School Libraries and Information Literacy professional learning

Professional learning workshops 2009

The School Libraries and Information Literacy workshops in Semester 2, 2009 provide support for teacher librarians and other library staff. Suggestions for future workshops are welcome. Your regional professional network can also request support and submit ideas for your regular professional learning activities. Contact Colleen Foley.

Information about scheduled Semester 2 2009 workshops:

  Introduction to Oasis library flyer
  School libraries in a web 2.0 world flyer
  School libraries for new teacher librarians flyer

Introduction to Oasis Library
This one day introductory workshop for teacher librarians and other library staff provides an overview of the functions and modules of OASIS Library and includes a component on using SCISWeb. Detailed handouts are provided.

School libraries in a web 2.0 world
This one day workshop for teacher librarians explores syllabus-linked resources for use in connected classrooms and provides an opportunity to create a powerful learning sequence to support information literacy using digital resources provided.

School libraries for new teacher librarians
This one day workshop for new teacher librarians defines the role of the teacher librarian. Creating management plans, setting teaching and learning priorities, and programming to support teaching and learning are the key focus areas in this workshop. These will be scheduled as needed. Contact Colleen Foley if you would like this workshop for your area.

Other opportunities

Teacher librarians may also be interested in attending various workshops provided by KLA and cross curriculum areas of Curriculum K-12 Directorate. It may be a good opportunity to collaborate or extend understandings of areas you like to support.

School administrative and support staff may be interested in learning opportunities made available to school-based staff who directly support the work of schools. See a list of available programs, including Working in the library (for SAS staff).

Upgrading Qualifications?
For the full text of an article by Jenny Scheffers on upgrading your qualifications, originally published in Scan 17(3) August 1998, click on the following link: Upgrade your qualifications.

University Courses Information
For a printable summary of university training options provided within New South Wales click on the following link: University courses.

Teacher Librarian Retraining Program

The Teacher Librarian Retraining Program is one of the strategies developed by the NSW Department of Education and Training to meet the demand for teacher librarians.

To be eligible for inclusion, participants must:
·   be qualified graduate teachers
·   be appointed to the position of the teacher librarian in a Departmental school, without approval as a teacher librarian
·   be prepared to undertake the role of the teacher librarian for a period of two years following successful completion of retraining.

ASLA NSW State Conference archive

The School Libraries leading Learning: Armidale 2009 conference, jointly presented by ASLA (NSW) Inc. and School Libraries & Information Literacy Unit as an an inaugural regional conference was held on June 5th. For information and papers visit the conference site.

The School Libraries leading Learning Conference 2008, jointly presented by ASLA (NSW) Inc. and School Libraries & Information Literacy Unit, was a great success. For more photos and news check out the next issue of Scan and visit the conference site. Delegates can also access copies of presentations here. See photos of the conference.

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