Tammy Langeberg named to the Library Media Standards Committee by the Council of the NBPTS

Tammy Langeberg, Teacher-Librarian at Warder Elementary in Jeffco School District, was appointed to the Library Media Standards Committee by the Certification Council of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS).  Tammy was selected from a pool of 425 exemplary applicants to serve on this committee, which will be responsible for review and revision, as necessary, of the existing Library Media Standards document. This document serves as the foundation for the assessment in the National Board Certification process in Library Media.

Congratulations Tammy!

CO Teacher Librarian Ning

Visit the CO Teacher Librarian Ning and join at http://coteacherlibrarian.ning.com/  This Ning is for all librarians and educators.

This Ning is your One Stop Shop for all your Blogs, Nings, Wikis, Listservs, Organizations, and a lot more information.  Once you’re in the Ning, you’ll find several discussions going on.  One group is the Power Libraries Program Group.  A discussion has already begun entitled, Book – Comprehension and Collaboration: Inquiry Circles in Action by Stephanie Harvey and Harvey Daniels.  Posted by Tammy Langeberg.

Keep in touch with your cohorts.  Exchange ideas and answer questions.  THIS NING FOR YOU!

If you haven’t joined the Power Libraries Program Ning you’ll find it in the CO Teacher Librarian Ning under the category Nings.  Or click on http://powerlibraries.ning.com/   This is where you will soon find the PLP teacher librarian lessons developed in the “backwards” design format.  Look for it coming soon in August.  Some of the PLP librarians worked this summer to create this wonderful resource for YOU.  Their pictures are posted in the photos area.

Please send me your ideas, recommendations, and suggestions for making the CO Teacher Librarian Ning a BIG success!  BTW, if at all possible please post your photo.  Some of you know and recognize each other by your photos.

Power Grants RFP Released

The 2009 POWER RESULTS Enhancing Education through Technology (EETT) Request for Proposal is now available.  I know that many of you will be on vacation but we wanted to get this out to you so you could start the process of considering how you might develop a proposal.  We had hoped to get this to you earlier in June but there were many clarifications that we had to receive from the US DOE and those were not provided until late last week.

I am also attaching the budget

Both the RFP and budget documents are available on the CDE site and on the CDE-ETIL wiki:

• http://www.cde.state.co.us/edtech/EETTCompetitiveGrant.htm
• http://cde-eti.pbworks.com/E2T2-Competitive-Grant-RFP 

Below are a few changes from last year’s RFP and highlights of this year’s RFP that may be of interest but you will want to read over the entire document.

DPS Receives Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Grant

Denver Public Schools (DPS) is a proud recipient of one of the 2009 “Improving Literacy Through School Libraries” grants from the U.S. Department of Education.  Hundreds of districts applied for these grants, and DPS is one of 57 to be awarded a grant through a very competitive process. DPS received a grant amount of $479,359. 

Congratulations to Jody Gehrig and her staff!

Good Luck Dave Sanger, your fun and exciting work is just beginning and certainly cut out for you!

 For more information, please see attachments for:

• DPS Grant Press (DOC)
• Award Notice DPS (PDF)

A link to all the award winners  www.ed.gov/programs/lsl/abstract2009.doc

What is the Ideal School Library?

Tech & Learning has an interesting article that explores some responses related to the question: “what is the ideal school library?”

Of note:

Joyce Valenza (April 30):
“Forgive me if it hurts. In my mind, if you are not an expert in new information and communication tools, you are NOT a media specialist for today.”

Read the entire article