Professional Staff Development Library
About the Professional Library
Purpose
The Professional Staff Development Library provides Edina Public Schools (EPS) educators and administrators with resources that will help develop teaching skills and achieve teaching goals. The video collection serves EPS teachers as a curriculum support resource.
Edina Public School teachers may use the library's computers for research, preview videos and DVDs using the TV-VCR units, or check out a digital camera.
Location
Room 348, Edina Community Center, 5701 Normandale Road, Edina, MN 55424
Phone: 952-848-4908
Library Hours
7:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, or by arrangement.
The Collections
The staff development collection comprises approximately 1700 books, about 70 magazine and journal subscriptions, and videos. Magazine and journal holdings generally include the last three to five years. The curriculum-support video collection comprises about 4,000 videos and a growing number of DVDs. The human anatomy collection consists of large model hearts, eyes, ears, mouths, brains, skin cross-section, trunk, and more.
Staff
Donna Cartwright oversees the library's video collection. She is a former teacher and has worked with the collection for 25 years. doncartwright@edina.k12.mn.us