Central - SLANZA

Central Committee - We Want You!

3/8/2015

SLANZA Central region committee wants to be able to do more for and reach a greater number of people in our region - but we need help. Given our large geographic area it is difficult for us to organise events throughout the region and reach our entire membership. We think you could help solve this problem for us. We would like you to become a committee member.

Benefits to being part of the Central committee:

opportunity to learn new skills
make new connections, both locally and within the larger region
bring face-to-face professional development to your local area
opportunity to shape the professional development you and your colleagues receive
professional and personal developments that come with being on a committee
opportunity to work alongside Miriam Tuohy, SLANZA president

Being on the committee is easier than you might think:

meetings: generally we only meet once a term to organise a PD event; meetings are held online via Skype and are not a big time commitment
travel: meetings are held online, so no need to travel for those, and you will not be expected to attend all the PD events in the region
time: one committee meeting and one PD event per term is about all you will have to commit to
conscripted tasks: we won’t force you to volunteer for anything
lack of skills / knowledge: you might believe you don’t have anything to offer, but that doesn’t mean it’s true - we think everyone has something they can contribute

If you are interested in becoming a member of the SLANZA Central committee and would like to attend our next meeting to see what it is all about contact Sandi Faulconbridge at sandif@taraprim.school.nz

Alternatively, you can contact any of the committee members with questions or expressions of interest:

Sandi Faulconbridge (Chairperson), Taradale Primary School, Napier
sandif@taraprim.school.nz
Miriam Tuohy - SLANZA President (Secretary), Palmerston North Girls’ High School, Palmerston North
m.tuohy@pnghs.school.nz
Karen Carswell, Woodford House, Napier
Karen.Carswell@woodford.school.nz
Sasha Eastwood, Manchester St School, Fielding
library@manchesterstreet.school.nz
Stephanie Ellis, Napier Boys’ High School, Napier
sellis@nbhs.school.nz
Judine Knowles, Palmerston North Intermediate Normal School, Palmerston North
JKnowles@pnins.school.nz
Maree Paterson, Reignier School, Napier
mpaterson@reignier.school.nz

We look forward to hearing from you!

Conference Grant Recipient

3/8/2015

Congratulations to Vickie Clarke of William Colenso College, Napier. She is the recipient of the Central regions conference grant. A big WooHoo to you!

We look forward to seeing you at conference, and hearing all about your experience in the next issue of Collected magazine.

Term 2 PD event – Publishers evening

3/8/2015

Central regions Term 2 event was a Publishers evening kindly hosted once again by Paper Plus Palmerston North. This was held on Thursday 18th June. Attendees got the opportunity to network, shop for books and listen to the two publisher’s representatives, who came up from Wellington for the event, discuss all things trending, new and upcoming in the book industry. Attendees also went home with a number of free books each.

Term 1 PD event – Creative Commons & Referencing 101

3/8/2015

Our Term 1 PD day - Creative Commons & Referencing 101 - was held on Wednesday 1st April after school, with the intention that teaching staff and library staff would be able to attend. Thank you to Michelle at Tamatea High for kindly hosting this event. We were able to get Matt McGregor of Creative Commons to include Napier in their countrywide CC Roadshow. This had a school-based focus, with special note on issues particular to school libraries.

There were 3 presentations:

Tim Kong - Network for Learning (via Skype)
Matt McGregor - Creative Commons
SLANZA (Sandi & Steph) - Referencing 101: using others work responsibly (concentrating on Primary & Secondary school needs)

We had a good turnout, with 6 of the 16 attendees being teaching staff. A lot of great discussion was generated from both the presentations.

The 'Referencing 101' presentation has been uploaded to our G+ community.

Term 1 meetings to discuss National Library changes

16/2/2015

This is just a quick reminder to let you know there are meetings being held for SLANZA Central members this week and next to discuss the National Library curriculum services changes. Please see the flyer below with dates, times and venues listed.

This is your chance to provide feedback, ask questions etc that the SLANZA National Executive can pass on to National Library staff at our next meeting which is next month.

Please come along and let your voice be heard. You may have come up with a question, query or solution that others didn't think of, but that is relevant to many of us.

Term 4 PD event - shared resources

4/12/2014

On November 1st, we held our Term 4 PD event at Wanganui Intermediate, with special guests Jan Watts and Debbie Roxburgh. The morning’s learning covered several topics: weeding your library, promoting your library, and running a Summer Reading programme. Resources shared that morning can be found here:

National Library Services to Schools Weeding guide
Promoting your library (PDF) prepared by Steph Ellis, Napier Boys High School
SLANZA's Summer Reading guide (available via the SLANZA Reading website)

The Central committee members are already planning events for Term 1 and further into 2015, which we hope to be able to run throughout the region.

Term 3 Event: Publishers at Paper Plus Palmerston North

6/8/2014

Our event this term is an evening hosted at Paper Plus Palmerston North, with representatives from Allen & Unwin, Walker, Harper Collins, Macmillan, and Penguin Books. Full details are in the PDF below.

Please RSVP to either Miriam Tuohy, or Victoria at Paper Plus by Friday 8 August.

Paper Plus Publishers event
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SLANZA Central AGM

5/6/2014

Library Tour and Un-conference PD event Term 1 2014

4/3/2014

Our next PD Event: July 19th

3/7/2013