RegionalProfessionalLearning

Regional Professional Learning Conferences Middle and High School Library Media Specialists //Building Relationships to Promote Quality Learning and Instruction//


 * Where**: Montville High School Library, 800 Old Colchester Road, Oakdale, CT 06370
 * When:** October 11, 2011 from 8:30 to 3:00 (.6 CEUs)
 * Format**: Face-to-face hands-on activity
 * Audience**: Regional Library Media Specialists Middle and High School
 * Facilitators**: Julie Perry, Montville High School Library Media Specialist

Welcome to the Regional Professional Learning Conference, a collaborative effort of 16 school districts with a goal to provide quality professional development for special area educators in southeastern Connecticut. This customized offering is the culmination of a year-long endeavor to create meaningful learning experiences for educators who share similar roles within their respective districts. Your facilitators for the day are volunteers from the host district who helped develop the course offering and who work in your area of expertise. We are pleased to have this opportunity to develop ongoing relationships with a cadre of experts in library media science.


 * You will:**
 * Meet other Library Media Specialists from school districts throughout the region
 * Collaborate and share effective teaching strategies
 * Work in teams with LMS colleagues
 * Acquire Best Practices through a team-sharing approach
 * Develop an agenda for follow-up professional development sessions (November 8, 2011)


 * Please come prepared to share with the group something you use which you have found particularly effective in your work. This might be a strategy, a resource (e.g. web site), or a specific activity or lesson. **

***IMPORTANT INFORMATION:**
 * Food is not provided - please bring a snack, beverage and lunch.
 * Questions prior to October 11th should be directed to: Julie Perry through this wiki or via email at jperry@montvilleschools.org
 * If you need to contact facilitator __**the day of the conference**__ - call the school's main phone at 860-848-9208
 * Enter at the front of the school and take a left. The Library Media Center will be on your left, past the main office.

** Participating Districts ** Bozrah, Colchester, East Lyme, Groton, Ledyard, Madison, Montville, North Stonington, Norwich, Preston, RSD #18, Salem, Stonington, Voluntown, Waterford, Westbrook