Professional+Learning+Associations

[|] [|Student Achievement Poster] - from TL Toolkit for student success (see below)

**Selected Resources**

 * Portal Sites - entry points to a broad range of resources**


 * [|Canadian Library Association]** The CLA site is so thorough--even including a link to the American Library Association--that it provides a one-stop starting point for your connections to Professional Learning Associations, including those within your province. Below are some key links to resources that are part of the bigger site but perhaps not as noticeable on first browse.
 * **[|School Library Information Portal]** The School Library Information Portal (SLIP) provides links to what are likely the most important tools for Teacher-Librarians, including the following sections: Facebook, Advocacy, Management, Professional Development, Research, School Library Programs, Standards and Policies.
 * **[|School Libraries in Canada]** A journal of the Canadian Association of School Libraries (CASL), School Libraries in Canada provides many relevant and pertinent articles relating to school libraries and librarianship in Canada.
 * ** [|CASL Network] **The Canadian Association of School Libraries Network links to many, many excellent resources pertaining to school libraries and librarianship in Canada. For your convenience, we have included direct links to their subset pages of provincial professional associations here: [|British Columbia Library Association (BCLA]), [|Alberta School Library Council (ASLC)], [|Saskatchewan School Library Association (SSLA)], [|Manitoba School Library Association (MSLA)], [|Ontario School Library Association (OSLA)], [|Quebec Library Association].


 * Student Learning - research and technology skills, collection development, etc.**


 * **[|Teacher-Librarians - Supporting student learning]** This award-winning site provides six modules that support our work as instructional leaders. It provides information, best practices, resources and learning opportunities to help us all support student learning.
 * **[|TL Toolkit for student success]** These four portals, created in Ontario, provide links to rich information about how to use evidence-based practise when shaping school improvement. How do libraries impact schools? the kinds of people students become? how and what students learn?
 * 1) //Begin Today// - Don't miss Dr. Ross Todd's [|multimedia presentation]--it justifies your library, your staff and the whole purpose of evidence-based practice, approaches and action.
 * 2) //Here's How// - This not-to-be-missed section provides a huge collection of resources that address every aspect of our job--justifies every action of our programming to help us in shaping appropriate budget projections and proposals, and much more.
 * 3) //Resources// - There are links, PDFs, multimedia connections and so much more.
 * 4) //Success Stories -// Stories from schools that have used evidence-based practices to make a difference--created by Ontario schools to demonstrate the direct impact of government funding.