BC Teacher-Librarians' Association

We recognize that many people are fatigued by virtual meetings and workshops so the BCTLA decided to offer some additional incentives for registering at our conference this year. We’re offering some fun activities to connect with our colleagues and multiple opportunities to win prizes. Who doesn’t love winning free stuff?! If you or your colleagues haven’t registered for the conference yet here are a few reasons to do so:

• BCTLA Social on Thursday, October 21st at 7pm. First, awards for some superb Teacher-Librarians across BC and then it’s time to play the mother of all book quizzes, presented by the BCTLA’s Quizmaster, Keely Thornton. Are you ready to get nerdy with some book trivia? Play individually or play with a friend. Prizes for the winners!
• Photo Booth Contest -Use the conference photo booth app to create a memorable photo. Share for a chance to win prizes.
• If you register by Friday, October 8th, you will be entered for an early bird draw for a $50 gift certificate to the book store of your choice and a chance to win free registration to next year’s conference.
• Vendor Letter Hunt -Find 9 or more letters at our conference vendors and you are entered in the draw for a chance to win 1 of 6 prizes.
• Vendor Word Find -A word will be put into the chat at some point during the vendor’s session. Attend a minimum of two sessions and find two words to enter for more prizes.

https://bctla.ourconference.ca/

Looking forward to seeing you all there!

We hope you are all took some time to reflect on our first National Day of Truth and Reconciliation. As our commitment to reconciliation, the BCTLA wanted to highlight the creative talent of Indigenous youth, Tehya Poorthunder, in this year’s DEAR posters. Tehya is a 17-year-old artist from the sḵwx̱wú7mesh nation. You can read about the inspiration for her artistic design on one of her posters.

DEAR (Drop Everything and Read Day) is on Monday, October 25th this year.

A friendly reminder that our Chapter Councillor meeting is quickly coming up. We will be meeting virtually on September 27, 2021 at 3:15pm. Please use this link to register your attendance. If you would like to include a new Teacher-Librarian from your chapter who would like to learn more about the BCTLA, please have them register on the same link. Chapter Councillors registered will have additional meeting information sent to their personal email.

After our hugely successful 2020 Conference, the BCTLA is proud to present our second annual virtual provincial level professional development event!

Please join us on October 22, 2021 for the BCTLA Virtual Professional Development Conference. The link for registration can be found HERE

Don’t forget to join us on October 21, 2021 at 7pm for the BCTLA Social celebrating our amazing award winners and compete with some fun trivia, Teacher-Librarian style.