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Bespoke Training for International School Librarians

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Bespoke Training for International School Librarians

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The course content will be determined by a questionnaire sent to delegates a week before the course and likely to be drawn from courses delivered online from Sarah Pavey through Infinite Learning. This bespoke course will draw on the expertise of Sarah Pavey as a top school library professional with a sound track record in training delivery.  

Delivery Model

Face-to-Face

What is Included

Certificate of attendance

Course material (if applicable)

Cost

AED 1320 plus 5% VAT (per delegate)

Registration

Please fill out the booking form to register.

If you would like bespoke in-school training, please contact Paola (paola@infinitelearning.ae) for more information.

Course Details

Date of Training
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Target audience

School librarians and library staff primary, middle or secondary

Aims of the course
  • Identify and prioritise key issues affecting their library programmes within an international school context.
  • Engage in structured dialogue with an international expert to explore current best practices, research, and innovations.
  • Analyse their own library policies, programmes and challenges through peer discussion and expert guidance.
  • Develop tailored, evidence-informed solutions to address specific school library needs.
  • Build a professional learning network for continued support, collaboration and innovation beyond the course.
Intended outcomes
  • Articulate the key challenges and opportunities in their own library programmes.
  • Apply expert-informed advice to improve library practices, programming or strategic planning.
  • Use relevant research and professional literature to support library development goals.
  • Initiate new or revised approaches in their library, grounded in shared expertise and peer feedback.
  • Strengthen professional connections with other international school librarians for long-term growth and collaboration.
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Sarah Pavey has worked as a teacher librarian for many years, both in the independent and maintained sectors in the UK. She has published several professional books including “The Networked Librarian: The School Librarians Role in Fostering Connections, Collaboration and Co-creation Across the Community” Facet, February 2024 She has written many articles for the international library press and blogged for the UK Information Literacy Group on the subject of AI. Sarah has spoken at numerous teaching and library conferences and training events, most recently at the World Education Summit. Sarah also holds a post 16 teaching certificate and is involved with the training of teachers and librarians on a regular basis in a variety of areas.

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This course is deliberately designed as a live, face-to-face event to enable a level of connection and depth that’s hard to replicate online. Delegates will benefit from spontaneous, high-value conversations with the facilitator and peers, on-the-spot clarification and customisation of advice regarding school libraries. Relationship-building that continues long after the workshop ends. This is more than a course! it’s an energising, personal and professionally rich experience that empowers participants to return to their schools as informed, confident, and creatively charged leaders in school librarianship. 

This is not your average workshop. This is a rare opportunity to custom-shape your learning with direct access to a leading international expert in school libraries. Whether you are wrestling with information literacy, space redesign, collection development, reading engagement, digital strategy, or advocacy, this workshop is your chance to: 

  • Ask specific questions about your context 
  • Share your ideas and get constructive feedback 
  • Discover global practices you can adapt locally 
  • Feel empowered, understood, and professionally supported 

This experience will refresh your thinking and arm you with practical, evidence-based insights you can use immediately. 

DAY 1 
8:45  Registration and refreshments 
9:00  Setting the Scene: Shared Priorities & Library Realities 

  • Guided group discussion of the pre-survey results 
  • Identification of priority topics, grouped by common themes 
  • Introduction from the facilitator, including relevant global trends, research insights, and reflective questions 
  • Participants begin to contextualise their own school situations in light of wider practices 

Benefit: Participants immediately see their input shaping the course. This ensures relevance and promotes ownership of the learning process. Meeting face to face enables trust-building, candid conversation, and connection beyond professional roles. 
10:30  Coffee break 
11:00  Expert Insights & Peer Problem-Solving Clinics 

  • Facilitator-led input on selected focus topics, with practical examples from international contexts 
  • Opportunities to “interrogate the expert” — ask targeted questions based on school-specific challenges 
  • Small-group “consultation circles” where each participant presents a challenge and receives real-time advice from the expert and peers 

Benefit: This session offers deep, relevant advice grounded in decades of practical experience and research. Participants leave with ideas that can be adapted and applied directly. Face-to-face dynamics allow for quick clarification, idea-bouncing, and mutual encouragement. 
13:00  Lunch break 
14:00  Solutions, Sharing & Strategic Planning 

  • Delegates work individually or in small groups to sketch a plan or solution based on workshop discussions 
  • Peer feedback and expert coaching to refine ideas 
  • Group reflection and takeaways: what will be done differently and how 
  • Wrap-up by the facilitator including tools, resources, and optional follow-up connections 

Benefit: This final session emphasises practicality and impact. Participants do not just leave with theory but they walk away with actions, frameworks and the confidence to lead change. Being in the room together helps build momentum, accountability and a lasting sense of professional community.                                                              Plenary 
15:30  End 
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Trainer:
Sarah Pavey
Duration:
1 day
Sessions:
1
Language:
English

Natalie Croome is a cross-curricular generalist, specialising in helping teams hone in on just what it is that student learning is showing them about possible areas of focus for teacher and/or leader learning. Using Professional Learning Standards as drivers in the design of high-quality Professional Learning Programmes, Natalie guides teams of leaders through engaging inquiries, honing in on connecting teacher learning to student learning. Natalie brings a fresh, adaptable and flexible approach to her work in leading Professional Learning; keeping it open to questions, research and taking a personal approach to the design process. In this way, she involves Professional Learners in the whole process, from identifying the focus area/s, designing the learning,facilitation, school-based practice, sharing findings, asking new questions... Areas of expertise include teacher identity, the ethics and professional practice of international education, global education pedagogies, bilingual & multilingual classrooms, inquiry-based learning, Cognitive Coaching, interdisciplinary & transdisciplinary approaches to teaching and learning, collaborative happiness, Positive Psychology and Emotional Intelligence. Natalie combines a professional approach with a sense of fun and a passion for connecting with people, building relationships, and leveraging curiosity, creativity and play as powerful learning tools.

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