Summer Leadership Institute for
Media Specialists
The Summer Leadership Institute 2005 was a success. Attendance
of Media Specialists from all over the state was over 80 participants.
After reviewing the camp evaluation forms participants found
the presentation by Dianna Denton on Georgia Performance Standards
and the Library Media Specialist most helpful and informative.
The next Summer Leadership Institute for Media Specialist will
be held again in Macon, this site is centrally located for everyone
in Georgia. The tentative date has been set for June 12-14, 2006.
The tentative location and is subject to change will be the Holiday
Inn Convention Center. The meeting times are tentatively set
at Monday and Tuesday from 9 to 4 and on Wednesday from 10 to
3. If you would like to receive the two Professional Learning
Units offered attendees must attend all sessions.
The focus this summer will be totally informational and not
a work session. So many comments were made in the summer ’05
evaluations favoring a focus on information and learning. This
new focus will compliment the learning of media specialists and
in return they can share the information in their school districts.
There is a weekend in February that is being planned as a working
weekend for Media Specialists being planned by Donna Milner,
the 2006 Georgia Library Media Association’s president.
This working weekend will be a chance to work on the Department
of Education Media Specialist Handbook, and other areas that
need to be addressed. Information about this weekend will be
forth coming.
I would like to ask for suggestions on topics for the 2006 Summer
Leadership Institute to please contact me at lstrickland@paulding.k12.ga.us.