Laura Summers - Shine-a-Light on Innovative Practices

Graphic Literature Resources for your Library

Pop Culture Classroom is a thought-leader in using comics, graphic novels, manga, and other pop culture media to advance literacy, creativity, and a love of reading and learning. Learn about the best new fiction and non-fiction graphic literature for all ages, and collect free

We Got This! Culturally Responsive Inquiry & Research

Join Janet R. Damon, Digital Librarian and History Teacher at DELTA high school, as she discusses ways to build connections between students' lived experiences, history and culture and the critical

Moving Beyond Research through Creative Collaboration in Any Content

Link to slidedeck [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1mDQml918j1qX3OSFIgK_oR0Yfyed0Wrm7rG7OBf_F7k/edit?usp=sharing] . Through creative collaboration with teachers of any subject the library can become not only a place of investigation, but moves beyond research and creates an environment that incorporates student

Podcasting in the Classroom

Many educators want to break free from conventional assessments like tests and essays, but the fear of the unknown gets in the way. In this interactive Shine-A-Light Webinar, Teacher Librarian and English Teacher Holly Hoggarth helps alleviate this fear by demonstrating how podcasting can

Pubic Library Partnerships

Join our replay of James Stetson, Youth Services Librarian, Montrose Regional Library, as he shares the hits and misses of mixing different programming formats during COVID. Webinar originally aired on Thursday, November 11, 2021

Building a Culturally Responsive School Library Program

Culturally responsive teaching is an essential foundation for successful school library programs. Diverse library collections are a cornerstone for this methodology, and much effort has been put into intentionally curating equity-based collections. The question remains how to best encourage students to enjoy the resources

Student Voice

Using Student Voice to Shape Library Redesign This session will discuss how to gather student input with google forms and informal advisory sessions in order to collect data that can drive library redesign - make the most of your library space to support curriculum

Making Meaningful Connections in an Overwhelmed World

Educators and librarians work long hours to guide people in finding the joy of reading and becoming life-long learners. Both groups have tools to help them meet that goal, but how much more can be accomplished if they share resources? How can we accomplish

Finding the Leader in Me: Coaching Strategies for Thriving

Watch the replay of Jody Jones, a Teacher Librarian at Butler Elementary in Ft. Lupton, who shares her journey on how she learned to identify the leader within herself. She shares her ideas on how to lead through collaboration and coaching with colleagues. She

Replay: Influencing from Where You Are - Meet a Modern Digital Teacher Librarian!

Meet Karen McIntosh – a Digital Teacher Librarian in Jefferson County School District who recently has transitioned from an elementary school to a secondary high school. Join us as she speaks to how she is a collaborative bridge with K-12 teachers and administrators. She will

Replay: Creativity, Innovation and Makerspaces!

Join us for a conversation recorded with Dr. Derek Phelan, a Teacher Librarian in Cherry Creek Schools, as we investigated how to be creative during COVID times. We also took a deeper look at why innovation is important in our schools, and we took

IMLS

These webinars are made possible in part by Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) funding.

Replay: Learning Coach Webinar

Watch the recording of the October 19thShine A Light: Spotlight on Innovative Practices by Teacher Librarians Webinar with Tasha Tolbert, Teacher Librarian & Learning Coach, as she discusses her innovative role as a Learning Skills Coach for her school campus in Severance and how she