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Register for 2011 KS Summer Institute for School Librarians

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2011 Kansas Summer Institute for School Librarians , June 15-16, 2011
Doors open at 8:30; sessions from 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (lunch on-site)

Education Innovation:  21st Century School Libraries
Kansas School Librarians = Higher State Assessment Test Scores

Registration form is available at  http://slim.emporia.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/summer-institute-registration-form-2011.pdf

Registration is $125/person.  This includes breaks food and drinks, and lunch both days.

This will be another opportunity to learn best educational practices presented by educational experts, be inspired (and entertained) to teach reading and writing by award winning authors, and to spend time networking with school librarian friends.  You will not want to miss it!

This Institute will be held at Emporia State University, The Teachers College, Room 118.   Each day the doors will open at 8:30 a.m.   The sessions will be held from 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. with lunch provided on-site.  Drinks and food will be provided first thing each morning, during breaks, and at lunch time at no extra cost to the participants.  Maximum registration will be 120 seats filled on first-registered, first-served basis.

As in the past, Day One will be devoted to best educational practices of high interest to school librarians. Dr. Milton Chen, author of “Education Nation:  Six Leading Edges of Innovation in Our Schools” (published by Jossey-Bass), will be the opening speaker.  Dr. Chen’s presentation will be followed by responses by school librarians and other educators who will answer the question, “What does Dr. Chen’s proposed education system mean for school libraries and school librarians?   Day Two will feature Anna Dewdney, author and illustrator of children’s books, and young adult author, Pete Hautman.

An optional, Wednesday night special event is being planned (no extra cost to participants). It will feature “technology tools”  and the NEKLS Tech Toy Box.

You may communication with Laura at ldebaun@nekls.org or 785-838-4090 (phone), or 785-838-3989 (Fax) about registration.   You may send a completed registration form with your school’s PO or check to Laura DeBaun, Northeast Kansas Library System, 4317 West 6th Street, Lawrence, KS 66049.  Please make checks for registration payable to Kansas Summer Institute for School Librarians.

The Institute will once again be offered for 1 graduate credit hour.  The course number is LI755 (Dow).  Tuition for this one-credit hour course for Kansas residents is $245.  Tuition for non-Kansas residents is $628.  ESU summer enrollment begins on March 14.  You may get enrolled by calling ESU’s Office of Distance Education, 1-877-332-4249 (toll free) or 620-341-5385.  Jan Gerstner is the administrative assistant who will be happy to assist you.  This course will focus on practical applications of the presenters’ content.  This will be worthwhile, graduate level, but will not require you to spend large amounts of time outside the Institute.   The syllbus for this course is now available at http://slim.emporia.edu/Forms/syllabus/syllabus_display.cfm?CourseCode=755A20113

Individuals who enroll for credit must also register and pay the registration fee for the Institute.

The Kansas Summer Institute is an official Kansas State Department of Education event.  It is co-sponsored by the Kansas Department of Education; the School of Library and Information Management, Emporia State University; the State Library of Kansas; Northeast Kansas Library System; and the Kansas Association of School Librarians.

If you have questions or suggestion, please contact Mirah Dow mdow@emporia.edu or Jackie Lakin jlakin@ksde.org .

We hope to see you!

Mirah Dow, BSE, MLS, PhD
Associate Professor
School of Library and Information Management
Emporia State University
mdow@emporia.edu
1-800-552-4770 (SLIM Office, toll free)

2011 Kansas Summer Institute for School Librarians

June 15-16, 2011 is the date for the upcoming Institute.  We hope you have marked your calendar and are making your plans to attend.  As in the past, this will be another opportunity to learn best educational practices presented by educational experts, be inspired (and entertained) to teach reading and writing by award winning authors, and to spend time networking with school librarian friends.  You will not want to miss it!

This Institute will be held at Emporia State University, The Teachers College.  Each day the doors will open at 8:30 a.m.   The sessions will be held from 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. with lunch provided on-site.  Drinks and food will be provided first thing each morning, during breaks, and at lunch time at no extra cost to the participants.  Maximum registration will be 120 seats filled on first-registered, first-served basis. 

