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IASL Spring Conference Program 2015
Make Your Library EPIC:Be Your Own Superhero
Spring Conference 2015Sunday, April 12-Monday, April 13
Ramada Tropics Resort, Des Moines, Iowa#iasl15 (official Twitter hashtag)
IASL 2015 web site This year, our conference will explore how teacher librarians create their own identities (or multipleidentities) to serve students, teachers, and communities. Superheroes can seem larger than life, and socan our jobs, so we hope that by uniting for the common good, we can help each other transform ourstrengths into superpowers and find ways to manage our own personal kryptonites. And of course, everysuperhero has a support network, so let's assemble ours at the conference!
SUNDAY APRIL 12
2:00 - 4:00 pm Board roomIASL Board meetingAll welcome.
3:00 - 6:30 pm Hotel lobbyRegistration
4:00 - 5:30 pm Main BallroomPre-conference Writing Workshop With mike Mullin: Becoming a WRiting Superhero(limited to the first 60 registered participants who claim a spot; look for the welcomeemail from Kathy Kaldenberg after you’ve registered for the conference. It will includethe link for workshop registration)Ever think about writing a novel? I’ll teach you how. Bring paper and pens or acomputer and a wide-open mind. Every participant will leave with an idea and plan forhis or her own novel. Even if you don’t aspire to write, you’ll learn lots of insiderinformation about how your favorite authors plan and craft their books.
5:30 - 6:30 pm Hotel bar/restaurantNetworking and dinner on your own
Main Ballroom
6:30 - 7:00 pm Membership meeting
7:00 - 8:00 pm BallroomKEYNOTE Presentation: Mike MullinThe Creation of Ashfall: Or, How a Guy who Had never been off I-80Managed to Write about IowaMike Mullin first discovered he could make money writing in sixth grade. His teacher, Mrs.Brannon, occasionally paid students for using unusual words. Mike’s first sale as a writerearned 10 cents for one word: tenacious. Since then, Mike has always been involved withliterature. One of his early jobs was shelving books at Central Library in Indianapolis. Later, hepaid his way through graduate school in part by serving as a reference assistant for IndianaUniversity’s library. Mike has worked in his mother’s business, Kids Ink Children’s Bookstore,for more than twenty years, serving at various times as a store manager, buyer, school andlibrary salesperson, and marketing consultant. Mike wrote his first novel in elementary school—Captain Poopy’s Sewer Adventures. He’s been writing more or less non-stop ever since, butfortunately for his readers, Ashfall was his first published novel. Mike holds a black belt inSongahm Taekwondo. He lives in Indianapolis with his wife and her three cats
10:00 - 11:10 am Break
8:10 - 9:00 pm BallroomLIGHTNING TALKS
MONDAY APRIL 13
7:30 - 9:00 am AtriumContinental Breakfast
8:00 - 9:00 am AtriumRegistration
9:00 - 10:00 am Main Ballroom
Keynote presentation: It's A Bird! Its a Plane! It's You! |Library Girl's Tips for Unlocking Your Inner SuperHero!Jennifer LaGardeJennifer LaGarde (aka library girl!) is currently the teacher librarian at New Hanover HighSchool in Wilmington, NC. With over 17 years experience in education as a classroom teacher,teacher librarian and district level leader, Jennifer has been nationally recognized for hercontribution to school librarianship and education in general. In 2011, Jennifer was awarded the"I Love My Librarian Award" by the American Library Association, The Carnegie Corporation ofNew York and The New York Times. She was also named a 2011 "Mover and Shaker" by LibraryJournal. And in 2013 she was selected as one of five teacher librarians (nationally) finalists forthe first ever Bammy Award for outstanding service in the area of school librarianship.Jennifer is the author of the award winning blog The Adventures of Library Girl where sheproves you don’t have to be superhero to be a teacher librarian, but having a cape sure helps!
10:00 - 11:10 am Break
10:10 - 11:00Concurrentsession 1
NE Ballroom
Moving From Decoration to DocumentationJennifer LaGarde
First impressions matter. With an emphasis on tips and suggestions that can beachieved on any budget, the focus of this session will be to help Teacher Librarianscreate spaces that not only make a great first impression, but that also leave everyvisitor (be they a student, parent, principal or school board member) absolutelyconvinced that the work happening in the library is both aligned to school-wide goalsAND positively impacts student learning.
SE Ballroom
Beyond School: Connecting with Kids Beyond AcademicsSherry Gupta, CultureALL; Stu Mullins, United Action for Youth; Dawn Oropeza, Al Exito
In this session, three organizations will help you envision how libraries can connect with kidsbeyond academics, providing a space and culture that embraces the whole student. Join us forthis roundtable discussion with representatives from CultureALL, a Des Moines-basedorganization that involves Iowans in learning about world cultures; Al Exito, an Iowanorganization that provides programming and mentoring for Latino middle school students;and United Action for Youth, an Iowa City organization that focuses on "nurturing the potentialfor all youth to create, grow and lead."
