Professional Development - School Library Media Centers

Professional Development For Your Teachers. For Yourself. For Your Students.

Information Power
Program Administration - Principle 8. Ongoing staff development - both to maintain professional knowledge and skills and to provide instruction in information literacy for teachers, administrators, and other members of the learning community - is an essential component of the library media program. (p. 100, 111)

Professional Development
You Should Have
Support of Administration
Funding

Prof. Dev. for Teachers
Must Be:
Authentic & Relevant
Practical
Scaffolded
Active Learning

Topics
Make a list of your teachable talents
Technology
Special Needs
Literacy
Information Literacy
Collection Resources

Times for Teaching
In-Service Days
Faculty Meetings
Before or After School
Lunch
“ Teachable Moments”

Format
Self-instructional guides
(handouts or computer based)
Webpage links
Professional collections
Workshop
Collaborative teaching
“ Play time”

Format
Online courses
Courses through local universities
Public library professional collections
Public library classes

When you teach a course…
Relate content directly to classroom activities, curriculum, and standards.
Keep school-wide goals in mind.
Keep activities practical.
Have teachers actively create a product.
Keep essential questions in mind.
Scaffold – especially with technology.

The School Librarian and Professional Development

PDPs
Standard Certificate
Renewal PDPs Required
150 PDPs for primary area
Minimum of 120 points must be in the content/pedagogy of primary area and a minimum of 90 points of that 120 must be in content
Minimum of 10 hours in a topic
Each additional area must have 30 points in content
http://www.doe.mass.edu/recert/2000guidelines/appa.html
PDPactivityrecord.doc
PDPtemplate.doc

How does the library fit in?

Support literacy learning
Language essentials for teachers of reading and spelling (LETRS) training (K–3)
Early steps in writing to support reading comprehension
(GR K–3)
Looking Inside the Classroom: What administrators need to know about effective literacy instruction
Applying and acquiring storytelling skills in the classroom and library

Support your local library
Boston Public Library: Art, Architecture and the Public Square

Learn to reach out to your school community

Sheltering Instruction in Middle School Mathematics
An Introduction to the Education of Advanced, Talented and Creative Learners
Multicultural Interactions in the Classroom
Enriching Content for English Language Learners
Reading and Writing in Secondary Sheltered Content Classrooms
Wilson Reading System Intensive Model

Technology and Professional Development Training Courses

VoyagerU
… professional development programs combine group interaction and online technology to produce an effective and convenient training model .
Intended Audience : a team of 9–10 teachers, including involvement of the literacy coach and principal
Training of Trainers Course for Category I SEI PD: Introduction to Second Language Learning and Teaching
This course will train trainers to provide teachers with basic knowledge regarding key factors affecting second language acquisition, and implications of these factors on classroom organization and instruction, as well as the implications of cultural difference for classroom organization and instruction.

Engaging Students with Interactive Technology Desktop Publishing with Microsoft Word Introduction to iMovie and Digital Video Cameras in the Classroom Intro to Web 2.0: Harness the Education Power of Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, YouTube and More.

Professional Literature
Review Journals
School library/library magazines
Books on school culture
Books on school libraries
Blogs
PUBLISH!

Conferences and Workshops & Grants

Looking outside the Box
Explore other subject areas
Explore special needs areas
Explore professional development training

We are in an exciting position in terms of Professional Development!
We can be a teacher and a learner.
We can cross curriculum.
We can be creative with program development.

Some Useful Websites
Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators. http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/index.html
Program Administration: Professional Development. http:// eduscapes.com/sms / administration/ profdevelop.html
Dept. of Education Classes http:// www.doe.mass.edu /pd/
Massachusetts Teacher’s Association MTA.pdf
EDCO edcocollab.org

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