DOC 11 Continuing Education

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To:
ALSC Board of Directors
From:
Kristen Sutherland, Program Officer for Continuing Education
Re:
Continuing Education Report
Online Courses
ALSC continues to offer four sections of Online Education Courses during the winter, spring,
summer and fall.
Winter courses began January 6 and include: Children with Disabilities in the Library, taught by
Katherine (Kate) Todd, Adjunct Instructor, Manhattanville College; Information Literacy – From
Preschool to High School, taught by Maryann Mori, Director, Waukee Public Library; Integrating
New Technologies into Your Collections, taught by Bonnie Roalsen, Head of Children’s Services,
Dover Town (Mass.) Public Library, and Reading Instruction and Children’s Books, taught by
Katherine (Kate) Todd, Adjunct Instructor, Manhattanville College. Getting to the Core:
Librarians and Common Core State Standards, taught by Edward Sullivan, Librarian, Writer and
Educator was offered, but was cancelled due to low enrollment. Enrollment for winter courses
was lower than in previous years due to the lack of staff available to develop the course
offerings. Spring Online Education Courses will be held April 7 through May 16, 2014, and
course content is currently being developed.
The ALSC Education Committee is currently seeking new course proposals from ALSC members.
Those interested can find more information on the ALSC website, including an online proposal
form. Course and webinar proposals are being accepted on a rolling basis for future use.
Course reviews continue to be positive, and remind us of the value of these educational
opportunities. However, as more groups internally and externally offer online courses and
webinars, we’ve seen the competition for registrants increase. ALSC continues to try to offer
timely educational events at a cost that members can afford. In addition, we continue to have
courses CEU certified to provide an additional benefit to course participants. CEU certification
is an involved process that requires additional work from the course instructor and ALSC staff,
hence why not all courses have become certified. Currently we have three courses CEU
certified.
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Webinars
ALSC held webinars that were $45 for ALSC members, $55 for non-members and $195 for
groups. Webinars include: Best Practices for Apps in Storytime, Instructor: Cen Campbell; Every
Child Ready to Read—New conversations on research, relationships and partnerships,
Instructor: Elaine Meyers; So You Want to Genre-fy your Library...and More, Instructors: Tali
Balas Kaplan, Sue Giffard, Jenn Still, and Andrea Dolloff (from The Ethical Culture School library
team); Summer Science @your Library, Instructor: Steven Engelfried; Sensory Storytime:
Preschool Programming That Makes Sense for Kids with Autism, Instructor: Barbara Klipper; The
Power of Play for Early Childhood Learning in Your Library, Instructors: Connie Wilson and Peg
Pond; Making Every Day a Día Day: Incorporating Día into Current Youth Programming,
Instructor: Jeannette Larson; and What's After Storytime: Programming for Children and
Tweens With Autism, Instructor: Barbara Klipper. Continuing education continues to change and
grow with the advancement of new technologies, and ALSC continues to adjust to the changing
climate. Unfortunately attendance for paid webinars has not been as high as expected, and
therefore we are looking into making changes for fiscal year 2015 that will benefit ALSC and its
members.
ALSC National Institute
Planning is well underway for the 2014 ALSC National Institute. Institute
Task Force Chair Nina Lindsay and her team have confirmed the keynote
speakers, Steve Sheinkin, award-winning author, and Andrea Davis
Pinkney, New York Times best-selling writer. The Program Coordinating
Committee has finalized sixteen programs for the Institute and they can
be viewed on the ALSC website.
The Breakfast for Bill program will feature a panel with Jamie Campbell
Naidoo, Tim Federle, Pam Muñoz Ryan, Rita Williams-Garcia, and Gene
Luen Yang.
A special presentation will take place at Fairyland featuring Mac Barnett, Daniel Handler, and
Jennifer Holm. The event will also feature breakout sessions and a reception.
Several networking events will also be offered, including a Happy Hour, ALSC101, and ALSC
Trivia. More information about the Institute will be posted on the ALSC website as it becomes
available.
ALSC Bill Morris Seminar
The 4th Annual Bill Morris Seminar: Book Evaluation Training will take place at the 2014 ALA
Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia. Thirty Morris Seminar applications were accepted. More
information about this exciting event is available on the ALSC website.
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2014 Annual Conference
Educational Programs
Programming at this year’s Annual Conference encompasses a variety of subject matters and
speakers. Programs include: What No Tchotskes? Creating an Experience Based Summer
Program; So Long, Drive-By Storytimes; Hello, Focus and Impact!; The Apps are All Right!
Exploring the Role of Apps in Children's and Teen Services; Every Child Ready to Read 2 - Does it
Really Work? Evaluating the Program; and Children’s Librarians in the Lead: Managing Change,
Inspiring Innovation & Empowering the Next Generation. In addition, the Program Coordinating
Committee will be putting together a call for proposals for two additional “hot topic” programs
that will be added to the conference. Program organizers are in the process of finalizing their
program titles and descriptions this month, and will be informed of their assigned date/time.
President’s Program: The Ripple Effect: Library Partnerships that Positively Impact Children,
Families, Communities, and Beyond
In this year’s President’s Program, chaired by Rachel Payne, attendees will be inspired to create
meaningful partnerships in their libraries and discover outreach service models from libraries
nationwide that are the nexus of support for children and families and learn how these changes
ripple out to strengthen communities as a whole. In part one of the program, Amy Dickinson,
best-selling author, nationally syndicated advice columnist, and NPR contributor, will discuss
work with Ithaca’s Family Reading Partnership and the campaign you created, A Book on Every
Bed and her efforts to move communities to support childhood and family literacy.
Handouts, including a rich book list put together by various ALSC committees, will be available
on the ALSC President's Program page in the ALA Conference Scheduler in the coming weeks.

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