Guest Post by Shana Hitt
Below are some exciting professional development activities taking place over the course of the next year. Tell us if you have any questions, comments, or suggestions.
NYLA-Section of School Librarians
Spring Conference
Exploring Excellence in Education
Syracuse-April 24th- April 26th
http://cnysl.weebly.com/2014-ssl-conference.html
In collaboration with the NYLA SSL, an annual conference with events, workshops, and keynotes.
AASL@ALA Las Vegas
June 26, 2014-July 1, 2014
http://www.ala.org/aasl/conferences/annual
The American Association of School Librarians will participate in the Annual ALA conference. More information will be posted as it becomes available.
International Reading Association 59th Annual Conference
May 10, 2014- May 12, 2014
New Orleans
http://www.reading.org/annual-conference-2014
This conference offers quality educational learning, with a variety of professionals who enjoy all things literary.
ISTE (The International Society for Technology in Education)
Atlanta, GA
June 28, 2014-July 1, 2014
https://www.isteconference.org/2014/
This is the premier forum in which to exchange ideas regarding education technology.
The Hudson Valley Library Association brings together librarians primarily from independent K-12 schools in the New York City, Long Island, Westchester and nearby New Jersey and Connecticut communities.
Showing posts with label professional development. Show all posts
Showing posts with label professional development. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Professional Development Sampler 2014
Here's a word from our scholarship committee:
Many librarians actively seek out professional development: we are information seekers and lifelong learners! It is just the start of 2014, and many enriching opportunities to learn new skills and strategies are available in a variety of venues.
Association of Independent School Librarians
New York Library Association
Responsive Classroom
Teach 21 Institute
NYSAIS Workshops
No funding for a workshop or conference you say? Now is the time to apply for the HVLA Scholarship! These awards in the amount of $1000 each are given to (1) one current librarian and (1) one current library student. These funds can be used for professional development activities during the 2014 calendar year.
For more information, and for links to the online application, please visit the HVLA Scholarship link.
Apply today!
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Moving Toward Mentorship
Here's an update from the HVLA Mentorship committee:
At the beginning of the school year, a call went out to the HVLA membership for volunteers to create a mentorship committee. In late November, we held our first planning meeting. A mentorship program is a complicated beast. It involves determining a clear purpose, recruiting mentors & mentees, training participants, and ensuring confidentiality. Launching a mentorship program is the committee’s long-term goal. As a first step, we decided to spend this year establishing a series of Empowerment Meet-Ups, open to all members of HVLA, with the purpose of gathering a supportive group of colleagues to discuss and brainstorm specific topics in a casual atmosphere. Librarians would be encouraged to come armed with an idea or project they are trying to implement or realize in their school. Our collective energies, positive collaboration and creativity could then be used to pose solutions, provide suggestions or facilitate sharing
of resources. Possible future meet-up topics include,
• Catching the Big Fish: Landing the Library Job You Want
• Clever Collaboration with Teachers
• Research Projects “Show and Tell”
• Expanding Your Professional Network
The first meet-up will take place early in the New Year in a central location (near Union
Square). The topic will be “Advocating for You and Your Library Program.” We hope to
see many of you there.
---Laura Bishop, Rachel Berkey, Angela Carstensen, Nishette Isaac
At the beginning of the school year, a call went out to the HVLA membership for volunteers to create a mentorship committee. In late November, we held our first planning meeting. A mentorship program is a complicated beast. It involves determining a clear purpose, recruiting mentors & mentees, training participants, and ensuring confidentiality. Launching a mentorship program is the committee’s long-term goal. As a first step, we decided to spend this year establishing a series of Empowerment Meet-Ups, open to all members of HVLA, with the purpose of gathering a supportive group of colleagues to discuss and brainstorm specific topics in a casual atmosphere. Librarians would be encouraged to come armed with an idea or project they are trying to implement or realize in their school. Our collective energies, positive collaboration and creativity could then be used to pose solutions, provide suggestions or facilitate sharing
of resources. Possible future meet-up topics include,
• Catching the Big Fish: Landing the Library Job You Want
• Clever Collaboration with Teachers
• Research Projects “Show and Tell”
• Expanding Your Professional Network
The first meet-up will take place early in the New Year in a central location (near Union
Square). The topic will be “Advocating for You and Your Library Program.” We hope to
see many of you there.
