It All Fits Together: The New National Standards for Learners, School Librarians, & School Libraries
Meet your new National School Library Standards for Learners, School Librarians, and School Libraries!
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This session will focus on creating a culture of reading that centers around student book selections, student choice, and student's voice. We will explore how one high school transformed the culture of reading in the building which then spread district wide. Join us in learning how a faculty book study of Penny Kittle's Book Love, the use of the book club model in English courses, and self-selection transformed the relationship that our students have with reading.
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The UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals are a fantastic vehicle for school libraries and librarians to promote sustainability, inclusivity, and social responsibility. This session provides a toolkit for participants to immediately implement in their libraries, including a full calendar of SDG-inspired school library programming across the K-12 curriculum, a list of physical and digital books and other materials for K-12 audiences, and proven strategies for increasing administrator buy-in.
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Gamify your school library to increase student motivation through engagement.
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Looking to better connect your collection to your campus’ instructional needs?
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Learn how three librarians purposefully make their space safe for all learners using programming, library layout, literature, and maker spaces so you can take home the ideas that work best for you.
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Want student helpers in the library, but don't know where to begin? Learn how two librarians implement Library Ambassador programs in their school libraries and how its become a sought activity for students led by students. Attendees will learn different methods and strategies for developing a Library Ambassador program in their libraries. Librarians will learn how to expand on new or existing library helper programs implemented in their school libraries.
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Often referred to as 21st-century, the 4Cs, or future-ready skills, modern literacy refers to the skills students need to be successful productive citizens. The LIRA (Library Interactive Read Aloud) Framework seeks to encourage a pedagogy for school librarians that build these important skills through informational texts, discourse, and inquiry. School librarians are perfectly positioned to provide students with experiences that develop essential modern literacy skills. Participants will come away with a structured approach and strategy for leveraging library resources in order to provide students with the human-centered skills needed in order to be successful in our complex, rapidly changing world.
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In this session, presenters will highlight effective and engaging instructional strategies to help learners master digital, media, and global literacy.
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This session will provide multiple options for integrating transliteracy skills and making, including low and no-cost strategies.
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This session will focus on practical ways school librarians can teach multiple literacies to ensure that learners have the skills necessary to be consumers and creators of information.
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Learn about #LitFix, a digital book recommendation service with practical tips and resources to design and sustain your unique program.
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A high school librarian and English teacher share their literacy lessons involving the school's technology, Makerspace, and BreakoutEDU tools.
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We would like to share our experiences using Looker Studio in a school library. If you use Google Forms to track things like a reading promotion or a micro-credentialing program, then it is well within your power to create super slick reports that can be set to act as customized dashboards, made into leaderboards, or become powerhouse advocacy tools. Come learn how to use Looker Studio practically within a school library!
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Participants delve into the National School Library Standards and available resources to make authentic and purposeful connections with educators.
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Elizabeth Burns, member of the AASL Standards editorial board, leads a guided tour into the AASL Standards Framework for Learners. This
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This webinar examines how teacher librarians can cultivate partnerships within the school and local community to promote engagement and a lifelong learning process.
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Join Michelle Cooper as she shares how to implement a library program that incorporates global collaboration with educators and students around the world.
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Have you wanted to add manga to your library collection but don't know where to start?
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Are you charged with training and mentoring teachers on copyright and fair use? Do colleagues come to you with specific questions? All educators must have an understanding of copyright, fair use, terms of service, and licensing agreements in the digital age.This session will build your foundation of knowledge and provide you with resources to confidently train your teachers and administrators on these concepts. Learn to navigate the copyright maze and help your staff do the same.
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Explore books that will help children struggling with difficult personal issues feel seen and heard! Education consultant Aliza Werner will moderate a discussion with middle grade authors Nicole D. Collier, Chrystal D. Giles, and Jessica Vitalis, focusing on how difficult experiences from their childhoods shaped their journeys and their books, offering readers tangible evidence that no matter how hard life may currently seem, there is always room for hope and healing.
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This program provides a flexible plan for teaching students to review books over 3-6 meetings, tips for implementation, and a graphic organizer to help students map their reviews.
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Ashley J. Cooksey shares actionable tips to take the first steps to create a school library that is inclusive and mindful of all learners, including those struggling with self-identification, mental disorders (including depression and anxiety).
