Te Tai Tokerau AGM and professional development

SLANZA Te Tai Tokerau held our 2018 AGM and professional development event for Term 2 at Whangarei Library on Saturday morning, and it was a stimulating, friendly, interesting morning. 

We started with the AGM while some technical issues were sorted, and members have been sent minutes from the AGM and Julia Smith's National Executive Report.

The AGM included a short discussion about the important task of reviewing and renewing SLANZA's Vision Statement and Mission Statement.  Feel free to contact Julia with any thoughts or suggestions about this to feed into the overall review process.  Read more in previous blogpost here. 

Wheelers  ePlatform 

Farah from Wheelers gave a great overview of the Wheelers ePlatform and options for schools for both ebooks and audio books, and drew on her personal experience as a reader of both formats. 
Current subscribers appreciated the opportunity to ask questions and give feedback with ideas for ways to make it easier for students to find the books they want.  Persistent and innovative marketing is crucial for making ebooks visible and inviting for readers.
 

When talking about harnessing the potential of audio books, Farah shared a useful infographic from the US Audio Publishers Association (Licensed for sharing with attribution)  How Audio promotes Literacy
and the links to the research behind this infographic is here


Megan Davidson : engaging readers with engaging booktalks

I tried to get a photo of Megan in action when she was talking about the art and science of book-talking and it was practically impossible (for my amateur photography skills) because Megan was so animated - hand gestures and facial expressions like lightning!  Her energy and enthusiasm filled the room and you could well see how she is able to successfully engage students with books...

Megan shared her practical strategies and variety of approaches, and encouraged everyone to give it a go -plan, practice, promote...

The links to her resources are here at the SLANZA Conference website - this may be something you'd like to share with English teachers?

Here's a link to the youtube video Megan has made so you can see her in action!  The bit at the end when the students rush up to get the books says it all...
 

Thanks to those who came along and gave up their Saturday morning to become more informed, inspired and connected to their library colleagues in other schools.  It takes a bit of time, money and organisation to create events like this and it is all worthwhile if people pick up on the opportunities!

Reviewing and renewing SLANZA's Vision and Mission statements

Good morning everyone

SLANZA feels it is time to revise our vision and mission statements. These are important to our organisation and we want to get them right to guide us in our strategic planning. Below are our new proposals, however we would encourage member participation in tweaking them, or even re-writing them. Any alterations will be submitted back to NE for consideration before we present the new statements at our AGM in September, which will need to be ratified by member vote.

I will be asking for feedback at our regional AGM on Saturday, but thought you would appreciate some time to consider these statements. If you are not attending but would like to submit a suggestion, please reply to this email.

VISION STATEMENT

Where do we aim to be? Inspirational and motivational statement that captures the essence of an ideal future, achievable, empowering, provides a sense of direction that focuses our organisation’s efforts.

MISSION STATEMENT

What do we do? For whom? Why? Purpose and values of the organisation, who the organisation is for.

Our Current Vision Statement

The School Library Association of New Zealand Aotearoa Te Puna Whare Mātauranga a Kura (SLANZA) aims to strengthen and promote the role of school libraries, to enable all school communities to become information literate.

Proposed New Vision and Mission Statements

The School Library Association of New Zealand Aotearoa

Te Puna Whare Mātauranga a Kura

VISION STATEMENT

SLANZA will empower and support school librarians and strengthen and promote school libraries in Aotearoa New Zealand

MISSION STATEMENT

SLANZA is the national professional organisation focused on school librarians and school libraries providing community, guidance and professional development on library practice and programmes while reflecting the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi

Thank you for your time

Julia

Julia Smith BAppSci (ILS)

Qualified Librarian

Kerikeri High School

Hone Heke Road

Kerikeri

Ph: 09 407 8916

SLANZA co-president

SLANZA Te Tai Tokerau representative on the National Executive

SLANZA Te Tai Tokerau chairperson

SLANZA Te Tai Tokerau

Term 2 event, June 2018, Whangarei

Getting books in hands and on devices: promoting print and digital reading options

Come along to hear about ways to get students reading, digital and / or print books.

eBooks and Audiobooks
We'll start the morning with Wheelers who will demonstrate their ePlatform. Bring your own device if you'd like to have a hands-on session exploring what it looks like and how it works, otherwise just come along to hear all about it and how it is going in other Northland schools.

After a brief SLANZA AGM and a lovely morning tea, our second guest speaker is
Megan Davidson, the teacher librarian at Westlake Girls' High School who will share the art of booktalking to engage readers.

Megan regularly book talks a pile of books to students and then stands back as they rush to the table to grab the titles they are keen on. It doesn't take long to give a hook into a book, but it is a powerful way to get the students eager to find out more. Megan was recently selected to participate in the World Booktalk Championship Competition!

This morning professional development is suitable for primary, intermediate and secondary school library staff and interested teachers. All very welcome.

Programme

• 9.45 - 10.00 : Join for a cuppa and catch up
• 10.00 - 11.00 : Wheelers presentation on eBooks and Audiobooks for your library
• 11.00 - 11.30 : SLANZA AGM and Morning tea
• 11.30 - 12.30 : Guest speaker Megan Davidson The Art of Booktalking
• 12.30 : Farewell

Getting books in hands and on devices: print and digital reading options

When

Saturday, June 23rd, 9:45am-12:30pm

Where

5 Rust Avenue

Whangarei, Northland

More information

• Our meeting is at the Whangarei Central Library in the May Bain room (upstairs).
• Free for SLANZA members/schools.
  $10 for non-SLANZA members, payable on the day.
• RSVP please to Julia Smith jsmith@kerikerihigh.ac.nz
• The Forum North carpark is free on Saturdays.

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Thanks to SLANZA's sponsor, Book Protection Products, Ltd.

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