As in the past, Day One will be devoted to best educational practices of high interest to school librarians. Day Two will feature authors of interest to all grade level school librarians.  A Wednesday night special event is being planned.  It will feature “technology tools.”  We will announce the names of presenters and authors, and all related details, just as soon as guests and plans are all “locked-in.”  Keep watching the website.

Details about the Institute as they are available will be posted.

Registration will be available. Laura DeBaun will once again manage registration. You may send a completed registration form with your school’s PO or check to Laura DeBaun, Northeast Kansas Library System, 4317 West 6^th Street, Lawrence, KS 66049.  Please make checks for registration payable to Kansas Summer Institute for School Librarians. 

The Institute will once again be offered for 1 graduate credit hour.  The course number is LI755 (Dow).  Tuition for this one-credit hour course for Kansas residents is $245.  Tuition for non-Kansas residents is $628.  ESU summer enrollment begins on March 14.  You may get enrolled by calling ESU’s Office of Distance Education, 1-877-332-4249 (toll free) or 620-341-5385.  Jan Gerstner is the administrative assistant who will be happy to assist you.  This course will focus on practical applications of the presenters’ content.  This will be worthwhile, graduate level, but will not require you to spend  large amounts of time outside the Institute.   A syllabus will be posted online around May 1.

Individuals who enroll for credit must also register for the Institute.

The Kansas Summer Institute is an official KSDE event.  It is co-sponsored by the Kansas Department of Education; the School of Library and Information Management, Emporia State University; the State Library of Kansas; Northeast Kansas Library System; and the Kansas Association of School Librarians.

If you have questions or suggestion, please contact Mirah Dow or Jackie Lakin.

Story by Mirah Dow

School Librarians Make Schools Better

On June 23-24, 2010, 90 school librarians from Kansas, Colorado and Missouri gathered at Emporia State University for the 14th annual Kansas Summer Institute for School Librarians.  The theme, “New Tools for New Generations,” opened workshop-style discussions of viable teaching and learning innovations.  The Institute provides educators with instruction and inspiration for teaching today’s elementary, middle and high school students. 

This event is sponsored by the Kansas Department of Education; School of Library and Information Management at Emporia State University; Northeast Kansas Library System; State Library of Kansas; and, the Kansas Association of School Librarians.  School librarians serving on the Institute planning committee are:  Loretta Arnold, Yates Center Elementary-High School, Yates Center, KS; Tonya Davis, Swaney Elementary School, Derby, KS; Terri Snethen, Blue Valley North High School, Overland Park, KS; Carmaine Ternes, Emporia High School, Emporia, KS; Angela Vietti-Okane, Pioneer Ridge Middle School, Gardner, KS; and Susie Whittaker, Perry Lecompton High School, Perry, KS.

Mirah Dow, Associate Professor and Coordinator of the School Library Media Licensure program at SLIM, ESU, said, “I have never seen school librarians more inspired and confident than they were this year.  Student learning and achievement are increased when there are state-licensed school librarians in each school building.  The school librarian stands in the middle – often at the heart of a struggling school – using the roles of leader, instructional partner, information specialist, teacher and administrator, advocate and professional member of the learning community to empower students, teachers, and administrators.  School librarians understand that all students are innately creative, curious, and motivated.”

 

Jackie Lakin, Educational Consultant and Information Manager, Kansas Department of Education, delivered updates from KSDE.  Dr. Lakin pointed out that the American Association of School Librarian’s Standards for the 21st Century Learner are consistent and aligned with published expectations of the state-led efforts by the National Governors Association for Best Practices and the Council of Chief State School Officers in writing the K-12 standards, Common Core State Standards.

Featured guest, Buffy Hamilton, school librarian at Creekview High School, Canton, Georgia, captures the attention of educators worldwide with her school library blog, The Unquiet Librarian.  Dr. Hamilton uses computer programs, new technological platforms and Web 2.0 applications to teach English and Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, and Information Management and Technology Skills to high school students. Dr. Hamilton also blogs for ALA Learning and the Georgia Library Media Association. 

