Tune in for School Library Journal’s FREE webcast series on how the new Common Core education standards are impacting your library, your school, and your students.
In these three (3) one-hour webcasts, library, literacy, and education experts from across the country will explore how to effectively implement this nationwide initiative. You will emerge more able than ever to navigate the Core’s challenges, to make the most of the opportunities it brings, and to be a leader in your institution.
PART 1: Getting Real: Marc Aronson and Sue Bartle
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Sponsored by: School Library Journal, Crabtree, Follett, Junior Library Guild, Lerner Digital, National Geographic, Norwood House, Rosen Publishing, Scholastic Library Publishing
How do the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) impact you, your library, and your teachers? Marc Aronson and Sue Bartle will discuss how perspective, multi-modality, and transliteracy will help you build a foundation as you implement CCSS. Take home a few concrete examples to successfully adjust to the instructional shifts in CCSS.
Panelists:
Marc Aronson
Marc Aronson teaches in the MLIS program at the Rutgers School of Communication & Information; he won the first Robert F. Sibert medal and edited the 10th winner; his latest books are Master of Deceit: J. Edgar Hoover and America in the Age of Lies, and the forthcoming The Skull in the Rock: How a Scientist, a Boy, and Google Earth Opened a New Window Into Human Origins, coauthored with Dr. Lee R. Berger.
Susan M. Bartle
Susan M. Bartle, School Library System Director at Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES for 12+years, library weeding fanatic, technology ebook/ereader program developer and a Common Core Nonfiction advocate and consultant collaborating with the Uncommon Corps on a variety of topics and with Marc Aronson on CC workshops in New York State and Hawaii.
PART 2: Librarians, the Secret Weapon
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Sponsored by: School Library Journal, Follett, Junior Library Guild, Lerner Digital, Rosen Publishing, Scholastic Library Publishing
The New York City Department of Education Office of Library Services is at the forefront of a movement to clarify the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for the profession. Olga Nesi, a regional coordinator at the NYC DOE Library Services, will lead a discussion on the challenges and opportunities the CCSS present for librarians, the role of the profession in supporting the goals of the initiative, and the workshops she and her colleagues have been conducting around the state.
PART 3: Making the Text Connection
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Sponsored by: School Library Journal, Follett, Junior Library Guild, Lerner Digital, Norwood House, Rosen Publishing, Scholastic Library Publishing
How do we build on students’ knowledge and skills across grade levels? In this session we’ll explore questions related to text complexity, gathering evidence, the research process, and designing assignments with real-world connections.
