CBCA Book Week 2024:
Reading is Magic
The CBCA Book Week, being held from 17 – 23 August, is one of the key events for school libraries in Australia, with libraries across the nation celebrating in a variety of ways. The theme for this year's CBCA Book Week is “Reading is Magic”. We have invited three experienced and renowned Book Week experts to share their plans for this year. In this meetup you will be provided with ideas for your library and for students across K-12. Join us on May 28 at 7:00pm for our online meetup and you are sure to go away with lots of ideas than can be used in your school library.
Our Presenters -
About Leah Rose
Leah has spent more than 20 years working in the Australian book industry. She was the children's specialist at her local Angus and Robertson book store, then moved to publishing for Walker Books Australia and then finally was the school specialist for Paul Macdonald at the Children's Bookshop. Leah has since been working as a Library Technician in school libraries, and is currently at a co-educational K-12 institution. She has a Bachelor's Degree in Information Services from CSU and also studied creative writing. In her spare time she proofs audio books for Audible and has recently finished serving as a judge in the 2022 Aurealis Awards. She is a committed reader of children's and YA literature and is a dedicated collector of picture books since her aunt gifted her ‘Dinotopia’ at the age of 8.
About Vicki Bennett
Vicki Bennett is a teacher librarian who works in two small primary schools in the Shoalhaven area since 2018. From 2012 – 2-17 she was a primary classroom teacher. She has been a member of SLANSW since 2018 and a member of the SLANSW Management Committee since 2020. Vicki is currently the secretary of SLANSW as well as the secretary for the Shoalhaven Teacher Librarian Network. Vicki is a very enthusiastic advocate for the role of the teacher librarian and school libraries who believes that the best approach for advocacy is to educate and inform everyone about the role of the teacher librarian.
She is currently undertaking research at one of her schools about how collaborative teaching with the teacher librarian and classroom teacher in schools can improve student outcomes(literacy) and support classroom teachers with planning, implementation of inquiry learning, research, and providing appropriate and relevant resources to support their teaching. This research is aiming to provide an evidence-base to support collaborative teaching with the teacher librarian to share with school leadership.
About Rhonda Creasey
Rhonda Creasey is a busy Teacher Librarian at Merewether PS and Wallsend PS. She has worked in libraries and schools over the last three decades in NSW, WA and NT. She loves to learn and embraces any opportunity to develop new skills or refine her practice. Rhonda has been actively involved in leading Meetups, presenting at Online Open Forum and leading the IFF Working Party. Rhonda is excited to take on the role of co-ordinating the Professional Learning sub-committee and continuing the provision of quality learning for Teacher Librarians across the state. She looks forward to working with an interested and dynamic team.
Suggested Standards addressed by this Online Meet-up
2.1.2 Apply knowledge of the content and teaching strategies of the teaching area to develop engaging teaching activities.
6.2.2 Participate in learning to update knowledge and practice targeted to professional needs and school and/or system priorities.
7.4.2 Participate in professional and community networks and forums to broaden knowledge and improve practice.
Certificate of participation available via request to: info@slansw.net.au
About SLANSW Online Meet-Ups
The one-hour meet-ups take place in SLANSW's Zoom Conference Room and include a presentation from a guest speaker, with facilitated discussion between participants. We aim to include Q&A time as a wrap-up of each online meetup.
A maximum of 100 places are available for each meet-up, so get your registrations in ASAP.
Participation in SLANSW online meet-ups is at no cost to members. Non-members may access the meet-ups for $45 per session.
The one-hour meet-up takes place in SLANSW's Zoom conference room.
Those who register for this event will receive an email within 24 hours before the event, with details to access this online session.