RILINK's Professional Day  - Thursday, August 20, 2009, 8:30 am to 3:00 pm  (deadline for registration is Wednesday, August 19 at 11:00 am, esp. if you are ordering lunch)
Cranston High School West (directions), 80 Metropolitan Avenue, Cranston, RI 02920; tel. 270-8524

Contact hours ! - This course has been approved by the RI Dept. of Education for 5 contact hours (approval code 0901457), but if you can't stay all day, but would still like to attend one or more of the sessions, you are welcome to join us (without contact hours awarded).

(Directions)     Note:  if you can't attend this session, an additional session is planned for Wednesday, October 14th !   

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8:30 – 9:00

Coffee plus

9:00 – 10:45

Session 1A
The Power of Destiny Library Manager
Is this your first time using Destiny Library Manager or do you need an update on how the program can make your job easier?  This training will review circulation and catalog features but goes beyond to focus on the new graphic interface, Destiny Quest, and the enhanced content subscriptions, such as WebPath Express, One Search, and Lexiles that enable you to better integrate library media services into curriculum and classroom activities.

Dorothy Frechette, RILINK

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Session 1B
AASL Standards for the 21st Century Learner
Recently AASL developed and published Standards for the 21st-Century Learner as a vision for teaching and learning to both guide and engage our profession as education leaders.  These standards will shape the library program and serve as a guide for library media specialists to use to define the learning of students in our schools.  This program will provide an overview of the four standards and the common beliefs that provide their foundation, serving as a springboard for RIEMA/RILINK sponsored workshops planned for each standard during the 2009 - 2010 school year.

Jamie Greene, LMS
RIEMA Vice President and Chair of the Standards and Certification Committee

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10:45 – 11:00

break

11:00 – 12:00

Session 2:  General Session
Basic Education Plan Panel Discussion
The revised Rhode Island Basic Education Program will have a significant impact on how library services are made available to school children.  The new document does not include staffing requirements for school libraries, but requires school districts to ensure that library media programs address the Rhode Island Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning.

David Abbott, Deputy Commissioner, RIDE
Zachary Berger, President, RIEMA
Jackie Lamoureaux, Past President, RIEMA
Jamie Greene, RIEMA Standards and Certification Committee

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12:00 – 12:45

(Lunch provided at $10.00 for sandwich, drink, plus)

Lunch (please indicate)

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Please sign me up for lunch at $10.00 per person  (Send check payable to the East Bay Educational Collaborative with a copy of this form, ATTN: Dorothy Frechette, EBEC, 317 Market Street, Warren, RI  02885.)
 

12:45 – 2:00

Session 3A
Young Adult Literature:  Round Table Discussion
Making choices about what to include in your collections can be a challenge  given the proliferation in the field of YA literature and shrinking book budgets.  Meeting with colleagues is an effective way to meet this challenge and at the same time share your thoughts about issues such as censorship and intellectual freedom along with other vital concerns related to serving young adult reading needs.  Please come prepared to share a YA title that you have enjoyed, or one that you have concerns about whether to include it in your collection.

Aaron Coutu
Young Adult Librarian,
Greenville Public Library

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Session 3B
Children's Literature:  Round Table Discussion
So many books and so little time!  How can you, as an elementary LMS, know what new books to include in your collections and which ones can be used to effectively integrate library instruction with reading and classroom curriculum?  This session provides an opportunity for you to join your colleagues in a round table discussion of what's new in children's literature and share ideas on collaborative library lessons.  Please come prepared to share a new or recent children's book along with suggestions for how it can be used in library instruction.

Barbara Ashby, RILINK Member Services Librarian

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 Session 3C
Basic Lobbying Techniques for SLMS
Combine the current financial crisis in Rhode Island school districts with the revisions to the state’s Basic Education Program and you have a formula for disaster in our School Library Media Centers.  This means that we all must become active advocates for the students and teachers that depend on the up-to-date resources and reading materials we provide.  But let's face it - becoming an effective activist can be a daunting prospect. This workshop is designed to help you meet the funding and staffing challenges we all face by learning basic lobbying techniques that can be used with school boards, administrators, state education officials and legislators.

James A. Parisi
Field Representative
RI Federation of Teachers and Health Professionals

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2:00 - 3:00

Session 4A
 Destiny Q and A
If you missed our popular Q and A sessions this past year, now is your chance.  Bring your questions, and we'll try to answer them.

Dorothy Frechette, RILINK

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 Session 4B
 WebJunction / AskRI Update
Are you using the web to its fullest potential?  If not, check out WebJunction and WebJunction Rhode Island,  where you can network with colleagues on the national and state levels, exchange information and ideas, collaborate and communicate.  This session will provide an overview of WebJunction services, and will also include an update on any recent changes in AskRI.

Karen Mellor, MSLIS
Library Program Manager, OLIS

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 Session 4C
Project Citizen
Here is a way to highlight and demonstrate the critical skills learned in your Library Media Center!  Project Citizen is a curricular program for upper elementary, middle, and secondary students, integrating information literacy skills and promoting competent and responsible participation in local and state government.  The program helps participants learn how to monitor and influence public policy.  In the process, students develop support for democratic values and principles, tolerance, and feelings of political efficacy.  this training will provide an overview of Project Citizen and show you how to make this timely and important curriculum part of your Library Media Center program.

Susan Burt, Center for Civic Education RI
Social Studies Teacher, Coventry Public Schools

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