Fall Professional Learning

Learn and connect with colleagues across Alabama through professional learning opportunities focused on skill-building, collaboration, resource sharing, and professional growth.

YOU'RE INVITED! Join Britannica Education’s free 2026-27 webinar series, sponsored by the Alabama Virtual Library. Explore the latest updates to your trusted Britannica resources and discover practical strategies to support teaching and learning across grade levels. Participants who attend the live sessions will also receive continuing education certificates via email. You can access all of webinars by Britannica Education here.

Join the TeachingBooks Fall 2026 Webinar Spotlight Series and discover practical ways to maximize this valuable resource. Topics include TeachingBooks Essentials, How to Make the Most of Your TeachingBooks Account, and Leverage Your Booklists and Collections. Each 20-minute webinar is packed with literacy-focused strategies and integration ideas, and all registrants receive a recording. These sessions are perfect for individual learning or staff professional development. Play, pause, discuss, and apply the ideas with your team. We encourage you to share this opportunity with your staff!

TeachingBooks is pleased to announce the new State Webinar Series for Fall 2026. Bringing state coordinators, district or system leadership, and its teachers and librarians, we anticipate a stronger collaboration and empowering of state-licensed users across the nation. If you can participate live, we encourage you to share your best practices with this group. Post session, we’d love to hear and see what you’re doing. Share on social media or send us a quick note.

Here’s the menu:

• Making the Most of Your State-funded TeachingBooks License

• Optimal Setup and Easy Access for Your State-funded TeachingBooks License for Schools

• Optimal Setup and Easy Access for Your State-funded TeachingBooks License for Libraries

• Yes! Yes! You Already Have State-funded Access to TeachingBooks!

These state-license webinars showcase strategies and integration ideas that support your ongoing literacy work—in just 45 minutes! For your convenience, all registrants receive a recording.

We encourage you to share these webinars sessions. They are designed for self-guided or interactive professional development events. Simply play, then pause, then do—and repeat. Wrap up your session by asking participants to share what they learned.

Have questions about school library programs, compliance monitoring, curriculum integration, or best practices? Join me for monthly Office Hours: a relaxed, open forum designed for K–12 librarians and their administrators to connect, ask questions, share ideas, or simply listen in.

We typically meet on the second Tuesday of each month, alternating between morning and afternoon sessions to fit a variety of schedules. No registration required—just drop in using the WebEx link provided.

📅 Next Office Hours: Tuesday, September 8th from 1:30-2:15 PM

Let’s keep the conversation going and support each other in the great work we’re doing!

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