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= Changes Ahead for #TLChat =

Written by: Tiffany Whitehead Seven years ago, our amazing tribe of Teacher Librarians embarked on a journey to deliver much needed professional development on library and technology topics. At the time, there were no such free opportunities to be found to meet this need, so the TL Virtual Cafe Webinar Series was born. School library leaders Joyce Valenza and Gwyneth Jones, along with numerous others, started offering monthly webinars to teacher librarians and other interested educators. Not only did this webinar series provide valuable free professional development opportunities, but it also helped to build and strengthen our tribe. In the past several years, we’ve expanded our offerings to include monthly Twitter chats and News Night broadcasts to further engage our community. Our #TLChat tribe includes so many inspiring educators who generously share their knowledge and experiences with others. It has been an incredible honor to be part of such an inspiring group of people. Over time, we have found a decline in participation in our professional development offerings. This is no doubt due in part to the wealth of learning opportunities now available online. We are glad to have been able to provide great opportunities to learn three times a month for the past few years. We have reached the point, though, where we feel that it is time to reevaluate our offerings in order to best serve our community and learn together. For the months of November and December, we are putting a pause on our professional development offerings to make plans to revamp our offerings starting in January. Although we are still working out the details of what that will look like, we will return on the first Monday of each month at 8PM Eastern Time, starting on January 2, 2017. We are looking for new voices to get involved with our professional development offerings, in whatever form it may take. If you are interested in getting involved, please fill out the form below to let us know your interest and contact information. Thank you so much for supporting our #TLChat community. We look forward to what the future holds for our tribe! media type="custom" key="28786482" TL News Night is a LIVE show presented in news show format featuring a Wrap up of “This Month in School Libraries”and deeper discussion of topical school library issues with special guest experts from state library associations. Official hashtag for asking questions during a TL News Night Broadcast is: **#tlchat** TL News Night October 17th, 2016 8:00 pm ET

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How to participate in a LIVE broadcast of TL News Night: Official hashtag for asking questions during a TL News Night Broadcast is: ** #tlchat **

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Jonathan Werner - President of the ISTE Librarians Network
 * TL | News Night Anchors are: **
 * Jane Lofton - High School Librarian (Retired) **
 * Nikki D Robertson- High School Librarian/Tech Facilitator **
 * Elissa Malespina - Middle Grades Librarian **
 * Shannon Miller ****- Former K-12 Teacher Librarian **
 * Craig Seasholes- WLMA President Elect **


 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Show Calendar 2016-2017 and Archives: **
 * September 2016: Banned Books Week with TBA**
 * October 2016:** **Alaska Association of School Librarians with Sheryl Wittig & friends**
 * November 2016:**
 * January 2017: AASL Best Websites & Apps PLUS App Smashing with Joyce Valenza, Heather Moorefield & TBA**
 * February 2017: ESSA & Future Ready Librarians featuring Tom Murray, Mark Ray, & TBA**
 * March 2017:**
 * April 2017: Hawaii Association of School Librarians featuring TBA**
 * May 2017:** **Kentucky Association of School Librarians with James Allen ,Heidi Neltner & KASL Friends**


 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Show Calendar 2015-2016 and Archives: **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">September 28, 2015: Empowering Student Voice **
 * October 19, 2015: South Carolina Association of School Librarians**
 * November 16, 2015: Coding From The Library-Special Guests Joquetta Johnson & Rafranz Davis**
 * January 18, 2016: Maine Association of School Libraries- Special Guests: Jonathan Werner**
 * February 15, 2016:** **ESSA and School Libraries- Special Guests: Sara Kelly Johns, Leslie Preddy, & Tom Murray**
 * March 21, 2016: Richard Snyder and Lake Washington School Libraries**
 * April 18, 2016: Providing Books for Diverse Populations (#1000BlackGirlBooks): Guests include Paula Chase, L. Divine, Kathy Burnette & Rafranz Davis**
 * May 16, 2016: ISTE & ISTELib: Guests include Donna MacDonald, Okle Miller, Jonathan Werner and Jacqueline Liesch**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small;">( @https://twitter.com/jyasinchuk)
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Show Calendar 2014-2015 and Archives: **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">September 22, 2014: Association of Indiana School Library Educators (AISLE) **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">October 20, 2014: **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #545454; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small;">[|North Carolina School Library Media Association]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">November 17, 2014: California School Library Association (CSLA) **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">January 19, 2015: British Columbia Teacher Librarian Association (BCTLA) * **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Jeff Yasinchuk
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">February 16, 2015: Iowa Association of School Librarians (IASL) *Shannon Miller **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">@March 16, 2015: ****<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">New Jersey Association of School Librarians (NJASL) Laura Fleming NMHS-Tentative **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">April 20, 2015: Special Guests from ALA and AASL **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">May 18, 2015: Vendor Are Our Friends **

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 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Show Calendar 2013-2014 and Archives: **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">September 23, 2013: New York Library Association- Cuts to School Libraries **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">October 21, 2013: Texas Library Association- Library Leadership **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">November 18, 2013: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Vermont School Library Association (VSLA)- <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Vermont’s Education Quality Standards-What Happened to Librarians? **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">December 2013: No Show Enjoy the holidays! **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">January 20, 2014: Georgia Library Media Association (GLMA)- **** The Changing Role of the Georgia Media Specialists PLUS Laura Fleming from New Milford High School **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">February 17, 2014: Washington Library Media Association (WLMA) PLUS Hilda Weisburg from School Librarian's Workshop **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">March 17, 2014: Special Spring Break Edition of TL News Night featuring Andy Plemmons, Shannon Thompson Stacy Ford and Dhaivyd Hilgendorf **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">April 21, 2014: Minnesota Educational Media Organization (MEMO) **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">May 19, 2014: Alabama School Library Association (ASLA) **

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