Membership Benefits

SLAV Membership  comes with the following benefits

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The SLAV Secretariat – offers both individual assistance to members and a first point of contact for state government, parents, principals and other teacher associations on school library issues.

Professional Learning

• A range of conferences, masterclasses, forums and workshops, both face-to-face and online, offer examples of best practice to all members of the library team
• Our member journal FYI four times a year
• Our online research based journal Synergy twice a year
• An outstanding network of branches offer local support and advice

Savings

• Substantial discounts for professional development activities

Professional Acknowledgement

• Recognised and supported by the Department of Education & Training: Victoria (DET) & Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT) as a recognised provider of professional learning.

Professional Representation

• With the Australian Professional Teachers Association (APTA) (APTA) which provides a national voice for over 120,000 teachers across all sectors through SLAV’s representation on the Council of Professional Teacher Association of Victoria (CPTAV).

Partnerships

• Local, national and international with like-minded organisations and key stakeholders, such as:

• Victorian Curriculum Assessment Authority (VCAA)
• State Library of Victoria (SLV)
• Education Services Australia (ESA) and SCIS
• National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) and the
• Department of Education and Training (DET).
• SLAV is a partner association of the International Association of School Librarianship (IASL) which entitles SLAV members to access to the IASL members-only website area, newsletters etc. Through this partnership, and active cooperation with the international community, SLAV fosters international connections that facilitate access to global educational research, innovation and best practice in school libraries.
• SLAV has collaborative working relationships with a range of tertiary institutions that offer training to those who work in school libraries at all levels.