Salon A/BBuild Your own Makerspace: The next great Library Adventure
Christine Sturgeon, Manson Northwest Webster Schools; Julie Graber, Prairie Lakes AEA;Chelsey Kolpin, Grinnell High School; and Katy Kauffman, Ankeny Southview Middle School
Looking for a way to engage students and reel reluctant teachers into your library program? Build a Makerspace! A Makerspace is a community center with tools, with the communitybeing your school's students and faculty and tools being age appropriate for the studentsthere. Tools can vary from high tech like Arduinos and MaKey MaKey invention kits, to low tech,like sewing machines and kick-ass paper airplanes. Christine and Julie have collaborated tobuild a Makerspace at Sturgeon's elementary school, Katy is working with 8th and 9th graders,and Chelsey works with high schoolers! Come join the discussion and see how you can getstarted making, too.
Salon C
Hook, Line, and Sinker: It’s All About the Books!Sandi Ellis Dallas-Center Grimes Middle School TL, Melissa White Dallas Center-GrimesElementary TL, and Jolene Bullis, Fairfield High School TL
Sometimes it seems as though we get so caught up in “the next big thing” that we lose sight ofwhat defined our spaces originally: the books! If you miss talking about books and areinterested in fellow librarians’ hottest titles, great ways to hook reluctant readers, ideas forhow to reel students (back) into reading, join this round-table discussion. You’ll leave with ashared list of titles and a renewed passion for connecting students with books.
Salon D
Putting Patrons First: Simple and InexpensiveMary Ascher, BCLUW Schools TL and Cari Teske, BCLUW High School principal
How do we create an inviting learning environment while engaging patrons without breakingthe budget? In this session we will focus on implementing simple and inexpensive ideas tomake your library more patron-focused.
11:10 - 12:00Concurrentsession 2
NE Ballroom
What's Your Super Power?Chelsea Sims, Iowa City Hills Elementary and South East Junior High; Beth Swantz, Grant WoodAEA; Tami Little, Sergeant Bluff-Luton TL
Bring your devices and prepare to build your Google Super Powers. Three presenters willwork with you to help take your Google knowledge from where it is today and give you insightinto what is possible. Strap on your Google Tool Belt and be ready to fly to the next level! Tolearn more specifics about this presentation, please visit the website: http://goo.gl/Uj5JPC .
SE BallroomThe Teachable Moment:
Talking with Parents, Students, and Communities about the Freedom to Read
Julie Courter, Tipton PK-12 TL; Ernie Cox, Prairie Creek Intermediate TL; Jim Elmborg,Professor, UI School of Library and Information Science; Amy Gage, Secondary Director ofTeaching and Learning, Norwalk Community Schools; Kate Lechtenberg, Ankeny NorthviewMiddle School TL
The freedom to read is one of the most basic values of both librarians and libraries; however,as school librarians we know that working with students and families can raise complicatedquestions about how to select appropriate materials for each age group we serve. Members ofthis roundtable discussion will discuss strategies for reframing difficult intellectual freedomchallenges--away from the us vs. them mentality, and toward a growth mindset that focuseson teaching and students.
Salon A/B
Code Library: Bringing Coding to Your Students
Jen Bange, Norway Elementary School and Sarah Staudt, Mason City Elementary TL
We will look at why coding is important, apps and websites for grades K-8, how to implementthe Hour of Code, and how to get started with an activity for teachers to try coding. Audiencemembers will walk away with knowledge, resources, experience, and confidence to implementcoding!
Salon C
Energizing Readers: Amazing Book Clubs and Middle School MarvelsNancy Flanigan, Aplington-Parkersburg TLand Kathrine Rogers, Muscatine West Middle SchoolTL
Do you need to give your readers a power boost? Nancy will share how to motivate yourstudents to become active members in book club, based on her successes with nearly 50members of her high school book club. Kat will share a variety of independent participationprograms to empower even the most busy or disinterested middle schoolers! Let’s assembleall levels of librarians for this session!
Salon D
Building the Future: Information Literacy Assessment of College FreshmenPam Rees, Grandview University Librarian; Rebecca Funke, DMACC-Ankeny Campus Librarian;and Jill Hofmockel, Iowa City, City High School TL
In the fall of 2013, Eight college/university libraries participated in a pilot study to assessinformation literacy skills of incoming college freshman. In this session, participants will hearabout the history of the pilot, problems encountered, and a discussion of the questions andInformation literacy concepts with which freshmen had the most difficulty. The discussion willbe followed a Teacher librarian response to the findings and a discussion of ways thatacademic and teacher librarians can work together to address these challenging concepts.
