Nomination

Nomination Form for the CONNIE ACTON AWARD OF MERIT Deadline: February 15th. The selection of the recipient will be made by the SSLA Executive prior to the annual SSLA Conference and announced during the annual SSLA conference. Mail the nominations to: SSLA Vice-President C/O Sask. Teachers Federation 2317 Arlington Avenue, Saskatoon, SK S7J 2H8

__Nominated by Title/ Position: Business Address: Home Address: Email address: Telephone number (work & home): Signed: Date:__

Name of Nominee: (current SSLA member): Joan Miller Title: Teacher-Librarian at Dr. Henry Braun School School Division or Place of Employment: Regina School Division #4 Business Address: 710 Graham Road, Regina, SK, S4N 7A5 Home Address: 3212 29th Ave., Regina, SK, S4S 2P2 Email address (optional): joan.miller@rbe.sk.ca Telephone number (work & home): (w) 791-8548 (h) 757-4663 Education: B.Ed. from the University of Regina M.Ed. from the University of Regina with a focus on issues pertaining to School Library services Diploma from the University of Alberta Teacher-Librarianship by Distance Learning Program

Academic Qualification (Optional): Honours, Awards, etc. (Optional):

Contributions to School Library Services in Saskatchewan

Chris' words: She has wide knowledge of the issues, years of practical experience, and vision for what could be. She is able to articulate this orally and written in a clear, incisive manner. She has advocated passionately for our program for many years during all its ups and downs.

- one of the first Teacher Librarians to serve in Regina Public Schools - mentorship to many in those initial years which has continued to the present - numerous workshops for Teacher-Librarians and teachers around curriculum, resource-based learning, inquiry learning and literacy. - pioneered school library automation in Regina Public Schools. - committee member of the Horizan Focus Group charged with providing leadership and support in school library automation - a member of the RPS School Library Review Committee struck in ___ to provide the Regina Public School Board with historical background and information about the state of the library program currently in Regina Public Schools. This included writing a significant portion of the review and presenting the review to the Board. - leadership among the elementary and secondary Teacher-Librarians through individual contact and group meetings regarding a wide range of issues related to the delivery of effective school library programing. - Vice-President SSLA - President SSLA