Continuing Education Advisory Group – April–August 2019 Report


The group met 0 times this reporting period.

Recent Activities

First Activity
During this reporting period, the Continuing Education Advisory Group promoted the open call for webinars to increase the number and quality of submissions.
Meets PLA’s strategic goals for Advocacy and Awareness, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Social Justice

Second Activity
The Continuing Education Advisory Group then reviewed the submissions and graded them according to a rubric in order to recommend the webinars that would best serve PLA membership.
Meets PLA’s strategic goals for Advocacy and Awareness, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Social Justice, Leadership, Organizational Excellence, Transformation

What will your group be working on for the next six months?
We will continue to promote and review the PLA webinar submissions as well as any other additional task put forth by our PLA liaison.

Does the group have any policy recommendations, ideas with financial impact, or other items to bring to the PLA Board for discussion or action
Not at this time.

Do you have any suggestions for future products or resources (excluding conference programs) to be developed based on your group’s work?
I would suggest developing a revised rubric for judging continuing education submissions that evaluates the quality of the presentations and as well as the how the workshops align with the PLA strategic plan.

Are there other PLA/ALA committees your group might collaborate with to benefit the work of all?
Not at this time

Have there been any issues related to meeting participation/attendance for any of the group’s members?
No

Is there anything PLA could have provided during this time that would have helped your group with its work?
Everything has run very smoothly

Submitted by Sarah Tansley on 08/24/2019