Elaine Levia
High School Librarian at The Dalton School- Claim this Profile
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The Dalton School
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United States
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Primary and Secondary Education
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200 - 300 Employee
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High School Librarian
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2021 - Present
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Poly Prep Country Day School
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United States
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Primary and Secondary Education
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100 - 200 Employee
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History Teacher
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Jan 2020 - Jun 2021
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Librarian
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Aug 2019 - Jan 2020
I provide reference, instruction and circulation services to 5th-12th grade students. I also serve as advisor of two student organizations: Wild Readers, the Middle School Book Club, and The Polygon, Poly Prep's student newspaper.
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Harvard-Westlake School
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United States
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Primary and Secondary Education
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200 - 300 Employee
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Middle School Librarian
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Jan 2015 - Jun 2019
I provided reference, instruction and circulation services to 7th-9th grade students, faculty, and community members. I also managed the parent volunteers, acquisitions, OCLC ILLs, and fiction cataloging. On a team, I helped design ACRL-aligned information literacy lessons for middle school History, Debate, Science, and World Languages classes.In this role, I also taught two sections of Library and Technology, which was a year-long 7th grade information and digital skills course. As a teacher, I updated curriculum for this course, particularly News Literacy and Data Literacy lessons. Show less
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7th Grade Advisor
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2017 - 2019
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Creative Writing Teacher
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2017 - 2019
Designed curriculum and taught two sections of Creative Writing 1 for Summer Enrichment Program, a rigorous summer school program for rising 5th and 6th graders.
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Media Poetry Studio
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San Jose, California
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Instructor
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2015 - 2016
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Oakland Hebrew Day School
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Oakland, CA
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Librarian/Middle School Social Studies Teacher
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Jul 2014 - Jan 2015
Managed the school library and taught Middle School Social Studies. Updated and implemented a selection policy with respect to the needs of a Modern Orthodox K-8 student body and oversaw all purchases and donations of library materials in English and Hebrew. Oversaw library budget, parent volunteers, schedule, and website. Managed the school library and taught Middle School Social Studies. Updated and implemented a selection policy with respect to the needs of a Modern Orthodox K-8 student body and oversaw all purchases and donations of library materials in English and Hebrew. Oversaw library budget, parent volunteers, schedule, and website.
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Library Assistant
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Jun 2014 - Jul 2014
Continuing year-long internship work as a temporary assistant. Projects include: collection development of electronic resources, research guides, design of information literacy scope & sequence for grades 7-12.
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Center for Teaching and Learning Intern
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Sep 2013 - Jun 2014
Information literacy instruction, support for educators and staff librarians and assistance on short and long-term projects involving library research and tools for students in grades 7-12.
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UCLA
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Graduate Student Reference Assistant
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Aug 2012 - Jun 2014
Research assistance for undergraduate and graduate students at UCLA.Database, searching, and general library literacy instruction.
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Digital Scholarship Intern
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Jun 2013 - Sep 2013
Weekly drop-in data visualization clinics for undergraduate and graduate students, content creation and research for a Libguide tool.
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Assistant- International Team
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Nov 2012 - May 2013
Hebrew student assistant at UCLA Library Cataloging and Metadata Center.Copy cataloging of modern and Rabbinic Hebrew texts
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UCLA School of Education and Information Studies
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United States
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Higher Education
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100 - 200 Employee
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Research Assistant
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May 2013 - May 2014
Bibliographic support, web site maintenance and research assistance for Dr. Christine L. Borgman Bibliographic support, web site maintenance and research assistance for Dr. Christine L. Borgman
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Intelligentsia Coffee Inc.
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United States
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Food and Beverage Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Barista
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Mar 2011 - Aug 2012
Quality-focused service, outreach, and education. Local and greater regional coffee event participation. Quality-focused service, outreach, and education. Local and greater regional coffee event participation.
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Inside/Out Writing Proejct
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UC Santa Cruz
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Workshop Coordinator/Intern
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Sep 2009 - Feb 2010
Lead/organizer of creative writing workshops for incarcerated women at the Santa Cruz County Jail with the organization Inside/Out Project. Lead/organizer of creative writing workshops for incarcerated women at the Santa Cruz County Jail with the organization Inside/Out Project.
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Intern
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Sep 2009 - Dec 2009
Organized and led programming for Domestic Violence Month in October, 2009 Organized and led programming for Domestic Violence Month in October, 2009
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Stanford University
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Assistant
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Jun 2007 - Aug 2007
Secular Yiddish Schools of North America collection
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Library/Circulation Assistant
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Jun 2007 - Aug 2007
Digitization of court documentsShelving and filing
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Assistant
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Jun 2007 - Aug 2007
Digitization and linking of class action suit documents Web publishing and archival of class action law suits Office tasks, including: copying, filing and scanning Digitization and linking of class action suit documents Web publishing and archival of class action law suits Office tasks, including: copying, filing and scanning
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Education
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UCLA
Master of Library & Information Science (MLIS), Gender Studies concentration -
UC Santa Cruz
BA Feminist Studies, Law; Politics & Social Change