Welcome to our 2013 Professional Learning and Development (PLD) programme. The overarching theme is The school library contributing to student learning.

New for 2013: Online learning

We are offering three online courses for 2013:

• Curating content for digital learners: helping students manage information overload (five weeks) Please note, registrations for all intakes of this course have closed.
• Connecting readers: creating a reading social network (six weeks)
• School libraries online: engaging your learners 24/7 (five weeks)

You’ll be able to join with participants from anywhere in New Zealand on these courses, delivered on Moodle, and led by our trained e-facilitators.

Initially we’re offering a choice of three sets of dates, but if these become oversubscribed we’ll create further repeats so that nobody will miss out.

Maximum numbers will be 20 participants for each course. You don’t have to be an experienced e-learner – we welcome those new to online learning, as well as those who have taken part in online learning already.

Time requirements: a minimum of about five hours per week.

Face-to-face courses

Several new one-day courses are included in the 2013 programme, and our annual three-day course for new members of the library team is always updated each year.

• Redefining the role of the school library. School libraries supporting learning: a refresher for school leaders and experienced library teams
• Inspiring readers: generating a reading culture in your school
• School libraries adding value to learning: collaboration and advocacy
• School libraries supporting learning: a 3-day course (for new members of the library team)
• Building a library collection for the 21st Century
• Enriching inquiry learning: effective library / classroom collaborations
• The role of the school library in lifting the achievement of priority learners

We’re also offering a range of free short workshops, mostly delivered after school:

• Sail into summer reading: workshop 3
• Reading leaders, leading readers: the role of the Principal in creating a dynamic school reading culture
• Making connections: the library and the English Department supporting students
• Thinking out loud: enriching the reading experience through book talk
• Moving up: transitioning readers to intermediate and on to secondary school
• Poetry power: exploring ways for poetry to encourage readers and writers
• E-books: issues and options

For further information on each, and delivery locations, please scroll through the Course catalogue.

Supporting student learning

Course participants will be supported to design and implement their own library-based student learning initiative, to support the learning of a selected group of students in their own school community, following each course.

Earlybird discount: 20%

This year we’ve increased the Earlybird discount to 20%. It applies to all registrations (including for online courses) received by the stated Earlybird close-off date, after which the full course fee applies.

For Term 2-4 courses, the Earlybird close-off is four weeks prior to course date. In Term 1 the close-off date is three weeks prior to the course.

Registrations

Registrations close two weeks prior to each course, including online courses - except for free workshops, when they close one week prior to the workshop.

Select your location on the right-hand sidebar, select the desired course, and you’ll then see the online registration form.

Terms & conditions

The Terms and Conditions are attached.