---Laura Bishop, Rachel Berkey, Angela Carstensen, Nishette Isaac
Monday, December 2, 2013
AASL - Top 10 Takeaways
This week we are excited to have a guest post from one of our HVLA scholarship winners, Christina Karvounis!
The week of November 13-17, I attended the bi-annual American Association of School Librarians conference in Hartford, CT. This was my first library conference and it was outstanding. I attended 1 pre-conference leadership workshop, 8 topical workshops on topics ranging from choosing multicultural titles to utilizing iPads in the library to guided inquiry in research and beyond, visited with many booksellers and vendors, and added many new professional contacts to my #PLN.
TOP TEN THEMES/THINGS LEARNED AT AASL13
10. Only 10% of books published in the last decade were authored by people of color - be aware and continue to be a champion for change.
9. Consider creating a MakerSpace in your library. Or become one.
8. Curiosity and creativity are essential 21st century skills - deepen them - offer opportunities for students to deepen them - in your library.
7. Create/cultivate a culture of collaboration!
6. Scaffold opportunities for regular, meaningful, reflective inquiry.
5. Create library centers: Lego poetry, read to self, puzzles, word building, draw an ad for a favorite book, bookmark creating.
4. Essential Applications: Scratch, Animoto, VoiceThread, iMovie
3. Rudine Sims Bishop: "Mirrors, Windows, Sliding Glass Doors" is a must read.
2. Keep ear to the classroom for 'just in time' learning.
and the top theme I gathered from AASL13 was:
1. Jump in with both feet! Try new connections, technologies, styles, collaborative techniques, applications for sharing -- challenges always present themselves; get going!
I came home energized by the experience but also concerned about ways to implement ideas. At Brooklyn Friends School, Kathy and I work together in the PS/LS library - and we've already implemented many of the strategies we learned at the conference and are in conversation on others. It was an excellent conference and I highly recommend it!
The week of November 13-17, I attended the bi-annual American Association of School Librarians conference in Hartford, CT. This was my first library conference and it was outstanding. I attended 1 pre-conference leadership workshop, 8 topical workshops on topics ranging from choosing multicultural titles to utilizing iPads in the library to guided inquiry in research and beyond, visited with many booksellers and vendors, and added many new professional contacts to my #PLN.
TOP TEN THEMES/THINGS LEARNED AT AASL13
9. Consider creating a MakerSpace in your library. Or become one.
8. Curiosity and creativity are essential 21st century skills - deepen them - offer opportunities for students to deepen them - in your library.
7. Create/cultivate a culture of collaboration!
6. Scaffold opportunities for regular, meaningful, reflective inquiry.
5. Create library centers: Lego poetry, read to self, puzzles, word building, draw an ad for a favorite book, bookmark creating.
4. Essential Applications: Scratch, Animoto, VoiceThread, iMovie
3. Rudine Sims Bishop: "Mirrors, Windows, Sliding Glass Doors" is a must read.
2. Keep ear to the classroom for 'just in time' learning.
and the top theme I gathered from AASL13 was:
1. Jump in with both feet! Try new connections, technologies, styles, collaborative techniques, applications for sharing -- challenges always present themselves; get going!
I came home energized by the experience but also concerned about ways to implement ideas. At Brooklyn Friends School, Kathy and I work together in the PS/LS library - and we've already implemented many of the strategies we learned at the conference and are in conversation on others. It was an excellent conference and I highly recommend it!
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Update From a Scholarship Winner
This week, we have a guest post from Christina Karvounis, winner of one of the HVLA scholarships this past year:
After having been in the classroom for over 10 years in a variety of capacities, I was ready to specialize and pursue a Master’s Degree. But in what? I had so many interests: MFA in Creative Writing, Reading Specialist, even Social Work. Libarianship has always been on my radar – even being my de facto ‘If you could be anything what would you be?’ answer. But it never truly seemed realistic. Libraries face cutbacks all the time. Books face challenges from their digital cousins daily. Librarians love their jobs and openings rarely become available.
But a pivotal conversation while volunteering in my sons’ school library two years ago changed all that. I was shelving books and having a grand old time, when it struck me: I could be in a school library all day. I could pursue librarianship. On that day, it was none other than HVLA members Kathy Hartzler and Angie Ungaro who cheered me on and gave me the confidence to say, “Yes! I can!”
I am just over the half-way point in my degree now, and hope to graduate in May of 2014. I am so excited and so gratified because, in addition to this, I was hired this past Spring to join Kathy in the BFS Pre/Lower School Library. My dream truly has come true.
