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EDLM 626 DEVELOPMENT OF LIBRARIES IN SOCIETY- This is the pre-requisite course that anyone interested in our program must take. It is an online course taught by Christy Payne. It is being offered this summer and also in the fall of 2011.

EDUC 602 CHILDHOOD LITERATURE -Elisabeth Simmons, our “grand dame of kiddie lit,” will be teaching this course first summer session. Yes, you will see another EDUC 602, but it is designed for classroom teachers and will be offered second session.

EDLM 625 – SCHOOL LIBRARY ADMINISTRATION – This course will be taught by Tish Stafford during first summer session. We welcome Tish to our program’s faculty. She has been the “Program Facilitator for Library Media” in Cecil County for many years.

I think folks are settling into fall classes right now.  You may not be thinking about next spring and summer, but I’ll give you the list of school library courses that will be offered as a “heads-up.”

Spring ’11 – EDUC 603 Literature for Adolescents taught by Christy Payne.

Spring ’11 – EDUC 746 Internship in School Library Media coordinated by Sue Gooden

Summer ’11 – EDLM 625 School Library Program Administration

Summer ’11 – EDLM 602 Childhood Literature

Summer ’11 – EDLM 626 Development of Libraries in Society

EDLM 626 Development of Libraries in Society (online) – Christy Payne

All of you know this class, but you might want to keep it in mind as you promote our profession to others.

EDLM 621 Cataloging and Classification (ITV rooms in Newark & Georgetown) – Pat Bartoshevsky

Pat has been working since early spring when she agreed to teach this course.  She is very excited about it and hopes to make you LOVE cataloging. (or at least not hate it!)

I will be officially retired from UD on June 30.  However, I will be immediately rehired as a part-time professional to coordinate the School Library Media Program until a position is funded (hopefully within 1-2 years).

I can always be reached by email which I’ll check daily unless traveling.  I will be in the office about once a week, probably on Wednesdays.  My office phone will remain the same, but I’ll only be in to check it weekly (302-831-6308).   Work is heaviest at the beginnings and ends of semesters, so travel plans will be arranged accordingly.  I will be certain to alert you if I expect to be away for any extended period of time.

I will still be in touch with all of you periodically.

Peggy

EDLM 626 Development of Libraries in Society – 7.5 week online course taught by Christy Payne – This is the pre-requisite course to entering the program.  If you know of folks who are interested in the field, this is the course for them to take.  It is designed to give an overview of the profession and allows folks to discern if it is really the direction in which they want to go.

EDLM 621 Reference Services and Resources – 7.5 week course taught by Suzanne Smith -  Expect lots of work in this valuable course (thus the 7.5 verses the 5 week session)

EDLM 628 School Library Media Program Curriculum – 5 week course taught by Ed Hockersmith  – You should know AASL and curriculum standards inside out and backwards after this class.

EDUC 602 – Childhood Literature taught by Elisabeth Simmons:  If you intend to take this course, register ASAP.

If you are in the master’s program, remember to take the three portfolio courses at the appropriate times (EDUC 648 initial, EDUC 748 mid-way, and EDUC769 your final summer).

EDUC 746 – Internship in Library Media: This is underway with the first meetings of interns and mentors completed.

1/27/10  I just received word that UD’s School Library Media  program has received NCATE/AASL recognition.  (report filed in September)   Woopie!

We have been offering our pre-requisite course, Development of Libraries in Society each fall and spring for several years.  After some deliberate consideration, we are going to begin offering it in the fall (one class currently in progress) and in the summer. There have been numerous teachers who wish to begin the school library media program in the summer, and our pre-requisite course has not be available.

If you know of people interested in beginning our program, please pass the word that this foundational course will be offered this coming summer of 2010.  It will continue to be an online course taught by Christy Payne,  and it will run during the seven and one-half week session.

We’ll evaluate this particular sequence to see if it better suits out candidates.

EDLM 626 DEVELOPMENT OF LIBRARIES IN SOCIETY (online) Christine Payne, Instructor – Pre-requisite to entry to the program

EDLM 625 SCHOOL LIBRARY PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION (interactive video rooms in Newark & Georgetown) Susan Thompson White, Instructor

NEW MASTERS OF INSTRUCTION STUDENTS:

EDUC 648 Masters Portfolio: Standards and Framework (2 Saturdays in Dover)

MASTERS OF INSTRUCTION STUDENTS Mid-Way Through the Program:

EDUC 748 Masters Portfolio: Analysis of Practice (2 Saturdays in Dover)

NEW MI Candidates:

You MUST enroll in EDUC 648, the first portfolio class, in the fall.  It will meet all day September 26 and October 17 in Dover.  This is the first of three portfolio classes you will take during your program.

Candidates Who Entered Program Fall 2008 or later:

You must complete the second portfolio course, EDUC 748, halfway through your program.  This fall it will be offered November 14 and December 5 in Dover.

These first two portfolio classes will be offered every spring and fall, but they are NOT offered in the summer.  Candidates are to gather data during the school year for their portfolios.

Final portfolio class:

During your final summer, candidates should complete the third portfolio course, EDUC 769.  This course is ONLY offered during the summer.