CPD catalogue REVISED (Aug 2022) - DIGITAL

CPD
CATALOGUE
Training and resources to support
your learning and development
2022

School Library Association
1 Pine Court
Swindon
Wiltshire
UK
SN2 8AD
www.sla.org.uk
info@sla.org.uk
01793 530166

THE SLA
Supporting everyone involved
with school libraries
The SLA works towards all schools in the UK
having their own (or shared) staffed library to
help all children and young people fulfil their
potential.
School staff and children should have access
to a wide and varied range of resources and
have the support of an expert guide in reading,
research, media and information literacy.
Established in 1937 by a group of headteachers
who recognised the need, we now have over
2,200 members and are the first port of call
for even more people who support school
libraries.
We’re pleased to continue to provide
training and access to resources to support
the running of school libraries and the
continuing development of all school library
staff, as well as advocating for and allowing
other educational staff to maximise their
understanding and use of school libraries.
A MESSAGE FROM OUR
CEO
Welcome.
Thank you
for taking the
time to look
through our
CPD offer for this academic
year. There’s something for
everyone, including if you are
facing budgetary challenges
(see back cover!). The skills and
expertise of school library staff
are more important than ever,
and over the year we’re putting
on a range of training – both
virtual and in-person – to try
and make sure that everyone
in the sector has a chance to
develop their skills. If you have
training you’d like to sign up
for, or you’re able to offer your
school as a venue, please let us
know.
- Alison Tarrant
The training is very broad,
meaning there is something for
all, whether completely new or
experienced librarians
2022 MEMBER SURVEY

CONTENTS
CPD Library
Online Courses
Publications
In-person Training
Webcasts & Webinars
Weekend Course
Helpful hint
When using the website, SLA members will need to log in and add items to their
basket to see member prices.
CPD LIBRARY
The CPD Library allows members to borrow
four titles a year per membership. The
books range from school librarianship
titles to behaviour management, from
educational psychology to information
literacy. Members who sign up for this
additional service will be added to our
Library Management System (supplied by
Softlink) so any loans can be managed.
Contact SLA HQ for information on how to
join our CPD Library (an annual charge of
£15 per user applies). As we send books
out via the post, this service is currently
available to UK schools only.

ONLINE COURSES
Written especially for the SLA, our programme of specialist courses can be completed at a
time which suits you. These courses are completely virtual and you have flexible access for
two years, so you can refer back if needed. All successful completions receive a certification of
participation. All prices are inc-VAT (schools can then claim back the VAT, making the courses
20% cheaper!), with member pricing listed first followed by rates for non-members.
Academic Honesty
This will result in a deeper understanding
of the way the library can support the
promotion of academic honesty and an
understanding of how you can develop the
library services to meet the needs of the
pupils.
£60 / £120
Audience: Secondary
Cataloguing
This course leads the participant
through the essential skills needed for
organising and exploiting the different
resources in the school library, and gives
a firm understanding of the basics of
cataloguing.
£60 / £120
Audience: Secondary
Both accessible and
informative, and really
appreciated being able to
complete it in my own time.”
2022 MEMBER SURVEY
Extended Project Qualification
(EPQ)
This course leads the participant through
the processes involved in organising and
supporting pupils undertaking the EPQ.
£60 / £120
Audience: Secondary, Sixth Form
Game Based Learning
This course covers how we can use gamebased
learning and gamification to teach
library skills in a way that helps students
become more adept at critical thinking,
problem solving and creativity.
£90 / £144
Audience: Secondary, Sixth Form
Information Literacy
This course covers the basics of
information literacy, and includes fake
news.
£60 / £120
Audience: Secondary

Leading School Libraries
An online course which will guide you through
leadership at all levels. Drawing inspiration
from some of the speakers at the 2021 SLA
Weekend Course, this training covers all the
aspects that make a great leader.
£90 / £144
Audience: Primary,
Secondary, Sixth Form
Coming
Autumn 2022!
I have signed up for
many of the online training
sessions, which have been
a brilliant way of keeping
my CPD going this year.
2021 MEMBER SURVEY
Learning About Libraries
This long-term course of up to six modules
requires you to build a portfolio which is
then submitted to the SLA for evaluation.
Each module is assessed individually, and
key areas for further development are
given.
Core Modules: Managing the Book Stock,
Evaluation and Action Planning
£138 / £378 Audience: Primary
Optional Modules: Information Skills,
Practical Paperwork, Reading Promotion,
The Physical Library.
£60 / £180 per module Audience: Primary
Line Managing a School Library
This is a short course for those teachers
or other school staff who line manage
the school library staff. It is a rapid guide
through making the most of the library
and supporting all library staff.
£48 / £84
Audience: Primary, Secondary
Online Safeguarding
This short course will result in a deeper
understanding of why online safeguarding
is important in terms of online harms and
disinformation.
£48 / £84
Audience: Primary, Secondary
Building a Whole School Reading
Culture
The benefits of reading for pleasure
have been well known to many teachers,
librarians and parents for decades. This
online course will help you build and
evidence a whole school reading culture
for your school and the wider community.
£90 / £144
Audience: Primary, Secondary
Work Smarter
This will result in a deeper understanding
of the techniques you can introduce to
enable you to work at delivering more
impact in a stress-free environment.
£60 / £120
Audience: Secondary
Find out more and book online at:
www.sla.org.uk/online-course

