You may recall that Nancy and Eliza were awarded a federal grant of $1.3 million to run Project LEAD. It is a program that prepares 30 Florida teachers to be Federal Board Certified School Library Media Specialist Leaders - boy that is a mouthful.
The 30 selected teachers were given full scholarships to earn their school library certification and prepare to take the National Board Certification Test. Passing that test is very difficult and besides making the candidates better school library leaders - it comes with a nice salary boost.
This week all 30 candidates are in Tallahassee for a series of workshops. The complete program will take about 3 years.
Here is a picture of the entire group - also Nancy and Eliza, the "Project Leaders" - and Rachael Mayer, a recent graduate of the master's program at FSU. An interesting aside is that Rachael is a coal miner's daughter - just like the Florida Coal Cracker.
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