PROF.+DEVEL.+STRAND

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**1. Linda McSweeney**

**L4L: The Condensed Version** Condensed is usually a ‘dirty’ word in libraries, but if you haven’t been able to attend one of VSLA’s L4L Boot Camps this year, this session is an important one for your professional practice. Our new, national school library standards, //The AASL Standards for the 21////st// //Century Learner// will be demystified. Implementation resources, and a few secret weapons from Boot Camp will be provided. If you have ‘graduated’ from Boot Camp, come join the discussion. Did I mention fabulous prizes, too?

Name: Linda McSweeney Position: Teacher Librarian School: Spaulding High School School Address: 155 Ayers St., Barre, VT 05641 School Phone: 802.476.4811 District: Barre Supervisory Union E-Mail: lmcswshs@u61.net

**NOTE:** Suzanne, depending on what you need this could definitely also be a 2 hour session –allowing more depth and hands-on time, or as a 1 hour whirlwind tour.

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**__Title__:** **PLCs, CoPs, UVM and You: PD in a Sustained and Supportive Learning Environment**

 * Professional development for 21st Century School Librarians is now being offered through a series of online courses offered through UVM. This presentation will explain how Professional Learning Communities (****PLC****) and Communities of Practice (CoP) models are incorporated into dynamic collaborative experiences in learning. A panel of participants will share reflections and discuss projects that were developed through the School Library Leadership course.**


 * 1 hour session**


 * Panel discussion**


 * Presenters: Judy Kaplan and Susan Ballard and others**
 * Organized by: Judy Kaplan, Coordinator of School Library Media Studies Sequence, UVM**
 * Address: 16 Prospect Hill,** **Burlington****,** **VT** **05401**
 * Phone: Cell-802.233.0880**
 * Email: Judith.Kaplan@uvm.edu**

Susan and I are meeting on Feb 18 to discuss this offering and to talk about what her presentation of the Common core crosswalk might look like (See #3). Is would be great if both of these could be scheduled on the same day that Kristin is there. JK

**__Hands on Professional Development with a Hands Off Approach__**
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