CASL Virtual Meeting at CAL
For all of those unable to join in the face-to-face meeting at CAL this year, here is an opportunity to participate in the conversation – give us your feedback, and ask your questions! In our CASL meeting at CAL, we will have several round table topics. Please consider leaving your comments and feedback on these posts to participate virtually! The topics are:
- AASL 21st Century Learner’s Standards
- Advocacy
- Web 2.0
- “Newbies” (to CAL or to School Libraries)
- Leadership
- TIE Pre-Conference – Reflection
- Elementary School Librarians
- Secondary School Librarians
- Communications
- Volunteer with CAL
Come join the conversation!
November 21, 2009 at 4:52 pm
Thanks to everyone in the secondary librarian group at the CASL membership meeting today! It was great to hear from all of you! I tried to capture your ideas below. Please add any other ideas, questions or corrections. Thanks!
Suzie – Arvada West HS: Tech Committee is taking on the role of integrating effective use of technology with staff. Staff development opportunities on new technologies (clickers, doc cameras etc). They created a Wiki to communicate division of responsibilities of sharing and integrating tech.
Sara – Meadow View HS: biweekly tech tip sent out to staff on use of technology
Reba – Sierra High School Poetry Slam! Collaboration of HS students to middle and elementary sharing student experiences using poetry.
Phil – St Vrain: professional evaluations using smart goals for improving practices. Smart goals on a wiki so everyone can share and see other goals. Uses a smart pen which records everything you write and is downloaded as jpgs using usb connection. $169.00 at Target. Seeking High Performance Power Librarians to share on a panel for one of their staff dev. days.
Mark – Skinner HS – Golden Compass pulled off shelve at middle school by librarian. School Board supported the pull of the book based on religious beliefs without reading the book – Board rescinded the decision.
Yvonne Sagewood MS: Collaboration with CU Medical students and 7th graders completing an iSearch on diseases. Great opportunity for both the middle school students and CU med students!
Questions –
How do we preserve school librarians? Some districts are putting classified staff in libraries expecting them to teach.
State Law dictates what paraprofessionals can and cannot do. Su will add link to law on the blog.