If you plan to be in the Hudson Valley on the 15th, please consider attending our thought-provoking panel on school libraries. Or invite a library school student!
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You're invited to attend a SUNY New Paltz program celebrating National Library Week 2009:
"Teachers and School Librarians: Partnerships that Work"
School librarians are an extraordinary educational resource. Every day, they introduce students to libraries as important information resources, teach essential information seeking and evaluative skills, and prepare students for higher levels of research. When teachers and librarians work together, they ensure that learning doesn’t end when students leave the classroom.
How do teachers and librarians form working collaborations? What are the benefits and what are the obstacles? As an educator, how can you make these collaborations work? Join us as we welcome four educators from nearby schools who have created exceptional and thought-provoking partnerships.
Dale Thompson, an eighth grade English teacher and Joan Alley, school librarian are from Bailey Middle School in Kingston. Thompson and Alley have collaborated on an innovative Civil War learning unit with their classes. Alley has presented workshops on Big 6, an information and computer literacy program designed for children and teens.
Charlotte Adamis and Victoria Brooks are from Chambers Elementary School. Prior to becoming a librarian, Adamis worked in the arts and in journalism. Brooks is a New Paltz graduate with twenty-two years experience teaching first and second grade. Together, they will discuss how they collaborate on science lessons.
This program will take place on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 at 4:30pm at SUNY New Paltz, Lecture Center 102.
This event is free and open to the public.
For details please contact Stephan J. Macaluso at (845) 257-2699, macaluss@newpaltz.edu, or Amanda Merritt at (845) 257- 2335, merritta@newpaltz.edu.
This program is sponsored by Sojourner Truth Library, the SUNY New Paltz School of Education and the SUNY New Paltz Career Resource Center.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2009
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