Join us for our last meeting of the year to celebrate and plan for 2021-22.

Join TikTok engagement expert Kelsey Bogan to explore the instructional uses of TikTok in your library program and classrooms. All educators are welcome but Bogan's experience is using TikTok in a school library program. Session 1, May 12th, 3:45pm EST to 4:45pm EST: Introduction to TikTok for Educators Session 2, May 19th, 3:45pm EST to 4:45pm EST: TikTok Basic Skills Session 3, May 26th, 3:45pm EST to 4:45pm EST: TikTok Next Level Skills

The North Country School Library System Association is hosting an online, Google Classroom book study on Leading from the Library by Shannon McClintock Miller and William Bass. In this book, a librarian and an education leader team up to reflect on the librarian's ability to build connections in two ways. First, they discuss the benefits of bringing the outside world into the library through the use of social media, videoconferencing and other tools that allow librarians to partner with others. Then they expand upon these connections by addressing how librarians can lead in the greater educational community by sharing resources and strategies, and partnering with school leaders to tell the story of the school community. Each week's work will be worth 1 hour of PD credit. In order to earn the full amount of credit hours, participants must:

• Respond to every discussion prompt.

• Reply respectfully to at least two other participant's responses for each discussion prompt.

• The book study will begin the week of April 12 and conclude on May 14.

• The classwork will be completed asynchronously and the expected response date to the initial prompt/question is Wednesday and the replies to your fellow patriciates are due on Friday.

• Initial responses are due on April 14, April 21, April 28, May 5 and May 12th.

• Discussion and replies due on April 16, April 23, April 30, May 7 and May 14th.

• All responses are due by 3pm on the due date.

The deadline to register is March 12 to allow for Google Classroom to be set up.

Brandon P. Fleming is a nationally acclaimed Harvard educator and author of MISEDUCATED: A Memoir. His story of struggle, success, and service has inspired millions around the world. An at-risk youth and college dropout turned award-winning educator, Fleming is Assistant Debate Coach at Harvard University and Founder/CEO of the Harvard Diversity Project. Fleming was recruited to join the Harvard debate faculty at the age of 27. Harvard later approved Fleming's proposal to establish a new department within the university system called the Harvard Diversity Project - an unprecedented pipeline program of the Harvard Debate Council.

Syracuse University Project Advance (SUPA) is an enhanced concurrent enrollment program linking Syracuse University with secondary schools. Through this partnership, high schools can offer qualified seniors the opportunity to enroll in SU courses for university credit. Teachers who have qualified through SUPA as SU adjunct instructors teach enhanced concurrent enrollment university courses in high schools during the school day. Syracuse University Libraries are pleased to announce an exciting professional development opportunity for library media specialists in schools that offer SUPA classes. SU Librarians will spend the afternoon conducting a series of sessions that will provide library media specialists with the tools and resources to support SUPA students and instructors at their schools.

Sessions will cover a variety of topics, including:

Access: How to obtain access to SUL's collections

Resources: Introduction to subject-specific resources and research guides available in the SU Libraries

Research: What methods work best for college level research assignments?

Spend three full days together as a collaborative, courageous, and relevant professional learning network of School Librarians ready to build a foundation for an anti-racist education program focused on equity and social justice. Our first three days this summer will review the CR-SE Framework as we delve into our own identities, our unconscious and implicit bias and the micro- and macro-aggressions that members of our communities face on a daily basis. We will look deeply at our resources, collections and instructional practices to create an environment that is diverse, equitable and inclusive. Those that participate will continue this work throughout the next school year through projects, book studies and crucial conversations with their colleagues.

Giving your library an online presence is an important resource. It extends the library beyond it's physical walls and ensures that the students, staff and families have equitable access to the learning tools provided by the library. We will be exploring the various platforms available for website creation, such as Wix, Weebly and Google Sites. The benefits and drawbacks of each will be discussed, specifically in terms of the ease of creating a password protected page, helping you decide which platform will work best for your library.

This full-day of learning is for all school librarians, new and veteran, to come together to be trained on the Union Catalog, media Platform, reporting data, and digital resources. You will work with the SLS team members to better utilize teaching and learning resources purchased through and provided by the School Library System. Additionally, we will review beginning of the year processes for each automation system to make sure you are up and running on day one.