Course Information
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| Credits | 2.25 CEUs or 2.25 PDHs |
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| Registration dates | We accept registrations through the first week of classes, unless enrollment is full, and unless the class was canceled before it started due to low enrollment. |
LSSC Elective Competencies: Supervision and Management
$375.00
Credits: 2.25 CEUs or 2.25 PDHs
A six week online course on supervision and management, designed to meet the elective requirement of the Library Support Staff Certification. This course covers introductory information on policies and procedures, the hiring cycle, professional development, performance expectations, discipline, leadership, strategic planning, budgets, fundraising, partnerships, marketing and outreach.
Course Description
A six week online course on supervision and management, designed to meet the elective requirement of the Library Support Staff Certification. This course covers introductory information on policies and procedures, the hiring cycle, professional development, performance expectations, discipline, leadership, strategic planning, budgets, fundraising, partnerships, marketing and outreach. At the end of the course students will be prepared to provide basic supervision and management in a public library setting. Students will complete a plan for a new service based on the demographics of their user base. The assignment will require budgeting, planning for a new service, creating an evaluation plan and an analysis of the effects of the proposed service on current policies and procedures.
Colleen Sanders
Colleen Sanders, MLS, M.Ed., is a librarian, instructional designer, faculty developer, and open education practitioner. She works at the intersection of people, information, technology, and learning. She has served as a faculty librarian at multiple institutions in Oregon and Washington. Currently, she supports faculty in academic and technical fields to combine information access with learner-centered design. Her goal is to engage adult learners through active learning that develops relevant, authentic, and transferable skills. She is a graduate of the Creative Commons Certificate program and the Open Education Network’s Certificate in Open Pedagogy. Her work advocating for OER policy amidst commercial textbook affordability programs earned her an OER Champion award from Open Oregon Educational Resources. She has served on multiple large-scale OER publishing projects in Oregon and Washington, first as an OER Development Consultant on the Targeted Pathways Open Curriculum project, then as an Instructional Designer, OER & Copyright Specialist, and Pressbooks Migration Lead for Washington's Open ProfTech project. She hopes to empower library and information workers in all capacities to integrate diverse skillsets into their careers to serve critical informational practices.
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