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Our meeting on April 30, 2010 at the Conference, we decided on the themes for the next several issues. At Leadership on July 21, 2009 we tried to flesh out these topic areas. If you have ideas -- and more importantly -- if you have someone that you can contact to write an article, please post it here. Other pages in the wiki can be reached by the links in the column at the left.

FALL (Deadline: September 1, 2009) We want to focus this issue on content that has not appeared recently in //Learning and Media// that would be particularly relevant to elementary school librarians. We would like to look at issues that affect elementary schools and spot any trends that are developing. This issue could contain articles on: One Book, Every Young Child program. Marge Tassia will get contact on speaker on brain development. Pam Schiller - pschiller@entouch.net Young Children and Research -- the Big6 and the Super3. Perhaps Nancy Polette from Missouri Young Children and Technology -- Gail Junion Metz Perhaps someone would create an annotated bibliography for the ongoing (eternal) struggle between Fixed vs Flexible scheduling Reading Aloud - Eleanor Howe Arts and the library for young children -- Ellie Long Article by a reading teacher or literacy coach who uses the library Accelerated Reader or Reading Counts? Offering books on different levels -- Ray Barber Oliver Withstandley - oliver.withstandley@gmail.com - Panel Myra Oleynik, Peters Township SD Anita Mentzer, North Annville AASL - Kindergarden Research Allison will talk to Maureen Letzkus Staub - Maureen has agreed to write an article about her elementary library. (7/25/09)
 * Elementary Library Focus: pre-K through 5th grade** 

WINTER (Deadline: November 15, 2009) The emphasis on standards is not going away from the school scene any time soon! So we need to look at the standards and how we build our curriculum and support other curriculum areas. The new AASL standards and the materials that are being publishing to support these standards will be an important part of this issue. This issue could contain articles on: Should PSLA create a model library currciulum? Opposing viewpoints/differing perspectives Is life really better with a currciulum? Pittsburgh's curriculum efforts -- Sonya Smith Marge Tassia - writes: //Patrick Hickey and Julie Bitner are students at Univ. of Pittsburgh, School Library Program, graduating in August. They have been working with the Pittsburgh Schools on one of Laura Bush's Improving Literacy through School Libraries Grants. I believe their supervisior is Sam Jackendoff. I had requested that the students write something on the grant/program, perhaps from their experience, and possibly identifying some activities that they participated in that members might like to try.// West Shore SD curriculum efforts -- Sue Kell How our curriculum should fit with college/university library efforts - Doug Uhlmann duhlmann@penncharter.com or duhlmann@verizon.com at Penn Charter, Independent School Librarians of Philadelphia What good is a curriculum unless you can insure that it is delivered to every student? Assessment and the standards (Nancy Henry) Return to PSLA Award-winners (School Libraries and District Programs) to compare curriculums HACC Information Literacy Symposium. Lynn Moses will dig out contact person Lin Carvell working at Millersville University library -- doing with high school Review of 3 ASSL books on the standards - Allison will write
 * Curriculum and Standards Focus: PA standards, AASL standards, others?** 

 SPRING (Deadline: February 15, 2010) Many trends and programs sweep over PA schools. What impact do these trends have on school libraries? This issue would proposes to examine school libraries in context -- how does the ideal of what programs and services a school library provides change when the school environment changes? This issue could contain articles on: School library within a tapestry The library in a Learning Focused School The library in a Classrooms for the Future School The library in a cyber school? a magnet school? an urban school? The library in a professional learning communities? Classrooms for the Future writers may include: Beth Sahd, Brenda Boyer, Mark Painter (Allison's Mackley's coach) The library in an inclusive school The library in a one-to-one school
 * Finding Our Place: The school library in the midst of PA programs and promises** 

SUMMER (Deadline: May 15, 2010) There are so many experts within the PA school library community. We need to highlight our home-grown resources with an issue that focuses on best practices, best practitioners, and best ideas of Pennsylvania school librarians. This issue could contain articles on: Revisit PSLA Outstanding Contributors -- what are they thinking about/doing now? 2010 Conference -- gather filler for "My Best Lesson..." Best literacy ideas Best appreciation of literature ideas Best technology programs and resources ARTICLE could be written by one of our Editorial Board for Administrators' issues on the topic of the "Ten Best Interview Questions that Administrators could ask Potential Librarians" Tammy Truskey at John Harris HS. Lynn Moses will ask her. Interview National Board Certified Librarians.
 * All Our Best** 



**Other interesting ideas: From last year's meeting that still sound good ;)**
Jill Thompson offered to get us a literacy feature for each of the next four issues to run as a regular column. Jill writes: FYI: I am very enthused about soliciting articles for the Advocating For Literacy section of Learning & Media. I've been contacting some educators/librarians of interest and here's what's in the works: Summer 08 - Valerie Ruth Kirschenbaum, author of Goodbye Gutenberg, expert on multi-sensory ways of reading Fall 08 - PA's One Book, Every Young Child early literacy program Winter 08 - ? Michael Sullivan, Boys and Reading Spring 09 - Denise B. Geier, Ed.D. curriculum director in Middletown Township Public Schools, N.J. "Sweating over the Summer Booklist" Summer 09 - Christina Metcalfe & Kelly Guistwhite public/school library collaboration I'm trying to pursue input from those outside the state just so we don't get too "inbred" about literacy. There's a BIGGER picture out there... just wanting to focus us in some for our readership.

Carol Bookmiller-Both the young adult's and children's librarians from our local community library visit our classes during the last few days of school to promote their summer reading programs. Teachers especially appreciate having this activity which adds a little variety to the end of the year while allowing students to set reading goals for the summer. Social Studies PDE Advison, Jeff Zeiders, article on connection between social studies teacher and library Articles promised/Good ideas at Leadership 2009 ** Explain a database and win money - college money for kids Curriculum articles coming for the Fall issue
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