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Jen Habley is the AASL Manager of Web Communications. She manages the AASL websites, writes press releases, coordinates AASL's online learning opportunities, and oversees AASL's web 2.0 tools. When not working, Jen spends time researching her family tree, reading, and watching hockey.

• New Survey Results Point to What’s Working in State Standards Implementation

  By Jen Habley on 10/13/2015 • ( 0 )

  According to findings in Building Literacy Capacity: The Conditions for Effective Standards Implementation, a new report out from the National Center for Literacy Education (NCLE), the secret to implementing state standards and creating change in schools is building the shared… Read More ›

• Marginalizing the marginalized with Internet filtering

  By Jen Habley on 10/01/2015 • ( 1 )

  Posted on behalf of Doug Johnson for Banned Websites Awareness Day High school student Rachel is increasingly concerned over racial issues in her community and plans to write her senior thesis on this topic. There is an active “Black Lives Matter” movement… Read More ›

• Championing Internet Access for Students on Banned Websites Awareness Day

  By Jen Habley on 09/09/2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Posted on behalf of the AASL Banned Websites Awareness Day Committee It’s happened to all of us– we’re at school trying to access the perfect website for a learning activity at school and…. it’s blocked.  Now what? While banning books is… Read More ›

• AASL Names Members of Standards & Guidelines Implementation Task Force

  By Jen Habley on 09/01/2015 • ( 0 )

  

  AASL has named the members of its new task force responsible for developing a plan to support states, school systems and individual schools preparing to implement the association’s new learning standards and program guidelines. Chair Mary Keeling will be joined by… Read More ›

• AASL Launches Survey to Inform New Learning Standards & Program Guidelines

  By Jen Habley on 08/31/2015 • ( 2 )

  

  In preparation for the upcoming review and revision of its learning standards and program guidelines, the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) has launched an online survey to assess attitudes and perceptions about the current AASL standards and guidelines documents…. Read More ›

• Applications Open for 2016 AASL Awards Program

  By Jen Habley on 08/18/2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Applications for AASL’s 2016 awards season are now available using AASL’s online awards application. AASL members are encouraged to nominate a colleague or themselves to be lauded for their outstanding talent and dedication to the profession as part of this prestigious… Read More ›

• Early Birds Save $100 at AASL National Conference

  By Jen Habley on 07/16/2015 • ( 0 )

  

  By registering before the August 13, 2015, early bird deadline, conference attendees will save $100 on registration rates for the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) 17th National Conference & Exhibition. The conference, themed “Experience Education Evolution,” will be held Nov…. Read More ›

• AASL Announces 2015 Best Apps & Best Websites

  By Jen Habley on 06/29/2015 • ( 0 )

  

  AASL revealed its 2015 Best Apps for Teaching & Learning and Best Websites for Teaching & Learning during the ALA Annual Conference in San Francisco. The lists provide technology resources for school librarians and their teacher collaborators and are considered… Read More ›

• AASL Announces 2015 Award Recipients

  By Jen Habley on 05/20/2015 • ( 0 )

  

  AASL has announced the recipients of its 2015 awards. AASL awards and grants recognize excellence and showcase best practices in the school library field in categories that include collaboration, leadership and innovation. Recipients of this prestigious program are celebrated for… Read More ›

• Blue Valley High School named National School Library Program of the Year

  By Jen Habley on 05/20/2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Blue Valley High School, located in Stilwell, Kansas, is the American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) 2015 National School Library Program of the Year (NSLPY) Award recipient. Sponsored by Follett, the NSLPY annually recognizes a school library program that meets… Read More ›