Timeline

Welcome from SLJ, Gale and maybe ALA leader

I. Begin with introductions and a review of the role of school library leadership as defined in Empowering Learners, p. 45-48. Audience participants will interactively define their perceived characteristic of school library leaders using a "TodaysMeet" prompt which archives their responses and makes them available on site to share and discuss. //Note: Please send me a brief introduction skjohns@gmail.com// II. Move into a brief discussion about the ongoing ALA Emerging Leaders program and the Gale/Cengage New Leaders program in relationship to this year’s SLJ Summit on the future of reading. //Note: How many were there? What activities were there outside the Summit itself?// III. Each new leader will discuss the program(s) being instituted in her library and beyond and those characteristics and activities which identified her as a new leader.

IV. Each will discuss the benefits in participating in a leadership program.

V. Each leader will then talk about the impact their program(s) have had on the community on a local and possibly even state/national level.

VI. The program will conclude with interactive recommendations by all in attendance, using a TodaysMeet prompt, on how to institute personal leadership programs and how to step into a leadership role in their home libraries and communities