Agenda_04_28_12

NEMA Board Meeting Agenda April 28 2012 Sump Memorial Library, 222 North Jefferson Street, Papillion NE

Link to April 28 Minutes in Google Docs

I Call to Order: Karen Buckley II. Additions to Agenda,Agenda Approval III. Minutes from Jan. 28, 2012: Beth Kabes IV. Treasurer's Report: Tammi Mans V.President's Report: Karen Buckley Since our last meeting, we had an executive vote to:


 * Approve a proposal to co-sponsor, with Dr. Pasco and UNO, a pre-conference extravaganza Wednesday evening, Oct. 16 at UNO. The evening, titled “The Embedded School Librarian,” will include: light hors d’oeuvres and breakout sessions. Sara Kelley-Mudie, librarian and educational technology facilitator at The Forman School in Litchfield, CT, will be the guest speaker.


 * Approve offering an $800 Continuing Education Scholarship. NEMA administers the privately-endowed Karla Wendelin Scholarship, which was offered at the same time as the Continuing Education Scholarship. We had discussed not offering spring scholarships, but as we had not awarded any scholarships for this membership year, I asked the board to reconsider that decision.

Both motions passed.

I was also notified that the Continuing Education Scholarship from last spring had not been presented to Anne Hubbell, so NEMA issud scholarshp check to her last month. Similarly the 2011Karla Wendelin Scholarship was not issued until fall.

My recommendation would be that if we do approve the two scholarships today, we will have the checks issued as promptly as possible.

As this is my last board meeting as president, I want to express my thanks to all the board members for their help and participation this past year. Serving as president has been a great honor, and all your efforts made it a very special experience.

VI. : Kim Gangwish VII. Communications: Karen Buckley VIII. Committee Reports-Written reports submitted. A. Finance Report: Tammi Mans B. AFCON Liaison: Lora Leibrandt


 * AFCON, in association with the Nebraska Chapter of the ACLU, were happy to be able to award first and second place prizes in our Academic Freedom Video Contest for High School Students. If we decide to hold the competition again next year, we hope this encourages more participation.
 * AFCON has been following with concern the State Legislature's attempt to pass a law requiring all state-financed schools to have all students (and teachers) say the Pledge of Allegiance every day. This bill did not pass this year, but the State Board of Education has now decided to require all Nebraska Public Schools K-8 to say the Pledge. It isn't clear at this time if teachers would also have the option to opt out, as the students would.

C. NDE Liaison: Mary Reiman. D.. NLA Liaison: Gordon Wyatt E.. NEMA Liaison to NLA: Stacy Lickteig F. NLC Liaison: Rod Wagner G.. State Advisory Council on Libraries: Betty Meyer H. Nebraska Youth Advisory Board: Kelly Melson I. Awards and Scholarships: Deanna Reilly The Scholarship Committee recommends this candidate receive the $800 NEMA Continuing Education Scholarship. The Scholarship Committee recommends this candidate receive the $300 Karla Wendelin Continuing Education Scholarship for School Librarianship.
 * Ideas for the NDE webpage about School Librarians and the AASL Standards continue to be sent to Brent Gaswick, NDE.
 * Fall conference planning is going well. As of April 27th we have 12 NEMA sponsored program proposals. We are hopefully we will have a few more proposals submitted over the weekend. The low number of conference proposals might be reflective of the fact many librarians are unable to attend a conference that is held during student contact hours. We will be meeting with Michael Sauers from the Nebraska Library Commission to discuss the plans for streaming selected conference sessions. Gordon Wyant and I will be meeting in the next couple of weeks to set the conference schedule.
 * The Library Commission and NEMA both had a great representative for National Library Legislative Day on April 24 – Sherry Crow. The American Library Association Washington Office Legislative Day website includes legislative issue documents. Of special interest for NEMA members are those specifically related to school libraries. The documents can be found at: []
 * The Library Commission is currently at work preparing its next Library Services and Technology Act five-year plan (due on June 30). Soon to follow is the Commission’s 2013-2015 state biennium budget request to be submitted to the Governor and Legislature by mid-September (and for action during the 2013 legislative session). While that work is yet to be done, I anticipate that it will likely include a significant item for digital content of value and accessible to and through Nebraska libraries (public, school, academic, and special). The Commission will seek input on this item and intend to partner for the best possible results. Check the Commission’s website for news and updates at []
 * There is no new information to report from this committee!
 * Two scholarship applications were received by the March 15 deadline.
 * Wednesday, March 28 the Scholarship Committee met to discuss and make recommendations. Members of the committee are Scholarship Chairperson, Deanna Reilly, Library Media Specialist at St. Philip Neri School in Omaha; Donna Wenzel, Library Media Specialist at Papillion La Vista Jr. High School; and Stacy Rice, Library Media Specialist at South High School in OPS. We recommend the following:
 * **Candidate A**: Completed her undergraduate degree with a double major in Elementary Education and Special Education. She has twenty-one years of experience. With her Special Education background, she has taught reading, science computer skills, and various math courses. In 2002 she completed her Media Specialist Endorsement and was offered a media specialist position in 2009. She has been accepted into the graduate program at UNK, wanting to complete her Master’s degree. She is currently the vice president of the Schuyler Education Association, a member of NSEA, and has been a member of NEMA for eleven years. Her principal states in her letter of recommendation that this candidate is one of her “best hires.”
 * **Candidate B**: Completed her undergraduate in journalism and then completed certification for teaching through the TAP program. Following the TAP programs candidate taught English while completing her Master’s Degree in Secondary Education. She is currently completing her Library Media Endorsement and began working as a media specialist this year. She is requesting the scholarship to assist her as she completes her endorsement. She is highly recommended and described as a knowledgeable, passionate and responsible teacher and employee.

