TASL Summer Road Trip –East TN
PellissippiStateCommunity College; June 20, 2018
Registration7:30-8:00
Session 1: 8:00-8:45
- Mini-Bob: A Preview of the Best of the Best -- Cindy Welch
For: Elementary & Middle
Every summer The Center for Children's & Young Adult Literature hosts "BOB," The Best of the Best, a daylong book talk extravaganza. This session provides highlights and recommendations from the 2018 BOB, for age’s birth through 18.
- TEL- Andrea Zielke
For: Middle, High
Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL) provides free resources for all residents in Tennessee from encyclopedias to family history. This training will focus on how you, as a 6-12 school librarian, can use TEL to find free curricular development resources for grade level specific resources including our new databases Testing and Education Reference Center & Transparent Language. The training will also cover the parts of TEL that are designed specifically for your students as well as aspects of TEL that are for educators/librarians.
- A Librarian's Reader Workshop- Michelle Castleberry
For: Elementary, Middle
Have you wondered how to implement a Reader's Workshop in the library? Do you want to know more about what a Reader Workshop consists of? In this session, Michelle will discuss how she did it at her school. She will offer some practical tips and ideas for how to make it work for you. This is an exciting and fun way to improve comprehension and foster a love of reading in students.
- The Benefits of a Series Reading Program Session - Crystal Dougan
For: Elementary, Middle
Inspired by an Edutopia video, I applied for a grant and began our own series reading program at my school. It has exceeded all of my expectations. I would love to share what it is doing and what we have learned so others can begin their own.
- Building Biographies: Meet the New 5th Grade SS Standards Vicki Hines
For: Elementary
Vicki has written three biographies of men who are listed in the new fifth grade social studies standards: John Sevier, James Robertson, and John Donelson. Session will focus on collection development for biographies that meet the new 5th grade social studies standards along with library lesson plan ideas.
Session 2: 8:55-9:40
- Mini-Bob: A Preview of the Best of the Best -- Cindy Welch
For: Elementary & Middle
Every summer The Center for Children's & Young Adult Literature hosts "BOB," The Best of the Best, a daylong book talk extravaganza. This session provides highlights and recommendations from the 2018 BOB, for age’s birth through 18.
- The Benefits of a Series Reading Program Session - Crystal Dougan
For: Elementary, Middle
Inspired by an Edutopia video, I applied for a grant and began our own series reading program at my school. It has exceeded all of my expectations. I would love to share what it is doing and what we have learned so others can begin their own.
- TEL- Andrea Zielke
For: Elementary
Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL) provides free resources for all residents in Tennessee from encyclopedias to family history. This training will focus on how you, as a K-5 school
librarian, can use TEL to find free curricular development resources for grade level specific resources including. The training will also cover the parts of TEL that are designed specifically for your students as well as aspects of TEL that are for educators/librarians.
- Discover Tennessee History- Lisa Oakley, East Tennessee Historical Society
For: Elementary, Middle, High
Lisa Oakley, Director of Education, will highlight key Tennessee websites where you can go to find primary sources, classroom activities and lesson plans, and information about a wide range of professional development activities. Special emphasis will be given to resources which will assist elementary librarians in the new social studies standards roll out this coming school year (particular attention to 3rd-5thgrades).
- SE-YA Book Fest in 2019- Elizabeth Hicks
For: Middle, High
Dreaming of SE-YA 2019? Find out how other school librarians have come from far and wide to bring students to experience this one-of-a-kind book festival and how SE-YA Book Fest can help you make this dream come true for you and your students.
Session 3: 9:50-10:35
- Teamwork Makes the Dream Work-Stephanie Ham
For: Elementary, Middle, High
Team work makes the dream work, but yet finding consistent partners can be difficult. Libraries shouldn't work alone and they don't in Nashville. This session will briefly discussLimitless Libraries, a nationally recognized partnership program between MetroNashvillePublic Schools and Nashville Public Libraries. Participants will walk away with concrete next steps and guide for building partnerships in their community.
- Science and Engineering Practices in the Library- Sarah Searles
For: Elementary, Middle, High
Starting in fall 2018, Tennessee will implement new content standards in Science. Librarians are in luck, because the new Science and Engineering Practices is a great match for our AASL Standards! This session will introduce the SEPs and discuss opportunities to weave them into library instruction and collaboration.
- How to Read Like a Writer- Monika Schroeder
Elementary, Middle
Award-winning Author, Monika Schroeder, will demonstrate how she learns from reading the works of other writers and how by analyzing and imitating their techniques she improves her own craft. She will discuss books that teachers can use as mentor texts to model different writing traits and how librarians can promote these books to students and teachers.
- How to Host a Book Tasting- Elizabeth Hicks
For: High
Hosting a book tasting in your library is the idea way to allow students or teachers to “sample” many books within one class period. In this session you will learn some tips and tricks for hosting a successful book tasting.
