May 22

Next Professional Learning Day: 5th June 2013 (Week 6 Term 2)

Just a reminder that the Penrith, Mt Druitt, Blacktown and Windsor Teacher Librarian Professional Learning Group is hosting an exciting professional development day on Wednesday 5th June (Week 6 Term 2), at Oxley Park Public School. Please see the attached program, which provides full details of the day. Online registration through MyPL@DEC is now available. The course title is PMBW Teacher Librarian Professional Learning Day Term 2 2013 and the course number is NR04672. (0 is a zero).

Please register as soon as possible as numbers are strictly limited. When completing the online registration, please select the payment option Cheque, as there is NO DIRECT DEBIT available. Your intial registration will be listed as Tentative. Once your payment of a $40 cheque has been received, your enroment status will be changed to Confirmed.

Cheques, together with details of your name and school, should be posted to:
Attention: Lee Arundel, c/- Blacktown South Pubic School, 183 Flushcombe Road, Blacktown 2148
Please make the $40 cheque payable to Blacktown South Pubic School. There is no GST involved in this registration payment.

If you have any special dietary requirements, please contact caterer Richard ph: 0418-615- 442 directly yourself. The Committee looks forward to sharing a dynamic day of professional learning and networking.

Host Teacher Librarian: Bonnie Manwaring
Venue: Oxley Park Public School, Adelaide Street, St Marys
Phone: 9623-1375

AGENDA
8.15am: Registration & Coffee
9.00am: Welcome by Principal; Housekeeping: Bonnie Manwaring
9.10am: Review of the Shortlisted CBCA titles and What’s Hot: Paul Macdonald (The Children’s Bookshop)
10.10am From TL to Author: Sharon McGuinness (author of picture book, Coming Home & Teacher Librarian, Thirroul PS)
11.00am: Sponsors’ Presentations: Syba Signs & Kookaburra
11.15am: MORNING TEA and Sponsors’ Displays
12 noon: DEC School Libraries Update (Video Conference): Colleen Foley
1.00pm: LUNCH and Sponsors’ Displays
1.45pm: Subtle TL Advocacy -Engaging Students and Parents: Sharon McGuinness (Teacher Librarian, Thirroul PS)
2.30pm: CBCA NSW update: Jackie Hawkes
3.00 – 3.30pm: Concluding Evaluation / Lucky Door Prize Draws.

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March 28

Upcoming: professional development day in Term 2

The Penrith, Mt Druitt, Blacktown and Windsor Teacher Librarian Professional Learning Group is hosting an exciting professional development day on Thursday 2nd June (Week 6 of Term 2), at Caddies Creek Public School, Glenwood. Please see below for the attached program, which provides full details of the day.

Online registration through MyPL@DET is now available. The course title is PMBW Teacher Librarian Professional Learning Day and the course number is NR01748. Please register as soon as possible as numbers are strictly limited. When completing the online registration, please select the payment option Cheque.

Your intial registration will be listed as Tentative. Once your payment of a $40 cheque has been received, your enrolment status will be changed to Confirmed. Cheques, together with details of your name and school, should be posted to:

Attention: Lee Arundel, c/- Blacktown South Pubic School, 183 Flushcombe Road, Blacktown 2148

The Committee looks forward to sharing a dynamic day of professional learning and networking with you!

Jenny Scheffers
Chairperson

Venue: Caddies Creek Public School, corner Glenwood Park Drive and Currawong Street Glenwood
Phone: 8814-5916
Parking: in council sports ground car park (opposite school) and in surrounding streets
Host Teacher Librarians: Jenny Scheffers and Marlene Manning
Cost: $40 RSVP: online registration closes 19th May

AGENDA
8 am Registration & Coffee
9 am Welcome by Principal: Mr Phil Nash; Housekeeping: Jenny Scheffers
9. 15 am – 10.10am Support for teacher librarians – DET update: Colleen Foley Manager Team Leader, School Libraries and Information Literacy, NSW CLIC
10.15 – 11 am Review of the Shortlisted CBCA titles and What’s Hot: Paul MacDonald (The Children’s Bookshop)
11- 11.10 Sponsors’ Presentation

