Katie's SLMS Diggo Group

Students will use laptops already in the library and connect to a server set up just for the program

The idea is to create a turnkey program so all the documents are there, as well as curriculum and resources, so they can have what they need.

a certificate, which may or may not be suitable for framing

Lemony had originally contacted ALSC (the Association for Library Services to Children) to establish an award to honor a children’s librarian,

ALSC thought it would be better opened up to all librarians—not just children’s librarians who face adversity. They contacted the Office of Intellectual Freedom because usually when people think of adversity, they think of librarians facing challenged books

evidence of efficacy in the students that leads to documentation of the efficacy

planning and preparation, library environment, student instruction, and professional obligations

Librarians should document student growth and evidence of their outreach efforts to teachers as well as any collaborative projects that followed, suggested the panelists

moving into working more and more with Bring Your Own Device [programs],

we need to be able to bridge that gap

the time is now for Georgia’s media specialists—certified teachers in their own right—to focus on expanding their services to other teachers, marketing their media services, instruction, and programs to school and district stakeholders, and encouraging their colleagues to do the same

he restructuring actually presents an ideal opportunity to get their feet on the ground, strengthen the skills of their colleagues, and build grassroots support for their changing role in student learning

to support the schools, support the students, and support the teachers

he first thing is you’ve got to have a good program that students and teachers love, so that when it’s threatened, they will stand up and fight for it

most teacher librarians are leaders in their schools when it comes to professional development and the use of instructional technology

You have people that are masters level and higher—that’s not who you want replacing toner cartridges, especially when, if they have a strong collaborative instruction program, they will raise student achievement

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