10:50 Break Shannon Hale Book Signing Downstairs Session 3

Conference Schedule

Time Event

7:00 Registration Continental Breakfast

President’s Message 7:45 Keynote Speaker: Laurie Halse Anderson

Session 1: 9:10 Description Presenters

Pairing Picture Books & Pairing picture books with primary sources Catherine Bates, M.Ed., has been Primary Sources is a motivating way to connect students the teacher librarian at Brighton

with historical events and help them to High School for the past 6 years. INQUIRE think critically. This session will provide resources for finding picture books to pair Marianne Bates, M. Ed., worked in 101 Elementary | Secondary Library Teachers | Paras with primary sources, as well as strategies the Albion Middle School library for for using these pairings in assignments. 16 years.

Learn to create dynamic promotional items Mary Anne Wiebe-Strong will be DRAW Your Students using Google Drawings. Learn to easily concluding her 23 year of teaching into the Library

and quickly create posters, signs, and and her third year as the Library buttons that will draw your students into Media Technology specialist at ENGAGE the library. Churchill Junior High in Salt Lake

103 Elementary | Secondary City. She has a passion for books, Library Teachers | Paras technology, dance, science, graphic arts, and travel.

In this session, Will Terry will explain how Will Terry has been a freelance Visual Storytelling: he breaks down the text and instructions illustrator for 23 years. He was Thought Processes given to him for a project and explain his horrible at math, English, and Behind Illustration thought process as he creates. He will give science...luckily he found art. After you techniques you can use for creative finishing his BFA project at BYU he ENGAGE lessons with students to engage with began working for magazines and Elementary | Secondary picture books and creating art. newspapers not far from where he Library Teachers grew up in Washington D.C. He Supervisors has illustrated about 30 children's

BallroomA books for Random House, Simon Schuster, Scholastic, Penguin,

Klutz, and Albert Whitman.

With the push for Blended learning, Michelle Barney has been a Putting Your Best Tech teachers and librarians need more tools to teacher in the Davis School District Forward make technology work in meaningful ways for over 15 years, and much of my in their schools. In this session, we will work has been dedicated to CURATE explore exciting new to use technology to gathering the best technological Elementary | Secondary reach and interact with students in your resources. As a Microsoft Library Teachers schools. Innovative Educator, I have many resources and ideas to share that will help any librarian or teacher BallroomB utilize tech effectively.

Keith Smedberg is a Teacher Library APPS What apps do you use to help run your Library? Sora, OverDrive Goodreads, Librarian at Olympus High School

Follett Destiny, Titlewave, Discover and in Holladay, Utah. A lifetime EXPLORE Decimator are some. educator - 15 years in classrooms, Elementary | Secondary 2 years in technology, 8 years in Library Teachers Come on by for quick overview of these the Library so far who knows and share what you use. what's next! Most the time the best part of the job is talking to kids

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The year 2020 marks the 100th anniversary Naomi Watkins is the Director of Commemorating the of the ratification of the 19th Amendment Education for Better Days 2020, a Women’s Suffrage granting women voting rights and the 150th non-profit dedicated to popularizing Anniversaries through anniversary of Utah women becoming the Utah women’s history, particularly Picture Books first to vote in the modern United States. focused on women’s suffrage and Learn about the untold Utah suffrage story voting rights. A former middle

ENGAGE and the many picture books about school LA teacher, Naomi has also 1 Elementary | Secondary women’s suffrage and voting rights. Ideas worked as an instructional coach in Library Teachers | Paras | for using these books with kids, Utah Title 1 schools and as a professor 20 Supervisors history connections, primary sources, and in literacy and children’s literature. additional lesson materials will be Her areas of expertise include

provided. literacy and language pedagogy,

B culturally diverse children’s literature, educating English language learners, and content-

area disciplinary literacy.

Follett’s Curiosity Center is full of hands-on Dave Brown has worked with

opportunities to engage and learn. Within Follett School Solutions for over 12

the center you will find books focused on years. He works closely with Follett Curiosity Center specific educational niches librarians to design solutions for

(social/emotional learning, multicultural, everyday challenges, such as:

diversity, Hi/Low, striving readers, collection development and

EXPLORE augmented reality, STEAM, and more). analysis, classroom collaboration, Elementary | Secondary Also, try out many Makerspace items to and returning the library to its 204 Library Teachers help pull back the curtain and climate the rightful place as the heart of the mystery and uncertainty on the products, school! the longevity, and educational applications for your library and school.

