We have (almost) made it to the end of the school year! I hope as you wind down library services for the school year this May, you consider thinking about how to plan for the 2019-2020 school year to grow, improve, and ensure the library media center positively impacts all students.

There will be a May First Friday; I know May is a hectic time with testing, end of the year activities, but it will be a continuation of the collection development & strategic planning discussion from February. This is a good topic to think on as you wrap up the school year. There will be a prerecorded session available for viewing at your convenience. If you would like to send in any questions for end of the year wrap up, you are welcome to send use this Google Form to submit questions.

I encourage you to check out the summer learning opportunities highlighted below. If anymore opportunities come to my attention, I will post on the ALMO website http://bit.ly/ALMO1.

I hope to see many of you at ASLA 2019 on June 11 at Foley Elementary School. This will be a day dedicated to learning opportunities for library media specialists. Information is available at http://bit.ly/ASLA2019.

There are three regional PD opportunities available that I will be helping present information. I hope to see you there!

May 2019 First Friday will be a recorded session that will be available on May 3, 2019 and will be available to watch at your convenience throughout the month. You will be able to submit questions to be answered during the recorded session until May 2, 2019 at 12:00pm CST.

The goal is to answer end of the year questions, give you information to help you plan for the library media program for the upcoming school year, and begin talking about budgeting for the library.

The recording, resources, and information will be found on the First Friday website: http://bit.ly/FirstFridaysPD.

Mission Control: Human Spaceflight is an exciting opportunity for students to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the United States landing on the moon (July 20, 1969) and participate in the excitement and fascination of space and space travel without leaving their desks. This celebration of historical, current and future manned space exploration is designed to encourage students' interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

Find out more information: http://aptiq.org/IQLEARNING/ElectronicFieldTrips/fieldtrip.asp?tripID=28

Media Specialists and K-12 educators will spend the morning sessions investigating the AASL National School Library standards for media specialists and the digital literacy and computer science course of study standards. Educators will unpack the standards, discuss application of these standards in the K-12 classroom or media center, and discuss instructional activities that support mastery of these standards. During the afternoon sessions, educators will investigate makerspaces, augmented reality, video production, or computational thinking. These interactive sessions will support teachers in reflecting on their own practice in area of technology integration and support them in designing a plan for implementing one of these technologies in the upcoming academic year. All K-12 educators are welcome to attend.

Find more information at: https://www.southalabama.edu/centers/saric/sariccalendarofevents.html

Please email me any shout outs, grants you've been awarded, great things happening in the library! I'd love to feature it on the newsletter. Also, I am available for summer PD or beginning of the year PD.

Email: cdillard@alsde.edu
Website: http://bit.ly/ALMO1
Phone: 334-694-4768
Twitter: @Mrs_Dilly