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October 2011 is Library Month.
Monday, October 24th is 'National School Library Day.'

Share-Celebrate-Advocate.   Everyone can participate: 

• Download Canadian Library Association materials for your school.
• Drop Everything and Read! Participate in the BC DEAR challenge. 
• Visit your school library soon!

 

BCTLA "The Points of Inquiry" -
Inquiry-based Learning for Classroom and School Libraries

 

  Download "The Points of Inquiry"  

• Integration of Technology screencast
• Top Ten Research Skills for University Students
• Note: Further French translation of the documents is planned.

Posters

• Points of Inquiry model graphic:
  • English Poster (8.5 by 11) | English Poster (11 by 17)
  • French Poster (8.5 by 11) | French Poster (11 by 17)
• Teacher Research Model (8.5 by 11, draft) | Student-Teacher Inquiry Crosswalk (draft)
• Promotional posters:
  

LETTER	LEGAL	11 x 17

 

Elementary Resources

• Elementary Planning Package
• Elementary School Planning Sheet
• Primary:
  • K-3 Benchmarks
• Primary Subject Integration Planning Sheet
• Primary Collaborative Planning Sheet
• Primary Information Literacy Program Planning Sheet
• Intermediate:
  • K-3 Benchmarks | 4-7 Benchmarks
  • Intermediate Subject Integration Planning Sheet
  • Intermediate (Gr 4-7) Collaborative Planning Sheet
  • Intermediate (Gr 4-7) Information Literacy Program Planning Sheet
• Blank Subject Integration Planning Sheet
• Inquiry-Based Learning and the Development of Self Regulation video
• Inquiry Questions Wiki (Langley Teacher-Librarians)

Middle/Junior Secondary Resources

• Middle/Junior Secondary Planning Package
• Middle/Junior Secondary School Planning Sheet
• K-3 Benchmarks | 4-7 Benchmarks | 8-12 Benchmarks
• Middle/Junior Secondary Subject Integration Planning Sheet
• Intermediate (Gr 4-7) Collaborative Planning Sheet
• Intermediate (Gr 4-7) Information Literacy Program Planning Sheet
• Blank Subject Integration Planning Sheet
• Inquiry Questions Wiki (Langley Teacher-Librarians)

Secondary Resources

• Secondary Planning Package
• Secondary School Planning Sheet
• K-3 Benchmarks | 4-7 Benchmarks | 8-12 Benchmarks
• Secondary Subject Integration Planning Sheet
• Secondary Collaborative Planning Sheet
• Secondary Information Literacy Program Planning Sheet
• Blank Subject Integration Planning Sheet
• Inquiry Questions Wiki (Langley Teacher-Librarians)

With thanks to teacher-librarians Michele Farquharson (Vancouver), Julie Robinson (West Vancouver), Lynn Turner (Terrace) working with Heather Daly (Library and Information Coordinator, Coquitlam; President, BCTLA) and Moira Ekdahl (Teacher-Librarian Mentor, Vancouver; Liaison Chair, BCTLA). Adapted, with permission, from article by Barbara Stripling, Director, NYC School Libraries: “Using Inquiry to Explode Myths about Learning and Libraries” in CSLA JOURNAL ( 28:1. Fall 2004. 15-17).

 

 

BCTLA DEAR: Drop Everything and Read for 2011

BCTLA is excited to offer large pdf's and clip art to promote the October 24th event - National School Library Day. We have offered several choices in English and French! Posters may be downloaded and printed in any way by anyone in any jusrisdiction! However, if you wish to make alterations to the content included on any of the posters, please contact BCTLA VP Advocacy Jeff Yashinchuk regarding the necessary copyright permissions.

Contact BCTLA VP Advocacy Jeff Yashinchuk for Drop Everything and Read specifics.

Read about DEAR at our blog or submit your challenge tally or follow @bctla_dear on Twitter

Browse our photostream on Flickr

Choose from the following selection of files: these posters are print ready.
Poster issue inquiries (other than copyright) contact - Al Smith 

CLIP ART-SMALL	CLIP ART-MEDIUM	CLIP ART-LARGE
POSTER: PDF - LETTER	POSTER: PDF -TABLOID	POSTER: PDF- 24x36
POSTER: PDF - LEGAL	POSTER: PDF - LEGAL
	BOOKMARKS

 

 

 

 

 

Position Statements...

• The British Columbia Teacher-Librarians' Association publishes 'position statements' in an effort to clarify and affirm issues considered best practices. These documents are written by members of the BCTLA Executive Board after significant research and consultation.
  
  
  • Book Levelling and School Library Collections  
  • School Library Programs Position Statement draft version
    
    

• The British Columbia Teacher-Librarians' Association and other library associations are concerned about the significant loss of teacher-librarian staffing in BC.
  
