Staff Changes and Additions

• Pam and Paul Beckermann have moved to the Elk River Area School District as District Digital Learning Specialists. They were at Dassel-Cokato Middle and High Schools.
• Justin Larson is the new Dassel-Cokato High School Media and Digital Learning Specialist.
• CSB/SJU Libraries added a new Metadata Librarian, Violet Fox.
• Robin Suhsen retirement– branch librarian at Princeton Area Library
• Rachel Thomas is the new Patron Services Supervisor at Great River Regional Library
• Julie Schmitz was hired as the new Associate Director of Human Resources at Great River Regional Library
• Cindy Stamness retired after 35 years at Mora Schools.

Awards and Kudos

• Doug Johnson and Laurie Conzemius recently won a Making IT Happen award from the International Society for Technology Education (ISTE). Doug Johnson is director of media and technology at Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Public Schools and Laurie Conzemius, recently retired after 30+ years as a teacher, media specialist, and district curriculum integration specialist in the Park Rapids and Sartell districts.

Jobs

• ECRL has several job postings including: Branch Library Assistant in several locations, Branch Librarian II in Princeton, Branch Librarian I in Isle, Branch Librarian II in Pine City. Visit their job page for more information.
• GRRL has several job postings including: Circulation Aide in the St. Cloud location, 3 Circulation Assistant positions in the St. Cloud location, and a Computer Support Technician position. Visit their job page for more information.
• The Elk River School District has a 1.0 FTE Media Generalist/Technology Teacher position. Visit their page for more information.
• The Elk River School District is also hiring for a Technology Assistant that will work at Rogers Elementary School.

Schools in the News

• Out of 28,000 applications, Westwood Elementary School (ISD742) got one of the James Patterson grants!
• Albany school referendum passes
• Younger Sauk Rapids – Rice students are back to school with iPads.
• 10 years in a row! Minnesota has highest ACT scores.

Sad News

• Longtime SCSU Learning Resources and Information Media faculty member Dennis Fields passed away in July.

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