PUBLICATIONS
Lively and practical, our publications cover a range of topics across all school stages and are
easily readable for both new and experienced school staff. Including everything from case
studies and booklists to guidelines on reading for pleasure, information literacy and more;
there’s something for everyone. Member pricing is listed first, followed by non-member rates.
Establishing a Primary
School Library
by Dawn Woods 2022
9781911222293 £11 / £15
This new publication will be
particularly relevant for any education
professionals based in a primary school
planning to establish a school library, or
perhaps those looking to enhance their
existing one. Written by Dawn Woods,
Member Development Librarian for the SLA
and former manager of Worcestershire
County Council School Library Services, the
publication shares a wealth of experience
through chapters such as ‘What role does
a school library play?’ and ‘Setting goals in
a development plan’, as well as practical
advice on what furniture, resources and
technology are required. There is also
a useful section on using the library for
learning/information literacy, plus the
appendices include a budget planner,
a health and safety checklist and some
games to help promote the library to pupils.
New!
Cultivating Curiosity:
Information Literacy
Skills and the Primary
School Library
by Geoff Dubber and
Sarah Pavey 2018
9781911222156 £9 / £13.50
Cultivating curiosity in children in
primary schools is one of the most
important things that we can do for them.
Developing an enthusiasm for learning is
at the very heart of human development
and a central reason for teaching
information and digital literacy, and is
a crucial focus for school library work.
With information about the most recent
primary curriculum, government initiatives
and inspection changes, this new edition
explains the importance of embedding
information literacy into a whole school
and curriculum context. It outlines and
explains research processes for children
and shows ways that teachers and school
library staff can develop and promote
information and digital literacy through
the primary school library, linking it to
classroom practice.
Also available in eBook format:
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0874SDRK3

Developing Digital
Resources in the
Primary School Library
by Sarah Pavey
2019 9781911222200 £11 / £15
Developing, promoting, maintaining and
mastering digital resources is important
in primary school libraries for its essential
life skills impact, as well as its role in
raising the library’s profile while promoting
reading and effective information handling
skills. The curriculum now requires primary
schools to have an ICT presence, and this
publication guides the reader on how best
to utilise these resources in the primary
school library to the best curriculum and
financial effect.
Get Everyone Reading
by Alec Williams
2021 FREE website download
Whilst reading is a powerful
tool for learning, it’s also much
more than that. Research shows that
children who engage with reading for
pleasure are more likely to have better
mental wellbeing than those who do not.
This free primer on reading for pleasure
serves as a guide through all the different
elements which create a reading culture,
as well as briefly touching on why reading
for pleasure is so beneficial.
To download, visit www.sla.org.uk/
get-everyone-reading
Identifying Fake News:
Critical Literacy and
the School Library
by Cathal Coyle
2020 9781911222217
£11 / £15
While ‘Fake News’ isn’t a new phenomenon,
there’s still no clear definition of what it
is, or isn’t. It can be challenging for primary
and secondary school pupils to analyse
and understand what ‘Fake News’ is,
and Critical Literacy, a whole-school,
cross-curricular approach that has the
school library at the centre, can help. This
guideline looks at the historic and current
contexts of ‘Fake News’, the definition
and practice of Critical Literacy and
includes case studies and recommended
resources for school library staff.
I have always found any
of the publications I have
bought from the SLA to be
hugely beneficial.
2021 MEMBER SURVEY

New Beginnings:
A Practical Guide to
Taking Charge of a
Secondary School
Library
by Laura Taylor
2018 9781911222101 £9 / £13.50
Taking charge of a secondary school
library should be a pleasure, but can be a
challenge to those who are unprepared.
Here experienced practitioner and trainer/
consultant Laura Taylor, who has worked
in school libraries in the UK and abroad,
takes us through the process of taking
ownership of your new library and post.
Full of excellent advice, Laura guides
you skilfully past the pitfalls, tells both
fresh beginner and new appointee the
questions to ask, the strategies to adapt
and the planning to do to bring success
both to you and to your school library.
Also available in eBook format:
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B087GFLGTD
maximise the impact of its library and
learning resource provision, and is an
essential task for anyone concerned to
develop the library as a whole-school
resource and focus for learning. This
guideline gives you all the advice you
need to do both jobs. It takes you carefully
through the steps needed to produce a
realistic and comprehensive policy and
gives you the route to produce a credible
and meaningful development plan,
complete with case studies, library policies
and development plans from three
primary and three secondary schools.
Pupil Wellbeing
and Mental Health
by Barbara Band
2020 9781911222255
£11 / £15
Priority Paperwork:
Policy Making and
Development Planning
for Primary and
Secondary School
Libraries
by Rachel Sargeant
2018 9781911222170 £11 / £15
The creation, implementation and
regular updating of a library policy and
development plan allows a school to
An often unseen role of a school library
is to support the mental health and
wellbeing of students, both through the
provision of resources and as a space
where they can be themselves. While
school staff are not expected to replace
professional help, it is important that they
understand the factors that impact on
mental health and wellbeing, how certain
circumstances can increase anxiety,
and how to support struggling students.
This publication looks at why some
students experience problems and gives
guidance on how school staff can provide
assistance, together with lists of further
resources for primary and secondary.

