PMBW teacher librarians

Hi everyone!

Here are the details of our Term 4 Professional Learning Day, which will be held on Tuesday 17th November Term 4 (Week 5) at Katoomba High School. The cost is $30.00, which covers professional catering for Morning Tea and Lunch and photocopying of hand-outs.

Online registration is now available (until early Term 4) at: https://detwww.det.nsw.edu.au/inservice/w_sydney/

Please mark this date in your diaries and I look forward to sharing a rewarding day of professional development with you!

Jenny Scheffers (TL @ Caddies Creek PS)
Chairperson,
Penrith, Mt Druitt, Blacktown & Windsor Teacher Librarian Professional Learning Group

AGENDA

8.15am Registration & Coffee

9.00am Welcome by Principal: Gail Ross

9.10am – 10.00am Practical Strategies for supporting Visual Literacy: Lizzie Chase (School Libraries & Information Literacy Unit), Pam Priestly (Springwood PS) & Janelle Van Capelle (Chifley College Bidwill Campus)

10 – 10.10am DET update

10.10 – 10.30am Sponsors’ Presentations: Syba Signs & Viking Books

10.30 –11.00am MORNING TEA

11.00 – 11.20am AGM & offers for 2010 host schools

11.25 – 12:15pm Concurrent Workshops 1
A: Co-operative Planning & Teaching & the integration of Guided Inquiry: Jenny Scheffers (Caddies Creek PS)

B: IWBs in the Library: Colleen Blancato (Hassall Grove PS, Fran Mead Eastern Creek PS, Shelley Napper Quakers Hill PS)

C: Transforming your school library: Ruth Buchanan (Colo HS)

12.25 – 1.15pm Concurrent Workshops 2
A: Co-operative Planning & Teaching & the integration of Guided Inquiry: Jenny Scheffers (Caddies Creek PS)

B: IWBs in the Library: Colleen Blancato (Hassall Grove PS, Fran Mead Eastern Creek PS, Shelley Napper Quakers Hill PS)

C: Transforming your school library: Ruth Buchanan (Colo HS)

1.15 – 2.00pm LUNCH and Sponsors’ Displays

2.00- 3.00pm Recent Work – from Board Books to YA: Tohby Riddle (author and illustrator)

3.00 – 3.30pm Concluding Evaluation / Lucky Door Prize Draws.