Zmuda calls school librarians to action
Contact: Melissa Jacobsen
AASL Communications Specialist
(312) 280-4381
mjacobsen@ala.org
NEWS
For Immediate Release
May 4, 2010
AASL President's Program speaker to get rid of confining
CHICAGO – Allison Zmuda will be the keynote speaker at the American Association of School Librarian's (AASL) President's Program at the American Library Association 2010 Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. Her presentation, "Leading the Transformation of Education for the 21st Century," is a call to action for school librarians to position themselves at the forefront of the push to transform American education into the 21st century. The President's Program is sponsored by Thinkfinity/Verizon Foundation.
Zmuda works as a faculty member in the Understanding by Design cadre, with Education Connection in Litchfield, Conn. as a staff consultant, and independently through her own consulting firm. She has presented at workshops and conferences across the United States as well as in Canada, Japan, and Russia.
Her first book, "The Competent Classroom," launched her work as a national education consultant. Her second book, "High Stakes High School: A Guide for the Perplexed Parents," welcomes parents into the conversation about standards, assessment and high-stakes testing. Zmuda's third book, "Transforming Schools: Creating a Culture of Continuous Improvement," focuses on systems-thinking.
Zmuda's recent work is with school librarians and leaders in the field to reestablish the significance of the library as central to the mission of 21st century schools. Her focus is to help every educator create a competent classroom in which what teachers and students are expected to know and be able to do is challenging, feasible and worthy of the attempt.
The AASL President's Program is an annual event featuring prominent experts on issues relevant to school librarians; it is open to all registered conference attendees. For more information about this and other AASL programs at the 2010 ALA Annual Conference in Washington, D.C., check the AASL Web site at http://www.ala.org/aasl/annual. Ã
The American Association of School Librarians, www.aasl.org, a division of the American Library Association (ALA), promotes the improvement and extension of library services in elementary and secondary schools as a means of strengthening the total education program. Its mission is to advocate excellence, facilitate change and develop leaders in the school library field.
