WSWHE BOCES - SLS
November 3, 2017
Future Ready Librarians
Future Ready Librarians - Overview and additional resources
Are You a Future Ready Librarian? Knowledge Quest article
Launching Future Ready Librarians - Joyce Valenza (SLJ)
Future Ready Goals - Template and Ideas
Future Ready Framework - Breaks down the "gears"
YouTube:
Tedx (9 minutes) - Changing the Conversation About Librarians (Consider inside and outside 4 walls and how to prove yourself indispensable)
17 New Authors of Color Writing Much-Needed Stories for Kids"I think it's critical for my children to constantly be reminded they can achieve anything, and reading books that serve as mirrors ... helps confirm their existence and their potential." - Charnaie Gordon, on Brightly, commenting on new authors of color | Overcoming Obstacles to Critical ThinkingThe first step in teaching critical thinking is to help students recognize how easily false ideas can creep into their belief systems. An updated article from Edutopia. | Who Will Roar If I Go?A new book from our own Paige E. Jaeger, with illustrations by Carol Hill Quirk!
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17 New Authors of Color Writing Much-Needed Stories for Kids
"I think it's critical for my children to constantly be reminded they can achieve anything, and reading books that serve as mirrors ... helps confirm their existence and their potential." - Charnaie Gordon, on Brightly, commenting on new authors of color
Overcoming Obstacles to Critical Thinking
The first step in teaching critical thinking is to help students recognize how easily false ideas can creep into their belief systems. An updated article from Edutopia.
Who Will Roar If I Go?
A new book from our own Paige E. Jaeger, with illustrations by Carol Hill Quirk!
Peek inside and see thirteen animals who need your help before they disappear!
Northshire
Database Vendors - School Visits
Hour of Code December 4 - 10, 2017
Join the fun!! The Hour of Code is a global movement reaching tens of millions of students in 180+ countries. Anyone, anywhere can organize an Hour of Code event. One-hour tutorials are available in over 45 languages. No experience needed. Ages 4 to 104.

Cool Tools for Schools
It isn't too late to join Cool Tools for Schools for CTLE credit for 22017-2018! Contact J’aimé
For those who want to peruse, and do a couple of "Things" but don't want or need credit, please note that Cool Tools has been moved to a new website:Listservs
Library-Talk listserv is for our broadest audience, and members include school librarians (current and retirees), library staff, school and district administrators, other WSWHE staff. We do NOT let vendors on this site; but almost everyone else is fair game. This is a good place to post general questions or to highlight an accomplishment of one of our own - or any other number of things you think others might have knowledge about, or be interested in.
OPALS listserv is for OPALS related issues - reporting problems with access (slow) or databases not working, or asking questions that others may help with (using OPALS as your web page, using OPALS for student reviews). If your post is specifically about OPALS, please use this listserv rather than Library-Talk or Librarians as there are others on those who don't use OPALS.
Librarians listserv is for WSWHE SLS school librarians (and our SLS staff) only. Posts here are things that would pertain to librarians such as updates on Common Core, registration information for library conferences, IFC or curriculum information. This also a "safer" environment to ask questions knowing there aren't district or building administrators on here (such as how to handle book challenges or if others allow students to have food in the library).
And remember, you can always contact one of us directly, or email the SLS staff at the same time using libraryservices email.
Contact Us
Sharon Hinkle - Catalog & ILL Librarian
Karin Howansky - PD (OPALS, Technology) School Library Media Specialist
Deb Massa - PD Journals & Books, ILL Claims, Conferences & Workshops
Marcia Miller - Databases, Purchases, CCD
The best way to reach SLS is through our libraryservices email!