SSL Member Blast

The NYSED Office of Higher Education proposed changes to the library media special practicum requirements at the October Board of Regents meeting; the changes are not in effect yet. The proposal is available through the following webpage, and the proposed library media special practicum changes are described on the top of page 3. Student teaching changes

The proposal was published to the State Register on October 19th, for a 60-day public comment period. Following the public comment period, it is anticipated that the proposed amendment will be presented to the Board of Regents for adoption at its February 2023 meeting. If adopted at the February meeting, the proposed amendment will become effective on March 1, 2023. From the Public Register, here is how to submit a question/comment: “The public is encouraged to comment on any of the proposed rules appearing in this issue. Comments must be made in writing and must be submitted to the agency that is proposing the rule. Address your comments to the agency representative whose name and address are printed in the notice of rule making. For this specific rule change, comments and questions should go to:

William P. Murphy, Deputy Commissioner

NYS Education Department

Office of Higher Education

89 Washington Avenue, Room 975 EBA

Albany, NY 12234

Phone: (518) 473-3781

Email: Regcomments@nysed.gov

Project Look Sharp has free resources and lessons that can support your already amazing media literacy lessons including 2 (with more to come) very library-forward ones written by SSL Board member Sharon Fox. Check them out! All the resources here are FREE!

Exciting opportunities coming up in NYC that is open to all! New York City is hosting its annual "Beyond Access Forum", a virtual conference on Election Day. If your district is flexible in what you can take on that day and you'd like more information, visit: https://www.techlearningevents.com/nycbeyondaccess-november2022/home

Additionally, on that day, NYCSLA, will be sponsoring a “virtual booth” at the conference from 12:30pm-1:20pm where they will have information about their professional organization as well as SSL. That will be a posted video, so watch for that link soon!

Membership meeting and SSL dinner in Saratoga in November! If you are going to be at the NYLA Conference, Annarose Foley is organizing a dinner on Thursday night (11/3) at 7pm. If you'd like to join us, contact her ASAP so she can give you the information and adjust the reservation. annarose.foley@icsd.k12.ny.us

Also at the conference we will hold a membership meeting directly before the Board meeting. You do NOT have to be attending the conference to attend the membership meeting. That meeting will be held at the Saratoga Hilton Hotel and Conference Center on Saturday, November 5th starting at 12:30 in the Broadway1 meeting room. All members are invited to attend.