April 12

Reminder – upcoming PMBW Conference 2019: Mindful, Happy and Organised

This is just a friendly reminder to advise that spaces are filling fast for our upcoming conference, Mindful, Happy and Organised. We have an action packed day planned and it’s also a great opportunity to network with other teacher librarians.

Below is a rundown of the day, together with additional information about each of the presentations. We hope that you can make it to this exciting Professional Learning Day.

Regards,
Vicci Bishop
PMBW Committee Member

Vicci.Bishop@det.nsw.edu.au

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Mindful, Happy and Organised
Date: Monday 17 June 2019 Teacher Librarian Conference
Venue: Concept Room, Novotel Sydney West HQ (next to Rooty Hill RSL).

Program
8:15 – 9:00am Registration & Refreshments
9:00 – 9:10am Welcome, Housekeeping & General Business
9:10 – 10:10am Four-Quadrant Organisation – Kathy Wyber (Teacher Librarian at Bardia Public School)
10:10 – 10:45am Sponsors – Kids’ News, Kookaburra, World Book, Syba Signs and The Children’s Bookshop

10:45 – 11:30am Morning tea

Concurrent sessions:
11:30 – 12.30pm
A. Primary TLs: Oliver Library, a system for a well-managed and positive learning library space – Debbie Rosa & Karen Goes (NSW DoE Oliver “How To” Team)
B. High School TLs: Hot and Mindful: A Review of New Books and More!- Paul MacDonald (The Children’s Bookshop)

12:30 – 1:30pm
A. High School TLs: Oliver Library, a system for a well-managed and positive learning library space – Debbie Rosa & Karen Goes (NSW DoE Oliver “How To” Team)
B. Primary TLs: Hot and Mindful: A Review of New Books and More! – Paul MacDonald (The Children’s Bookshop)

1:30 – 2:15pm Lunch

2:15 – 3:15pm Stories Make us Stronger (And Better Organised) – Morris Gleitzman (author)

3:15 – 3:30pm Evaluation and Badge Draw.

August 11

Resources from the PD day

In this blog entry, you can quickly locate the digital resources used by the presenters at our Term 3 professional learning day, held on Monday 10th August (Week 5).

* Progressing with Oliver:
Research Projects – Evidence of how Oliver and Orbit are supporting student learning
(A) Primary: Julie Grazotis (Banks PS – their Oliver ClassMovie is linked HERE) and Ian McLean (Penrith PS).
(B) Secondary: Jenny Dengate (Glenmore Park HS) & Lolita Garcia (Richmond HS).

* STEPS Book Forum – Engaging your school learning community: Julie Grazotis (Banks PS) – Click down to Page 2 of the PDF.

* CBCA Update: Jackie Hawkes & Honor White (CBCA NSW representatives)

Book Week poster
Ian demonstrates the phone app that brings this year’s CBCA poster alive!

* Promoting reading through dynamic author/illustrator visits: Jenny Scheffers (Caddies Creek PS)

* Website of our Guest Author: Randa Abdel-Fattah (Click on the hyperlink).

Randa Abdel-Fattah
Randa Abdel-Fattah

February 13

First Professional Learning day for 2015

PMBW is conducting its first Teacher Librarian Professional Learning Day in Term 1.
Date: Thursday 19th March (Week 8) 2015
Host Teacher Librarian: Lynne Millson
Venue: Parklea Public School, 205 Glenwood Park Drive, Glenwood
Phone: 9629-2518.

Agenda:
Oliver Library System Update – Doug Jenkins (Senior Systems Analyst, Schools Admin Support, Information Technology Directorate) & Colleen Foley (Manager School Libraries & Information Literacy)
Panel Discussion of Teacher Librarians who are currently using Oliver

Concurrent Sessions split into primary and high school groups:
(A) Resourcing the new curriculum – Paul Macdonald (The Children’s Bookshop)
(B) Professional Networking-Group Discussion – with peers.

Register online at MyPL@Edu. Course code is NR07564 (where 0 is zero), or via the hyperlink: www.det.nsw.edu.au/docprs/publicViewEvent.do?eventId=100966

Cost: $40 per person. Do not include GST. (MyPL payment option – please select CHEQUE.) PMBW sent out Tax Invoice forms by email for this event. Please give a copy of that document to your SAM for payment. Please send all cheques to: Attention Jan Poona, Rooty Hill Public School, Westminster St, Rooty Hill, 2766. Make your cheque payable to Rooty Hill Public School. For any queries about payment, please contact Jan Poona janice.poona@det.nsw.edu.au

If you have any special dietary requirements, please contact Jenny Scheffers: jennifer.scheffers@det.nsw.edu.au