With the HVLA Scholarship, I will be able to do something that would have been impossible without it: attend my very first AASL Conference in November. I will attend two preconference workshops and the independent school networking evening, in addition to standard conference offerings. This would not have been possible without the scholarship. I look forward to sharing the experience with HVLA via blog posts!
Thank you HVLA!
Christina Karvounis
After having been in the classroom for over 10 years in a variety of capacities, I was ready to specialize and pursue a Master’s Degree. But in what? I had so many interests: MFA in Creative Writing, Reading Specialist, even Social Work. Libarianship has always been on my radar – even being my de facto ‘If you could be anything what would you be?’ answer. But it never truly seemed realistic. Libraries face cutbacks all the time. Books face challenges from their digital cousins daily. Librarians love their jobs and openings rarely become available.
But a pivotal conversation while volunteering in my sons’ school library two years ago changed all that. I was shelving books and having a grand old time, when it struck me: I could be in a school library all day. I could pursue librarianship. On that day, it was none other than HVLA members Kathy Hartzler and Angie Ungaro who cheered me on and gave me the confidence to say, “Yes! I can!”
I am just over the half-way point in my degree now, and hope to graduate in May of 2014. I am so excited and so gratified because, in addition to this, I was hired this past Spring to join Kathy in the BFS Pre/Lower School Library. My dream truly has come true.
With the HVLA Scholarship, I will be able to do something that would have been impossible without it: attend my very first AASL Conference in November. I will attend two preconference workshops and the independent school networking evening, in addition to standard conference offerings. This would not have been possible without the scholarship. I look forward to sharing the experience with HVLA via blog posts!
Thank you HVLA!
Christina Karvounis
Monday, February 25, 2013
What's Happening in Library Land?
There are always so
many events happening in the land of libraries (and New York City!) that it can
be easy to miss something you would like to attend. Here are a few things happening in the
upcoming weeks and months.
This Friday, March 1, NEA will be celebrating Read Across America, which is an occasion to motivate and celebrate readers. If you don't just want to celebrate reading in America, consider participating in LitWorld's World Read Aloud Day on March 6 or better yet, do both!
The next Children's Literary Salon at the New York Public Library will be this coming Saturday, March 2nd, at
2:00pm. This one is focusing on
diversity and the state of the children's book.
For those of you
looking for some professional development, ALA Editions is running a four week
eCourse titled, Ebooks: What Librarians Need to Know Now and in the Future.
Booklist is hosting a webinar on Promoting
Literacy Using 21st Century Tools on March 5, and if you are interested
but can't make the times, register anyway because you can access the video
archive afterwards.
Speaking of
professional development, there are several upcoming conferences to be aware of.
- April 24-26: AISL Annual in Baltimore
- April 26-27: CiSSL will be running a research symposium titled Digital Youth, Inquiry, and the Future of the School Library in New Brunswick, NJ.
- June 13-14: AISL will also be hosting their first Summer Institute in St. Louis
- June 27-July 2: ALA Annual this year in Chicago
If you know of any
additional events, add them in the comments!
Friday, October 28, 2011
Greetings from AASL 2011
There's so much going on at AASL 2011 in Minneapolis, MN. Lots to learn and absorb! Here are a few highlights that I've picked up in the last day and a half:
- HVLA members Angela Carstensen and Laura Pearle presented (along with a few others) on collection development in the 21st century. Check out their pre-conference wiki for valuable links and resources.
- Angela Carstensen is also presenting on Outstanding Books for the College Bound which ties in perfectly with the book she recently edited for ALA. (Check back later for more links to presentation resources.)
- Did you know that you can get a free download of the eBook "School Libraries: What's Now, What's Next, What's Yet to Come", a collection of over 100 essays from around the world about the latest trends in school libraries? (Also, special thanks to overseas member Maria Falgoust for the heads up on this great resource!)
- The Learning Commons (formerly Blogger's Cafe) is in full swing with links to shared resources and links to liveblogging, livestreaming and and archived video. Check it out!
- There's still time to tune in to the virtual conference and check out some great live webcast events.
- Twitter is also a great way to stay connected to the conversation. Search the official conference hashtag #AASL2011. (UPDATE: Oops! The official hashtag for AASL 2011 is #AASL11--visit the twitter archive here.)
- And, of course, you can always network online with others at the conference--virtually and in real life--on the AASL Ning.
This post was brought to you by HVLA president, Anglela Ungaro.
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