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Thursday, September 29, 2011 Time Location Description 3:00 -7 :00 pm
Registration Desk Registration
4:30 -6:30 pm Mirabella AB TASL Showcase 5:00 – 8:00 pm Mirabella E
Vendor & Exhibits Opening
4:30 – 8:00 pm Cambridge A Bookstore
4:00 – 6:00 pm Oakleigh
Pre-conference with Judy Bivens Evaluation Process
6:00 – 7:00 pm Mirabella CD
Opening Night Reception Sponsored in part by Vincent and Vincent
Conference Planner Thursday
TASL Preconference 2011 Librarian Evaluation: Connecting Libraries and Learning with Dr. Judy Bivens "Let's look at a lesson plan model and
share activities that help librarians model instructional
domain elements. Regardless of the evaluation model, these
teaching strategies will bring some insight to your situation."
Thursday, Sep 29, 2011 at 4:00 -6:00 P.M.
Embassy Suites -Oakleigh B
2011 Exhibitors Authors Signing – 47
Bookstore – Cambridge A
The Reading Source
Alexandria -36
www.goalexandria.com
Back Yard Book Fair -41
Baker & Taylor -20 www.btol.com
Book Systems, Inc. -19
www.booksys.com Bound to Stay
Bound Books -25 www.btsb.com
Braxx Books -5
www.BraxxBooks.com Burrow
Library Services 34, 35 [email protected]
Britannica Digital Learning – 1
www.info.eb.com Camcor – 16
www.camcor.com
Children's Plus, Inc. -3
childrensplusinc.com
CoLibri-50 Cover One –
33 www.coverone.net
Davidson Titles. Inc. -37
www.davidsontitles.com Delaney
Educational Enterprises, Inc. 11 www.deebooks.com
EBSCO Publishing -43 www.ebscohost.com
Education Networks of America -24 www.ena.com
Federal Reserve -8 www.federalreserveeducation.org
Follett Library Resources, Inc. – 18, 19 www.titlewave.com
Gale, part of Cengage Learning -32 www.galeschools.com
Garrett Book Co -14 [email protected]
Gumdrop -13 http://www.gumdropbooks.com/
Ingram Content Group -31 ingramcontent.com jaci's jewels – 50 www.jacisjewels.com
Junior Library Guild -28 www.juniorlibraryguild.com
Lerner Publishing Group -8 www.lernerbooks.com
Luminis Books -9 www.luminisbooks.com
Mackin Educational Resources -30 www.mackin.com
Magazine Subscription Service Agency 2 [email protected]
National School Products -12 www.nationalschoolproducts.com
Perma-Bound Books – 22, 23 www.perma-bound.com Presentation Solutions, Inc. -4 www.presentationsolutions.com
ProQuest -15 www.proquest.com
Rainbow Book Company -29 www.rainbowbookcompany.com
Renaissance Learning -42 www.renlearn.com
Scholastic Book Fairs – 45, 46 scholastic.com/bookfairs
Scott Laboratory Solutions -6 [email protected]
Stop Falling Productions -10 www.stopfalling.com
TEL and TLA -Wendy Cornelisen -21 www.tntel.info
Trevecca Nazarene University -49 www.trevecca.edu/soe/mlis
University of Tennessee, School of http://www.sis.utk.edu
Usborne Books & More -38 www.EDCLibraryBooks.com/p0138
Vincent and Vincent Booksellers – 39, 40 vincentandvincent.net
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Friday, September 30, 2011 (cont’d.) 1:00 -1:50 pm Concurrent Sessions Session 13 Oakleigh A -Student Assessment in the Library—Oh My! (Secondary) Audrey Church [MS/HS]
Session 14 Oakleigh B John Himmelman [ES]
Session 15 Oakleigh C Kristin O'Donnel Tubb [MS]
Session 16 Broadlands A VSBA YA [HS]
Session 17 Broadlands B VSBA Primary and Intermediate [ES & MS] Session 18 Cambridge B – Gadget Petting Zoo Courtney Fuson [All Technology]
2:00 -2:50 pm Exhibit Hall -No Conflict
3:00 -3:50 pm Concurrent Sessions Session 19 Oakleigh A -Student Assessment in the Library— Oh My! (Elementary) Audrey Church [ES]
Session 20 Oakleigh B Margaret Peterson Haddix [All]
Session 21 Oakleigh C Brandon Mull [MS] Session 22 Broadlands A Cataloging and Circulating E-Readers Mildred Rawlings and Susan Timmons [MS / HS Tech]
Session 23 Broadlands B TEL me about it Wendy Corneilson [All] Session 24 Cambridge B Supporting Local Isn’t just for Agriculture Melissa Williams and Tiffany Johnson[All]
4:00 -4:50 pm Vendor Presentations [see page 20]
Workshop 1 Oakleigh A Baker & Taylor
Workshop 2 Oakleigh B Britannica Digital Learning
Workshop 3 Oakleigh C Follett
Workshop 4 Broadlands A Junior Library Guild
Workshop 5 Broadlands B World Book
Workshop 6 Cambridge B 5:00 -5:50 pm Regional and Level Meetings Regions and Levels may choose to meet together. The following rooms are available for regional meetings, roundtables, etc. Oakleigh A Middle –Regions -Cumberland Region, Walking Horse, Highland Rim Oakleigh B West –Regions -Western Plains, Mississippi River, West Tennessee River Oakleigh C East – Regions -East Tennessee River, Volunteer, Appalachian Broadlands A High-school Broadlands B Elementary
Cambridge B Middle Volunteer State Book Awards Dinner 6:30 -9:00 p.m. Margaret Peterson Haddix, John Himmelman, Susan Pfeffer, Brandon Mull Mirabella ABCD Awards Banquet
Conference Planner Friday (cont’d.)