Vendor Room

Digital Engagement LightBox, an interactive educational Dave Brown has worked with through LightBox platform, is used in the library as high Follett School Solutions for over 12 Interactive interest nonfiction and in the classroom to years. He works closely with improve comprehension, vocabulary, and librarians to design solutions for EXPLORE engagement. Come listen as your peers everyday challenges, such as:

Elementary | Secondary explain how they use it in their own collection development and Library Teachers schools to collaborate with teachers and analysis, classroom collaboration, bring extra value to the library. and returning the library to its 205 rightful place as the heart of the Vendor Session school!

Cindy Mitchell has been a school librarian for 21 years.

Charter & Private Come meet with other charter and private Emilee McCoy and Mariah Schools Meet & Greet school librarians and para-professionals. Gerlach are UELMA Board We will get to know each other, plan ways Members as well as librarians at COLLABORATE to collaborate and support each other charter schools. They hope to build Elementary | Secondary without the support of a district. a great communication platform of SuiteC Library Teachers | Paras charter school libraries.

Engaging Students in UCTE English Quest is a state-wide Kim Irvine and Angela Woiwode language arts competition encompassing are both full-time English teachers

Language Arts with acting, filmmaking, and visual arts in who have served on the UCTE UCTE English Quest addition to reading and writing. Session executive board and worked with attendees will learn what Quest is and how UCTE English Quest for several EXPLORE librarians can help teachers and students years. They are currently co-chairs

uite D Elementary | Secondary field a team for their school for the 2019- of the event. Library Teachers S 2020 school year. They will also receive resources for hosting their own school- level Quest competition.

Laurie Halse Anderson Purchase books from the King’s English Book Signing on Stage Bookstore located downstairs, or bring your own. ENGAGE

Elementary | Secondary Library Teachers | Paras

Library Supervisors

Great HallGreat

9:50-10:10

Morning Break

Will Terry Book Signing Downstairs

Session 2: 10:10 Description Presenters

rd What is the future of our school libraries? Jim Wilson is in his 23 year in Where do we currently stand? Where education. He worked for 10 years should we be? How do we get there? This in Jordan and Canyons School State of the Library session will focus on the state of our Districts as a School Teacher Discussion school libraries, nationally and within Utah. Librarian. He is now working as the What is the Gold Standard for staffing and District Library Media Specialist in COLLABORATE operating a top notch school library? We Canyons School District. He serves Elementary | Secondary will focus on concepts and ideas that will on the PALS Board (Parents Library Teachers | Paras help our libraries remain relevant in our Advocating for School Libraries) Supervisors schools and in the eyes of our school, and is and active member of ULMS

district, and state decision makers. (Utah Library Media Supervisors). In addition, he is a member of

101 UELMA, ALA, AASL, and ULA.

Bridget Rees is in her 11th year of teaching. She taught middle and high school language arts for 8 years in the Canyons and Jordan School Districts, and is now enjoying her 3rd year in her dream job as a teacher librarian at Albion Middle School in Canyons School

District.

This hands-on breakout session will help Aubrey Rogowski is currently librarians learn the basics of STEM-rich pursuing a PhD in Instructional Making activities that can be provided for Technology & Learning Sciences at STEM in the Library teens in the library. Librarians will have the Utah State University. For the past opportunity to participate in coding and two years, Aubrey has been EXPLORE circuitry activities. Free digital resources working on an IMLS grant under Elementary | Secondary will also be presented. the direction of Dr. Victor Lee and

103 Library Teachers | Paras Dr. Mimi Recker to research how Supervisors STEM-rich Maker activities can be implemented in rural, small town libraries.

Join us on our journey to transform or Wendy Haws taught English for 14 Creating a Diverse Book school into a more inclusive and years and is currently the Teacher Challenge in Your School empathetic environment. We'll walk Librarian at Central Davis Jr. High. through the steps we have taken to create, th th INCLUDE implement, and promote a Diverse Book Andrea Kemper teaches 7 , 8 , th Secondary Challenge in our school. Learn how a and 9 grade English. Library Teachers | reading challenge can impact your school. Supervisors BallroomA

This innovative approach to reading Paul Woodin is the Media Dog Days: Reading with produces impressive data-driven results. Specialist at South Ogden Junior Bentley Most students are highly impacted High. students from poverty or an ELL Using a support animal background. This program has increased Kim Irvine is a teacher at South to generate excitement stamina, comprehension, and a general Ogden Junior High. and stamina for reading love of reading. Bentley is South Ogden Junior INCLUDE High’s reading support animal. BallroomB Elementary | Secondary

eMedia has been revamped and renewed Dani Sloan is a technology Getting Started with the to be your new Open Educational specialist with expertise in using New eMedia from Utah’s Resource (OER) commons! Learn how to social media, makerspace and use eMedia, curate awesome resources innovation, and PBL in the Online Library (including interactives), embed directly to classroom. She is a trainer at UEN, CURATE Canvas, share with other teachers, and an Instructor at the University of Elementary | Secondary rate usability of resources! Utah teaching technology Library Teachers integration in classrooms to pre- service teachers, and Past- President of the Utah Coalition for Educational Technology. Before

BallroomC working for the Utah Education Network, she was a fourth grade teacher at a Title I school and then a school technology specialist for Granite School District.