 

Mark Crilley, featured author and illustrator, has been voted one of the “100 Most Creative People in Entertainment” by Entertainment Weekly. A former English teacher, Mark splits his time between Japan and Michigan.  A popular guest author in schools, Mark uses words and pictures to teach reading, writing, and storytelling. He is the author of the popular Miki Falls series.  His new books include Akiko:  Pieces of Gax; Akiko and the MissingMisp; Akiko on the Planet Smoo; Miki Falls:  Winter; Miki Falls: Autumn; and Akiko’s Flight of Fancy – The High Flying Expanded Edition.

In addition, expertise from avid readers of graphic novels informed and entertained the audience.  Mickey Coalwell, Library Consultant at Northeast Kansas Library Association, Lawrence, KS, and Royce Kitts, Tonganoxie Public Library Director, Tonganoxie, KS, make clear the importance of library collections in multiple formats, and maximizing local resources and services by developing collaborative relationships between school and public librarians.

Plans are being made for 2011 Summer Institute, which will be held at Emporia State University on June 14-15. -By Mirah Dow

KS Summer Institute for School Librarians

June 23-24 at Emporia State University, Emporia KS
 New Tools for New Generations: Viable Tools for Effective Student Learning

The first day guest speaker will be Buffy Hamilton, the Unquiet Librarian. Buffy is the school library media specialist at Creekview High School in Canton, GA. The second day will be devoted to children and young adult authors.

The Institute will be available for 1 credit hour of graduate credit. More information about registration, enrollment, and programs will be announced very soon.

Mirah Dow and the Planning Committee members
Kansas Summer Institute for School Librarians

Summer Institute Link Changed

SLIM has a new website so some of the old links have been changed.  Here is the new link for the summer institute - the summer institute is included with the school licensure pages.

http://slim.emporia.edu/index.php/admission/school-library-media-licensure/

Summer Institute

Dear Kansas School Librarians,

I thoroughly enjoyed participating in your Summer Institute. It was a pleasure to share the program with Beverley, Sharon, and Nancy. Thank you to Dr. Dow and the Committee for inviting me.

I want to follow up with a couple of links that may help you incorporate teaching reading comprehension strategies into your teaching repertoires.

Here's a link to the standards/strategies alignment matrix: http://storytrail.com/Impact/matrix.htm

This is where you'll find additional support for teaching the lessons found in my current book:  http://storytrail.com/Impact/how_to.htm

And here's the link to the downloadable bookmarks, graphic organizers, rubrics, teacher resources, and more, housed on the ALA Editions Web site: http://tinyurl.com/impact-g-o

Note: The link in the book itself is incorrect because ALA recently reorganized their Web site. Ugh!

If you are interested in online literature circles using wiki technology, here's the link to the year-long classroom-library collaboration I cofacilitated with Jennifer Hunt and her 8th-grade Pre-AP language arts students at Emily Gray Junior High in 2008-2009: http://wandawiki.wikispaces.com/ The students created their most evolved Web 2.0 work in the Jacqueline Woodson Author Study lit circles: http://wandawiki.wikispaces.com/Woodson+Author+Study

If there's any additional way I can support your work, or if you have further questions, please don't hesitate to contact me at:  info@storytrail.com

Thank you again for a great learning experience and your fine Kansan hospitality.

All the best,

Judi

Judi Moreillon, M.L.S., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, School of Library and Information Studies
Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX
Author: Collaborative Strategies for Teaching Reading Comprehension: Maximizing Your Impact
http://storytrail.com
info@storytrail.com

Kansas Summer Institute for School Librarians 2009

Next week is the 2009 Kansas Summer Institute for School Librarians - Register NOW!

Here is the location for info:
http://slim.emporia.edu/index.php/summer-institute/

At this location you will find 2009 Registration Form;  Program Flyer; Schedule for June 17 and June 18; and 
Registration for Graduate Credit Form. 

This event is co-sponsored by the Kansas Department of Education; SLIM, ESU; State Library of Kansas; Kansas Association of School Librarians.

Questions, please contact Jackie Lakin jlakin@ksde.org   OR

Mirah Dow mdow@emporia.edu

Summer Institute 2009

The 2009 Kansas Summer Institute for School Librarians at Emporia State University will be June 17 and 18.