Saturday, October 1, 2011 7:45 -8:30 am Registration Desk Registration
8:00 am -12:30 pm 8:30-9:20 am
Cambridge A Bookstore Concurrent Sessions
Session 25 Mirabella A Ernie Cox [All]
Session 26 Mirabella B – Tools for Advocacy
Sarah Searles [All tech]
Session 27 Oakleigh A Susan Pfeffer -VSBA Winner [MS / HS]
Session 28 Cambridge B – First to the Top and You Becky Jackman
9:30 -10:30 General Session
Saturday General Session Buffy Hamilton -http://theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.com/ Buffy Hamilton is the founding librarian of “The Unquiet Library” at Creekview High
School in Canton, Georgia. Hamilton, who earned her Ed.S. in Instructional Technology and School Library Media at the University of Georgia in 2005, taught high school English courses and served as an educational technology
specialist for the Cherokee County School District before deciding she wanted to be a librarian when she grew up. She is passionate about creating library
experiences for her students that will encourage them to be lifelong learners and advocating for the power of the library in her community. Keynote: How can school libraries cultivate and support a culture of participatory learning that disrupts school climates that emphasize traditional modes of learning and
assessment? How can librarians help classroom teachers to nurture students and to move students beyond compliance and conformity? Come learn how school
libraries can function as sponsors of participation literacy to foster your learning community's efforts to engage students as active learners who are more than mere
spectators in their journey of learning.
10:40 – 11:30 Concurrent Sessions
Session 29 Mirabella A Ernie Cox
Session 30 Mirabella B Ron Kidd
Session 31 Oakleigh A Tracy Barrett
Session 32 Cambridge B Robert J. Blake 11:40 am -12:30
pm Concurrent Sessions
Session 33 Mirabella A – Plays well with others Courtney Fuson
Session 34 Mirabella B Ron Kidd
Session 35 Oakleigh A Tracy Barrett
Session 36 Cambridge B Robert J. Blake
Conference Planner Saturday
Friday 8:00 -8:50 a.m.
Session 1, 7 , 13 and 19 Audrey Puckett Church, Ph.D.