Using Graphic Novels to In this session, Manga Classics will John Shableski has written and Engage Readers of All demonstrate creating mutually beneficial produced over 500 hours of PD

Ages support systems for readers, teachers and regarding graphic novels. 1 librarians and understanding the complex ENGAGE nature of the comic book medium and This session also features author 20 Elementary | Secondary graphic novel format. Shannon Hale, educators Ryne Library Teachers | Paras | Steinacker and Emily Jones from Vendor Session Kearns High School. Supervisors B

Follett’s Curiosity Center is full of hands-on Dave Brown has worked with

opportunities to engage and learn. Within Follett School Solutions for over 12

the center you will find books focused on years. He works closely with Follett Curiosity Center specific educational niches librarians to design solutions for

(social/emotional learning, multicultural, everyday challenges, such as:

diversity, Hi/Low, striving readers, collection development and

EXPLORE augmented reality, STEAM, and more). analysis, classroom collaboration, Also, try out many Makerspace items to and returning the library to its 204 Elementary | Secondary Library Teachers help pull back the curtain and climate the rightful place as the heart of the mystery and uncertainty on the products, school! the longevity, and educational applications

for your library and school.

Vendor Room

Dave Brown has worked with Using Destiny Collections to bridge the gap Follett School Solutions for over 12 between the library and the classrooms. years. He works closely with Lesson Collaboration Collections is a collaboration and curation librarians to design solutions for with Destiny Collections tool that brings the library back to the heart everyday challenges, such as: of the educational experience. collection development and

COLLABORATE analysis, classroom collaboration, Vendor Session

and returning the library to its Elementary | Secondary 5 Library Teachers rightful place as the heart of the school!

20 Catherine Schulties graduated from Utah State University. She has 20 years of experience teaching a variety of subjects; including math, CTE, computer skills, and exploring computer science. She is the librarian at Copper Mountain Middle.

Laurie Halse Anderson shares revision Laurie Halse Anderson is an Unlocking Revision secrets that are guaranteed to make award-winning author of children’s writing fun and natural. and young adult novels. She INQUIRE received the Margaret A. Edwards Ticketed Session Award from ALA in 2010 for her

contribution to young adult SuiteC literature.

Book trailer contests are a great way to Angela Woiwode has been

Book Trailers: end the year with rigor and engagement, teaching English in Davis District Ending the Year on a while reducing the stress on teachers. You for 13 years. She has also served High Note can see the results of current projects at on the executive board of UCTE EXPLORE nhsbooks.blogspot.com. and is currently a committee uite D Elementary | Secondary This breakout session was well received at member for Utah English Quest. S Library Teachers UCTE in November.

Beehive Book Buzz: This year in Book Buzz, we announce the The Children’s Literature Elementary (PreK-6) nominees on the 2019/2020 short-lists for Association of Utah (CLAU) the Beehive Book Award. Each year, the coordinates the Beehive Book CURATE school with the highest voting percentage Award. They create and Elementary wins prize books worth $500, and hosts a disseminate educational content Library Teachers | Paras video with their students announcing the focused on these books across the Beehive Award Winner for each category. state.

Great HallGreat Library Supervisors

10:50 Break Shannon Hale Book Signing downstairs

Session 3: 11:10 Description Presenters

Building a Reading This presentation will include successes Bonnie Odd has been a school Culture in Your High and failures as our schools have created a librarian at all levels K-12. School reading culture. Attendees will be Currently she is the school librarian encouraged to share their own at Ridgeline High School in the

experiences as well. Cache district. EXPLORE 101 Secondary Melissa Jensen recently finished Library Teachers | Paras her library certification and is the Supervisors librarian at Mountain Crest High

School.

