Summer Institute for School Library Media Specialists

 

SAVE THE DATE - WATCH FOR MORE DETAILS COMING SOON   2009 Kansas Summer Institute for School Librarians   Emporia State University, Emporia, KS USA June 17-18, 2009   The Summer Institute for School Library Media Specialists is an annual event sponsored by the Kansas State Department of Education, School of Library and Information Management, State Library of Kansas, and the Kansas Association of School Librarians.   The purpose of the institute is to provide current, best practice information related to school libraries, resources and information literacy instruction.   The Summer Institute is an opportunity for pre-service (degree seeking) and in-service (professional development) teacher librarians, content teachers, and school administrators.   See a short, fast slide show about the Kansas Summer Institute

 

2008 Kansas Summer Institute for School Library Media

Specialists

 

News Release

Be the Center!  The School Library:  Collaborating from the Center of the School Universe

Twelfth Annual, June 11 – 12, 2008

Emporia State University, 1200 Commercial, Emporia, KS USA

Jones Institute for Educational, Visser Hall

Website:  http://slim.emporia.edu/programs/summerinst.htm

 

 

News Release by Mirah Dow

 

School librarians from Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and La Paz, Bolivia turned out June 11 - 12 for the annual Kansas Summer Institute for School Librarians held at ESU’s Jones Institute for Educational Excellence, Visser Hall.

 

Research conducted in the U.S. and Canada during the past five years demonstrates that reading enjoyment is strongly and positively linked to student achievement.  The school library, long regarded as the cornerstone of the school community, is critical to the learning experience and student academic achievement.  Research reveals a positive relationship between professionally staffed school libraries and student achievement.

 

Special guest instructor, Toni Buzzeo, author, school librarian from Buxton, Maine and winner of the 2000 Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Award for her book, The Sea Chest, insisted that “literacy is center stage in American schools, American media, and American homes.”  Buzzeo said, “collaboration and information literacy have remained central to the instructional work of school librarianship.”  Buzzeo presented standards-based reading, writing, social studies, and science connections to her children’s books.

 

Jane Kurtz, author of twenty-five books for young readers, grew up in Maji, Ethiopia.  Kurtz book Saba:  Under the Hyena’s Foot won The 2004 Children’s African Book Award and River Friendly, River Wild received the 2001 Golden Kite Award in the picture book text category.  Kurtz presention on the second day of the Institute unlocked the mystery of how authors come up with interesting ideas, hunt for vivid details, use words with sparkle and pizzaz, craft sentences and paragraphs that have pleasing rhythms, organize in clear and compelling ways, find their writing personality and revise for big and little changes.

 

Integrating technology into instruction was also taught by Kansas school librarians Linda Culver, Prairie Trail Middle School, Olathe, KS; Lori Franklin, Olathe East High School; Jessica Karns, Holton Elementary School; and Abby Neiburger, Blue Valley North High School, Overland Park, KS.  Carmaine Ternes, School Librarian, Emporia High School, hosted an evening session, “electronic gaming and information literacy skills.”

“The attendees were there to learn,” said Mirah Dow, Institute Coordinator and Assistant Professor in the School of Library and Information Management.  “Kansas is one of a few States with tough licensure requirements that mandate a teaching license, classroom teaching experience, and a master’s degree for school librarians.  In addition, Kansas school library media specialists complete a two-year, supervised post-graduate internship in which they provide evidence that they meet State standards for school librarians.  Why?  Because we want to ensure that potential school librarians are equipped with specific knowledge, skills, and dispositions — not just a transcript with a list of required courses.”  

The Summer Institute for School Library Media Specialists is an annual event sponsored by the Kansas State Department of Education, School of Library and Information Management, State Library of Kansas, and the Kansas Association of School Librarians. The purpose of the institute is to provide current, best practice information related to school libraries, resources and information literacy instruction.