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This interactive session will give school librarians the theory, models, materials, and inspiration to lead their students and their schools in integrating habits of critical thinking about media throughout the curriculum at all grade levels. By transforming the use of media in our libraries and classrooms to include student-centered, curriculum-driven, inquiry-based analysis – school librarians can prepare a civic-ready generation to habitually question media messages and their own thinking.
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Participants will learn about the resources for educators in all content areas and all grade levels provided by NASA.
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Learn how you can increase equity in access and expand teaching opportunities for your school through free open education resources and creative commons sources.
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This session will equip librarians and educators with the knowledge and resources to ethically and effectively use, create and share Openly-Licensed Educational Resources (OER).
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Every school library space, program, resource, and instructional activity is focused on empowering students to be successful and motivated learners. Participants will examine portraits of engaged and empowered learners at grades 2, 5, 8, and 12 and will recognize the school librarian's role in enabling students to grow academically, socially, personally, and culturally. Participants will leave the session ready to start painting the portraits of successful learners in their own schools.
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Explore ow the pairing of primary sources and picture books can enhance the awareness of a historic event or individual and also the author’s or illustrator's interpretation of history.
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In this session, we will take a look at multiple picture books that provide a segue into coding.
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Learn how easy podcasting can be, from recording and editing audio to finding and overlaying sound effects and music.
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Authors and former educators discuss how unpacking the racial and class biases of our identities better enable us to foster more positive and authentic relationships with the young people in our lives.
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Learn and apply strategies to place historic maps, cartoons, letters, photographs, and more from the Library of Congress at the center of inquiry-based learning.
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With book challenges sweeping the country, including many targeting award-winning comics, the need for education and resources to properly address them has never been greater. This session will present a brief history of comics challenges and offer a range of proven strategies for reviewing and protecting your collections, your staff, and your students.
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This session will review the research related to teacher and school librarian burnout.
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Join us to learn how a cohort of school librarians from South Dakota, North Dakota and Wyoming have been successfully implementing a professional development process through the Reaching Out: Meeting the Needs of Rural School Librarians project.
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Explore how we can leverage technology to promote reading in formats suiting different learning styles, enhance the reading experience, and make it more interactive and collaborative with other readers and even authors.
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Explore music, movement, and play to promote student inquiry and reflection and meet the needs of diverse learners.
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This session will cover how two librarians used limited funds to transform traditional spaces to foster design thinking in their students and project examples of design thinking activities.
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Integrating collaboration, communication, critical thinking, and yes, even creativity, into the research process helps to prepare students for the challenges of today's world.
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Librarians are leading the way in creating future-ready schools - now we need to update our spaces to match. In this session, attendees will get inspiration for transforming their school library spaces. You'll learn how to survey students, create a focus group, and use design thinking to brainstorm ideas for your space. We'll discuss budget friendly ways to change your space as well as how to find funding. No matter where you're at, you'll find ideas for reimagining your space in this session.
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Gather inspiration and ideas for rethinking your role from an administrative-library leadership team that fosters collaboration and innovation to "fail forward," enabling YOU to impact all learners in your school!
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Explore fun, hands on, and gamified ways to teach research and other important library skills.
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This session will take you through the step-by-step process of hosting a Makerfair as well as what pitfalls to avoid.
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Witness successful collaborative programs created in 3 different districts with one goal in mind: student success!
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Participants will learn how the National School Library Standards connect to the ASCD Whole Child Tenets.
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Does your school have a curriculum-aligned research program? Is there a shift in mindset that you'd like to facilitate & encourage in order to make this happen? This session will outline how a PK-12, independent school established a student-led, inquiry based framework in support of the school's strategic initiatives effectively shifting the way(s) we collaborate to conduct research in the classroom and library. Join us as we share our story, leadership/advocacy strategies, & student samples.
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How can you inspire inquiry, critical thinking, visual literacy, and creativity in one colorful package? Infographics are visual representations of information, offering innovative and creative learning opportunities in all content areas. Attend this session to learn more about infographics and explore how to integrate them into current or new collaborative lessons in innovative ways. Leave with tools and examples to use with your students and staff immediately.
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In states across the country, state legislators have passed laws that restrict students' rights to read. In those same states, school library organizations have stepped up to support students' rights along with the rights of school librarians and their collections. In this panel, state school library leaders will share how state laws have impacted students, school librarians, and library collections and how their respective organizations have responded.
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