We know that our school library people need PD time, so we are here to help you with it!
You probably know that our podcast, Linking Our Libraries, helps library people, across libraries and job titles, to strengthen their skills in library work. We know a lot of our members don’t have significant library training before they started working in the library. Not a problem!
Our storefront of classes available is here. All classes are free at this time, and will continue to be available to members at reduced cost down the road.
We have one hour of PD available for each of the eleven topics we are covered in Season Five of LOL. Classes are self-paced, and can be done on your own schedule. Flexibility is one of the big things people said they wanted in PD training, so we made it as flexible and easy to access as possible!
Classes are available to anyone, and we will be happy to give you certificates for one CE/Continuing Education credit per class finished if they apply to you. Or, just enjoy some extra learning that you can add on to your annual review to wow your supervisor!
We cover some general library skills in Season Five (available now!); and in Season Six we are focused on more skills specifically for school library staffers. (Starts Thursday, Dec. 19!) Season Six classes will be added weekly, as each podcast episode drops.
We want to make classes relevant to YOUR needs! So let us know topics important in your library. We can set up classes on literally any classes, or series of classes. Most of these topics were requested by our members, or they were some of the most commonly requested skills for library staffers.
For each topic that we cover, students will listen to the podcast, take a short quiz, then watch a video where we discuss reasoning for each of the answers. We anticipate it taking about an hour to work through a topic.
At the end, we give you information about how to get your certificate of completion for one hour of PD credit.
Our classes are hosted on the Podia website. You can set up a free account there, and have access to all of them. (They won’t spam you!)
Topics available now:
501 Cataloging: Basics and EthicsSeason Six topics
(available starting in December):
- 601 Dec 19 Working With Teachers
- 602 Dec 26 Professional Development
- 603 Jan 2 Integrating Tech with Literacy
- 604 Jan 9 Services for patrons with learning differences
- 605 Jan 16 Starting new job/keeping job fresh
- 606 Jan 23 Marketing the Library
- 607 Jan 30 Connecting With Students (Student Powered Conference)
- 608 Feb 6 Genealogy
- 609 Feb 13 ISTE/Conference participation
- 610 Feb 20 Digital Citizenship