Audrey Church is an Associate Professor and Coordinator of the School Library Media Program at Longwood University in Farmville, VA. She earned her B.A. from Bridgewater College (VA), her M.S. in Ed. from Longwood College, and her Ph.D. from Virginia Commonwealth University. She was a building level librarian in Virginia public schools for 20 years prior to coming to Longwood. She is past president of the Virginia Educational Media Association, chair of the Educators of Library Media Specialists section (ELMSS) of the American Association of School Librarians, and chair of the ALA/AASL NCATE Coordinating Committee. A frequent presenter at state and national conferences, she is author of numerous journal articles and two books: Leverage Your Library Program to Help Raise Test Scores (Linworth, 2003) and Your Library Goes Virtual (Linworth, 2007). 1. Principals’ Perceptions of the Instructional Role of the School Librarian Description: Do principals know that we are teachers, instructional partners, information specialists, and leaders within our schools? Do they know that when we take an active role in the instructional programs of our schools, student achievement is higher? How do principals learn about what school librarians do? What do they expect from us? In this session, the presenter will share findings from her research with elementary and secondary school principals in Virginia. 7. Topics and Trends for 21st Century School Librarians Description: In this session, we will explore twelve topics, grounded in the principles of AASL’s 2009 Empowering Learners: Guidelines for School Library Programs and critically important to 21st century school librarians. For each topic, at least three quality resources (free Web site, journal article, and book) will be shared. 13. Student Assessment in the Library—Oh My! (Secondary) Description: Empowering Learners: Guidelines for School Library Programs states, “The school library program is guided by regular assessment of student learning to ensure that the program is meeting its goals.” In this session, we will explore “regular assessment of student learning.” How do you assess student learning in the library, and how can you use the data that you collect to improve your program? This session focuses on assessment in secondary school libraries. 19. Student Assessment in the Library—Oh My! (Elementary) Description: Empowering Learners: Guidelines for School Library Programs states, “The school library program is guided by regular assessment of student learning to ensure that the program is meeting its goals.” In this session, we will explore “regular assessment of student learning.” How do you assess student learning in the library, and how can you use the data that you collect to improve your program? This session focuses on assessment in elementary school libraries. Session 2 Creating and using a library curriculum guide Anne Smith with Connie Reed and Tim Dale [ES / MS] Use Tennessee Department of Education Curriculum Standards to create your own curriculum guide. Look at the Common Core Standards and how they will affect what skills, dispositions, responsibilities, and self-assessment strategies we teach. Each library is different, so ma a curriculum guide that will benefit you! Mrs. Smith has taught library at Kingsley elementary for 7 years. She has worked on the curriculum development committee for 4 years. She enjoys organizing and understanding the changes that take place in education. Her goal is to help students be prepared for jobs they will hold that are not yet created. Timothy Dale is the Media Specialist for Indian Springs Elementary School in Sullivan County. This is Timothy’s second career. He has taught seven years and has a BS in Political Science and a MS in Library Media. Connie Reed is the Library Media Specialist at Brookside Elementary School in Sullivan County. She has her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the Univ. of TN College of Nursing in Memphis, her Masters of Arts in Teaching for Elementary grades and her certification in Library Science, both from East TN State Univ.
Speaker and Session Information – Friday Morning
Session 10 & 26– Sarah Searles
Session 11 – Judy Bivens [All]
Out with the One-Shot Orientation: Re-thinking Library Skills Instruction for High School [HS] Frustrated with an unproductive one-shot freshman orientation, the librarians and English teachers of West High School in Knoxville set out to re-imagine the orientation process to better prepare ninth-grade students for successful research. This program will address the collaborative planning process, lessons learned, and recommendations for the future. Sarah Searles [All tech] Tools for Advocacy: Promoting Your Program with Technology Integrating technology into lessons can
Librarians as Leaders We hear much about academic coaches and teacher leaders, what about librarians as leaders? There are essential roles which librarians play which make them leaders in their schools, communities, and professional organizations. What skills are needed? What are the roles? Let’s learn about library leadership together! Dr. Judy Bivens has a doctorate in curriculum and instruction, master's degrees in information science and English, and a Plus 30 in instructional technology. Judy is an Associate Professor and Program Coordinator for the Masters in Library and Information Science Program in the School of Education at Trevecca Nazarene University. Session 12 – Kathryn Bennett [All] Limitless Libraries: School/Public Library Partnership in Nashville
Limitless Libraries is a collaborative partnership between the Nashville Public
benefit your students in many ways, but it
Library and all public high schools in Davidson County. Initiated by Mayor Karl
can also benefit YOU.
Dean, this collaboration promotes students’ access to resources and the
This session will strengthening of school library collections. Presenters will describe how the
discuss how to use technology as an
initiative works and share future plans.
advocacy tool, Jeanette Lambert is the library media specialist at Pearl-Cohn Entertainment
including strategies to
Magnet High School in Nashville. She is also a former president of TASL (2002)
get the attention of and has served on the Advocacy Committee of TASL for a number of years. In
decision-makers and addition, she has served as the school library representative on the Tennessee
easy tech tools to Advisory Council on Libraries (2007-2010) and Tenn-Share Board (2005-2007).
promote your Jeanette received her graduate degree in library science from Clark Atlanta
program. Sponsored by the TASL
University.
Advocacy Amanda Smithfield. I have been an MNPS librarian for 8 years, 6 of which
Speaker and Session Information – Friday (cont’d.)
Session 16 --VSBA YA [HS]
Session 17 – [ES & MS] VSBA Primary and Intermediate
Session 18 [All] Gadget Petting Zoo
Scot Smith will booktalk the twenty-five titles on this year's Young Adult nomination list for the Volunteer State Book Award. A discussion of the nominees will follow his
Intermediate: : Theresa Barnhill and Amelia Bell will discuss the nominees for Intermediate Division of the 2011-2012 Volunteer
Courtney Fuson [All Technology] Heard all about the iPad, Kindle and Sony e-readers? Never seen one “in the wild?” Here’s your chance! Don’t be afraid to get your hands dirty – come and play with some of the e-readers and other gadgets that are out there and learn a little more about them! Courtney Fuson is the Current Electronic and Educational Resources Librarian at Belmont University. She also worked as a Reference Librarian
Speaker and Session Information – Friday (cont’d.)