For more information about the 2008 Institute and the dates and plans for 2009, visit http://slim.emporia.edu/programs/summerinst.htm

 

 

Be the Center!  The School Library:  Collaborating from the Center of the School Universe

 

Twelfth Annual, June 11 – 12, 2008

Emporia State University, 1200 Commercial, Emporia, KS USA

Jones Institute for Educational Excellence

Visser Hall, Room 328

8:00 a.m. - Doors open, light refreshments served
8:30 a.m. - Institute begins
4:30 p.m. - Institute ends

 

Registration Deadline:  May, 31, 2008, maximum seating 120

Wireless Environment - Please feel free to bring your own laptop.

 

Make Checks Payable to Kansas Summer Institute for School Librarians.

Meals are included in registration fee.

 

Please return registration forms to Laura DeBaun, Northeast Kansas Library System, 4317 West 6th Street, Lawrence, KS 66049.  For questions about registration, please contact Laura DeBaun at ldebaun@nekls.org

 

Registration Form

 

You may pay registration with personal check, school check, school purchase order, or online registration with credit card payment (Google checkout) at www.nekls.org

 

Graduate Course Credit (2 credit hours, LI755A KE) available with additional application at http://slim.emporia.edu/studentserv/SLIMenrollment.htm

Graduate Credit requires a separate tuition payment to Emporia State University.

 

Graduate Course Syllabus (LI755A KE) available at syllabus

For questions about course, please contact course instructor, Mirah Dow at mdow@emporia.edu

 

For questions about course enrollment, please contact ESU Office of Lifelong Learning 620-341-5385 (Local) or 1-877-332-4249 (Toll-Free). Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8am-5pm, CS.

 

If you are a current MLS student and you have questions about Institute enrollment as it is related to your program planning, please contact your advisor, Candy Boardman at cboardma@emporia.edu

 

The ESU Bookstore will have author books available for sale on site.

http://www.emporia.edu/memunion/bookstore.htm

 

Free parking will be in the gray parking lot down the hill north of Visser Hall.  There are a few parking meters around Visser Hall.  Vehicles parked in unauthorized locations will be ticketed. Campus Map:

http://www.emporia.edu/esu/esumap/campus.htm 

 

If special accommodations are needed, please contact Mirah Dow mdow@emporia.edu

 

We are delighted that you will be attending.  Here is an overview of 2008 content and learning activities.

 

Technology and Literacy

In small group sessions taught by school librarians, learn Web 2.0 technology applications and free resources.  Session participants will learn

• computer applications and techniques for teaching content, library and technology literacy that target KS School Library and Technology Standards PreK-12 (2007) and AASL Standards for the 21st Century Learner (2007);

• resources - - many free - -  for infusing computer applications into instruction; and
• electronic resources and services to students, faculty, and the school community.

 

Collaborating to Meet Literacy Standards

Through presentation and large group discussion, learn from Toni Buzzeo about being involved as the spotlight continues to shines brightly on improving classroom literacy learning.  Session participants will take a close look at

• literacy and the school library media program;
• benefits of collaboration to meet literacy standards to administrators, teachers, library media specialists and students;
• factors for success and keys to overcoming roadblocks; and
• common template for use in planning collaborative units.

 

Teaching Reading and Writing

Presentations by Toni Buzzeo and Jane Kurtz will explore ways to connect kids with authors and illustrators.  Session participants will discover

• curriculum guides and learning links;
• publications for children;
• publications for teens; and
• Buzzio and Kurt’s shared creation of Terrific Connections with Authors, Illustrators, and Storytellers:  Real Space and Virtual Links.

 

A Kansas Summer Institute blog and wiki are set up to help everyone collaborate before and after the Institute.

 

Blog  http://KSschoollibrary.blogspot.com/

 

Wiki  http://slimwiki.emporia.edu/LI755A_Wiki

  

Evening Event

On Wednesday evening at Emporia High School, Carmaine Ternes, School Librarian, will host the group for an optional evening event.  Discover how to play and create interactive learning environment using electronic games.

 

 

Toni Buzzeo Reading List  http://www.tonibuzzeo.com/

Toni Buzzeo Handouts Mentioned at Conference

Three-Legged Stool Graphic Organizer
Library Utilization Chart
 

Please read as many of the following books as possible.  Get your books signed.

