Archived messages may be found http://dese.mo.gov/divimprove/curriculum/lmcindex.htm

Breakout Sessions are now set for the MASL Fall Seminar 2006. Please read below for Breakout Session information.
Set Sail for the MASL Fall Seminar Saturday October 7, 2006 at the Holiday Inn Select Executive Center in Columbia, Missouri. Registration information is online at www.maslonline.org . You may register online or print out the registration form and mail it to the MASL office. Please join us!
 

7:30 – 8:30 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 – 10:00 am Welcome and Keynote Speaker, Joe Raiola, Sr. Editor, MAD Magazine
10:15-11:30 am Breakout Session I
See below for more information
 

Noon – 1:00 pm Lunch/Business Meeting
 

1:15 – 2:30 pm Breakout Session II
See below for more information

Breakout Session I
 

Fourth Cycle MSIP (Lisa Walters, DESE, Library Media and Technology Consultant)
Receive information concerning the 4th Cycle of the MSIP Program, including changes in the review process, the LMC review and more. You will have an opportunity to ask questions as time allows. (K-12)
 

Promoting the Mark Twain Award with a Battle of the Books (Jefferson City Public Schools K-5 Library Media Specialists)
To encourage more voting in the Mark Twain award in our elementaries, the Library/Media Specialists developed their own “Battle of the Books”. Last year was the first year to implement the program with great success and plans are already underway for the 2006-2007 school year. This workshop will explain what we are doing and our planning process to encourage other school districts to explore the option. (4-8)
 

Moving Down the Road with the GLE’s (Cathie Loesing)
You have the GLE’s; the Missouri model curriculum is under development. What should a LMS do now? Cathie Loesing shares the process of taking the GLE’s and using them to develop a curriculum for the library media program. (K-12)
 

I’m a New Library Media Specialist, Now What? (Maggie Newbold) (K-12)
Are you a new librarian? Just passed the Praxis? Now you are officially a librarian. So what do you do? This workshop will offer some practical tips for the new librarian. What tasks have to be done NOW? Which can wait until next week? Are there any I can do when I get “around 2 it?” Management and Collection Development topics will be discussed and ideas shared.
 

Breakout Session II
 

MASL Speaks . . . at your School and Community (Marianne Fues, Jenny Robins, and Susan Rundel)
What do you say to new teachers, your Board of Education or the PTA about student achievement and the school library? Attend this session to learn about the PR program the MASL Speaks committee has developed for your use. (K-12)
 

Best New 2005-2006 Multicultural Literature for Grades 4-8 (J.B. Petty, Cherri Jones and Dea Borneman)
The presenters give short, snappy booktalk/reviews featuring the latest high-quality multicultural titles for grades 4-8. The objective of the session is to acquaint Missouri school librarians with great multicultural titles to add to their collections. An annotated bibliography of the featured books will be distributed at the session. (4-8)
 

Fourth Cycle MSIP Update (Lisa Walters, DESE, Library Media and Technology Consultant)
Receive information concerning the 4th Cycle of the MSIP Program, including changes in the review process, the LMC review and more. You will have an opportunity to ask questions as time allows. (K-12)
 

It Could Happen to You (Robin Gibbons)
It finally happened. There has been a formal challenge to one of the media center resources. “What do you do now”? Get some pointers from MASL’s Intellectual Freedom Chair. (K-12)