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I know we are all busy at this time of year so I wanted to give you a space to share something that you find useful for your own CPD. Do you regularly listen to a podcast? Do you have a favourite Youtube clip? Do you read a blog or have you recently read a great non-fiction book? If so please post below in the comments below and tell us why you find it so useful.
I am going to share something that I have signed up to. It is called The Teaching Space and is run by Martine Ellis who has a teaching background. I love her podcasts because they give me an insight into teaching along with some very practical ideas I can use in my own profession. I have had some interesting conversations with her and was also interviewed by her a while back. The interview can be found here.
That looks like a wonderful resource, Elizabeth! I've bookmarked it for future reference. I really enjoyed your interview, too. School librarians talking to teachers about what they offer is really important - as you say, so many have a complete misconception of the role.
I have quite a few resources I use regularly for CPD, but one that stands out at the moment is Teen Librarian (http://teenlibrarian.co.uk, ), run by Matt Imrie, who is a youth librarian in the USA and former UK school librarian. This web site is absolutely full of ideas and advice on all sorts of things from books for teenagers to library displays and all aspects of providing a library service for young people. There's also a regular newsletter, Teen Librarian Monthly. I find it's a great site for helping me keep in touch with YA fiction and school library issues while I'm not working in a school.