- Discover Tennessee History- Lisa Oakley, East Tennessee Historical Society
For: Elementary, Middle, High
Lisa Oakley, Director of Education, will highlight key Tennessee websites where you can go to find primary sources, classroom activities and lesson plans, and information about a wide range of professional development activities. Special emphasis will be given to resources which will assist elementary librarians in the new social studies standards roll out this coming school year (particular attention to 3rd-5thgrades).
Session 4: 10:45-11:30
- Designing a Capstone Project for High School Research- Hannah LIttle
For: High
Many of Tennessee's schools have a senior project or paper as a graduation requirement. But what is the school librarian’s role in these capstone projects? Do we collaborate with teachers to make certain that the research and writingisscholarly and reflects criticalthinking? Do we collaborate with local colleges and universities to provide the bridge or transition to college-level research? Hannah is the lead senior adviser for the capstone project at The Webb School in Bell Buckle and shewill discuss methods, hurdles, and outcomes for her school's program.This session aligns with the AASL Inquire and Collaborate standards.
What You Didn’t Learn in LibrarySchool- Michele Bowman
For: Elementary, Middle, High
A better question might be what did you learn in library school? So now you're a librarian. Here are things you didn't know you needed to know after you completed your library program. This is an updated version of last year's presentation with new things about which we had no clue.
- What I've Learned Teaching the Visually Impaired and Blind- Sabrina McClure
For: Elementary, Middle, High
Understanding programs to help your visually impaired students, including those with dyslexia.
- Social Studies Standards: The times are a changin’- Bill Carey
For: Elementary, Middle, High
Tennessee’s social studies standards are changing, and teachers are understandablycurious (and nervous) about it. In this presentation, Tennessee History for Kids founder BillCareywill explain in detail how the standards have changed. Every grade has been affected, with the big changes in grades 3 through 5 (and in the area of how Tennessee history will be taught).Careywill also explain what Tennessee History for Kids is doing to help teachers make this transition as painlessly as possible.
- A Librarian's Reader Workshop- Michelle Castleberry
For: Elementary, Middle
Have you wondered how to implement a Reader's Workshop in the library? Do you want to know more about what a Reader Workshop consists of? In this session, Michelle will discuss how she did it at her school. She will offer some practical tips and ideas for how to make it work for you. This is an exciting and fun way to improve comprehension and foster a love of reading in students.
Lunch: 11:30-12:45
12:45-1:45
- Keynote: Stephanie Ham-
Today school librarians wear several hats from teacher to instructional partner. However, to thrive in our current roles, librarians must be willing to take risks and lead by example in order to support teachers and student success. This keynote session will focus on current strengths and strategies to take risks that allow librarians to grow as leaders from inside the library and out.
Session 5: 1:55-2:40
- Promoting Reading Culture with Creative Book Displays- Hannah LIttle
For: Elementary, Middle, High
Whether you are very creative or do not have a creative bone in your body you will enjoy this workshop. We will look at each of our individuallibraryspaces and collections to develop displays for the upcoming school year. We will brainstorm about local happenings, national holidays, and unique themes to return home with a monthly tickler file of ideas for the 2018-19 school years. In this session, you will sketch plans and use Pinterest so come ready for ahands-on workshop.This session aligns with the AASL Curate and Engage standards.
- Slavery in TN: A book that changes what we know- Bill Carey
For: Middle, High
A new book calledRunaways, Coffles and Fancy Girls: A History of Slavery in Tennessee. The book goes into great detail about how slavery was deeply imbedded into every aspect of social life, the economy and the government of Tennessee, from the time settlers first crossed the mountains until 1863. Among other things, the book proves that slaves were once given away in a state government lottery; that a slave died in the construction of the Tennessee State Capitol; that the government of Nashville owned slaves; and that slaves were sold with regularity at every courthouse in the state. With massive amounts of references to primary source (including more than nine HUNDRED runaway slave ads) the book proves that slavery was everywhere, and that every student can research the topic with ease.
- Curric Lit (not to be confused with Chick Lit)- Carrie Clabo
For: Elementary
Matching print or e-books to math, social studies and science standards at the elementary level, including examples of books and other resources that are available in most school libraries.
- Building Biographies: Meet the New 5th Grade SS Standards Vicki Hines
For: Elementary, Middle
Vicki has written three biographies of men who are listed in the new fifth grade social studies standards: John Sevier, James Robertson, and John Donelson. Session will focus on collection development for biographies that meet the new 5th grade social studies standards along with library lesson plan ideas.
Session 6: 2:50-3:35
- Getting Started on the New AASL Learner Standards- Amber Moser
For: Elementary, Middle, High
Wondering how to begin using the AASL standards in your library program? Find out how to take the first steps towards elevating your program!
3:40
- Final words, Door Prizes, Adjourn, Certificate
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