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Share: Five Reasons to Join Professional Associations

  • 1.  Share: Five Reasons to Join Professional Associations

    Posted Jun 24, 2021 06:39 AM
    At last evening's Chapter Assembly, there was some discussion about increasing membership.

    Yesterday, I presented at a Project RUSL kick-off/orientation -- to welcome a group of teachers from two Michigan urban school districts who are beginning a program at Wayne State University to add Library Media certification to their teaching certificates.
    As part of the Project RUSL orientation program, Dr. Kafi Kumasi asked me to present information on joining professional organizations.

    Thus, I presented Five Reasons to join the Michigan Association for Media in Education (MAME) and AASL.
    I thought that I would share that presentation here
    -- please feel free to make a copy to customize for your own chapter.

    Also, if you have any feedback/comments; I would love to hear those as well.

    Finally, there were some excellent presentations throughout the day including a keynote on Remix: Why Hip-Hop and School Libraries? by Joquetta Johnson and Lightning Talks throughout the day from a variety of school librarians.  It was broadcast on Facebook Live - so recordings are available at the Project RUSL Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/ProjectRUSL

    --Kathy

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    Kathy Lester, MLIS, MA
    AASL President-Elect 2021-2022
    AASL Practice Committee Member, Board Member 2018-2020
    ALA Committee on Library Advocacy Member, State Ecosystem Subcommittee Member
    MAME Advocacy Chair, Past-President 2014
    School Librarian, East Middle School, Plymouth, MI
    kathylester.lib@gmail.com
    kathyL@mimame.org
    Twitter: @LibraryL
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