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Notes & Reminders Final Due Date Set The final due date for library materials has been set. May 25th for staff, May 11th for students.
End of the Year Meeting (save the date) & Narrative The end of the year meeting will be at Central Middle from 4:30pm until 6:00 pm on Tuesday, May 8th. Now is also the time to start thinking about what information you want to include in the end of the year narrative. Remember that we made goals in relation to the Future Ready wedges (back-to-school meeting), moved from recommendations to guidelines in our program evaluation, and introduced the new AASL standards.
Parkway Summer Reading Lists The Parkway summer reading brochures will be available sometime next week (May 7-11th). We are waiting to include the official lists from AASL.
Parkway Cohorts for 2018-2019 The District Cohort Applications are now open and will accept submissions until May 15. See details and 88 pages of learning opportunities in the summer professional learning catalog. ●
SPARK! Incubator Application Pg 16 in catalog
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Design Thinking Application Pg 18 in catalog
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Video for High Impact Teaching Application Pg 19 in catalog
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Digital Age Leaders Application Pg 17 in catalog
Credit Available for Participating in Non-Parkway Events Parkway Credit Available: All you need to do is record your participation for the event (EdCamps, Webinars, etc.) at tinyurl.com/webinars-events. Remember that district credit is based on the number of clock hours that you participate. Credit is issued as follows: six clock hours will get you .5 credit and 12 clock hours will get you 1 credit.
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#ParkwayReads Each summer Parkway circulates new summer reading lists in a brochure format for grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and high school. The lists were adopted from ALSC (Association for Library Service to Children), MASL (Missouri Association of School Librarians), and YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association).The criteria for many of the books on these lists were based on overall appeal, exposure to authors, diversity, genre variety, and relevance. The brochure format creates a manageable list with adequate choice to encourage students to read for fun. Summer reading is a chance for students to learn to read for pleasure. The lists and additional resources can be found below. Also be sure to use the hashtag #parkwayreads to organize social media posts about reading in Parkway.
Are You Designing Learning for Students or With Students? The concept of co-design is key to modern learning success especially as we move toward personalized, project based, or experiential learning. Co-design is a participation continuum of student learning that moves through inform to consult and on to involve, collaborate, and empower. As a library program one of our guidelines is to support classroom instruction and provide, relevant, timely programming that meets the needs and interests of each individual community. So thinking in terms of #whatwedo as librarians, co-design could make learning more accessible and impactful for students by helping meet them where and when they need it.
New lists will be available soon at tinyurl.com/ParkwayReads
Does codesign equal authentic learning? According to Starr Sackstein, authentic learning only begins when students are involved in curriculum design. This is where co-designing comes into play. Think about makerspaces, when are students most engaged? More than likely when they had the opportunity to be part of creating the maker experience. How many schools have a maker advisory group that guides with the direction of the makerspace purpose from year to year? This type of group would be an asset in co-design implementation while building community and empowering students as creators. Read more about the co-design continuum on the Medium blog by Abe Moore.
Use of Space & Time Spaces Designs Collaborative Station Rotation Model As I talk with many of you about Use of Space and Time in the Future Ready Librarian Framework there are many questions as to how to zone the library and rotate through many of the activities and experiences that are happening on a daily basis. Catlin Tucker designed a Station Rotation Model and shares strategies and examples that are flexible and empower students as creators. This model also supports our work on Main Topic 5 of the Program Evaluation Guidelines because it is a way to explore opportunities to creation spaces with multi-use zones for a variety of educational experiences. Read more at catlintucker.com
Community Partnership Students Participate in School Library Month Way back in April , we celebrated School Library Month and many of the things we share about our libraries are great advocacy pieces to share with the community. One example of making a community partnership and sharing what we do can be found at West Glades School. The students in kindergarten through fourth-grade participated in decorating grocery bags with and illustrations about their favorite books and library experiences. Winn Dixie (grocery store) provided over 275 bags that were decorated and returned to the store to use for customers’ groceries. See the entire story at gladescountydemocrat.com
MakerCare Service makerspaces are a great way to reach out to the community. At Sorrento Springs this year makerspace tool a larger role to encompass the caring part of the Parkway mission. Dr. Gray partnered with project Green Street and Mercy Hospital to offer students an opportunity to give back. Students made plarn to be woven into mats for the homeless and created read aloud videos to help young patients enjoy books. See the video for Mercy at https://youtu.be/6w2JTd2iwRM
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It’s Steam-y in the Library! Overwhelmed by the maker movement or just lacking the time, money or space to run a full makerspace? Kelly Oliva from Wentzville SD shares three years’ worth of experience implementing monthly STEAM Challenges in her library, and share how you can make this concept work for your library or classroom. Come away with ideas you can use immediately, and learn how to earn the support of fellow teachers, too. Check out the presentation by Kelly at https://goo.gl/6GHB2r
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Builds Instructional Partnerships Brain Breaks - Relieve the Stress Regular breaks throughout the day, both shorter and longer, help increase productivity, as well as increasing creativity and social skills. Here's some evidence: 1.
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A 2016 research study showed that attention and on-task behavior increased with short breaks. A 2012 study in revealed that such breaks are a part of learning and are necessary for memory, reflection, and planning. In 2013, the National Academy of Medicine published a report on the benefits of physical activity on cognitive development and academic success.