 

R is for Research, illustrated by Nicole Wong (Upstart 2008)

Fire Up with Reading: A Mrs. Skorupski Story, illustrated by Sachiko Yoshikawa (Upstart 2007)
Our Librarian Won't Tell Us ANYTHING! A Mrs. Skorupski Story, illustrated by Sachiko Yoshikawa (Upstart 2006)
Ready or Not, Dawdle Duckling, illustrated by Margaret Spengler (Dial 2005)
Little Loon and Papa, illustrated by Margaret Spengler (Dial 2004)
Dawdle Duckling, illustrated by Margaret Spengler (Dial 2003)
The Sea Chest, illustrated by Mary GrandPre (Dial 2002)

Toni Buzzeo and YOU (Libraries Unlimited 2005)**

 

Jane Kurtz Reading List  http://www.janekurtz.com/index.html

 

Please read:

 

ETHIOPIA READS at http://www.ethiopiareads.org/index.html

 

Please read as many of the following books as possible.  Get your books signed.

 

Mister Bones:  Dinosaur Hunter, illustrated by Mary Haverfield

Johnny Appleseed, illustrated by Beth Peck

Bicycle Madness, illustrated by Beth Peck

What Columbus Found, illustrated by Paige Billin-Frye

I’m Sorry, Alimara Ann, illustrated by Susan Havice

Do Kangaroos Wear Seatbelts? illustrated by Jane Manning

The Feverbird’s Claw

Rain Romp:  Stomping Away a Grouchy Day, illustrated by Dyanna Wolcott

Saba:  Under the Hyena’s Foot, illustrated by Jean-Paul Tibbles

Water Hole Waiting, illustrated by Lee Christiansen

The Storyteller’s Beads, illustrated by Michael Bryant

In the Small, Small Night, illustrated by Rachel Isadora

Faraway Home, illustrated by E. B. Lewis

River Friendly, River Wild, illustrated by Neil Brennan

Jakarta Missing

Fire on the Mountain, illustrated by Lee Christiansen

Only a Pigeon, illustrated by E. B. Lewis

Trouble, illustrated by Darga Berhard

Ethiopia:  The Roof of Africa

Miro in the Kingdom of the Sun, illustrated by David Frampton

I’m Calling Molly, illustrated by Irene Trivas

Period Pieces:  Stores for Girls Selected by Erzsi Deak and Kristin Embry Litchman

Memories of Sun, Edited by Jane Kurtz

Pulling the Lion’s Tail, illustrated by Floyd Cooper

 

 

School Librarian Instructors for Technology and Literacy Sessions

 

Abby Neiburger ANEIBURGER@bluevalleyk12.org

Library Media Specialist, Blue Valley North High School

 

Abby Neiburger is a library media specialist at Blue Valley North High
School in Overland Park.  Her areas of interest include audio and video
podcasting, audiobooks, video gaming and YA literature.  She is in her
7th year teaching and 2nd year as an LMS.  With a BA in math and
secondary ed from Washington University in St. Louis and an MLS from
Emporia State, Abby hopes to continue moving libraries into the 21st
century through the use of technology.  

http://aneiburger.edublogs.org/

Lori Franklin  lfranklinoe@olatheschools.com

Library Media Specialist, Olathe East High School

 

Lori Franklin has been a library media specialist for the past 12 years and has worked with all grade levels. She currently works at Olathe East High School in Olathe, KS. She is a national board certified teacher and a lobbyist for the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Lori earned her MLS degree from Florida State University and is currently working toward a doctoral degree at Emporia State University. She loves working with new technologies and discovering ways to infuse technology into collaboration and instruction. She works diligently to teach her high school students how to be information consumers. Lori and her husband Edward have three young adult children.

Lori's session handout  

Print resources handout

Powerpoint presentation

 

Linda Culver  lculverprt@olatheschools.com

Library Media Specialist, Prairie Trail Junior High School

 

Linda Culver is a Library Media Specialist at Prairie Trail Junior High School in the Olathe, Kansas. She holds a Master of Library Science from Emporia State University and a Master of Arts in Literature from Baylor University. After teaching 7, 8, and 9th grade Language Arts for 23 years in the Turner district in Kansas City, Kansas (including one year of teaching in Japan), Linda made the career move to Library Media Specialist two years ago.  Linda taught her first graduate level course for school library media professional development this year titled “Integrating Technology into the School Library Media Program.”  It was a big hit!  She has a wonderful husband, two beautiful stepdaughters, and two adorable black cats. Reading, scrapbooking, and watching sports, news, and movies are her primary diversions when she's not teaching or involved in family activities.