J. AASL Liaison: Carrie Turner [|wh.gov/Wgd]
 * Over NE 80 schools participated in the School Libraries Count Survey. All those participating will be able to see how they compare to other schools, once the results are published.
 * AASL has a Advocacy Tip of the Day blog. It is located at: http://advocacytipoftheday.wordpress.com/2012/04/26/advocacy-tip-263/
 * The School Library Petition to the White House received 28619 signatures. The White House response can be read here:

K. Read Aloud Nebraska: Joie Taylor
 * Reading spotlight awards
 * Read Aloud Nebraska will sponsor a Pre-conference at NLA/NEMA on October 17th. The featured authors will be Jim Aylesworth and Lisa Campbell. Other sessions will be reading for students and book talks. A book give away was held recently. The next one is scheduled for October. Look on the website for the appropriate time to apply. ([|www.readaloudnebraska.org])
 * Membership applications are now being taken until November 1. All schools and organizations must reapply every year. For the 2011-1012 year there were 51 school members and 58 community members 30 of which were Delta Kappa Gamma Chapters.
 * RAN give Reading Spotlight Awards to any person not directly involved in the teaching of reading. If you know of any one who has donated time to encourage children or teens to read, or have been supportive in some way to promote reading, please consider nominating them for a Spotlight Award. Directions as to how to do this are also found on the web site. In fact, check out the web site for all kinds of reading information. You might be surprised what is there.
 * On a personal note, this will be my last report on behalf of Read Aloud Nebraska. I have thoroughly enjoyed acting as NEMA’s liaison to that Board, but the time has come to step aside and let someone else have the opportunity.

L. Talking Books & Braille: Sarah Mitchell M. Student Liaison: Sharon Axthelm N. NEMA Webmaster: Sara Churchill O. Learning 4 Life: Judy Henning Motivation and engagement are key to student learning and success. In this session, presenters will share ways to utilize the inquiry process to foster intrinsic motivation and student engagement. Ideas will be given to integrate the AASL Standards for the 21st Century Learner into a standards-based curriculum. Participants will leave with technology-rich, high quality, collaborative 21st Century lesson plans for authentic P-12 classroom activities and projects. Presented by: Dr. Sherry Crow, UNK; Angie Richeson, Gothenburg Public Schools; Judy Henning, Kearney Public Schools. Henning and Crow also submitted a program proposal for NCSA Administrator Days in Kearney the end of July on //L4L: 21st Century Learning & Differentiated Instruction//. This program proposal was not accepted. Mary Reiman and Laura Pietch also submitted a program proposal for Administrator Days on 24/7 Access that was not accepted either. This conference is very difficult to get a proposal accepted. The NCSA Ed Ad Technology Conference is scheduled for Oct. 3-4 in Kearney. A request for programs has not been posted yet, but NEMA L4L will submit a proposal for this event.
 * The above is the next student interview and pic docs :) Thanks!
 * Discussion of web page move and webmaster role.
 * The following program proposal has been submitted for the 2012 NLA/NEMA Conference. We have not received notification as to whether the program has been accepted.
 * Learning4Life: Motivation and Engagement Infusion!**

IX. Old Business A. Webmaster position B. Fall conference update (Stacy Lickteig) X. New Business A. NEMA Finances (Stacy Lickteig) XI. Announcements- Future Board Meetings XII. Adjournment