Additionally, the American Psychological Association recommends frequent breaks to reduce stress. For an overview of all of these studies, visit Research-Tested Benefit of Breaks.
Flipgrid Reading Challenge Flipgrid is a tool where video, student engagement, and formative assessment happen. It’s a place where students can share their thoughts, opinions, and voice. A fun way to use Flipgrid in the classroom is to use it as a platform for students to reflect on their reading. Want to make it even more fun? Try adding a Flipgrid Reading Challenge. Everyone loves a good challenge and when we pair it with reading and an awesome edtech tool we are all set for an awesome learning experience.
And last, if you'd like some ideas for brain breaks, check out some of the links below, or just search for "brain breaks" on the internet - there's a whole lot of websites with great ideas! ● Quick Classroom Exercises to Combat Stress ● Incorporating Brain Breaks ● Teacher Share Their Best Brain Breaks From Toni Prickett, Educational Consultant
See the post and get the how to PDF at engagedmediasolutions.com
Empowers Students as Creators 20 Ways to Use Canva’s Templates with Students Canva's goal is to make graphic design more accessible to everyday users. One way it does this is by having color pallets and font combinations to choose from. With a library of over 1 million items, it is pretty easy to find a graphic or photo that works for any project. Karly Moura from the Teaching, Tech and Twitter blog took it upon herself to looks at the Canva templates and relate them back to student creation. Some of her ideas include: 1. Invoice - Have your students create an invoice after completing an engineering design project. How much did their materials cost? How much was their time worth? A real-world application that will add mathematics and even more critical thinking. 2. Resume - How fun would it be to have students create a resume for themselves at the end of the year to share their skills and accomplishments? They can even share them with their next teacher. Alternatively, have students create a resume for a storybook character or their classmates as a "star of the week" activity. 3. Magazine Cover - The days of boring reports are gone. Students can create an engaging magazine cover for their report to hook readers in. Pair that with a brochure (#6) and your students will be begging you to complete another.
Personalized Professional Learning 18 Facebook Groups Connecting School Librarians! Linda Dougherty, local retired librarian from Northwest R-1 has put together a spreadsheet of great resources for school librarians on her blog at lindajdougherty.com
4. Book Cover - Students can put the finishing touch on their creative writing project or on their entire writing portfolio with creative cover. Students can also create a book cover for the sequel to a book they read or for a class novel that doesn't already have one. 5. Brochure - A fun twist on an old project. State report? California Missions? Animal habitats? Ancient Civilization? All of these reports can be turned into a brochure. Highlight the important places to see and the history or facts about your topic. Add pictures, color, and fun fonts to make it visually pleasing. Way more fun than writing it out on binder paper!
Put Emojis in your Drive File and Folder Titles The more you use Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, and Drawings, the more your Drive can become an unruly mess. Of course you can, and should, create folders and subfolders to move and organize your files. Still though, everything can tend to blend together in a sea of documents. One creative way to help distinguish your many files and folders is to personalize them with emojis right in their titles. That's right! You can add emoji images to the titles of Drive folders, Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, Drawings, and more. This can help make files and folders jump out for anyone, but can be especially useful for younger students. See how at controlaltachieve.com
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Personalized Professional Learning Google Certification Levels 1 & 2 Are you Googly? Do you want to be? Did you know that Google has an entire training program where you can get certified as a Google Educator? This course is online, self-paced, and is meant to get you to earn your Google Educator Level 1 Certification. In order to receive salary credit, you must pass the Google certification test and submit certificate to Amy Johnson. For level 2 there is a prerequisite: You must complete Level 1 Certification before you are able to complete the Level 2 Certification class.
Jeffco Tech Fest Presenters Needed This summer the Northwest and Fox school districts are partnering to host a half day tech conference called Jeffco Tech Fest on Thursday July 26th. They are looking for presentations in the areas of: All things Google, mobile apps and web tools, innovative instruction and assessment, and STEM. Additionally, you are welcome to invite teachers and fellow librarians to attend this free half-day conference on Thursday July 26th. Click here to fill out the presentation proposal.
Want to connect with other educators and transform learning? See upcoming spring learning opportunities offered through ConnectED Learning at connectedlearningstl.org
Parkway Credit One option for earning Parkway credits is to participate in webinars and events, such as Edcamps, SLAA events, makerspace open houses etc. In order to earn participation credits watch the webinar or go to an event, then record your participation at tinyurl.com/webinars-events. Remember that district credit is based on the number of clock hours that you participate. Credit is issued as follows: six clock hours will get you .5 credit and 12 clock hours will get you 1 credit.
Program Evaluation Guidelines Topic 1: Advocacy Parkway libraries will strive for clear communication of the role of school librarians. Topic 2: Responsiveness to Community Parkway libraries will be responsive to the community and have a finger on the pulse of each individual building. Topic 3: Instructional & Programming Parkway libraries will support classroom instruction and provide relevant, timely programming to meet the needs and interests of each individual community. Topic 4: Educational Leadership & PD Parkway librarians will strive to be seen as leaders in buildings and will have access to just in time, targeted professional learning for librarians. Topic 5: Library Physical Spaces Parkway libraries are multi-use spaces that are inviting and available for learners of all ages.
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