This session will introduce a free online Caitlin Gerrity is an Assistant training designed for school library Professor and the School Library Shared Foundations: paraprofessionals serving elementary Endorsement Director at Southern Online Training for school students. Library Aide Basics (LAB) Utah University. As a former school School Library contains up-to-date resources based on librarian, her passion is working Paraprofessionals research, best practices, and the new with school librarians to develop American Association of School Librarians strong school libraries, raise (AASL) standards. Attendees will learn student achievement, and how to access and navigate the resources positively impact school 103 ENGAGE and receive a preview of supplemental communities. Caitlin received her Elementary materials, videos, and topics covered BA from Temple University and her Para Professionals within the training. MLIS from Drexel University.

Rebekah Smith is a research assistant at Southern Utah

University.

What to keep, what to toss, and what to Michelle Asay is the Librarian at Just Weed It replace. Tips and tricks to help you do the Granger High School in the Granite dirty job of weeding. School District. CURATE Heidi Williams is the Librarian at Elementary | Secondary Skyline High School in the Granite Library Teachers | School District. Supervisors They have a combined 22 years of experience in managing a library

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This presentation focuses on ideas teacher Ammon Campbell is the Vice librarians can use to promote reading Principal (K-9) at North Davis The 21st Century School through school leader engagement, Preparatory Academy. Library: Energizing fostering leader development in student Leader Development leaders, and recognizing librarians as an Tonya Andiarena is the school under-tapped school leadership resource. counselor at North Davis through Literacy The session will use these three leadership Preparatory Academy. facets to provide librarians tools and COLLABORATE techniques in bringing library literary They have a combined 30+ years Elementary | Secondary resources to the forefront of school leader of leader development experience, Library Teachers development. have conducted research and used specific leader literary works to

BallroomB enhance leader performance. They continue to work with their school librarian to enhance student leader outcomes on campus and within the community.

This session is designed to help K-12 Dani Sloan is a technology

specialist with expertise in using teachers and library media specialists

effectively use the wealth of information social media, makerspace and Better Research with resources in Utah’s Online Library to innovation, and PBL in the

Utah’s Online Library improve and enhance student research. classroom. She is a trainer at UEN, The session guides participants through an Instructor at the University of CURATE using online databases though each step Utah teaching technology Elementary | Secondary of the research process. Participants will integration in classrooms to pre- Library Teachers learn how to use research tools to cite, service teachers, and Past- Para Professionals gather, organize, and collaborate their President of the Utah Coalition for Library Supervisors research. Educational Technology. Before working for the Utah Education

BallroomC Network, she was a fourth grade teacher at a Title I school and then a school technology specialist for Granite School District.

What is the power that graphic novels have John Shableski is an industry The Art and Benefits of for young readers? How does the professional with experience in Graphic Novel adaptation process of converting text to library distribution, publishing and Adaptation image actually work? What effect can this conference development. He has

have on challenged and or gifted readers? written over 500 hours of

1 INCLUDE professional development Elementary | Secondary Vendor Session programming for conferences,

20 Library Teachers | Paras | trade shows and conventions for Supervisors librarians, educators, retailers and publishing industry professionals on the development of the graphic

novel category.

Follett’s Curiosity Center is full of hands-on Dave Brown has worked with

opportunities to engage and learn. Within Follett School Solutions for over 12

the center you will find books focused on years. He works closely with Follett Curiosity Center specific educational niches librarians to design solutions for

(social/emotional learning, multicultural, everyday challenges, such as:

diversity, Hi/Low, striving readers, collection development and

Vendor Room

Most librarians are familiar with, and Dave Brown has worked with Collection Development regularly use, Destiny and Titlewave. Follett School Solutions for over 12 Tools and Life hacks Within these tools that you already own are years. He works closely with

from Follett several powerful reports that analyze the librarians to design solutions for

5 health, balance, age, and holes or gaps in everyday challenges, such as: EXPLORE your collection. With a few simple tweaks, collection development and 20 Elementary | Secondary these reports also help you fill the gaps analysis, classroom collaboration, Library Teachers and gear up for weeding season. and returning the library to its

Vendor Session rightful place as the heart of the school!

This session will teach the basics of grant Rachel Cook has been the grants Grant Writing for School writing for school libraries. As part of the coordinator at the Utah State

Libraries session, participants will work through the Library Division since 2017. She grant process with an idea of their own and has a Master’s in Arts Admin from EXPLORE leave with an application draft. SUU which included training in Elementary | Secondary fundraising and grant writing. She Library Teachers | has worked with nonprofits

SuiteC Supervisors throughout Utah and loves to see new projects flourish with the assistance of grant funding.

