Subcommittee Update -- Sunshine Coast President's Report March 2010

2009 was another busy year in my life. Personally I had my eldest son completing year 12 and both my boys having girl friends for the first time – that is a huge learning curve for a mum. I took long service leave during the first part of the year and spent some time in Italy with my mum, a thoroughly enjoyable experience that I hope to repeat in the near future. Professionally I had quite a lot of my work focus away from the library due to my school commitments and therefore SLAQ meetings were a good way to redirect my energies and thoughts.

In 2009 we saw the new SLAQ website uploaded and I have found it easy to navigate and a valuable source of information. There are plans to continue to amend the site that include having certain areas only available to members. Within the state organisation there was quite a bit of discussion around the ASLA organisation and hopefully that will be finalised this year.

The Sunshine Coast teacher librarian association continually met throughout the year with SLAQ meetings and various other groups. The state wide organised Web2.0 workshop held during term two was well attended. We also had a very interesting meeting in term four where Maree shared her experiences from the International conference.
As always it is the networking and support of other teacher librarians which I value very highly – thank you and I look forward to our connections during 2010.

Thank you
Teresa Ison
President SLAQ Sunshine Coast

Regular Sunshine Coast Events

See the SLAQ Calendar for specific professional development events.

SUNNET – The Secondary Teacher Librarian network usually meets in Week 5 every term at a different school. Contact Jill Duffield

SUNTEL – The Primary Teacher Librarian network meets once a term. Contact Sally Doyle or Kylie Downey.

Primary Interschool Readers’ Cup Group – This group of primary Teacher Librarians organise the Year 6 and Year 7 Readers Cup competitions. Contact Cathie Menck

Secondary Interschool Readers’ Cup Group – This group of secondary Teacher Librarians organise the Year 8 and Year 9 Interschool Readers’ Cup competitions. Contact Jill Duffield

Last updated 20 March 2010