Regional+Professional+Learning+Conference



=Hosted by Norwich Public Schools = // Building Relationships to Promote Quality Learning and Instruction //
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 * Where**: Teachers’ Memorial Middle School Library, 15 Teachers Drive, Norwich, CT 06360*
 * When:** October 11, 2011 from 8:30 to 3:00 (.6 CEUs)
 * Format**: Face-to-face hands-on activity
 * Audience**: Regional Library Media Specialists PreK-5 (Elementary School)
 * Facilitators**: Karen Urgitis, NPS Technology Coordinator, and Leslie Furrey, NPS Library Media Specialist

Welcome to the Regional Professional Learning Conference, a collaborative effort of 16 school districts with a goal to provide quality professional development for special area educators in southeastern Connecticut. This customized offering is the culmination of a year-long endeavor to create meaningful learning experiences for educators who share similar roles within their respective districts. Your facilitators for the day are volunteers from the host district who helped develop the course offering and who work in your area of expertise. We are pleased to have this opportunity to develop ongoing relationships with a cadre of experts in library media science.
 * You will:**
 * Meet other Library Media Specialists from school districts throughout the region
 * Collaborate and share effective teaching strategies
 * Work in teams with LMS colleagues
 * Acquire Best Practices through a team-sharing approach
 * Develop an agenda for follow-up professional development sessions (November 8, 2011)

** Please come prepared to share with the group something you use which you have found particularly effective in your work. This might be a strategy, a resource (e.g. web site), or a specific activity or lesson. **

***IMPORTANT INFORMATION:**
 * Food is not provided - please bring a snack, beverage and lunch.
 * Questions prior to October 11th should be directed to: Karen Urgitis via email __**only**__ at kurgitis@norwichpublicschools.org
 * If you need to contact facilitators __**the day of the conference**__ - call the school's main phone at 860-823-4212
 * The school is at the end of Teachers Drive. A one-way drive is to the right of the building, continue around to the front. You may need to park along the side of the driveway.
 * Enter the front of the school and take a right down to the end of the hallway. The Library Media Center will be on your left.
 * There is no cell phone service in the building.

** Participating Districts ** Bozrah, Colchester, East Lyme, Groton, Ledyard, Madison, Montville, North Stonington, Norwich, Preston, RSD #18, Salem, Stonington, Voluntown, Waterford, Westbrook ** |_|_| |_|_| |_|_| |_|_| |_|_| |_|_| |_|_| |_|_| |_|_| |_|_| |_|_| |_|_| |_|_| |_|_| |_|_| |_|_| |_|_| |_|_| **