Dear SL Librarians:
You are invited to join us for a discussion on the book "Librarians as Learning Specialists". See below for more info:
AASL-SIGMS Book Discussion in Second Life
facilitated by Sarah Sindelar ssindelar@brandon.k12.mi.us (samanda Undercroft in 2nd Life)
During one of the most recent AASL-ISTE SIGMS events David Hurst spoke to teacher librarians about school libraries and NCA accreditation. While many schools use a different accreditation system, the underlying question remains, "What makes a stellar school library program rise above the playing field?" That answer revolves around the impact that the library program has on student learning. What role does the librarian play in that learning? How can that role be strengthened and highlighted in these troubling times?
To begin to answer some of these tough questions, we invite you to join us in a book study of Librarians as Learning Specialists: Meeting the Learning Imperative for the 21st Century by Allison Zmuda, Violet Harada, and Grant Wiggins. Prices are displayed here
This book is especially powerful because the co author, Allison Zmuda, comes from an instructional, curriculum, and assessment focused background and sees the power of a highly functioning school library program. The book is 128 pages and is aimed at two specific audiences; administrators and librarians. Each of the 4 chapters is is uniquely broken into four parts:
Part 1) Summarizing of the key ideas from the known research and literature,
Part 2) Specifically written for administrators - identification of problems that administrators and staff will face during implementation
Part 3) Addresses challenges that learning specialists will face and how administrators need to address these challenges
Part 4) Specifically written for librarians - suggestions, examples, and discussion.
Here's a schedule for the book study:
Format: Voice and text chat
Length: 1 hour
Time: 7:30 Eastern / 6:30Central / 5:30Mountain / 4:30 Pacific
Location: ALA Main Stage at http://slurl.com/secondlife/ALA%20Island/127/102/29.
May 9th - Chapter 1
May 16th - Chapter 2
May 23rd - Chapter 3
June 6th - Chapter 4 and final thoughts
Please join us in a cozy, casual chat among your fellow teacher librarian friends.
Thanks,
Lisa Perez
Chicago Public Schools Dept of Libraries
ISTE SIGMS Chair
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