Bullet Journaling for Bullet Journaling is more than a popular Jessica Moody has been the

trend. Learn how the brain connects LMETS at Olympus Jr. High for 10 Reading learning, reading, and handwriting; and years and has 14 years of how you can leverage that to help students experiences as a media specialist. EXPLORE track their reading progress. Plus, it’s great Before that she was a bio-chemist Elementary | Secondary for all ages and areas of life! with a love for research. She is uite D Library Teachers also a former president of UELMA S and co-developer of the YouTube channel The Keepers of the Books.

Beehive Book Buzz: This year in Book Buzz, we announce the The Children’s Literature

Secondary (7-12) nominees on the 2019/2020 short-lists for Association of Utah (CLAU) the Beehive Book Award. Don’t forget, we coordinates the Beehive Book CURATE provide Book Kits and Battle of the Book Award. They create and Elementary questions to all CLAU members. disseminate educational content Library Teachers | Paras focused on these books across the Library Supervisors state.

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11:50 Lunch & Awards UELMA Board Introduction Keynote Speaker: Matt Kirby

12:50 10 Minute Break Laurie Halse Anderson Book Signing Downstairs

Session 4: 1:00 Description Presenters

Book Pass Activities 2.0 Tired of book speed dating and readers’ Stephanie Hamilton is in her 30th Using Tech, Cooperative café? Up your game when it comes to year teaching: 10 years as a Learning and book pass activities. Walk away from this classroom teacher, 9 years as a Engagement Strategies session with updated and new versions of school technology specialist, and

to Help Readers Find book pass activities using technology, the last 11 as a library media cooperative learning, and engagement educational technology specialist in their New Favorite Book strategies. Granite School District. She has 101 presented at UCET, UELMA as INQUIRE well as other educational Elementary | Secondary conferences and a poster session Library Teachers | Paras at YALSA.

The digital economy we now live in is Colleen Eggett is the Utah State The School Library changing the way people live, think, and Librarian. She has worked in the

of the Future work. What does this mean to Utah’s state library for 17 years. She has school libraries? What is happening also worked at public libraries and EXPLORE around the state that you can adopt? has been a paraprofessional, a 103 Elementary | Secondary librarian, and a public library Para Professionals | Library director. She is an advocate for all Teachers | Supervisors types of libraries.

Storytelling is an essential and magical Matthew J. Kirby is the critically Defense Against the Dark aspect of the human condition, and the acclaimed and award-winning Arts stories we encounter can be incredibly author of many novels, including powerful sources of good and truth. The Clockwork Three, Icefall, The EXPLORE However, stories can also be used by Lost Kingdom, the Assassin’s Elementary | Secondary those with malevolent intent to deceive and Creed Series, Last Descendants, Library Teachers | manipulate. Those who engage with and A Taste for Monsters. He has Supervisors stories for young readers, whether writers won many awards and his works or educators, have a responsibility to arm have been translated into over a our students with the tools they need to dozen languages. He is also a

BallroomA defend themselves against these dark arts. school psychologist. Matthew J. Kirby will sign books immediately following this session in the

downstairs common area.

Reader Advisory: Using Learn some simple techniques to help Lisa Morey is the librarian at West narrow down book recommendations for Jordan Middle School and has Lists and Questions to students. Plus find lists and blogs to grow been there for the past 7 years. Match Kids to Books your own personal book expertise and She is also a reviewer for Kiss the

meet some new great books. Book.

CURATE Elementary | Secondary Library Teachers BallroomB

Freshen up your collections and level up Lisa Grant is a children’s librarian at Salt Lake City Public Library. 40 Diverse Books in 40 your readers’ advisory skills with 40 diverse books in 40 minutes. Discover She is passionate about Minutes, 2019: connecting kids and their grownups Secondary Edition “windows books” – opening outward into the lives of others, and “mirror books” – with the library and just-the-right

enabling all readers to see themselves books. CURATE reflected in your library’s collection in this Heather Novotny is the librarian at Secondary fun, fast-paced, informative session. The McGillis School. Prior to this, Library Teachers Recommended for public and school she served as Senior Librarian for Para Professionals Children’s Programming & librarians serving children and teens Library Supervisors grades 6-12. Outreach with the County Library. She was the 2014 ULA Librarian of the Year and an ALA Emerging Leader in 2017. Phuong Vu is a Youth Services Librarian with Salt Lake County Library Services. An ALA Spectrum

BallroomC Scholar, she is committed to diversity and inclusion in libraries, and loves working with youth, especially early learners. DaNae Leu works as an elementary school librarian in Davis School District. She is passionate about providing an encompassing world view to her students through the books in their library.

