Sandra Pittelli Email & Phone Number

Sun Prairie, WI, US

Sun Prairie, WI

North Fond Du Lac, WI

• Plans, designs and arranges school library media centers.
• Evaluates, selects, and maintains materials for the general and professional collections as well as coordinates physical and digital resources to meet District curriculum needs.
• Provides services, resources, and guidance to teachers in the evaluation, selection, and use of new materials and educational technology uses.
• Determines where new technologies fit in the library media, classrooms and instructional technology programs.
• Plans and supports staff development for instructional technology and library media assets for teachers, support staff and administrators.
• Guides the use of new instructional/information technologies and instruction strategies throughout the schools.

• Supported the school library program with reader's advisory, multiple booktalks, Internet guidance, and research assistance.
• Promoted the use of new technology tools in classrooms such as Glogster, Audacity, Weebly and Animoto.
• Taught lessons covering research skills such as: source cards and note cards, parenthetical citation, works cited, and accessing school databases.

• Assisting on an Institute of Museum and Library Services Connecting to Collections Grant, making it easy for administrators to access and use information to help distribute $40,000.
• Maintaining grant project wiki keeping grant partners informed at all times.
• Assisting with Excel spreadsheet, charts, and Word documents supporting NYS Library Development projects and grants.

• Created new school library wiki which holds pathfinders to resources which teachers and the school librarian can use and edit continuously.
• Collaborated with a 5th grade teacher on a research project to help refresh and review note taking techniques, citation, and encyclopedia use with students.
• Facilitated and created lessons to teach the use of the library catalog and the Searchasaurus database; both lessons align with the Common Core State Standards.
• Became proficient in teaching with ActiveInspire, electronic whiteboards, blogs, and various electronic presentation software bringing twenty-first century learning into the school library.

• General office work, reception duties, and administrative support for the company.
• Responsible for processing accounts, check runs, invoicing, purchase orders and supplies, coordinating appointments, and client and record maintenance.

• Developed and edited press releases, the monthly newsletter, e-marketing pieces, and internal documents to successfully communicate with local media and patrons.
• Designed internal signage to help families and customers navigate the museum.
• Maintained marketing databases, and assisted with general administrative duties.

• Scheduled employee rotations in the museum and tasks for each workday.
• Fielded questions customers had on a daily basis. Responded in a professional manner to answer and help the customer and uphold the goals of the museum.
• Composed reports about the daily activities of the museum and balanced the financial statements for the day.
• Provided a clean and organized environment for patrons of the museum.

• Worked effectively and efficiently with a staff of thirty diverse counselors to create a positive experience for more than nine hundred campers.

Teacher Education Certification Program

Masters Of Science In Information Sciences, Library And Information Science/School Library Media Specialist

Bachelor Of Science, Major: General Communications, Emphasis Public Relations And Photography, Minor: History

Activities and Societies: Public Relations Student Society of America, The Lanthorn