Linda's session handout

http://www.freewebs.com/libraryprt/
http://esutechclass.pbwiki.com/

Jessica Karns  j.karns@holtonks.net

School Librarian, Central and Colorado Elementary School Libraries, Holton, KS

Jessica Karns is an elementary library media specialist in Holton, KS. She entered the field after teaching English and humanities courses in Kansas, Hungary and Mexico. She originally enrolled in SLIM because she "loved books and reading," and she envisioned a career surrounded by dusty volumes. Not so long ago, she broke out in a cold sweat at the very mention of online learning environments. After a bit of pressure from tech-savvy second graders and some encouragement from help desk staffers, Jessica took tentative steps into the Information Age. Today, she combines her appreciation for information and literature, the creative energy of student-driven projects and the thrill and possibility of new technologies. And she thinks her tech-rich district is a welcome challenge. She doesn't even miss the rubber stamp.

 

Kansas Summer Institute for School Librarians Sponsored by

 

            Kansas State Department of Education http://ksde.org

            School of Library and Information Management http://slim.emporia.edu

            State of Kansas Library http://www.kslib.info/

            Kansas Association of School Librarians http://skyways.lib.ks.us/kasl/

 

 

Kansas Summer Institute for School Librarians Coordinator

 

Mirah Dow, PhD

Assistant Professor, School of Library and Information Management

Emporia State University

mdow@emporia.edu

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                   

2007 Kansas Summer Institute for School Library Media Specialists

June 13-14, 2007
Emporia State University
Jones Institute for Educational Excellence
Visser Hall - Room 330 Emporia, Kansas

David Warlick challenges school libraries to reinvent themselves for the digital world.

 

Participants learn from Dr. Janet Holland to use podcasting as an instructional tool.

 

Sharon Draper, an author, educator, creator and visionary, captures everyones' attention with her young adult books.

 

Susan Stephens Crummel, author of picture books for children, welcomes Kansas school librarians.

Videos:

Basic Principles - David Warlick

Digital Literacy:The School Library Program and Learning in an Information Rich World

News Release

Kansas teacher-librarians, classroom teacher, technologists, and school administrators “rolled up their sleeves” and explored rapid information and technology changes occurring in today’s schools.  Digital literacy, the school library media program and learning in an information rich world was the focus of the two-day Institute held June 13- 14, at ESU, in the Jones Conference Center for Educational Excellence. 

Through a combination of lecture and “how-to” sessions on topics such as blogs, wikis and podcasting, 143 participants learned from David Warlick how technology can be used to support collaboration between library media specialists, technologist, and classroom teachers in helping students to learn and achieve. Popular authors, Susan Stevens Crummel and Sharon Draper, shared methods for using literature to inspire students reading, writing, and research skills.

David Warlick, is a 30 year educator and staff consultant with the North Carolina State Department of Public Instruction.  Warlick’s web site, Landmarks for Schools, serves more than ten-million visits a month with some of the most popular teacher tools available on the Net. Warlick is also the author of three books on instructional technology and 21st century literacy, and has spoken to audiences throughout the U.S., Europe, Asia, and South America. 

Susan Stevens Crummel, a mathematics teacher for 31 years and award-winning picture book author has since 1997 collaborated with her sister, Janet Stevens, on Cook-a-Doodle-Do, Jackalope, and And the Dish Ran Away With the Spoon.

Sharon Draper, young adult author, educator, poet and National Teacher of the Year, has won many awards including the Coretta Scott King Award and many honors from American Library Assocation and the International Reading Association. Her titles include Tears of a Tiger, Forged by Fire, Darkness Before Dawn, and her latest Copper Sun.