Alexandria Library Software is proud to Diana Griffith is Alexandria’s Alexandria User’s Group: introduce new features to help view Regional Sales Manager. She is a How Your ILS Can Genres, whether you have physically lover of books, snow, family and Leverage Student moved your items, or not! See the new friends, animals (cats), and all Engagement shelf view, and our customizable Explore things Harry Potter. She is a library interface to help increase student advocate, trained as an Alexandria CURATE engagement by searching for Genres. In presenter to help maximize your Elementary | Secondary addition, empower your staff and teachers library experience. Diana has had Library Teachers | Paras | by utilizing Makerspace activities within the privilege of working with Supervisors your ILS. thousands of librarians, curriculum 1 • Genrefication: The Do’s and Don’ts! directors, IT directors, and

20 administrators across the United How your Genrefication Needs Can Be Met • States during her 7+ years at with Your ILS! Alexandria, as well as successfully • Open Discussion: Share your Successes implementing thousands of and Challenges with Genrefication. Alexandria users. As a fellow book lover, her purpose during her time • Makerspace Activities: How to Utilize with Alexandria has always been Makerspace Content in your ILS. providing library solutions for today’s library. Vendor Session

Follett’s Curiosity Center is full of hands-on Dave Brown has worked with

opportunities to engage and learn. Within Follett School Solutions for over 12

the center you will find books focused on years. He works closely with Follett Curiosity Center specific educational niches librarians to design solutions for

(social/emotional learning, multicultural, everyday challenges, such as:

diversity, Hi/Low, striving readers, collection development and

Vendor Room

Digital Engagement LightBox, an interactive educational Dave Brown has worked with through LightBox platform, is used in the library as high Follett School Solutions for over 12 Interactive interest nonfiction and in the classroom to years. He works closely with improve comprehension, vocabulary, and librarians to design solutions for engagement. Come listen as your peers everyday challenges, such as:

EXPLORE explain how they use it in their own collection development and 5 Elementary | Secondary Library Teachers schools to collaborate with teachers and analysis, classroom collaboration, 20 bring extra value to the library. and returning the library to its rightful place as the heart of the Vendor Session school!

Marcia Ingram is the LMETS at Eisenhower Jr. High.

Fabulous Forms This session will introduce attendees to Brandon Harrison is the Google Forms, a very powerful tool which Innovation Specialist & Technology ENGAGE enables you to effortlessly collect, trainer for CUEL where he works Elementary | Secondary organize, and analyze information, big and directly with 7 Regional School Library Teachers | Paras small. Attendees will participate in various Districts. He taught in the Murray Supervisors Forms as “student”, then have the School District for 12 years and

SuiteC opportunity to explore and create their own worked with the YIC program in the form. Bring your laptop or mobile device. Cache and Logan City Districts.

Closed meeting of the Utah Library Media Sponsored by ULMS. ULMS Closed Session Supervisors.

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Hear about the best books from this last Cindy Mitchell has been in middle

Book Frenzy 2019 year for your school library and make the school education for 29 years. 8 Secondary most of tight book budgets. Let us weed years as a classroom teacher and out the clunkers for you. 21 years as a librarian. She has an CURATE MLS from Emporia State, a BS Secondary from BYU and a library certificate from USU. Cindy is the founder of

Library Teachers | Paras Library Supervisors Kiss the Book, an online book review site dedicated to helping

school librarians make the best

Great HallGreat choices with their limited budgets.

1:40-2:20 Break Matt Kirby Signing Books Downstairs

Session 5: 2:20 Description Presenters

Learn how to screen print (on a budget) to Cymberly Erni is the Network

Screen Printing provide custom swag, prizes, or perhaps to Librarian for Ascent Academies of include in your makerspace or an after Utah. After teaching high school EXPLORE school club. Walk away with a bookmark and junior high English, she moved Elementary | Secondary available only in this session printed by to the library and has enjoyed this Library Teachers | Paras you, as quantities permit. special place for many years. She 101 has been involved in the opening of 6 libraries and strives to make them a safe and soft spot for students to land.

Simple demonstrations to repair books that Mariah Gerlach has been the Simple Book Repair have been torn, dirtied, and unbound. librarian at Providence Hall High

Repair books on a budget to make them School for 5 years. She has an ENGAGE live a little longer. Decide when to retire MLS from Emporia State Elementary | Secondary books and purchase new copies. Discuss University. Jen Shipley and Lori 103 Library Teachers | Paras some preventative tips to lengthen a Porter have been librarians at book’s life span. Some hands-on practice. Providence Hall Junior High School for 5 years.

