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PRO-DEVELOPMENT

UBC's Language and Literacy Education Department is welcoming Dr. Gunther Kress as the Department's 2010 Scholar in Residence.

He will teach an intensive graduate course<http://www.lled.educ.ubc.ca/courses/summer2010/LLED565A-952.htm> for the week July 12-16, "Image in the environment of multimodal representation and communication: A social semiotic approach".

On July 21st, Dr. Kress will give a public lecture on the multiliteracies, "Multiliteracies Ten Years On: A Personal Reflection". Click here for details<http://www.lled.educ.ubc.ca/kress.pdf>.

Note that registration for UBC's "Interactive White Boards" summer institute<http://eplt.educ.ubc.ca/programs/institutes/whiteboards.php> (July 5-6) at David Livingstone Elementary in Vancouver (Sylvia Zubke, teacher-librarian!) closes this Wednesday, June 2nd.

 

Provincial Conference 2010 ...


Now Playing...Registration Now Open!!!

The Central Okanagan Teacher-Librarians' Association is excited to bring a conference back to the B.C. interior. 
KelownaFresh will refresh your network of colleagues.  Rethink your teaching practices with some new ideas. 
Revitialize your professional spirit.  Enjoy the bounty of the harvest season! 
Join us in the Okanagan October 21-22, 2010. http://www.cotla.sd23.bc.ca

Best regards,
Misty Smith/Angie MacRitchie Co-Chair
Kelowna 2010 Planning Committee.

- Keynote Speaker: Jamie McKenzie
- Keynote Speakers: Donna DesRoches and Carolyn Walter
- Thursday evening social
- Friday evening guest speaker : Dr. A. Hister

Learn more>>>   www.cotla.sd23.bc.ca

 

DROP EVERYTHING AND READ Challenge- October 25, 2010

The British Columbia Teacher-Librarians' Association challenges Brotosh Columbians to drop everything and read at 11:0am in support of literacy.

Get you DEAR 2010 posters now...3 editions plus french to choose from.  In order to save members money, the BCTLA will not print and mail large format posters to each school. Members are encouraged to print and display posters whereever they deem appropriate.  These posters are licensed by Creative Commons-Al Smith Kelowna. Posters are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 Canada License. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at: http://bctf.ca/bctla/contacts.html

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BCTF 2010 Summer Conference at UBC

BCTF Summer Conference- UBC pro-d | Read the BCTLA flyer

 

Bookmark submissions

The Bookmark staff is collecting content for the next issue -Winter 2010. We appreciate material such as lessons, articles, events, photos, or news. Editor: amacritchie@shaw.ca  More >
The deadline for any submissions is now: Sept 15, 2010

 

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THANK YOU RICHMOND TEACHER-LIBRARIANS of SD38

Congratulations! For a very successful provincial conference. Over 300 educators listened to keynote speaker, Roch Carrier, and participated in a range of workshops at Richmond High School. Thank you to SD38 and RHS faculty and staff for their assistance.

FALL CHAPTER COUNCIL MEET-OCT.24

The teacher-librarians Fall Council met in Richmond.
Inquiries? Share ideas? > Chapter Reps >Contact Us or visit BCTLA Forum

PROVINCE-WIDE CHALLENGE:
DROP EVERYTHING AND READ! 

For many years, teacher-librarians have organized special school events to mark National School Library Day (NSLD) on the fourth Monday in October. On Monday, October 26th, 2009 the British Columbia Teacher-Librarians' Association is challenging schools, trustees, and members of the legislature to "Drop Everything and Read!" for 20 minutes.  The BCTLA hopes adults across BC will organize their workplaces to “Drop Everything and Read!” on October 26th as well.  In most schools, the event is held between 11:00 and 11:20 a.m., but the timing is not as important as involvement.

Last year, dozens of schools across the province met the challenge on National School Library Day.  Hundreds of BC students engaged in silent reading that day, and the response was terrific. The Vancouver Sun, trustees, MLAs, the Minister of Education and the Premier joined us as well. With your support, we hope to double the participation this year. Please display the enclosed poster prominently, and promote DEAR within and beyond your school. Make sure your PAC hears about the event, and that your LSA sends a copy to your Superintendent, trustees and your mayor. Take lots of pictures to promote the value of reading throughout the year. ( Send us your photos here )

Again this year, the BCTLA has created a Facebook page to allow people to make their reading count.  Go to http://tinyurl.com/ly7uwz to join in all the “Drop Everything and Read!” excitement!

Yours truly,

Karen Lindsay, Vice-President, Advocacy

British Columbia Teacher-Librarians’ Association

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For members:  BCTLA poster to be distributed by BCTF in the fall.
limited reprinting permitted for school use only.

 

October 2009 is Library Month. Read. Read with your family.
October 26yh is National School Library Day.

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BCTLA Bookmark journal's 50th anniversary edition!

Now available!: 50th Bookmark Vol 50 Issue 1 



Teacher-librarian News

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Teacher-Librarian Brag Book... Celebrating collaboration, innovation and professional excellence!

 

BC Teacher-librarians Drop Everything and Read with MLA's
Monday October 26, NSLD > BC Legislature DEAR

http://bctladear.blogspot.com/2009/10/hansard-house-blues-monday-october-26.html

BC Teacher-librarians study in Italy.
This August, BCTLA's Moira Ekdahl and Chris Evans led a troupe of TL colleagues made a pro-dev road trip to the International School Libraries Association Conference 2009 in Padua Italy.

Congratulations to Chris Evans and Michelle Farquharson
Chris and Michelle participated in their first 2009-2010 BCTLA Executive Meeting Friday/Sat. Sept. 25/26 in Richmond. Chris
is your new Treasurer and Michelle is Continuing Education Rep. Michelle has been one of the authors of the BCTLA's K-12 Benchmark  Project- re-writing a framework for information literacy and technology skills.

http://infolitbctla.pbworks.com/

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CLA awards: The Canadian Association for School Libraries is pleased to announce
British Columbia Teacher Librarians’ Association, Executive
as the 2009 recipient of the  
Canadian Association for School Libraries/Angela Thacker Memorial Award

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The Canadian Association for School Libraries is pleased to announce
Michele Farquharson
as the  2009 recipient of the
Canadian Association for School Libraries/Follett International
Teacher Librarian of the Year Award

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The Canadian Association for School Libraries is pleased to announce
The BCTLA's Second Vice-President, Advocacy, Karen Lindsay, has been announced as the 2009 winner of the CLA/ACB Ken Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship.
Named in honour of Ken Haycock, the award honours individuals who have significantly contributed to the, "public recognition and appreciation of librarianship".

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