Advanced Institute for School Library Media Specialists

2005 Advanced Institute for School LIbrary Media Specialists
Sponsored by OELMA and Wright State University
Offering timely professional development for the school librarian.

The 2005 Advanced Institute for School Library Media Specialists has been a goal of OELMA for the past few years. Ever since licensure requirements changed, OELMA has been aware of the need to provide ongoing professional development opportunities for school library media specialists, in a single statewide effort. Our regional workshops have been very popular but OELMA wanted a way to also bring consistent professional development to every region. The Board decided on the concept of a Speaker's Bureau to provide continuity to each presentation.

Three professional development modules are being planned by OELMA, in cooperation with Wright State University. The first module, Can You Find the Evidence-based Practice in Your School Library, debuts in July 2005. OELMA will also offer the first Train-the-Trainer workshop to begin to build a Speaker's Bureau. Please see the links on the left for registration forms and additional information about the professional development opportunities that are offered in the 2005 Advanced Institute for School Library Media Specialists. The deadline for the Train-the-Trainer Application is April 29, 2005. The Train-the-Trainer workshop will be held July 19th.

If the Speaker's Bureau is successful, this first module, Can You Find the Evidence-based Practice in your School Library, will be presented in each of OELMA's regions by members of the Speaker's Bureau during the course of the 2005-06 school year.

Can You Find the Evidence-based Practice in Your School Library?
 
Who should attend: Every school library media specialist

When:  July 20, 2005 or July 21, 2005
Two sessions will be held.  Pick the best date for you!  The workshop is 8:30-3:30 with additional supervised clinical practice for data collection in the fall, for those taking credit.

Where: Central Resource Center, 105 Virginia Ave., Centerville, OH 45458

Graduate credit: 1 quarter graduate credit offered through Wright State University.  Credit will be awarded at the end of December, 2005.  Coursework may be completed during Fall Quarter, 2005.  [EDT 670, section C61]