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Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!!
#KyLChat 💙
Our last #KyLChat of the school year is a "slow chat." These are a little different. We won't be meeting live, but you can answer at any time throughout the week. Search #KyLChat and choose "Latest" to follow along.
Here are the questions for the week! (thank you to Amanda Hurley for these!) I'll post the first one soon!
Reflection and moving forward
Of all your professional success this year, what are you most proud of and why?
Of all the books out there, what is the one you are looking forward to the most to reading this summer and why?
If Kentucky school librarians could curate helpful templates for school libraries, what would you benefit the most from?
Many conferences are happening this summer! IFL, KASL Summer Refresher, and others! What tips do you have for maximizing summer learning?
Which topics would you like to learn more about in 2023-24?
How New Is Your Library? ⏳
If you haven’t filled out this form for your library (libraries), please take a second to do that. It’s a super-short form. I will use this data to help folks looking to visit newer spaces.
KASL Summer Refresher 🌞
Registration is now open! The dates are July 10 and 11. (more information on the Summer Refresher here) If you have never been, please give this event a try. The Summer Refresher is specifically for and created by Kentucky school librarians.
Professional Learning 📚
May 11, 4:00-5:00 PM ET: Future Ready Librarian Strand: Planning for Excellence in Your Library Program Using the Future Ready Librarian Framework - This presentation can be found here. (The video is also embedded at the bottom of this page)
TeachMeet: There are 5 Teach Meets scheduled for this summer. These are great opportunities, and it’s important that school librarians are an active part of this learning community. Here are the links to register and present! July 17 - Eastern Kentucky, July 18 - Southeastern Kentucky, July 19 - Central/Northern, July 20 - Western Kentucky, and July 26 - Bowling Green.
The School Librarian Learning Network curates a great list of professional learning opportunities. Check out their listings here.
Shannon Miller is offering a series of sessions this summer: "It's called Shannon's Series on Leadership. This webinar series will feature amazing library leaders, important and timely topics, and interesting conversations that will empower us with leadership skills and thinking throughout the summer and into the new school year. You will find all three of the leadership webinars here."
Freedom to Read:
Hi, Fellow KY Librarians,
As we are winding up the year and your brain is swirling with all of the things you have to do, you may be wondering what you can do to help advocate for your library and your scholars’ Freedom to Read. One simple thing is to send an email or letter to your principal, SBDM councils, superintendent, board member, or other interested parties. Coming up with such a letter is a difficult task when you are so passionate about your job, your scholars’ rights, and as you are trying to finish up the 99 thousand things on your end-of-year plate.
The Kentucky Association of School Librarians (KASL) has you covered. Thanks to AI and a fabulous group of advocacy committee members, we have a draft letter for you to edit and send to your constituents to help share our Freedom to Read Statement. You can find this letter here, as well as on our webpage under Intellectual Freedom and Advocacy.
We think this letter and this statement are important enough to share with all, but we have many more members-only resources in our Mighty Network. If you are not a KLA/KASL member, please consider joining us for those resources as well as for our Summer Refresher ’23! The odds are definitely in your favor!
All the Best,
Erin E. Weaver
Project Lead the Way Launch Teacher
Technology Asset Coordinator
STLP Coordinator
New Things:
There is a new(ish) feature inside of Microsoft Teams called Search Coach. I'm just starting to explore it, but it seems like it might be applicable for information literacy work. I'll share more as I learn, but here is a link if you are interested. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/educator-center/product-guides/search-coach
Further Reading:
Soft Censorship Scenarios – What Would You Do? - Knowledge Quest
Every Day is Right to Read Day! - Knowledge Quest
Popular Verse Poetry for Teens - Knowledge Quest
Stories from a First-Year Librarian - School Library Connection
Finding Joy and Making Connections through Podcasting - School Library Connection
Community of Courage. Censorship Lawsuits and Civil Rights Complaints - School Library Connection
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