Friday 3:00 – 3:50 pm Session 21
Brandon Mull resides in a happy little valley near the mouth of a canyon with his wife and three children. He spent two years living in the Atacama Desert of Northern Chile where he learned Spanish and juggling. He once won a pudding eating contest in the park behind his grandma’s house, earning a gold medal. Brandon is the author of the New York Times bestselling Fablehaven series and The Candy Shop War.
Session 22 – Cataloging and Circulating E-Readers
Session 23 – TEL me about it
Session 24 -Supporting Local Isn’t Just for Agriculture!
Mildred Rawlings and Susan Timmons Cataloging and Circulating E-Readers So you’ve decided to buy an e-reader! Now what? Two school librarians who have circulated Kindles for several years will provide practical tips on cataloging e-readers, buying content and managing circulation. After ten years working in corporate and academic libraries (including four different departments at Vanderbilt University!), Susan Timmons earned her M.L.I.S. through the distance education program at U.T. Knoxville in 2006. Since then she has been the Circulation Librarian at The Harpeth Hall School, an independent all-girls grades 5-12 school in Nashville, TN. Milly Rawlings is the Head Librarian at Baylor School in Chattanooga. Appointed 1986 -B.A., Wheaton College, M.L.S., George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University with
Wendy Cornelisen is the TEL Coordinator for the Tennessee State Library and Archives. She has previous experience in public libraries, including as
Melissa Williams and Tiffany Johnson are studying Information Science at UT Knoxville specializing in school library media centers, though they both live in Nashville. After attending TASL Conference in 2010, they decided to use their collective knowledge, interest, and education to create a presentation about going local in a school library setting. Bringing in local authors can be a great way to save your school money and support your community. Going Green and Supporting Local are both options that many people are turning to in order to protect our planet and show community involvement. Let us
The Road to Fablehaven: Seeking, Finding and Using Your Best Talents In this engaging presentation, Brandon Mull shares his journey from his roots as a wanna-be author to the fulfillment of his dream of becoming a national bestselling writer. It is a story of self-doubt, perserverance, and prayer.
Vendor Sessions Baker & Taylor – Baker & Taylor – Beth Futch Axis 360, the revolutionary digital media platform provides libraries and their students with a state-ofthe-art system for circulating digital content—including Blio, the world’s most engaging ereading experience.
Britannica Britannica Digital Learning – Chris Hoover Image Quest: Millions of quality, rights-cleared images; eBooks for Science, Geography, and History; dynamic online resources for children and adults; publishing opportunities for faculty and much more
Follett We will discuss how to collaborate with your faculty to choose digital content, such as eBooks and databases that will support your curriculum as well as excite your students. You will also see a demo of the FollettShelf, a virtual online library for hosting your digital content.
Junior Library Guild We will discuss upcoming books in YA and children’s literature also the benefits of a collection development service like JLG
World Book
Volunteer State Book Awards Dinner – September 30, 2011 6:30 – 9:00 pm Welcome Dinner
Administrator Honor Roll Author -John Himmelman Innovative Library Program Award Author -Brandon Mull Scholarship Recipients and Clara Hasbrouck Author -Susan Pfeffer Author -Margaret Peterson
Haddix
Speaker and Session Information
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Susan Beth Pfeffer's first two apocalyptic novels, the New York Times bestselling Life As We Knew It and The Dead and the Gone, were widely praised by reviewers as action-packed, thrilling, and utterly terrifying. Life As We Knew It received numerous
starred reviews and honors and was nominated for many state awards, winning six. Ms. Pfeffer lives in Wallkill, New York.
Saturday 8:30-9:20 am
25 and29 -Ernie Cox -Community Builders
From Library Journal 2010 Movers & Shakers Ernie Cox came to librarianship because it “combines civics, art, technology, and community,” says the media specialist at St. Timothy's, a K-8 Episcopal school in Raleigh, NC. As a school librarian there for the last five years, Cox is part of a community that includes teachers, and it's his job to help them develop both creatively and technologically through the use of American Association of School Librarians (AASL) Professional Learning Communities, where they can collaborate, network, chat live, and otherwise connect with colleagues.