Reading Science for
Pleasure
by Ruth Jarman and
Joy Alexander
2021 9781911222279
£11 / £15
Science information books have the
power not only to extend young readers’
knowledge, but also to excite their interest
and imagination. This publication offers
guidelines for exposing children and young
people to science books and encouraging
them to read them for pleasure, using
the school library as a base. It presents
a wealth of tried and tested ideas
designed to help young readers uncover
the knowledge, wonder and adventures
contained within these books.
A School Library
for the Curriculum:
Supporting Teaching
and Learning
by Sally Dring
2019 9781911222194
£11 / £15
Supporting Autistic
Students in the
School Library
by Karen Bainbridge
2018 9781911222132
£5 / £7.50
In this insightful publication, an
experienced school librarian shares how
they support their students on the autism
spectrum. They demonstrate the guidance
needed to bring out the best in these
vulnerable but valuable pupils, and explain
how you can turn your school library into
an accessible and inclusive space that
nurtures their strengths.
ALSO AVAILABLE...
The modern school librarian encourages
reading for pleasure and also supports
teaching and learning across the
curriculum. This timely publication focuses
on the many and varied ways school
librarians can support staff and pupils in
schools by providing the resources and
skills they need to successfully negotiate
the changing curriculum, including
innovative approaches to enhance
literacy.
& MORE ONLINE!
View our full range of
publications and order online:
www.sla.org.uk
/publications
P&P charges apply

IN PERSON TRAINING
We’re so excited to be able to add in-person training back to our CPD offer. With a variety of
courses set to take place up and down the UK covering a wide range of useful themes, don’t
miss the chance to get together with like-minded people to share experiences and learn from
each other.
Positive Behaviour in the School Library
Wednesday 19th October, 9.30am - 12.30pm
Tewkesbury School, Gloucestershire
Price
includes
VAT!
We know that libraries are unique spaces, and often present unique behaviour challenges.
Led by experienced teacher, behaviour specialist and school library advocate, Keely Baker,
this in person, half day course will teach you how to:
• Understand yourself, your teenagers and your context
• Engage in successful teamwork with your management and other support colleagues
• Implement effective conflict resolution
Relaxed and informative, this session is ideal for both school library staff as well as those
working with young people in a public library setting. Including time for you to share your
specific concerns, we’ll work through real life scenarios to provide practical support and
show that you are not alone. Leave feeling confident that positive behaviour systems and
standards are achievable, and that the benefits will be felt across your entire organisation.
Members: £84 / Non members: £108
Other upcoming
themes include library
design and action research.
If you’d like to be added to
the wait list for these events,
please email:
info@sla.org.uk
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courses can be hard, so we want to gauge
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WEBINARS AND
WEBCASTS
Our webinars, webinar courses and webcasts mean you can participate in flexible training
when it suits you. The sessions tailor to varying levels of career progression, covering both
library specific training and training that is more widely applicable within the school sector.
Topics ranges across all subjects, so if there’s something you want, let us know.
WEBINARS
Live, one hour training sessions
£18 members / £24 non-members
WEBINAR COURSES
Six hours of live training, delivered in two
three hour sessions
£72 members / £96 non-members
MEET THE CREATOR
Taking place on the last Wednesday
of each month, these informal events
give you the chance to meet four
different book creators for a variety of
age categories. Fun and informative,
these events are unmissable! Visit our
online events page for more details.
WEBCASTS
Recordings of our best webinars, available to watch at your leisure
£18 members / £24 non-members
Browse all the webinars currently available and book your place at:
www.sla.org.uk/events
All
prices
inc-VAT!
Browse our full collection of webcasts by visiting:
www.sla.org.uk/webcasts
HELPFUL HINT
Remember that any training you
take part in goes towards your
certificate of CPD engagement. Visit
www.sla.org.uk/certificate-of-cpd
for more information.

COMING SOON...
Weekend Course 2023
Empowering All Pupils For the Future
Save
the date!
Join us online from the comfort
of your home for next year’s LIVE
virtual course!
23rd - 24th June 2023
NO BUDGET?
Remember that SLA membership
includes training!
HELPFUL HINT
Don’t forget, members can log in
and access the free webinars on
demand at www.sla.org.uk/
members-webcasts
As well as substantial discounts on all CPD, we’re pleased that FREE training is also part of our
membership offer. This includes a free and insightful partnership webinar every month, as well
as regular Member Meet Ups, monthly Meet the Creator evenings and quarterly ‘in conversation
with’ events hosted by our President, Richard Gerver.
To browse all the free events we have coming up, visit:
www.sla.org.uk/events
Discover everything SLA membership gets
you by visiting:
www.sla.org.uk/join

I love the SLA and want to thank
everyone involved for all they do
for school libraries.
It is like my school library family!
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