November checklist

Information overload? These are the most important DLL things to know to stay on track: 

• Submit your nominations for Best Books of 2025.

• Meet with MTAC - quarter 2 agenda template

• Review PDP goals and gather artifacts for your mid-year evaluation

Write it down

One of November’s many themes and personalities is National Novel Writing Month. While the official NaNoWriMo organization shut down earlier this year, we can still use this time to focus on writing in the library. You might consider how you incorporate writing into your lessons with students, create writing centers as part of a station rotation, or have a thank-you note writing area in your library as part of your passive programming.

If you share illustrations without words, allow your students to write the story. If you share primary source images and photographs, allow your students to describe in writing what they observe. If you read the first sentence on the page, allow your students to write the second sentence and then pass to tablemates to write third, fourth, and fifth sentences as in a round.

This month and next, think about activating the 4 Cs (communication, collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking) with writing. - Kendra

WCPSS Librarians Present...The Best Books of 2025!

Library Media Services is introducing a new "Best of the Year" list, and you'll be determining what gets included. To participate, you can submit up to seven books in total via our nomination form. We'll share the full list in January 2026. Deadline to submit is December 19, 2025.

Criteria:

• Must have been published in 2025

• Must be K-12

• Must be a book you've read

Categories:

• Best Picture Books

• Best Early Readers

• Best Transitional Chapter Books

• Best Elementary Fiction

• Best Elementary Nonfiction

• Best Elementary Biographies

• Best Elementary Graphic Novels

• Best Middle Fiction

• Best Middle Nonfiction

• Best Middle Biographies

• Best Middle Graphic Novels

• Best High Fiction

• Best High Nonfiction

• Best High Biographies

• Best High Graphic Novels

Secondary: Data Collection

Secondary librarians, this is a friendly reminder to make sure that you're collecting data (Best Practices for Data) to reflect the multiple facets of your library program. If you need to support, reach out to Kristel.

If you requested iPads to assist with student activity tracking, Kristel has those iPads and will be distributing them. You can also schedule a time with her to swing by Crossroads II to pick up. 

Asynchronous PL available in WakeLearns

Looking for subject area CEUs? In need of library content to engage with on a district PL day? Library Media Services is updating our asynchronous course offerings in WakeLearns. These courses are currently available, and more will be added soon!

• Collection Management for School Librarians - Asynchronous 

• Asynchronous Inquiry and Instruction for Elementary School Librarians

• Unified Library Teams for Secondary Librarians

• Virtual Secondary Library  Book Club - read books and write reviews asynchronously

• Virtual Secondary Library Instruction PLC  can be completed asynchronously on Learning Central

• Virtual Secondary Library AI Sandbox PLC   can be completed asynchronously on Learning Central