Special Education students do not come in Jennifer Maydole has been Using Interactive eBooks a one-size-fits-all. However, becoming serving schools and libraries for 28 for Differentiated aware of areas of interest of the student years as a state and federal

Instruction along with unique features of MackinVIA to lobbyist, advocate, Instructional assist in differentiated instruction can go a Multimedia Coordinator, Microsoft CURATE long way towards meeting the needs of our global anti-piracy consultant, and Elementary | Secondary many-times overlooked special needs for the past 10 years with Mackin Library Teachers | Paras technology users and learners. Educational Resources. She

MackinVIA’s Open Source platform allows promotes inclusion, equitable you to purchase from 1.9 million access to resources for all students educational eBooks, online databases, and in all schools. She is most proud of

BallroomA digital audiobooks. It allows you to curate the success she has in being a one title at a time for use with audio/visual mom of both a “gifted ed student”

and kinesthetic learners. and a “special ed student”.

Vendor Session

Information literacy includes the ability to Chris Haught is the Media Mentor Interactive Lessons on identify, find, evaluate, and use information at Southwest Educational

Information Literacy and effectively. From effective research Development Center, where she Digital Citizenship strategies to evaluation techniques, provides media and technology students learn how to evaluate the quality, support to close to 100 schools. ENGAGE credibility, and validity of websites, and You can often find her teaching Elementary | Secondary give proper credit. From addressing students how to use the regional Library Teachers plagiarism to piracy, students can learn eBook library, training librarians, about copyright and fair use. Come see showing teachers the wonders of how you can engage students using Virtual Field Trips or presenting at BallroomB interactive lessons using Nearpod and conferences. Peardeck.

Freshen up your collections and level up Lisa Grant is a children’s librarian

at Salt Lake City Public Library. your readers’ advisory skills with 40

diverse books in 40 minutes. Discover She is passionate about 40 Diverse Books in 40 “windows books” – opening outward into connecting kids and their grownups Minutes, 2019: the lives of others, and “mirror books” – with the library and just-the-right Elementary Edition enabling all readers to see themselves books. reflected in your library’s collection in this Heather Novotny is the librarian at CURATE fun, fast-paced, informative session. The McGillis School. Prior to this, Secondary Recommended for public and school she served as Senior Librarian for Library Teachers librarians serving children grades K-8. Children’s Programming & Para Professionals Outreach with the County Library. Library Supervisors She was the 2014 ULA Librarian of the Year and an ALA Emerging Leader in 2017. Phuong Vu is a Youth Services Librarian with Salt Lake County Library Services. An ALA Spectrum Scholar, she is committed to BallroomC diversity and inclusion in libraries, and loves working with youth, especially early learners. DaNae Leu works as an elementary school librarian in Davis School District. She is passionate about providing an encompassing world view to her students through the books in their library.

Many students in grades 4-12 struggle to Jill Haney is an author and Hands-On Reading read and cannot comprehend basic texts. national reading consultant who Comprehension This workshop focuses on evidence- has presented at numerous local, Strategies for All based, hands-on comprehension state, and national conferences. Learners strategies librarians and educators can use Author of four evidence-based to help change that. Participants will learn literacy programs for students with 1 INQUIRE strategies for both fiction and non-fiction special needs, Haney is an that students can use before, during, and advocate for research-based 20 Elementary | Secondary Library Teachers | Paras | after reading. teaching strategies that promote Supervisors literacy for all students. A former Vendor Session reading teacher, Haney has served as reading consultant for K-12 schools across the United States.

Follett’s Curiosity Center is full of hands-on Dave Brown has worked with

opportunities to engage and learn. Within Follett School Solutions for over 12

the center you will find books focused on years. He works closely with Follett Curiosity Center specific educational niches librarians to design solutions for

(social/emotional learning, multicultural, everyday challenges, such as:

diversity, Hi/Low, striving readers, collection development and

for your library and school.

Vendor Room

Generifying your library, should you or Dave Brown has worked with Genrefication: The Pros, shouldn’t you? With no bias either Follett School Solutions for over 12 The Cons, and the Step direction, we’ll talk about the benefits, the years. He works closely with

by Step drawbacks, and it’s various forms. We’ll librarians to design solutions for

5 also cover the key steps to successfully everyday challenges, such as: CURATE genrefy your library. collection development and 20 Elementary | Secondary analysis, classroom collaboration, Library Teachers Vendor Session and returning the library to its rightful place as the heart of the

school!

Booyah! Book Creator Simply create beautiful digital books (or Brandon Harrison is the

is here. interactive stories, or journals, or reports, Innovation Specialist & Technology or whatever you can imagine) with Book trainer for CUEL where he works ENGAGE Creator. This session will serve as an directly with 7 Regional School Elementary | Secondary introduction to Book Creator for Districts. He taught in the Murray Library Teachers | Paras participants who are not familiar with this School District for 12 years and

SuiteC Supervisors great, easy to use, tool. worked with the YIC program in the Cache and Logan City School Districts.

