LASL October 2024 Newsletter

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Louisiana School Librarians,

This newsletter brings you some important save the date details -- including the upcoming Louisiana Book Festival, LASL PD Day, and information on LASL/LLA Awards applications. We also have the information from last month's newsletter about the observation/evaluation rubric so you can continue to provide feedback.

If you need support and resources at a local level, please contact us at geauxlasl@gmail.com.

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The LASL Executive Board

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27 Exceptional YA Books

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42 Stellar Middle Grade Books

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81 Exemplary Picture Books

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Louisiana Educator Rubric Observation Guidance for Librarians

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We know that many of you are trying to get a handle on the changing evaluation system being used in Louisiana public schools this year. LASL would like to support school librarians by sharing feedback with LEADS during this pilot year for the new rubric. Please use the Google Form below to share your concerns or other feedback.

2024 Librarian Observation/Rubric Feedback

Sample Library Lesson Plan for Observation

Check out this lesson plan used by LASL President Kristy Barker for her observation last year. Using this plan, she was able to score 3-5 on all indicators.

Always Available for You:

LASL Censorship Toolkit

Our collection of resources to help fight censorship in libraries.

LA School Library Guidelines

These are the Guidelines for School Library Programs in Louisiana Schools, updated May 2020. This is a great resource to use when approaching administrators in your school and district about the focus of your library program.