Education Committee Annual Report 2019
submitted by Sonia Archer-Capuzzo
Current Roster
- Sonia Archer-Capuzzo, Committee Chair, E-Education Working Group Chair (2022)
- Alan Asher (2023)
- Grover Baker, In-Person Training Working Group Chair (2021)
- Thomas Bell (2022)
- Sharon Benamou, Library School Directory Working Group Chair (2020)
- Kristi Bergland, Annual Meeting Workshop Working Group Co-Chair (2023)
- Sarah Hess Cohen (2023)
- Heather Fisher (2022)
- Grace Haynes, Train the Trainer Working Group Chair (2022)
- Amy Hunsaker (2023)
- Libby McDaniel (2021)
- Tim Sestrick (2020)
- Lina Sheahan (2021)
- Beth Thompson (2023)
- Liza Weisbrod (2021)
- Laura Williams, Annual Meeting Workshop Working Group Co-Chair (2021)
- Jacob Mauldwin, MLStEP liaison
- Rahni Kennedy, MOUG liaison
List of Previous Goals and Progress Made
- Continue to develop and offer e-training opportunities for those who work with music materials in libraries and information repositories: Ongoing.
- Create and being to distribute instructor agreements for webinar and e-course teaching: Completed.
- Develop new and innovative ways to promote the educational services provided by MLA to members and other stakeholders: In Process. We have worked out a process to send emails to MLA members for webinars and e-courses, and we now list them on MLA’s social media.
- Develop a Train the Trainer module with tools that teachers of webinars, e-courses, and in-person workshops can use: Not Started. This will be a priority for the 2019-2020 fiscal year.
- Document processes and save them to a shared Google Drive folder to facilitate clearer, easier operations and transitions in Committee membership in the future: In Process.
List of Future Goals
- Work more closely with other MLA Committees and interest groups to plan instructional opportunities that meet the membership’s needs: Organizational Excellence, Education
- Continue to develop new ways to promote the educational services provided by MLA to members and other stakeholders: Value of the Profession, Advocacy, Education
- Focus more on the availability of personalized in-person training.
- Develop a Train the Trainer module with tools that teachers of webinars, e-courses, and in-person workshops can use: Advocacy, Education
- Continue to document and organize processes in a saved drive to facilitate clearer, easier operations and transitions in Committee membership and leadership: Organizational Excellence