Middle States Accredited
EASTERN SUFFOLK BOCES
SCHOOL LIBRARY SYSTEM
AGENDA
September 30, 2016 Liaison/Program Meeting ~ 8:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M.
Suffolk Cooperative Library System Auditorium
627 North Sunrise Service Road ~ Bellport, NY
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Registration/Coffee/Vendor Exhibits
Capstone – Aurelia Cardamone
Follett – Katrina Conte & Beth Ferrigno
Infobase Learning – Frank Visco
ProQuest – Ed Yarnell
SSLMA – Susan Glaser, Fran La Duca, Jen Olsen
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Loretta Corbisiero, Administrative Coordinator for ES BOCES Arts-in-Education
Loretta will be here to discuss opportunities for school librarians to utilize the artists, authors, and speakers we have in place through the Eastern Suffolk BOCES Arts in Education program. AiE provides programs for students and for professional development related to arts integration through music, theater, literary arts, visual arts, and media arts. When contracting through BOCES AiE school districts are eligible to receive reimbursement from New York State for a portion of the cost.
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Business Meeting
10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Susan Glaser – “Long Island History Day”
During this session, Susan willaddress the fundamentals of the History Day Program by presenting samples of winning projects and what made them successful, provide librarians with a variety of classroom-ready tools to help them work with their teachers to begin implementing History Day in their own schools and provide an understanding of the judging criteria.
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12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch ~ Compliments of Capstone, Follett, Infobase Learning and ProQuest
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Dr. William Brennan – “3 Trends that Define the Future of Education: Innovation Labs, Makerspaces and Learning Commons”
In today’s most innovative and dynamic school environments, the teaching and learning process is being transformed to foster new rules of engagement and empowerment. Dr. Brennan will share the many ways forward-thinking educators in Farmingdale Schools are breaking down traditional walls to create a culture of personalized and passion based learning. Learn how these trends are the key to ensuring that our students possess the knowledge, confidence and mindset to thrive in a rapidly changing global society. Given the growing momentum of these trends, what are the implications for students, teachers, schools, and the education community at large?
Bill Brennan, Ed.D is the Executive Director for Innovation, Communications and Organizational Development in Farmingdale Schools. Working with the leadership team in Farmingdale, Bill instituted an overhaul of professional practices related to organizational learning and successfully established Farmingdale Schools and the leadership team as an incubator for innovation in learning. He has published articles on leadership, innovation and professional learning for several publications. Over the past decade he has delivered numerous keynotes and consulted in school districts across the United States on school transformation, professional learning, personalized learning, and leadership. Bill holds a doctorate in Educational Leadership from Fordham University and currently teachers in the Doctoral program. Bill founded and led several leadership incubators and facilitates administrative retreats for several organizations. Bill resides in Brightwaters, New York with his wife Dawn and has three children Liam (8), Lila (6), Lucas (3).
Business Meeting
June 3, 2016 ~ 10:00am – 10:30am
1. Welcome – Carl Vitevitch
2. 2016-2017 Liaison/Program Meeting dates (registration via MLP)
November 30, 2016
March 10, 2017
May 19, 2017
3. 2016-2017 User Group Meeting dates (registration via MLP)
OPALS: October 6, 2016
May 11, 2017
Follett: November 15, 2016
April 25, 2017
4. Conference dates
NYLA Annual Conference 2016 ~ November 2-5, 2016 ~ Saratoga Springs, NY
Long Island School Library System Regional Institute, November 8, 2016 ~ UpSky Hotel, Hauppauge, NY
5. Spanish language books in new ESB SLS Cooperative Collection catalog
6. EBSCO “Explora” replaces Searchasaurus, Kids Search, and Student Research Center
EBSCO “Read it” replaces English Language Learning Center
7. Suffolk School Library Media Association (SSLMA)
8. LILRC Digital Newsletter - http://www.lilrc.org/
9. Partners in Science application due date November 4, 2016. Email was sent to the listserv early September. Please submit all applications to Melanie electronically
10. Directory updates ~ Please give any changes to Melanie asap
11. Library Leadership Academy
“Echoes and Reflections: Leaders in Holocaust Education” ~ October 28, 2016 ~ 9:00 am – 3:00 pm ~ SCLS Auditorium
“Kapco Book Repair” ~ December 14, 2016 ~ 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. ~ SCLS Auditorium
12. nErD camp Long Island ~ November 5, 2016 ~ Jericho Middle School, Jericho, NY
13. SLMPE and NOVELny forms ~ Given to liaisons. Due to Melanie no later than December 23, 2016
14. MakerBots ~ email Melanie if you’d like to reserve one
15. Other
As of September 7, 2016 cv