12:00 - 12:15 pm Break
12:15 - 1:20 pmLuncheon program Main Ballroom
Welcome and IntroductionDixie Forcht, IASL President
IASL AWARDSIowa Outstanding Library Program Award, Distinguished Advocate Award, Vision Award,Honoring Retirees
Keynote Presentation: “Shhh! We’re Training Superheroes in Here.”Ian CoonIan is currently a Junior at Waukee High School in Waukee, Iowa and is one of the student co-founders of the Iowa Student Learning Institute, a non-profit organization dedicated torevolutionizing student voice in Iowa. Among other accomplishments, Ian takes pride in alsoco-founding the English language learner Iowa Student Leadership Team that is working toshare the voices of all of Iowa’s diverse learners. Ian has also presented at the IowaTechnology and Education Connection conference over the past four years, regularly attendsEdCamps within the state, and was part of the closing keynote at the 2014 Iowa Association ofSchool Boards Annual Conference. Ian is also a Student Council member, Principal’s AdvisoryCouncil member, Silver Cord Advisory Board member, Hyperstream member, and a studentrepresentative of the Waukee Center for Advanced Professional Studies at his high school.
AnnouncementsDixie Forcht
1:30 - 2:20 pmConcurrentSession 3
NE Ballroom
School Librarians + Administrators = Epic PartnershipKathy Kaldenberg, Solon Community School District K-12 TL; K-12 Matt Townsley, SolonCommunity School District, Director of Instruction; Eric Townsley, South Tama Middle Schoolprincipal; Dixie Forcht, East Marshall Community Schools PK-12 TL
Join this roundtable discussion as we celebrate successful school librarian and administratorpartnerships, question why this partnership may not always be the norm and brainstorm nextsteps to promoting the library program in and outside the school walls.
SE Ballroom
Teacher Librarians Leading Through TLC (Teacher Leadership Compensation)Sarah Brown Wessling, Johnston High School English teacher, Teaching Channel and CCSSOconsultant; Rachel Burrow, Norwalk Middle School TL; Becky Johnson, Cedar Rapids JeffersonHigh School Library; Susan Tomlinson, Humboldt High School TL; and Christine Watson,Wapello Jr./Sr. High School TL
This Q&A Panel will discuss the Teacher Leadership & Compensation (TLC) and how teacherlibrarians can be leaders through TLC in their districts. The panel will share their experience asa teacher librarians, the TLC process, and how they are able to serve as leaders in their
districts. Time will also be opened up to address questions about TLC and creating positionsthat teacher librarians can fit into and lead from.
Salon A/B
Heroes Don’t Do Book Reports: Epic Literacy CollaborationsDianne Loughren and Diane Sperfslage, Oelwein TLs; and Don Osterhaus, TL and Becky Kuecker,English teacher, Grundy Center Community Schools
Two groups of teachers and teacher librarians from two different school districts will sharetools and techniques that encourage technology-infused collaborations for units and taskshave students demonstrate their knowledge of books they have read. Don and Betsy will sharea multi-genre fantasy unit focused on the cycle of the hero, and Dianne and Diane will provideproject ideas that can replace the traditional book report.
Salon C
Information Literacy Boot CampJenna Spiering, Northwest Junior High TL; Anah Austin and Jess Harris, Iowa City NorthwestJunior High English teachers
In an effort to create a foundation for research at NWJH, literacy teachers collaborated withthe teacher librarian to offer a nine-day 7th grade information literacy boot camp. In ourroundtable discussion, we will share our work and lead a discussion around best practices forteaching the essential skills students use throughout the year: creating research questions,evaluating sources of information, selecting keywords, and using Easybib to ethically cite andorganize information.
Salon D
Connecting Our Worlds to Celebrate Literature and TechnologySarah Staudt, Mason City Elementary TL; Miranda Kral, Mid-Prairie CSD and Keota CSD TL; andAlyssa Calhoun, Prairie Hill Elementary, Cedar Rapids Prairie TL
Stuck within in the walls of your classroom/library? Looking for a way to ignite learning? Joinin as we share our work with real-time classroom connections across the state. We’ll modelour connection with a real-time Google Hangout during the session, and we’ll talk about abouthow we planned and implemented our connections about from start to finish.
2:30 - 3:10No Conflict
Win prizes by
North and East Lobby, Conference Center
Exhibits
Bound to Stay Bound
filling out yourpassport!
Britannica Digital Learning
Ebsco Publishing
Follett
Gabe Flynn Publishers Rep
Gumdrop Books
Iowa AEA Online
Iowa Educators Consortium
Iowa Prison Industries
Iowa Reading Research Council
Latinas al Exito
Lerner Publishing
Mackin Educational Resources
Rosen Publishing
Tales2Go
World Book
3:20 - 4:10 pmMain BallroomAward AnnouncementsGoldfinch, Iowa Children’s Choice, Iowa Teen, Iowa High School Book Awards
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Be a superhero - Recycle your name tags as you leave.
The Conference Committee
Miranda KralExhibitor Liaison
Dixie Forcht, IASL President Christine SturgeonIASL Past President
Val EhlersILA Liaison
Are you interested in being onthe conference committee for
the 2015-16 conference?Planning starts soon after the
end of this conference.
Becky JohnsonAASL Liaison and Devil’s
Advocate
Kate Lechtenberg,Co-Chair, Conference &
Professional Development
Kathy Kaldenberg,Co-Chair, Conference &
Professional Development
Thank you to all thecommittee members.
Your dedication to the
association makesthis conference
possible.
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