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Breakout Session #5

Saturday, May 10th: 1:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.

Academic Readiness, Retention and Information Literacy: Making the Teaching Library an Institutional Priority [Meeting Room P&Q]

Part presentation, part workshop, this session presents strategies for making the Library a visible and critical partner in the college's teaching and learning mission. Includes methods of reaching faculty and administrators, increasing visibility, re-tooling library staff, and hands-on exercises on developing library objectives and activities to address college-wide goals.

Lucinda Zoe, Professor & Chief Librarian, Hostos Community College
Miriam Laskin, Assistant Professor and Head, Instruction, Hostos Community College

Be a (Role) Model! Or Just Teach Like One: Connecting Evaluation, Assessment, and Reflective Practice in the Information Competency Classroom [Ballroom D]

Critical thinking and evaluation are important information competency abilities. Learn to connect these abilities with assessment and self-reflection and to model them in teaching and instructional design. Through curricular materials and student work this session will examine the impact of placing reflective practices at the core of teaching and learning.

Kyzyl Fenno-Smith, Education/Instruction Librarian, California State University, Hayward.

Make It More Than "Just" 50 Minutes: Improving Instruction Through Peer Mentoring [Meeting Room L&M]

Peer mentors build confidence in each other. They renew focus on student learning outcomes. They recognize excellence, and help each other learn what makes teaching fun. Work in small groups to learn how to initiate an effective peer mentoring process.

Pam Kessinger, Reference Faculty Chair, Portland Community College

Vital Connections: Portrait of the Poet as a Librarian [Hall of Fame]

This session will explore ways for teacher-librarians to make vital connections, in and out of the classroom, in order to maximize their ability to teach (and learn from) students and other teaching faculty.

Priscilla Atkins, Arts Librarian & Associate Professor, Hope College

You Mean You Teach? I Thought You Were a Librarian! [Ballroom C]

Learn how to create and use a teaching portfolio (a collection of artifacts, self-reflections, and external observations) to assess your teaching and develop a plan for continued professional growth.

Sandra Hochstein, Instructional Services Librarian, Douglas College

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