  
  • Proposed Reductions of Teacher-Librarian Staffing in 2009-10 > BCTLA statement
  • BC Library Association Responds to 2009-10 Cuts > response
  • CLA and CASL Alarmed At Cuts to BC Education > news release
  • BCTF: FTE services decline > download document
    

 

Library Program...

 

• SCHOOL LIBRARY PROGRAM

Download "The Points of Inquiry" 


• Teacher-librarian Assessment: SD72 Campbell River
• Ethics of Information Use Guide
• Evaluating, Selecting, and Managing Learning Resources ("unavailable pending revisions")
• The Research Quest   Affiche biblio   Research Quest- PPT
  Developed by the BCTLA and Teacher-Librarians in British Columbia. Adopted by the British Columbia Ministry of Education, January 2001.



• SCHOOL LIBRARY LITERATURE
  • The Bookmark: BCTLA's journal
  • School Libraries in Canada: SLIC, national school library journal
  • Literacy, Learning and Libraries: Alberta School Library Council's journal
  • The Medium: Saskatchewan School Library Association's journal
  • Teacher Librarian: on EBSCO Professional Development Collection
  • School Library Journal: on EBSCO Professional Development Collection




• PAMPHLETS AND BROCHURES
  • Teachers and Teacher-Librarians: Effective Educational Partner | doc
    This pamphlet is intended for pre-service teachers and new teachers.
• The Dual Role of the Teacher Librarian
• CASL - Role of the Teacher-Librarian, SLIC pamphlet

 

• ADVOCACY MATERIALS
  • Advocacy >>

 

PSA Reports and Minutes...

• Annual and Chapter Reports > read more
• Meeting Minutes > read more
  
  
  

• Working and Learning Conditions Reports > read more

 

PSA Journal -the Bookmark...

BCTLA journal- the Bookmark

June 2011 Edition: Vol 51 Issue I

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June 2010 Edition: Vol 50 Issue II

Read now...

Articles in this special bound edition hyperlink back to our VirtualBookmark journal, so readers can interact in the content, provide feedback to authors or just add their own contribution.  This 50th Anniversary Special Edition outlines achievements and insights from local Chapters around the province.  All members and Chapters were invited to submit articles, news, stories, photos or anecdotes from their region. Terrific contributions BC!- The Bookmark 2009 staff, Angie MacRitchie and Al Smith

Read Now: Fall 2009 Vol.50 Issue 1: October 23rd, 2009

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The Points of Inquiry

 

"That learning is being transformed in the 21st Century for all citizens goes without question; students need to become more effective, ethical, and critical users of information. What students learn to do with information is more important than the specifics of the information itself. Educators are grappling with the profound implications this has for what and how they teach. The focus of the BCTLA Information Literacy Task Force has been the creation of the guiding document that renews understanding of what constitutes information literacy in today’s world and that creates a practical framework to help teachers implement an inquiry approach in classrooms".

• The Points of Inquiry: A Framework for Information Literacy and the 21st-Century Learner
• Integration of Technology screencast
• Top Ten Research Skills for University Students
• Note: Further French translation of the documents is planned.

Posters

• Points of Inquiry model graphic:
  • English Poster (8.5 by 11) | English Poster (11 by 17)
  • French Poster (8.5 by 11) | French Poster (11 by 17)
• Teacher Research Model (8.5 by 11, draft) | Student-Teacher Inquiry Crosswalk (draft)
• Promotional posters:

LETTER	LEGAL	11 x 17

 

Elementary Resources

• Elementary Planning Package
• Elementary School Planning Sheet
• Primary:
  • K-3 Benchmarks
• Primary Subject Integration Planning Sheet
• Primary Collaborative Planning Sheet
• Primary Information Literacy Program Planning Sheet
• Intermediate:
  • K-3 Benchmarks | 4-7 Benchmarks
  • Intermediate Subject Integration Planning Sheet
  • Intermediate (Gr 4-7) Collaborative Planning Sheet
  • Intermediate (Gr 4-7) Information Literacy Program Planning Sheet
• Blank Subject Integration Planning Sheet
• Inquiry-Based Learning and the Development of Self Regulation video

Middle/Junior Secondary Resources

• Middle/Junior Secondary Planning Package
• Middle/Junior Secondary School Planning Sheet
• K-3 Benchmarks | 4-7 Benchmarks | 8-12 Benchmarks
• Middle/Junior Secondary Subject Integration Planning Sheet
• Intermediate (Gr 4-7) Collaborative Planning Sheet
• Intermediate (Gr 4-7) Information Literacy Program Planning Sheet
• Blank Subject Integration Planning Sheet

Secondary Resources

• Secondary Planning Package
• Secondary School Planning Sheet
• K-3 Benchmarks | 4-7 Benchmarks | 8-12 Benchmarks
• Secondary Subject Integration Planning Sheet
• Secondary Collaborative Planning Sheet
• Secondary Information Literacy Program Planning Sheet
• Blank Subject Integration Planning Sheet