Congratulations to PSLA member Debbie Barrick for being named one of the 12 finalists for Pennsylvania's Teacher of the Year 2021.

Read about her accomplishments here:  Transforming library into school hub helped Selinsgrove's Barrick into Teacher of the Year finals (May 18, 2020)

Have Fun Learning: with Karey Killian

The Librarian Influencer of the Week is Karey Killian, a library media specialist in rural Pennsylvania. She supports 900 students at two elementary schools. She loves seeing the joy on their faces when they make new discoveries!

Click here to read the overview and listen to the interview.

2020 PSLA Business Meeting - Virtual

Meeting Documents 

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Advisory Council Meeting

Advisory Council Agenda

Present Your Authentic, Imperfect Self: with Allison Mackley

The Librarian Influencer of the Week is Allison Mackley, a school librarian in Pennsylvania who is currently the Pennsylvania School Librarians Association's immediate past president and an American Association of School Librarians (AASL) board director. She serves in numerous positions in her state and national library associations. Allison was named the 2019 AASL Social Media Superstar Leadership Luminary.

Click here to read the overview and listen to the interview.

The Pennsylvania School Librarians Association (PSLA) & the University of Pittsburgh Announce Applications Open for the School Librarians Leadership Academy (SLLA) for PA School Librarians

The University of Pittsburgh and PSLA will offer its ninth Leaders Academy—the School Librarians
Leadership Academy (SLLA)—to 18 PA school librarians funded through a Library Services and
Technology Act grant awarded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, PA Department of Education.

The Academy will be held from February through September 2020. The application deadline is Friday,
February 7, 2020, and applications will be notified of their status no later than Friday, February 14,
2020.

If you’re a school librarian working in Pennsylvania with at least one year of experience (including the
2019-2020 school year), PSLA and the University of Pittsburgh have a “once-in-a-professional-lifetime”
professional development opportunity for you. Please consider applying for the ninth Academy, which
will be offered in a combination of face-to-face meetings and video conferencing, so that you can:

You Are There to Make Their Life Easier: with Ellen Stolarski

The Librarian Influencer of the Week is Ellen Stolarski, a middle school librarian from Pennsylvania with 8 years of library experience.

Click here to read the overview and listen to the interview.

Registration Open! - Leading At Any Level Workshop

Join us for the 2019-2020 Leading At Any Level: Leadership Development for Pennsylvania School Librarians.  

 The Leadership Development for Pennsylvania School Librarians experience is a collaborative initiative of the Pennsylvania School Librarians Association and the University of Pittsburgh School Library Certification Program.

The leadership workshop, available to ALL PSLA active and associate members, will be at no cost to the attendees. The workshop will have open registration for up to thirty (30) participants. 

Click Here to Register for the following Leading At Any Level workshops and earn Six (6) ACT 48 hours!

 We are proud to announce the 2019-2020 Leadership Development for Pennsylvania School Librarians. The Leadership Development for Pennsylvania School Librarians experience is a collaborative initiative of the Pennsylvania School Librarians Association and the University of Pittsburgh School Library Certification Program.

We will kick off this year’s activities with a foundational leadership workshop, Leading At Any Level (LAAL). The leadership workshop, available to ALL PSLA active and associate members, will be at no cost to the attendees. Each workshop will have open registration for up to thirty (30) participants.

ACT 48 hours will be provided.

Have you ever considered running for a two-year PSLA Director position, for PSLA Treasurer, or even for an Officer position? The PSLA Leadership Development Task Group is responsible for creating a slate of nominees for the 2020-22 PSLA Board of Directors.

If you say “Yes,” as a prospective nominee, you would need to fill out a Leadership Development survey in order to be considered for a position as a candidate. The survey questions are meant to provide information about each candidate, so the membership can make an informed decision when voting. The newly established Leadership Development Task Group, made up of six (6) PSLA members from across the state, will review the prospective nominees before names can be considered for the official slate. This procedure is new for the 2020 PSLA election.  Once the slate of nominees is approved by the PSLA Board, the election will take place in the spring. Successful candidates will begin their terms on July 1, 2020.

Prospective nominees   must complete this survey to be considered a candidate. 

Link to Leadership Development Survey

2019 PSLA Business Meeting at the Annual Conference

Meeting Documents 

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Advisory Council Luncheon Meeting: March 29, 2019

Advisory Council Agenda

2018 PSLA Business Meeting at the Annual Conference

Meeting Documents 

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Advisory Council Luncheon Meeting: May 5, 2018

Advisory Council Agenda

2017 PSLA Business Meeting at the Annual Conference

Meeting Documents 

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Advisory Council Luncheon Meeting: March 31, 2017

Advisory Council Agenda