RILINK's Professional Day  - Tuesday, October 26, 2010, 8:00 am to 2:30 pm (agenda) (deadline for registration is Friday, October 22nd at 11:00 am, esp. if you are ordering lunch)
 East Bay Educational Collaborative (directions), 317 Market St., Warren, RI 02885; tel. 245-4998, ext. 313

Contact hours ! - This course has been approved by the RI Dept. of Education for 6 contact hours (RIDE #1001723), 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).

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8:00 – 8:30

Coffee and registration.  Please remember to sign the RIDE Professional Development Roster.  Check and make changes to your library’s entry in the RILINK directory.

8:30 – 9:15

Session 1  (General Session) - The Future of Education in Rhode Island and the Challenges We Face  (followed by a brief Q & A)

Deborah Gist, Commissioner of Education for the State of Rhode Island,

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9:15 - 10:15

Session 2  (General Session) - Collaboration Roundtable and Small Group Discussions, co-facilitated by Sharon Webster and Zach Berger of RILINK and members of the RIEMA Executive Board

What does it take to have a truly collaborative school library media program? Share ideas, brainstorm solutions, and hear firsthand how your colleagues make the collaborative experience possible in their libraries. Key ideas will be compiled and made available to RILINK members.

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10:15 – 10:30

Break - refreshments available

10:30 – 12:00

Session 3A
Destiny 9.8 for Beginners

Sarah Hunicke, LMS, Portsmouth High School

Are you new to Destiny Library Manager?  Find out how to configure  your site to get the most out of the program to best serve your students and teachers.

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Session 3B
 eBooks in Your Library Media Center

Anthony Ferranti, Follett Library Resources

 Confused about how eBooks can support your library?  Need information about eBook readers and software for your students to use?  Find out how to purchase these resources, add them to your library's Destiny site, and set up eBook Library Policies.

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 Session 3C
Interlibrary Loan with Destiny and RELAIS

Dorothy Frechette, RILINK

Review interlibrary loan using Destiny, and find out how to go beyond RILINK to get the materials your students and teachers need.

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12:00 – 12:45

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

Lunch

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

12:45 – 2:00

Session 4A
Destiny 9.8:  Beyond the Basics


Dorothy Frechette, RILINK

Explore the possibilities for patron empowerment, and developing your own customized reports.  Find out more about Access Levels, and how you can customize the look and feel of Destiny to meet the needs of your teachers, students, and parents.

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Session 4B
The Role of Library Media Specialist as Classroom Collaborator

Sharon Webster, RILINK

 Interested in strengthening instructional connections with your teachers?  Attend this interactive discussion of the various roles of the LMS in the instructional practice continuum. Determine where you are now and how you can foster deeper instructional connections with your teachers.  Sharon will make reference to The Collaboration Handbook by Toni Buzzeo (Linworth, 2008).

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Session 4C
School Library Advisory Boards: Support for Your Library

Darshell Silva, LMS, Urban Collaborative Accelerated Program

Considering starting an Advisory Board? This interactive workshop will give you the tools to determine what type of advisory board will work best for your library and how to form it. You will leave with an action plan in place to begin forming your advisory board.

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2:00 - 2:30

Session 5 - General Session - RILINK Updates; Evaluations, and RIDE Certificates

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Last updated October 15, 2010.