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Get To Know Our Featured Speakers
A former Director of Library, Media, and Technology, Susan D. Ballard guided her district to AASL National School Library of the Year Award recognition. She has served as an adjunct professor and lecturer in various school librarian preparation programs, published numerous articles in professional and scholarly journals, and edited and contributed to several books. A past president of AASL, the New Hampshire School Library Media Association(NHSLMA), and the New England School Library Association (NESLA), Susan served on the Standards and Guidelines Editorial Board for the AASL Standards. Among various awards, she was the first-ever recipient of the NH Excellence in Education Award (EDie) for Library Media Services. She has also been bestowed lifetime membership in NHSLMA and NESLA and is a recipient of the NHSLMA Service Award, NESLA President’s Award is a charter inductee of the NESLA Hall of Fame. | Thursday, Morning Keynote Better Together: In uncertain times, and in an environment where the competition is stiff and the critics are many, not only do school librarians need to know what works, and how to demonstrate that these practices work, but they need a savvy business plan to ensure survival. The development of a brand is a crucial business concept that helps to convey the entire experience customers and prospective customers can expect from your school library. AASL has defined standards and provided related resources to help demonstrate that our services are essential and contribute to learning and achievement, but it is up to each of us to ensure our “franchises” flourish by understanding the "why" and "how to" further develop the school library brand. Thursday Breakout Session Elevate Your Level of Collaboration What does collaboration look like for elementary vs. middle and high school librarians? When we say "collaboration" what do we mean? Why is this important? Why is it *so* hard? And how can we make it easier?. |
Sara Kelly Johns, an online instructor at the Syracuse University iSchool and a long-time school librarian is a past president of AASL, the New York Library Association (NYLA), and the Section of School Librarians of NYLA. Sara has been a public library trustee and received the Adjunct Excellence in Teaching Award for SUNY Plattsburgh’s Feinberg Library, the NYLA Lifetime Achievement Award, and the first AASL Social Media Superstar Advocacy Ambassador Award. Active in ALA Council and ALA committees, Johns was a member of the Implementation Task Force for the AASL Standards. She has written articles for several school library publications and contributed chapters for various books. She is an author/editor for a forthcoming ALA book on library ecosystems that will be published in 2024. | Thursday Morning Keynote Better Together: In uncertain times, and in an environment where the competition is stiff and the critics are many, not only do school librarians need to know what works, and how to demonstrate that these practices work, but they need a savvy business plan to ensure survival. The development of a brand is a crucial business concept that helps to convey the entire experience customers and prospective customers can expect from your school library. AASL has defined standards and provided related resources to help demonstrate that our services are essential and contribute to learning and achievement, but it is up to each of us to ensure our “franchises” flourish by understanding the "why" and "how to" further develop the school library brand.
Friday, Breakout Session The Library Ecosystem: What's in it for us? Creating Partnerships for Advocacy Collaborating with other libraries/community organizations in a Library Ecosystem provides partners for ONE VOICE. This program will provide collaborative ecosystem resources from the ALA Ecosystem ToolKit to amplify advocacy. |
James Ponti is the New York Times Bestselling author of four Middle Grade book series including City Spies, Framed, and the upcoming Sherlock Society. He grew up in a small Florida beach town but had a life-altering experience as a nine-year old while visiting relatives in New Hampshire. Watching them play every day on television, he fell madly in love with the Boston Red Sox. This was a one-sided relationship that over the next twenty-nine years gave him flashes of euphoria followed by gut wrenching pain. The only way to cope with this roller coaster of emotions was to become a writer. (See: John Updike, Stephen King.) He is excited to return to the Granite State and meet its amazing non-heartbreaking librarians knowing he would never would’ve become an author if it hadn’t been for Manchester, the Sox, and Bucky Bleeping Dent. He lives with his family in Orlando, Florida. | Thursday, Lunch Keynote Title to Come Description to come. Thursday Breakout Session Spy Party Description to Come
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Hey y’all and welcome! My name is Amanda Hunt and I am TheNextGenLibrarian! I am a Library Media Specialist. This is my 18th year in education. I was an elementary librarian for five years, before moving up to middle school where I found my passion. Look below for some of my credentials, badges and certifications. I am also the Secondary Lead Librarian, Secondary Gifted and Talented Facilitator and the PBL Secondary Team Leader for our district's training team. I love becoming proficient in new #edtech, best practices, and information literacy. I enjoy presenting in my district, as well as state and national conferences. I love sharing about what’s new in the library world, reading and meeting authors, as well as sharing my passion for literature with others. I am the outgoing chair for the Mavericks Graphic Novel Reading List Committee for TLA. I am also the past chair for TxASL Talks Editorial Board and current TxASL Councilor through 2024. I was a TLA TxASL Media and Visual Presence (MVP) Honoree for 2021 and 2023, and the Branding Iron Award 2022 Winner for Digital Only Communications in a School Library. I am currently serving on the Conference Planning Committee for the TLA 2024 conference. I am on the Bylaws Committee for TLA and the Operating Procedures Committee member for TxASL. I am also on the AASL Committee for Operating Procedures. I have been newly elected for the Cybil Award YA Speculative Reading List Committee for 2023. Feel free to browse my site to learn more about me and/or visit http://bit.ly/biolinkthenextgenlibrarian | Friday, Morning Keynote Let's Grow Together
In this session attendees will hear about ways to collaborate between public and school libraries, as well as ideas for programming, increasing your Professional Learning Network and using social media to help accomplish your goals.
Friday, Breakout Session Award Winning Books: Shifting the Reading Mindset |
| Friday, Lunch Keynote Better Together: Examining Ourselves and Our Collections We're collectively better when we examine what we know, don't know and how we can work with others to fill in the gaps. Author Traci Sorell will guide librarians through a self-reflective exercise and then share how she applies those same questions to her own work. Have a pen or pencil along with paper to write on for this reflective and revealing keynote! Friday, Breakout Session Shine a Spotlight: Sharing Native Created Books All Year Long The growing number of Native created books over the past several years present many opportunities for school librarians. Often students only see displays, hear book talks or find Native created books featured in programs during the seven weeks from Indigenous Peoples Day through the end of Native American Heritage Month. Learn some of the latest and soon-to-be released titles along with ideas of how to share these books throughout the school year. |
Author Melissa Stewart
Melissa Stewart has written more than 200 science books for children, including Sibert Medal Honoree Summertime Sleepers: Animals that Estivate, illustrated by Sarah S. Brannen. She co-wrote 5 Kinds of Nonfiction: Enriching Reading and Writing Instruction with Children’s Books, edited the anthology Nonfiction Writers Dig Deep: 50 Award-winning Authors Share the Secret of Engaging Writing, and maintains the award-winning blog Celebrating Nonfiction. | Thursday Breakout Session 10:15-11:15 AM 20 Ways to Nurture and Nourish Nonfiction Readers Discover how tools like book match surveys, preview stacks, and reading ladders and activities like March Madness Nonfiction and Heritage Timelines can nurture a love of nonfiction in ALL students. |
Administrator and Educational Leader Brian M Stack
In 2017, Brian was recognized as the NH High School Principal of the Year. His school is recognized nationally as a model PLC and competency-based school. Brian has consulted, coached, and presented at conferences and Institutes throughout the United States, and lives with his wife and five children on the NH Seacoast, | Friday, Breakout Session 10:15-11:15 AM How To Speak To Your Administrator In this roundtable session facilitated by Dr. Pam Harland, experienced administrator Brian M. Stack will answer your questions about preparing reports, budgets and policies. Submit questions in advance through the Whova conference app. |
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