Another SCASL Annual Conference update for you!
This year, we have moved the tours to WEDNESDAY as a pre-conference “session.” Why? Because this year, they really are more of a pre-conference than just a “tour.” Sign up for one of the tours and you will leave with SO MANY ideas from not only the Library Media Specialist(s) at the school you visit, but others they have invited to share ideas as well! This will give you a chance to see a few outstanding programs instead of one and will also allow you to go to Thursday concurrent offerings. Why not pair a tour with another pre-conference session and have a FULL DAY of learning?
Where are the tours taking you this year? Choose from:
Special Public/Independent School Tour- Heathwood Hall Episcopal School (http://www.heathwood.org/)
Library Media Specialists, Nancy Reeder and Milly Hart
Milly Hart will divulge secrets of her amazingly successful summer reading program for the elementary grades. Find out how she inspires 250 students to read more than 250,000 pages when they could be letting their reading skills slip over vacation. Gina Riley from Beaufort Academy will be describing ways to network and the benefits of forming regional/county associations of Independent School Librarians/Media Specialists. She will also be discussing the findings from surveys of SPIS that will determine how situations differ and how they are similar. Tom Simpson, the person in charge of IT for everything Apple/Mac at Heathwood will show you amazing software that is new and often free! Finally, there will be time to brag on ideas that have worked, bounce ideas off of each other, steal a few tidbits to take back and share (funny now, but not then) war stories.
High School Tour- Dreher High School (http://dreher.rcsd1.org/home.aspx)
Library Media Specialists, Janet Kenney and Laura Haverkamp
Janet and Laura along with other dynamic high school library media specialists from the Columbia area will take you on a tour of the new Dreher High School Library Media Center. Hear how they are supporting teachers and students by hosting special promotions during Banned Books Week, Teen Read Week, National Poetry Month, and National Library Week. Their school-wide book club with Facebook, a new Animé club and the Monty Python club will also be highlighted. This newly constructed media center features two walls of 40’ glass windows, a student café, production studio and videoconferencing lab.
Middle School Tour-Dutch Fork Middle School (http://www.lex5.k12.sc.us/DutchForkMS.cfm)
Library Media Specialists, Melinda Hare and Sheri Carpenter
Visit the Dutch Fork Middle School Library Media Center and hear a plethora of best practice ideas on collaboration and curriculum design incorporating technology from a group of seasoned library media specialists. Successful collaborative lessons across content areas on a variety of topics such as the Holocaust, colonialism, diseases, and dictators will be shared. Find out how they are creating exceptional units of study school-wide by teaming with the literacy coaches. See how technology is featured in instructional plans, including podcasting, Moviemaker, Inspiration, and other programs. Discover new ideas for promoting reading such as hosting an incentive called “The Biggest Reader,” based on a popular television show.
Elementary School Tour-Sandlapper Elementary School (http://www.sandlapperlive.org/)
Library Media Specialist, Ashley Paddock
Learn what it takes to have a cutting edge library media program! Want to use biometrics, digital yearbooks, Vbrick, SMARTboards, wikis, and teleconferencing in your library media programs??? Ashley Paddock, Michal Hope Brandon (from Polo Road Elementary), and Cindy Symonds (from Round Top Elementary) will show you how!
South Carolina State House Tour (http://www.scstatehouse.net/)
There are two S.C. State House tours–one in the morning and one at 1:30pm. Choose one and pair it with an AM or PM pre-conference! This tour will take you around the South Carolina State House grounds and you will learn about what happens when the House and Senate are in session! Cost of tour includes “Strive for $25” t-shirt (this year’s conference t-shirt) – wear it proudly on the tour!
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