Finding our Place: Professional Learning Communities and School Librarians Many school districts are using professional learning communities as THE way to conduct staff development,
curriculum planning, and lesson design (and to save money). Increasingly PLCs are the vehicle for driving innovation and change in schools. Unfortunately School librarians are often left out of this important professional learning process. This session aims to facilitate our plans for school librarians to gain an expanded role in their school PLCs. Collectively we will come up with action steps to take home on Monday.
Great Nonfiction!? Common Core Standards and Exemplar “Texts”. The Common Core Standards are here – now what? These standards describe the important role of trade literature and nonfiction reading within the curricular areas. Textbooks as we’ve known them will not do the job. Real reading requires a whole new paradigm for curriculum materials. But what will these 21st Century learning texts look like and where will we get them? Enter the school librarian! In this session we’ll enhance the exemplar nonfiction lists to include a wider range of reading experiences. You can become a curriculum material leader in your school – come see how.
28 Becky Jackman
First To the Top and You: Where Do Media Specialists Fit In?
Learn more about the new evaluation process and how you fit into the program. Session will have time for suggestions from audience members.
Becky Jackman is a school librarian at New Providence Middle School in Clarksville. She has worked as a school librarian at the elementary, middle and high school levels. Becky is a member of ALA, AASL, YALSA, TEA, TLA, and is TASL Past-President
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Saturday 10:40 – 11:30am
30 and 34 --Mirabella B
Ron Kidd Kidd Named to Annual “Best of Nashville” List October 2008
Best Person to Introduce Your Kids to Tennessee History Most kids think studying history is only marginally better than getting the flu. Fortunately, Ronald Kidd writes young-adult novels that make Tennessee’s past accessible and fun: His youthful protagonists pull the reader into lives as complicated as the times in which they live. In Monkey Town, he told the story of the 1925 Scopes evolution trial through the eyes of a thoughtful 15-year-old girl. With this year’s On Beale Street, Kidd presents the segregationist 1950s as witnessed by a troubled Memphis teenager who has a front-row seat at the birth of rock ’n’ roll. From Clarence Darrow to Elvis Presley, Kidd keeps the past—and its still-relevant issues—alive.
—Chris Scott, Nashville Scene
Tracy Barrett is the author of numerous books and magazine articles for young readers. She holds a Bachelor's Degree with honors in Classics-Archaeology from Brown University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Medieval Italian Literature from the University of California, Berkeley. Her scholarly interests in the ancient and medieval worlds overlap in her fiction and nonfiction works.
Her most recent publications are King of Ithaka, a young-adult novel based on Homer's Odyssey; and the fourth book in The Sherlock Files, The Missing Heir (both Henry Holt). In September, Harcourt will publish her young-adult retelling of the myth of the Minotaur, Dark of the Moon.
Session 31 -Getting It Right: Accuracy in Historical Fiction If children are to be engaged by a novel set in the historical past, the writer must balance story with history, and entertainment with accuracy. This leaves the author with the delicate task of representing history accurately while telling the story she wants to tell. Not only historical facts -dates, places, people -but perhaps even more crucially, emotional details (How did it feel to have an arranged marriage? How did parents react to a child's death, when they expected to lose half of their sons and daughters in infancy? Was it fun being a knight?) have to be presented in a way that serves the story, reflects historical fact, and doesn't confuse or alienate the reader. Author Tracy Barrett explains how she navigates these tricky waters.
Session 35 -Sherlock Holmes, The Minotaur, and Me: One Author's Journey Author Tracy Barrett started her writing career with non-fiction, but now concentrates on fiction, principally historical fiction. She traces this journey, describing how a character or incident sparks her imagination, exploring her research process, and discussing the trap of "research rapture." She also discusses the use of historical fiction in the middle-and high-school classroom and library.
32 and 36 Cambridge B Robert J. Blake
When Robert Blake was growing up, his best talent was his ability to pretend. "In school I had a very special teacher who recognized this and taught me how to really read, how to pretend with words, and how to feel the words," he says. "The more I read, the more 'what ifs' came to mind. And the more I asked 'what if?' the more I felt like writing."
When he began to write and illustrate his own books, Blake decided he would try to "live" each of the characters he wrote about. Ever since, he has traveled to the locations where his stories take place, so he can write and paint right there. "For me," says Blake, "that is living a story, and I hope it makes my stories feel real."
Saturday 11:40 am -12:30 pm 33 Mirabella A Plays Well With Others: Saving Money and Improving Service Through Cooperation -DeAnne Luck
Come hear about the state-wide and regional efforts to improve services and lower costs through database discounts and “Share Your Stuff,” which encourages other libraries to lend items to schools quickly and easily by courier. Working together we can do more!
DeAnne Luck is from Woodlawn, TN and is the Database Coordinator for Tenn-Share
