Schedule / Agenda

Thursday

Presentation 1-5 pm:

*Please bring at least one lesson plan you are already comfortable with or a concrete idea for at least one new one. We will work on “Standard-izing” them.

Susan D. Ballard, Sara Kelly Johns, Michelle Miller, Penny Sweeney

  • welcome

  • overview of the NSL Standards

  • challenges and opportunities the NSL Standards

  • self assessment using the NSL Standards

  • crosswalks with the NSL Standards

*lunch is not provided on Thursday, but there will be a break with veggies, fruit, cheese, crackers, hummus and beverages.



  • "Swag Swap": ongoing throughout the Institute! Bring along any READING themed tshirts/socks/mugs/jewelry/sweatshirts for the first ever SWAG SWAP... please make sure all items are CLEAN, NEARLY NEW. Great if you need different sizes, have more than you could ever use, want to refresh your wardrobe! Any items left will be donated!

Buffet Dinner, 6-7pm


Booktalking Bonanza, 7-9pm

Participation is not optional for CTLE credit. Literature connection has been requested in evaluations for the last few years and this will be fun. At this booktalk networking experience, interested participants will contribute two slides prior to the Institute to a shared Google Slides presentation, one focusing on a book that they will booktalk and one on one way they cultivate a culture of reading in their libraries. Submissions will be categorized and grouped based on responses to a brief survey; participants will spend a glorious hour or more sharing with and being inspired by each other in a small group setting and, in so doing, they will become more effective at meeting the new Standards. “Booktalk leaders” are still needed! See the "Book Bonanza" webpage for more information about this program and to sign up to be a booktalker!


Scholarship Auction,9pm-10:30pm

The auction and mixer is a “kick back and relax” while you support a great cause kinda’ night (does NOT count towards CTLE). After the Book Bonanza, we will turn the meeting room into an auction house where ALL the proceeds will go to the scholarship fund for 2019. This year we have 16 people on scholarship due to this auction! Visit the auction webpage for more information on how to support this worthy event.




Friday

Buffet breakfast 7-8 am

8am- 12pm

Susan D. Ballard, Sara Kelly Johns, Michelle Miller, Penny Sweeney

  • participants regroup in grade levels. Gathering and announcements start at 8:00 am

  • "poster people"

  • introduction to other frameworks

*there will be one mid-morning coffee break

Buffet lunch, 12-1 pm

Presentation, 1-3 pm

Susan D. Ballard, Sara Kelly Johns, Michelle Miller, Penny Sweeney

  • Participants regroup in grade levels. Gathering and announcements start at 1 pm

  • "Let's play cards!"

  • Unit work

  • Wrap up

*there will be one mid-afternoon beverage break


NYLA/SSL Board meeting starts at 3:30pm (board members only)