AASL @ ALA Annual Conference
Saturday, June 29
Sunday, June 30
Monday, July 1
Make Your Presence Known – Moving “Outwards”
Saturday, June 29 | 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Presenters: Hilda K. Weisburg
Surviving is not the answer; thriving is. Participants will explore various avenues to go beyond their library—and even their school— to show leadership and promote the value of the library program to an ever-broadening base of stakeholders. Participants, working in groups, will develop an outreach plan and share it.
Topic Areas: Professional Development & Leadership; School Relationships; Teaching and Learning
Krosoczka! TenNapel! Telgemeier! Graphic Novels Your Kids Love By Names You Can’t Pronounce
Saturday, June 29 | 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Presenters: Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Raina Telgemeir, Doug Ten Apel, and Jon Scieszka
The first Ambassador of Children’s Literature, Jon Scieszka, will lead a panel of best-selling graphic novelists Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Doug TenNapel and Raina Telgemeier in this exciting panel on visual literacy. Kazu, Jarrett and Raina will lead attendees through their various processes in creating their graphic novels and for the uninitiated, offer a tutorial on the format that is hooking reluctant readers. Moderated by Jon Scieszka
Topic Areas: Teaching and Learning; Professional Development
Arts 2.0: Libraries, Arts, and Technology
Saturday, June 29 | 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Presenter: Heather Moorefield-Lang
In this session attendees will learn how the arts can be integrated into the library. From there they will see great websites and other mobile technologies that can be used to enhance those arts-based experiences. Music, art, theater, poetry, dance and more can all happen in the library! Participants are encouraged to bring their creativity and favorite form of technology because they will be writing, drawing, learning, and sharing.
Topic Area: Teaching and Learning
Track It!: Documenting the Instructional Impact of School Library Media Programs
Saturday, June 29 | 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Presenters: Dr. Karen Gavigan, Dr. Donna Shannon, and Gerry Solomon
Capitalize on the school library program’s potential to positively affect student achievement. Faculty from the University of South Carolina will share strategies for gathering evidence to demonstrate how your instructional role as a school librarian positively impacts student learning. Learn about a wiki and other resources to help you track the success of your own library program. Join us to learn some ideas and share your own strategies.
Topic Areas: Teaching and Learning; Professional Development and Leadership; School Relationships
Friction: Teaching Slow Thinking and Intentionality in Online Research
Sunday, June 30 | 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Presenters: Tasha Bergson-Michelson, Jole Seroff, and Debbie Abilock
When we do online research, much of our decision-making is fast, intuitive, and emotional but--for educated researchers--it interacts at key points with a system that’s slower, more deliberative and logical. We look at what we call “points of friction”--opportunities for teaching at key decision-making moments. This hands-on session walks through typical research scenarios, exploring how to help students and faculty cultivate intentionality in their online research. Wifi-enabled device recommended.
Topic Areas: Teaching and learning; Professional Development
Sunday, June 30 | 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Presenters: Melissa Jacobs Israel, Laura Warren-Gross, Susan Bartle, and Lisa Perez
This workshop will help educators and school librarians learn how the AASL Best Apps for Curriculum Task Force developed evaluation criteria for vetting apps for teaching and learning plus how to integrate these apps throughout instruction. Presenters will address the use of apps in the school library, how to use these tools to engage students, and provide opportunities for developing skills needed by 21st Century learners for college and career readiness.
Topic Areas: Teaching and Learning; Student Expectations; Professional Development and Leadership
Street Literature and the School Library
Sunday, June 30 | 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Presenters: Kimberly-Celeste Boyd, Dr. Vanessa Irvin Morris, and Wahida Clark
Join National Best Selling Authors, Wahida Clark, Earl Sewell and Sparkle as they discuss ‘Everything Street Lit’ with school, public and academic librarians. Learn about the history of Street Lit from respected author/public speaker Dr. Vanessa Irvin Morris, Ed.D and hear best practices from public and school librarians D.L. Grant and Tamela Chambers.
This panel discussion is moderated by K.C. Boyd, Chicago Public Schools Librarian and Susan McClelland, Adult/Teen Services Librarian at the Oak Park Public Library. Check out http://streetliterature4teens.wikispaces.com 
for more information about this lively session.
* All session attendees will have the opportunity to enter a raffle for Street Lit books.
