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Membership in the AASL Chapters Forum is open to all and may include the state-level school library association’s president/chair, other officers, conference chair, etc. Past Delegates and other interested stakeholders from the association may join the forum. This space provides an opportunity to share, discuss and ask questions from chapter colleagues across the country.

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  • 1.  Chapter Mentor Programs

    Posted Oct 18, 2022 12:25 PM
    Good afternoon,
    Please excuse duplication in the AASL Chapter Delegate space.
    We have a Chapter Assembly meeting in November and we are looking to have a discussion around mentorship programs.
    IF your Chapter has a mentorship program (in any status...new, needing revision, working well, etc) that you would be willing to share in less than 5 minutes online, please let me know and I will share the slide deck with you..
    Slides should be finalized by 11/2 for the 11/9 Chapter meeting.
    Please reach out if you have questions!
    Thanks for lending your ideas to the discussion.
    Barb

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    Barbara Johnson
    AASL Chapter Assembly Chair
    Immediate Past President, CT Association of School Librarians
    and most importantly Library Media Specialist
    Jack Jackter Intermediate School
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  • 2.  RE: Chapter Mentor Programs

    Posted Oct 20, 2022 01:24 PM
    NJASL has this:

    We provide official certification mentorship (Michelle McGreivey), we also partner up with Library Link NJ and we offer regular meetups. Anyone who contacts us with requests for mentorship is being taken care of, mostly by Michelle. We didn't think there was a need for more.
    With Chapter 9b we made a request that DOE would recognize us as an official mentor for school librarians since not every school district has an experienced and certified school librarian to be qualified to become a mentor.  As of right now school districts can make any tenured teacher to be a librarian's mentor. 

    Hilda




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