Originally published in TEACH Magazine, March/April 2019 Issue
By Lisa Gay-Milliken
Do you remember the first time you entered the school library as a child? I do. There were books everywhere. The librarian told me that I could borrow any of the books and take them home. Amazing! This excitement continued throughout the years. I couldn’t wait for book fairs. I joined the audio-visual club. I still was able to check out as many books as I wanted.
Fast-forward 16 years later. I accepted my first teaching position. I was a special education teacher in a public high school and there was a beautiful school library.
Lisa Gay-Milliken taught high school special education in Bridgewater, VA, for 16 years. Currently, she is an administrator in a private day school for students with disabilities and a graduate student in the School Library Program at Old Dominion University. She has a BA in Special Education and a MEd in Special Education and Education Administration.
