Visting Authors

This service allows participating districts the opportunity to have children's authors and illustrators spend time at their schools. Nationally known and acclaimed authors such as Chris Crutcher and Jerry Pinkney visit our schools for one full day to speak to students about the writing process and book publication. Authors also autograph their books and speak with teachers and students individually. Teachers report that children who interact with these authors are more enthusiastic about reading, writing and the process of writing.

Contact:
Melisa Swain, Program Assistant
Phone: (585)344-7946 or (585)658-7946
Email: mswain2@gvboces.org

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Visting Authors Stories

Visiting Author Day – How to Meet with Success

Posted Thu, 01/21/2010 by jellison

When my school first joined the Visiting Author CoSer in 2006 I was excited about the opportunity for the students but also worried about how to go about pulling off a successful and memorable visit. The first thing I did was talk to Donna Katter about it and she gave me names of a couple of other librarians who had been having successful visiting author days for years. She suggested that I contact Carin Barwick at Geneseo Elementary and Jill Feine from Batavia John Kennedy to ask for ideas. I did this, and it was a big help. My two biggest suggestions to anyone who is planning a day are to start planning early and to get your faculty and staff involved.

Game Library Gains National Attention

Posted Tue, 09/13/2011 by cgharris

Library Technology Specialist Brian Mayer authored two articles for the most recent issue of Knowledge Quest, the journal of the American Association of School Librarians. The Spet/Oct 2011 issue, guest edited by School Library System Coordinator Christopher Harris, addresses educational gaming. The Genesee Valley School Library System's collection of curriculum aligned modern board games has become a model program for school libraries throughout the country as evidenced by other articles in this issue quoting Mayer's work from the SLS website. One of Mayer's articles addresses the alignments that we have completed linking the games in our library to the AASL Standards for the 21st Century Learner and the new Common Core Standards. The second, an interview with noted game designer Martin Wallace, helps shed light on the role of game designer as author of another type of curriculum resource provided through the school library.