Topic Areas: Teaching and Learning; E-Book and Collections; Professional Development and Leadership
Collaborate 21 - How Administrator/Teacher/Librarian/Technologist Collaborative Teams Can Integrate Common Core, AASL, State, and National Standards
Sunday, June 30 | 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Presenters: Donna James, Jim Stenehjem, and Konnie Wightman
Meet a school team that is successfully developing and delivering collaborative classroom instruction integrating 21st Century Skills, AASL Learning Standards, and Common Core State Standards. Learn about the model developed under an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant to train school teams - Administrator, Classroom Teacher, Librarian, and Building Technologist - in collaborative instruction, 21st Century Skills, and standards integration using a Professional Learning Community approach.
Topic Areas: Professional Development & Leadership; School Relationships; Teaching and Learning
Librarians in the Driver's Seat: Leading Your School through PBL
Sunday, June 30 | 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Presenters: Rhonda Huisman and Lena Darnay
Project based learning is gaining momentum in schools across the country, and librarians need to take the lead in training, implementing, and recruiting teachers, curriculum directors, and administrators in adopting project based learning throughout K-12 and higher education. A commonly used practice for several years in STEM and vocational classrooms, project (or problem) based learning has been shown to provide significant gains in achievement in other areas, particularly in high school subjects like social studies (Summers & Dickinson, 2012). In this session, participants will learn more about the Project Based Learning approach, including effective strategies for librarians to influence and guide curriculum to engage not only students in deeper learning, but deeper relationships with teachers as well.
Topic Areas: Teaching and Learning; School Relationships; Professional Development & Leadership
Support your School’s Writing Instruction (and your Teachers) with Mentor Texts
Sunday, June 30 | 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Presenters: Monika Schroeder
Teachers in today’s elementary school classrooms use excerpts from texts written by accomplished authors as models for various aspects of writing. They come to the librarian for help to find “a good lead” or “books with strong characterization.” By building a collection of such mentor texts the library becomes an important resource for a school’s writing program. This presentation shows how to build such a mentor text collection and gives school librarians tips to promote it within the school.
Topic Areas: Teaching and Learning; School Relationships
Best of the Best from the University Presses
Sunday, June 30 | 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Are you looking for titles that meet special collection development needs or that can meet the expectations of college bound students in your school or public library? This program highlights titles from the Best of the Best of University Presses that reflect a viewpoint and topical coverage not typically reflected in standard selection tools. With a strong emphasis on non-fiction titles, this program highlights a key resource for young adult and school librarians.
More With Less: Putting School Library/Public Library Collaboration to Work for You
Monday, July 1 | 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Presenters: Faith Brautigam, Natalie Hoyle, Linda Zeilstra-Sawyer, and Tori Gammeri, Toby Greenwalt, Denise Raleigh
Why are school libraries and public libraries perfect partners, and how do their resources complement each other? Learn about strategies for authentic learning that occur in real-world contexts courtesy of public library/school library collaborations. One is a replicable middle-school book reviewing model using publisher-provided ARCs and the other is an award-winning international digital book trailer contest currently available to students from elementary through high school. Add more freshness and innovation with less staff effort.
Topic Areas: Professional Development and Leadership; Teaching and Learning; School Relationships
School Library Research
Monday, July 1 | 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
See full list of presenters and topics.
Bring Your Own Engagement: BYOD in Practice
Monday, July 1 | 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Presenter: Wendy Stephens
Many cash-strapped schools and districts are revisiting policies prohibiting students from bringing their own hardware into the building. But bring-your-own device initiatives are riddled with both opportunities and pitfalls, which can be amplified and ameliorated by proper preparation and school-wide policies. Learn from one high school's successful implementation of BYOD, moving from theory to practice with the leadership and professional development spearheaded by the school librarian.
Topic Areas: Teaching and learning; Professional development and leadership; Student expectations
Two Hats, One Head: Fashionably and Simultaneously Sporting the Roles of Librarian and Reading Specialist
Monday, July 1 | 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Presenters: Deborah Parrott and Maria Cahill, PhD
With shrinking budgets, schools have eliminated literacy coaches. Where does that leave students who need intense reading intervention? Librarians to the rescue! While librarians have always contributed to students’ literacy development, we must now sport a new hat and intensify our approach to address Common Core Standards. Learn ideas for collaborating with teachers to achieve differentiation. Through hands-on exploration of narrative and information texts, discover multi-modal methods for advancing emergent, beginning and struggling readers’ development.
Topic Areas: Teaching and Learning; Student Expectations; School Relationships
Schedule is subject to change as conference nears.
