AASL President's Program

Sharing Our Stories! How School Librarians Build Relationships

Saturday, June 29, 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
San Diego Convention Center, RM 23 A-C

Join AASL President Courtney Pentland and several of her friends and colleagues from across the country as they share their own personal stories about building relationships through their role as school librarians. “Building Relationships is a key tenet of our profession that fuels so much of the work we do each and every day, which is why I chose it as the focus for my presidential year. As school librarians are always so generous with sharing their ideas and experiences, I thought, what better way to close out my term as president than hearing stories from our members so we can all continue to learn and grow together. Each guest will share at least one story with the audience, but we will also be asking the audience to share their stories as well. You can come just to listen and compile a list of ideas, but I hope you will consider sharing your story with us. You and your story matter!” All are invited to find joy in their journey by sharing and hearing uplifting relationship building stories and grow their professional connections.

Guests in Alphabetical Order: Tom Bober (MO), *Martha Bongiorno (GA), K.C. Boyd (DC), Tamara Cox (SC), Molly Dettmann (OK), *Laura Gingras (MN), Dustin Hensley (TN), Amy Hermon (MI), *Jennifer Hossack (MT), *Michelle Jarrett (FL), Amanda Jones (LA), Matt King (MO), Stacey Nunn (MD), *Cherity Pennington (OK), *Karina Quilantan (TX), Ayn Reyes Frazee (OR), Jillian Rudes (NY), Steve Tetreault (NJ), Melissa Thom (CT), Andrea Trudeau (IL), Sara Smith (CA), Carrie Wilkerson (KY), and more to be announced. *Indicates they will be joining us via video