Personalized Professional Learning

Facilitates Personalized Professional Learning

Library Media Specialists (LMS) lead professional learning to cultivate a broader understanding of the skills that comprise success in a digital age (e.g. critical thinking, information literacy, digital citizenship and technology)

Current Practices & Artifacts 

• Offer routine PD trainings for teachers at all levels using library website, library purchased digital resources and technology hardware.

• The Library Media Specialists will provide face to face training with new SPSD staff on library resources available to them for instructional purposes in January of the school year.

• Databases with teaching resources within them

• Library websites with links to professional resources for staff

• Utilize Library Newsletters at least twice a year sharing new resources and services available to staff and students

• Survey staff/students annually to determine specific student needs

LMS Professional Learning

• Membership in WEMTA, attend WEMTA Conferences and webinars, SLATE and / or Google Midwest Ed Tech Summit.

• Follow Personal Learning Networks including, Future Ready Librarians, Future Ready Secondary Librarians, Learning Librarians, etc. Facebook.

• Listen to School Library podcasts to continue to grow ideas for our Libraries and students use of Libraries.

Areas for Growth 

• Survey staff yearly to determine specific student needs.

• Become a more active participant with departments and/or teams of classroom teachers.

• Promote professional resources to staff

2025-2028 Target Goal(s):

1.   The Elementary LMS will share the summer PD training materials with the remaining staff who have not attended the summer training so they have access to new resources available to them.  

2.   Elementary and Secondary LMS will promote new materials/resources to staff at least twice a year.

3.  The Library Media Specialists will attend a tech conference annually to stay current with practices.