Below is a list of the current professional development offerings of the Office of Library Services. As new courses are developed and scheduled they will be added to this list. So please check back often. For details on the current registration procedures, see the Teaching and Learning Professional Development page.
Campus/Multi-School Librarian Network PD Series
Date: October 8, 2008 and every second Wednesday through May
Registration Deadline: REGISTRATION DEADLINE EXTENDED!
Time: 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Location: New Visions for Public Schools, 320 West 13th Street, 6th Floor, Manhattan
Target Audience: Librarians in multi-school campuses
Maximum: 30
Facilitator: Office of Library Services and New Visions for Public Schools
Price: No Charge
FAMIS Item #: NA
Summary Description of Course:
The Office of Library Services invites librarians serving multi-school campuses to a series of professional development and networking sessions. The topics for this year’s series include teaching and assessing information skills and navigating the complex campus environment to create school library programs that positively impact student achievement in all the schools on the campus.
Participants may contact the Office of Library Services at libraries@schools.nyc.gov or (212) 374-0328 to find out if space is available.
Newly Assigned Library Personnel – A Professional Development Series
Date: October 7, November 14, and December 17, 2008
Registration Deadline: Deadline Extended
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Location: Offered in each borough
Target Audience: Library personnel with fewer than three years of experience
Maximum: 25 in each borough
Facilitator: Office of Library Services
Price: No charge – State-grant funded
FAMIS Item #: NA
Activity Codes: 051-09-011-004 (Bronx)
051-09-011-005 (Brooklyn)
051-09-011-006 (Manhattan)
051-09-011-007 (Queens)
051-09-011-008 (Staten Island)
Summary Description of Course:
The Office of Library Services is conducting a series of three full-day professional development workshops for newly assigned library personnel in each borough. The series will be extremely beneficial for library media specialists or teachers assigned to the library with fewer than three years experience. The sessions will focus on vision and goals, program administration, collection development, facility planning, integration of technology, collaborative planning, and information skills instruction.
Participants may register online at http://pd.nycoit.org. For additional information, please contact the Office of Library Services at libraries@schools.nyc.gov or (212) 374-0328.