11.10 –11.55 am MORNING TEA and Sponsors’ Displays

12 – 1.15 pm Implementing Guided Inquiry: Concurrent Sessions
A: Guided Inquiry in Primary Schools – several Committee members who have recently taught Guided Inquiry units
B: Guided Inquiry in a High School – Cathy Hill (Head of Library & Information Science P-12) and Belinda Davies (Year 7 Core) St Paul’s Grammar School, Cranebrook

1.15 – 2 pm LUNCH and Sponsor’s Displays

2 – 3pm Web 2 and Search Engines – Leanne Samootin (K-12 ICT Consultant Western Sydney Region)

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

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March 30

Online registrations

Hi all,

Registration for our T-L professional development days is now done online, as are all NSW DET professional development courses from this year. The information and registration details for our Term 2 Professional Learning day is now available at the Western Sydney Professional Learning Events Registration link (found at the School Administration tab on the NSW DET intranet). Or, go to https://detwww.det.nsw.edu.au/inservice/w_sydney/.

Once you register, please print of a copy of your registration and send it together with a cheque for $30 made out to Blacktown South Public School to:
Attention: Lee Arundel
Blacktown South Public School, 183 Flushcombe Rd, Blacktown, NSW, 2148.

Soon after the closing date you’ll receive a confirmation email. To nominate your chosen workshops, you will need to reply to the confirmation email. The day’s program is shown here.

Regards, Ian McLean & Colleen Blancato,
on behalf of the committee.

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March 17

Agenda: professional development day

Our Term 2 Meeting is set for WED 3rd June at Jamisontown PS, Penrith South.
Teacher Librarian: Tracey Jones
Address: Thurwood Avenue, Penrith South
Parking: In-ground parking available at back of school
Phone: (02) 4733 2200

8.15 am   Registration & Coffee

9.00 am   Welcome by Principal: Mrs Lorraine Segula

Housekeeping

9.15 am   Guest Speaker: Paul MacDonald (The Children’s Bookshop): Review of the Shortlisted CBCA titles and What’s Hot

10.15 am Sponsors’ Presentations: Edufun and Elizabeth Richards

10.30 – 11.00 am MORNING TEA

11.00 – 12:00 pm  Concurrent Workshops 1

A: OASIS Beginners – Stocktake and Adding Websites Laureen Sheppard (Katoomba High School)

B: Integrating Blogs & Wikis Into the Library Teaching Program Ian McLean (Penrith PS)

C: Kress and van Leeuwen’s Visual Literacy Framework – A useful frame work for analysing images Lizzie Chase Review Coordinator, School Libraries and Information Literacy Unit

12.10  – 1.00 pm Concurrent Workshops 2

A: Advanced OASIS –  Better Library  Reports or how to make them do what you want them to do Laureen Sheppard (Katoomba High School)

B: Integrating Blogs & Wikis Into the Library’s Teaching Program – Ian McLean (Penrith PS)

C: Kress and van Leeuwen’s Visual Literacy Framework – A useful frame work for analysing images – Lizzie Chase Review Coordinator, School Libraries and Information Literacy Unit

1.00 – 2.00 pm  LUNCH and Sponsors’ Displays

2.00 – 3.00 pm Looking Forward, Looking Back: the art of picture book collaboration – Lisa Shanahan (author) and Emma Quay (illustrator)

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

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November 7

Full day professional learning with Kevin Hennah

Thank you to all teacher-librarians and associates who attended today’s stimulating conference with guest speaker, Kevin Hennah, who presented sessions on Library Design and Space Management, and Transforming Your Library on a Shoestring Budget.

Please feel free to obtain an Edublogs username and password and add a comment to this post. Practice makes perfect, and familiarity with blogs may inspire you, as an educator, to use them with students in your beautiful, newly transformed school libraries.

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