Learn to use primary sources (photos, Marianne Jones and Shanna Primary Source, songs, maps, original documents, etc.) in Lewis are Library Technology of Course! your teaching with an emphasis on primary Teachers and have been teaching sources from the Library of Congress. a combined total of 51 years. Last CURATE summer, they attended a fabulous uite D Elementary teacher institute in Washington S Library Teachers | Paras D.C. about how to use primary sources in teaching.

What are the best books from the last year Cindy Mitchell has been in middle

Book Frenzy 2019 for your elementary school? Picture books, school education for 29 years. 8 Elementary early readers, novels, and non-fiction: we years as a classroom teacher and will show you the absolute best of the last 21 years as a librarian. She has an Hall year. Come on in and find out! MLS from Emporia State, a BS CURATE

Elementary from BYU and a library certificate Library Teachers | Paras from USU. Cindy is the founder of Library Supervisors Kiss the Book, an online book review site dedicated to helping Great school librarians make the best

choices with their limited budgets.

All Day Idea Lab & Poster Sessions Suite E Downstairs

Creating Digital Using Google Apps to create low-cost digital Lorraine Wyness has 26 years of experience Signage using signage for your library and school. We will focus in Secondary Education, 10 years as a High Google Apps on using Chrome Sign Builder with Google School LMETS in Granite School District.

Admin and Enterprise devices. Teresa Bruin is a teacher/technology ENGAGE specialist for the Granite School District. Teresa is a tropical vacation enthusiast and

rides dirt bikes in her spare time.

Increasing How to use graphic novels in core classrooms to Toni Blatman – LMETS Kearns Jr. High

Engagement with increase engagement and provide teachers with Marcia Ingram – LMETS Eisenhower Jr. High Graphic Novels resources and feedback from other teachers who

Aimee Duran – LMETS Kearns High ENGAGE have found success in this practice.

Spheros, Online Basic information and examples to help teachers Shelly Powell | Christofer Bradshaw Coding, and More and librarians get started with Spheros, online Cathy Herbert | Jon Bruce

coding, and more. This group has over 40 years of classroom EXPLORE and technology teaching experience.

Makerspace in the Sample projects, recommended resources lists Liz Gleason transitioned to being a Library Library (including literature), and pictures of successful Technology teacher after being a classroom Makerspace activities. These are easy to elementary teacher for 13 years. She believes implement in the library or in a classroom and we should encourage students to think connect with core curriculum. Most activities are critically, problem-solve, and have confidence

INQUIRE geared toward Elementary. in taking risks to learn new things.

Secondary Summer This summer reading program is based on a Mariah Gerlach is the head librarian at

Reading Program YALSA-award-winning program from a school in Providence Hall High School. She loves

INQUIRE California. It was featured in a session at ALA learning about new tips and tricks to make the this past summer. library an even more awesome place.

Blackout April is poetry month. Learn about print copy and Shandra Floyd is a student in a Library

Poetry digital blackout poetry. Media Endorsement Program.

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Star Wars Activities, challenges, contests, and curriculum Cymberly Erni moved to the library after & Hogwarts association with Star Wars Reads Month and teaching English for several years. She has

in the Library Hogwarts in the Library. been involved in the opening of 6 libraries.

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Using Digital Students today live digital lives. Utilizing digital Dean Bressler has worked for Granite School Displays resources to promote and educate students on District for 18 years. He has been a

books helps bring students to your libraries. Technology Media Specialist for 8 years. INQUIRE

SeeSaw and SeeSaw and Flipgrid apps are great tools for Tina Johnson has been the media specialist Flipgrid in the student engagement. Come see how they could at Kays Creek Elementary for 4 years..

Library work in your elementary or secondary library. Sarah Fager is an English teacher at Legacy

EXPLORE Jr. High and is currently in a Library Media

Endorsement Program.

6-Word Memoirs The background and purpose of a 6-Word Marci Bishop has taught English in Granite Memoir project in a school library, and examples District for 23 years. Kristin Harville is of interactive displays teacher-librarians might currently a reading coach for Salt Lake

EXPLORE use in their schools. District. They are enrolled in a Library Media

Endorsement Program.

Auto Draw Introduction to Autodraw, including ideas of how Rachelle Park and Kayla Balling are to use it in the school, especially with SPED and enrolled in a Library Media Endorsement

EXPLORE ELL students. Program.