productivity. Areas where the EAP can be of help include, but certainly aren’t limited to:

• physical illness
• marital/family distress and conflicts
• emotional problems (e.g., depression, stress
and anxiety)
• bereavement/grief and loss
• eating disorders
• parenting issues
• interpersonal problems
• work-related problems
• medical/pain management/coping with illness
• relationship problems
• alcohol and/or substance abuse or dependency
• financial problems

Problems such as those listed above may usually be successfully treated or resolved, especially when they are dealt with in the early developmental stages. The goal of the EAP is to help those who develop such problems to gain a better understanding of the problem, learn about the services available and choose a plan of action.

Employee Assistance Program files are treated as medical/psychological files and as such are governed by the Federal Regulations on Confidentiality; information can only be released when clients give written consent or when the law requires (e.g. issues of abuse, threats to harm self and others, criminal investigations). The issue of confidentiality is of the highest importance to the EAP staff as it allows them to be most effective in providing essential services.

So if you would like to experience some of that inner peace that seems to be going around, start by calling the EAP office at
954-797-4755 and scheduling a confidential
appointment..