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SLS Weekly Digest January 18, 2013 http://jlbocessls.nnyln.org/

“The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.” ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

CoSer Authorization Forms

Communication Coordinators/Library Department Chairs were sent a packet in the BOCES Pony that included the three CoSer authorization forms for the 2013-14 school year in mid-December. Please check the District List for CoSer Authorizations 2013-2014 School Year document attached to the SLS Weekly Digest email for January 18, 2013 to see if SLS has received your district’s authorization forms. o Resource sharing package: ICEPAC/ICICIL and SLS ebook access o CoSer 502.100 Coordinated Cooperative Collection Development (CCCD) o CoSer 528 Database Purchases

The forms are also available on the SLS website http://jlbocessls.nnyln.org/cosers.htm

Common Core Instructional Shifts with TeachingBooks.net

TeachingBooks.net helps with your Common Core instructional shifts by...

 Identifying exceptional and relevant books for your classroom,

 Providing ready-to-use instructional materials for each text to expose your students to a range of text types, formats, cultural perspectives, and authoritative information as suggested by the Common Core Standards. http://www.teachingbooks.net/show.cgi?f=conduit_1301

Digital Ethics Website

The Digital Ethics website has many links, tools for educators, and thought provoking questions for students. Check out www.pleasedontcheat.com They are curious whether this name is blocked by school filters. It is not here at BOCES. Please share any feedback about the site with Paige Jaeger [email protected]

1 Next Generation Science Standards

The following is a note from Will Jaacks, Associate in Science Education, Office of Curriculum and Instruction.

The 2nd public draft of the Next Generation Science Standards is now available on www.nextgenscience.org. I suggest reading/reviewing the "front matter" document first followed by as many of the other supporting documents/appendices as is practicable before tackling the performance expectations and providing comment via the survey.

Job Opening – Children and Youth Librarian, Ogdensburg Public Library

The Ogdensburg (NY) Public Library (www.ogdlib.org) has reopened its search for a Children and Youth Librarian. This entry-level professional position requires an ALA accredited Master’s Degree. Experience in children’s or school libraries preferred. Eligibility for consideration will be determined by a Civil Service evaluation of credentials and experience based upon the information supplied in a City of Ogdensburg Civil Service form submitted by 1/31/13. Ogdensburg is a small city of 11,000 on the south bank of the St. Lawrence River opposite Prescott/Brockville, Ont. OPL serves as a resource center for the other 64 members of the North Country Library System with a staff of three professional librarians, five FTE clerks, plus additional support staff. The Children and Youth Librarian is responsible for all preschool through high school age services, including programing and material selection, publicity, and outreach. As part of our administrative team, you will be working with the director in a collaborative environment to inform and implement the library’s long-term plan, plus have some responsibilities for daily library operations and supervision of support staff and volunteers. The starting salary is $32,255 plus a generous benefits package including health insurance with prescriptions, vacation, and optional enrollment in the New York State Employee Retirement plan. For full details, see our website. All applicants must complete the Ogdensburg Service Application and submit it to the Ogdensburg City Clerk’s Office at 330 Ford Street, Room #4, Ogdensburg, NY 13669 by 4:00 PM January 31, 2013. This is test #2013-01 Librarian I (Children and Youth Services). Applicants found eligible will be required to complete a supplemental information questionnaire within a specified time. For more information please contact Wayne Miller, Director, at 315-393-4325, or [email protected]

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Information Fluency Continuum Lesson Plan Share/Swap

As part of our Communication Coordinator meeting on Wednesday, March 27th SLS will schedule time to share lesson plans related to the IFC. Some librarians have spent many hours writing IFC lesson plans. It will be great to share with other librarians how you are teaching students using your newly created IFC lesson plans. If you are reading this and sinking into your chair with worry, don’t worry. Please come to the meeting with what you have completed. You may only have a lesson idea that you want to propose to a teacher that will improve their research project. You may be totally overwhelmed. This is a session to build your confidence and resources, not overwhelm you further. This will be an excellent time for us to meet as a whole group thus SLS would like to open an invitation to all district librarians not just Communication Coordinators. 2 SLS wanted to make you aware of the sharing session now, so you would have time to work on and compile your IFC lesson plans. Each lesson ideally would include copies of the plan itself and all supporting materials. Your peers will review and learn from your lessons. At the end of the morning, we will each have a database of IFC lessons from which to pull. Please bring your data on a flash drive for compiling. A laptop may also be helpful.

Beauty & the Beast Storytellers

If you are looking for a storytelling program consider Mitch Weiss & Martha Hamilton of Beauty & the Beast Storytellers. http://www.beautyandthebeaststorytellers.com.

The Library of Congress Teacher Institute

The Library of Congress Teacher Institute is accepting applications right now at http://www.loc.gov/teachers/professionaldevelopment/teacherinstitute/ Application deadlines are February 4, 2013.

Library Materials Aid

A reminder… on April 5, 2011 legislation passed providing districts with discretion to spend textbook and software money on Library Materials. (i.e. books) This will help districts meet the common core standards to infuse appropriate non-fiction resources into the curriculum.

 Library Materials aid can be used for only Library Materials  Textbook aid can be used for Library Materials, Software, and Computer Hardware  Software Aid can be used for Textbook, Library Materials, and Computer Hardware  Computer Hardware Aid can be used for Textbook, Library Materials, and Software

This will help districts purchase non-fiction resources to meet the non-fiction literacy recommendations of the Common Core.

Q&A website to assist school district administrators and business managers, library media specialists, school library system directors, and boards of education in the understanding and use of Library Materials Aid. http://www.p12.nysed.gov/technology/library/libmataid.html

Professional Development Opportunities http://jlbocessls.nnyln.org/profdev.htm

Useful Links

Website Website URL Engageny http://engageny.org/ NYLA http://www.nyla.org/ AASL http://www.ala.org/aasl/ ALA http://www.ala.org/ SLS Wiki http://jeffersonlewissls.wikispaces.com/ 3 SSL http://www.nyla.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=403 E-Blast http://www.p12.nysed.gov/ciai/

Library/School visits

If you have something special happening in your library please invite me to join in the excitement.

Newsletter contributions are always welcome

If you have a great website or bit of information to share with your colleagues please send me an email and I will add it to the newsletter.