Session instructors also included Northeast Kansas Library System technologists, Brenda Hough, Heather Braum and Liz Rae, and Janet Holland, ESU Instructional Design and Technology Instructor.  Carmaine Ternes, School Librarian, Emporia High School, and Heather Wade, Emporia State University Archivist, hosted evening library tours and discussions of collections and facilities.

Mirah Dow, Institute coordinator and Assistant Professor in the School of Library and Information Management said, “We are fortunate to have approximately 1,200 of 1,400 total school buildings in Kansas with fully licensed school library media specialists.  Professional development events like this make it possible to continue to move forward with information and technology skills necessary to see that all Kansas students experience access to many resources for learning and become literate adults.”

The Summer Institute for School Library Media Specialists is an annual event sponsored by the Kansas State Department of Education, School of Library and Information Management, State Library of Kansas, and the Kansas Association of School Librarians. The purpose of the institute is to provide current, best practice information related to school libraries, resources and information literacy instruction.

2006 Summer Institute for School Library Media Specialists

June 14-15, 2006 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas
Jones Institute for Educational Excellence, Visser Hall (The Teachers College),
Room 330

Kansas Students Achieve Because of Great School Librarians

2006 Summer Institute offers school, academic and public librarians and classroom techers more opportunities to experience education at it’s best - - - this year with talented authors, storytellers, songwriters, booktalkers, book discussion group leaders, and others who use and share valuable instructional guides and resources.

Christopher Paul Curtis, http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/curtisbib.htm author of Bud, Not Buddy (New York: Delacorte, 1999) Newbery Medal Winner, 2000, and William Allen White Children’s Book Award 2001-02, and The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963 (New York: Delacorte, 1995) Newbery Medal Winner, 1996 will be the featured author for the Michael L. Printz Writer’s Workshop http://www.bookawards.bizland.com/michael_printz_awards.htm .

Evester Roper,http://members.aol.com/stryldy90/biblio.html international professional storyteller, library consultant, and touring artist, and Lem Sheppard, http://www.assemblyline.com/sheppard.html popular Kansas storyteller and musician will be featured in interactive-instructional sessions.

Participants may enroll for 2 credit hours (LI755 Summer Institute for School Library Media Specialist) at http://slim.emporia.edu/studentserv/SLIMEnrollment.htm

Videos:

Engaging Kids - C.P. Curtis

The Writing Process - C.P. Curtis

Tips - C.P. Curtis

Q&A - C.P. Curtis

Evester Roper

Lemuel Sheppard

2005 Summer Institute for School Library Media Specialists
June 15-16, 2005 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas
Jones Institute for Educational Excellence, Visser Hall (The Teachers College),
Room 330

Building an Information Literate School: Managing Resources for Maximum Student Learning

Maximize student learning through reading and writing! Chris Crutcher, award winning author, lecturer, therapy consultant and popular columnist from Spokane, Washington, will educate and inspire us with his expert balance of comedy and tragedy, and unflinching honesty that led to his publication of King of the Mild Frontier, Whale Talk, Ironman, Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes, Athletic Sports, The Deep End, Chinese Handcuffs, The Crazy Horse Electric Game, Stotan!, Running Loose, and soon to be released, The Sledding Hill. Through presentation and writers workshop, you will discover strategies for teaching both reading and writing skills. http://www.chriscrutcher.com/index.2ts

Demonstrate the importance of your school library media center!

Jody Howard, Manager of the School Library Masters and Endorsement Program at the University of Colorado at Denver, will make accountability simple through the use of reflection, planning and action research to improve instruction, information access, and to effectively manage the school library program. Co-Author of the new book , Action Research: A guide for Library Media Specialists (Howard and Eckhardt, 2005, Linworth Publishing, Inc. ), former classroom teacher , K-12 school librarian, and district library coordinator for Adams12, Adams County Five Star schools in Colorado, Jody will share 20 years experience and her expertise in the necessary steps and resources to measure the success of your library program. You'll learn such skills as: assessing your environment; developing research questions; data collection and analysis --- all to demonstrate the importance of the library media center's role in today's school.

Video:

Chris Crutcher Lecture

 

2004 Summer Institute

2004 Summer Institute for School Library Media Specialists
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