PWSLA
July 2015
Our Vision: Support and grow the Prince William County school library community.
President's Message from Beth Bowen
Email: bowenew@pwcs.edu
Summer Professional Reading and Professional Development Classes
We will be chatting the following Tuesday nights from 8:00 pm-9:00 pm and
covering the following chapters:
June 16 - Chapters 1 and 2
June 30 - Chapters 3 and 4
July 7 - Chapters 5 and 6 -includes Google form link for Q Focus ideas
July 21 - Practice the technique
August 4 - Chapters 7 and 8 -includes lesson idea share out
August 18 Chapters 9 and 10 - includes ideas of how to train teachers QFT
protocol
PWCS Partnership with Northern Tier
Many online classes are available for reasonable prices. There are social media, technology integration, google apps, and project based learning classes.
https://sites.google.com/site/northtier2012/member-catalog
The VAASL Summer Professional Development Workshops
Carl Harvey is spending 2 days with our workshop participants
reigniting the "Love of the Library". He will be sharing tips on how to
spark a new love of your library program and how to pass it on to your
administrators, peers, parents and students. With all these stakeholders
on board, your program is bound to shine anew for the coming school year.
Registration is online via the website at
http://www.rsvpbook.com/event.php?475323.
The workshops are July 20 at
Christiansburg High School in Christiansburg and July 21 at the Loudoun
County Administrative Building in Ashburn. The days will include:
8:30-9:00 Registration and continental breakfast
9:00-12:00 Workshop
12:00-about 1:00 Lunch
1:00-3:00 Workshop
Are you a Teacher that Writes? Teacher's Write registration is open until July 6th
http://www.katemessner.com/blog/
Annnnnnnd, TW is a great way to virtually meet lots of authors who drop in as guests to talk writing with the campers.
Comic Books and Graphic Novels
The presenters in this session were fantastic! They provided a booklist, gave booktalks, and then turned the session over to the "petting zoo" for us to put our hands on the books. I would recommend the expertise of these presenters. If you have a commute of any duration or if you like to walk, I would suggest downloading a few of their podcasts. I can't wait to listen to a few with graphic novelist names I know and don't know!
-Carolyn Vibbert