[Michlib-l] Trying to Decide Where to Use a LM Continuing Education Stipend? Try These!!

[Atkin, Evette (MDE)]

Greetings!

Applications for this quarter's Continuing Education Stipends are due by June 30. Trying to decide what event to attend? Past stipend recipients have this to say:

MAME Annual
October
Michigan Association for Media in Education's (MAME) 45th Annual Conference kicked off with a bang this year! Colby Sharp, our opening keynote, talked about the importance of book access for all students. School libraries play a pivotal role in ensuring literacy for all of our students. Having a full-time certified media specialist is a game changer in every school. While book access is a high priority, media specialists do so much more than just helping students
look for books. At the conference there were sessions on digital literacy, media literacy, and all things technology. Virtual reality sessions happened both days and merge cubes, a tool for augmented reality, were available for purchase in the garage sale. The use of technology tools play a big role in the library and a session on MITECS encouraged understanding the curriculum behind the technology tools and how best to integrate it in the classroom. Other sessions included book
talks, instructions on doing a digital breakout, and shop talks with different librarians based on grade levels. Roundtable talks included learning how to lesson plan with planbook.com and  learning how to integrate Gale resources into Schoology.
MLA Annual
October
This year's MLA Conference 2018 was my first time ever attending a library conference. I learned many new insights that I will apply to my recently acquired position as Youth Services Supervisor at Charlevoix Public Library. I am excited to implement some of the programming techniques and knowledge about the Read by 3rd Grade Law in Michigan to our programming and community collaborations for our patrons.
MLA Annual Conference was an opportunity for me to reflect on the services that my library offers, and to learn about new ideas that are being implemented at other libraries.
YALSA Symposium
November
Attending the 2017 YALSA Symposium in Louisville, KY was a wonderful experience. The conference, which took place over the course of 3 days, provided a variety of programs and lectures related to youth services. Participants were able to pick from topics focused around key issues in the field. I was able to glean many ideas that our library will be able to apply to youth programing and collections.
When I registered for the YALSA Symposium that was to be held in Pittsburgh this year, I wasn't sure what to expect. The different sessions had names like "Power of 'ProTeen" and "Building their Own World: Teen- Driven Community Engagement," which excited me because my main goal was to learn how to better serve my teens. I expected to come away from each session with a better idea of how to connect with my teens, plan programming, and find resources. That ended up being completely true but what I didn't expect was to learn as much as I did from my fellow symposium attendees. I've returned home with a whole new perspective on how to do my job and a new excitement to work with teens.

I really enjoyed being able to attend YALSA Symposium. I was able to learn so
much and come back with so many ideas for things to try in my library with Teens. I am excited
to see how these tools and resources can help engage the teens in our community and provide
them with better programming and resources.
Library Marketing and Communications Conference
November
The 2018 Library Marketing and Communications Conference held in St. Louis November 14 and 15 proved to be an information-packed event that resulted in a legal pad's worth of inspiration, guidance and encouragement.
Michigan public, academic and school library staff are eligible to apply for continuing education stipends. The program details and criteria can be found at https://www.michigan.gov/documents/libraryofmichigan/LSTA_Continuing_Education_program_criteria_494830_7.pdf.  Stipend amounts are as follows:



o In State Event - One Day $300

o In State Event - Two Days $600

o In State Event - Three Days $900

o In State Travel Support - Only if event site is more than 150 Miles from the Attendee's Library one way. $150

o Out of State Event $1,600

o Webinar/Online Class Actual Registration amount - Not to Exceed $500 (Receipt must accompany Knowledge sharing form)


Please note: the deadline to apply for a stipend is June 30.  If you have any question not found in the Program Details and Criteria document located at the above URL, please feel free to contact me.

This project is made possible by grant funds from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) administered by the State of Michigan through the Library of Michigan.

Evette M. Atkin
Continuing Education Coordinator
Library of Michigan
atkine at michigan.gov<mailto:atkine at michigan.gov>
517.335.1495

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mail3.mcls.org/pipermail/michlib-l/attachments/20190621/0105fc88/attachment.html>