Introduction
In today’s difficult economic times, many school districts are choosing to cut non-classroom teaching positions. Over the next several weeks, the Colorado State library will be posting a tip a day from an upcoming brochure called “7 Tips for an Indispensable School Library Program.” Use these tips and other leadership strategies to help you develop an effective library program that impacts student achievement and makes you an indispensable school librarian.
Tip #1 – Know your State Initiatives
Have you heard of the new Colorado Academic Standards (Senate Bill 212)? The Educator Effectiveness Initiative (S.B. 191)? Become the building or district expert in implementing these mandatory new standards in your school or district. Follow these two links to learn more about these CDE initiatives and how you can be on the cutting edge of helping to implement them in your buildings:
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Michelle on
September 25, 2009 in
Academic Libraries, Continuing Education, General, IT, Instruction, Reference Services and School Libraries.
Tags: classroom, guidelines, integration, library, School Libraries, tech and learning, technology, web 2.0..
Here are some school-related stories from Tech & Learning magazine. They may be useful for integrating technology into the classroom, providing guidelines with how to use the technology, and more.
For more information, visit the Tech & Learning home page, or find them on Facebook or Twitter.
Did you know that Colorado has a Continuing Education Forum? This group meets on the third Tuesday of every even month throughout the year. The meetings are open to anyone who coordinates continuing education for library staff in Colorado. Attendees include representatives from the Colorado State Library, Colorado Library Consortium (CLiC), Colorado Association of Libraries (CAL), BCR, MARMOT, Rocky Mountain SLA, several training coordinators for large library districts, as well as representation for school, public, academic and special libraries. The group works on:
- Planning continuing education for library staff
- Collaborating on CE
- Needs Assessment
- Resource sharing
- Reduce duplicative efforts
- Marketing
For more information contact Sharon Morris at Colorado State Library, morris_s@cde.state.co.us
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