School librarians are essential to student achievement!
CASL strives to:
- encourage professional growth and adherence to professional standards;
- advocate for school library programs, information literacy, educational technology, and lifelong learning; and
- acknowledge school library leadership and meritorious service.
WHAT'S NEW
LEARN WITH CASL
DO SOMETHING!
ABOUT CASL
WHAT'S NEW
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Save the Date!
Join CASL at its yearly partnership with the Annual
Technology in Education (TIE) Conference
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CASL is helping School
Librarians Speak Out
"We've launched a great new website to help school librarians advocate in
a positive manner to save and support school libraries. The CASL Survive and
Thrive website<https://sites.google.com/site/caslsurvive/> provides
tools to educate and inform stakeholders about the vital and irreplaceable role
that school librarians play in teaching and learning. In order to better
communicate to our community members what "21st century skills" are
all about, CASL developed "taglines" for the 21st century skills of
the Colorado Academic Standards (seen at right). On the site, you will find
message templates (sample e-mails, letters, newsletter blurbs, brochures, and
even videos) containing the taglines and targeting specific stakeholder
audiences in order to promote school librarians as 21st century skills experts.
Check out the site<https://sites.google.com/site/caslsurvive/> and start
advocating!"
LEARN WITH CASL
School Library 2.0 Tools
The Power of the Principal and the Librarian to Bring Schools into the 21st Century, by Allison Zmuda
Data & Assessment
Information Literacy by Stevan Kalmon (... Quotable Quotes & Notes)
Improve with Power Libraries
Impact of School Libraries from Library Research Service
DO SOMETHING!
JOIN
Take a look at this description of CASL and why you should join today!
VOLUNTEER
Contact our President to represent school libraries within CAL. Your talents are what help us grow strong, so ask how you can give back to learn more!
BLOG
Blogging lets you collaborate and share information such as timely news, lesson plans and links. District 20 Media Services Specialist, Nancy White, notes, "It’s a great place to share resources and issues relevant to school libraries. The blog provides a way to interact online." Try it!
NING
Interact with teacher-librarians as part of Joyce Valenza's online community.
CONNECT
Subscribe to CASL Community.
Lists disseminate a single message simultaneously to a group of people. Messages are shared with everyone subscribed to the list. Teacher-Librarian, Kim Meyer, notes, "It’s a great place to discuss issues that are relevant to school libraries. The list provides instant feedback from my colleagues."
LINK
Get help from the Colorado State Library
Go global with IASL - International Association of School Librarianship.
Be part of your national professional association, AASL
Engage with technology via ISTE - International Society for Technology in Education and Colorado's TIE
ADVOCATE FOR SCHOOL LIBRARIES
Sign up to receive updates from the CAL Legislative Committee
RAISE A CHILD WHO LOVES TO READ
Raising a child to be a reader does not require hours of time nor concentrated effort. CASL has prepared a list of a month's activities to help raise a child who loves to read. MS Word | pdf
ABOUT CASL
Interested in serving on the board? Read the position descriptions in the Policies link above and contact CASL President Elect.
CASL partners with the TIE Conference each June
