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Jennifer LaBoon is the Coordinator of Library Technology in Fort Worth ISD. She serves on the AASL Blog Committee, on the Executive Board of the Texas Library Association, volunteers with a local children's musical theater group, and is an avid TCU fan.

• Let’s Get Together Thursday – Teaching Like a Teacher, Part 2

  By Jennifer Laboon on 04/02/2015 • ( 0 )

  Last week, I wrote that to be a valued member of the campus, one seen as a good co-teaching partner, a librarian must remember to teach like a teacher.  In last week’s example, I looked at the role of elementary… Read More ›

• Let’s Get Together Thursday – Teaching Like a Teacher

  By Jennifer Laboon on 03/26/2015 • ( 0 )

  When you are working to build your reputation as a collaboration-worthy co-teaching partner, it is important to remember that although your classroom is now a library, you should still be teaching like a teacher. I recently observed several librarians in our… Read More ›

• Let’s Get Together Thursday – Collaboration 2.0

  By Jennifer Laboon on 03/05/2015 • ( 0 )

  

  This week’s post is from guest blogger Leah Mann, Librarian at Killian Middle School in Lewisville, Texas. Collaboration is no longer painful – or precious. Vince Clarke I love this quote! I came across it recently, and it got me… Read More ›

• Let’s Get Together Thursday – Return on Investment of Professional Development

  By Jennifer Laboon on 02/26/2015 • ( 1 )

  

  In Texas, it’s time to register for our state conference.  Because I’m an adopted Texan, I’m not shy to brag about how great our state library conference is–in fact, bragging is practically part of the Texas state pledge, so thank… Read More ›

• Let’s Get Together Thursday – Sharing Public Library eResources

  By Jennifer Laboon on 02/19/2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Today’s guest blogger is Joann Absi, Media Coordinator at Eugene Ashley High School and Past-President of NCSLMA.  She provided this post on behalf of AASL/ALSC/YALSA School/Public Library Cooperation (SPLC) Interdivisional Committee.   Whether you have an extensive budget or a very… Read More ›

• Let’s Get Together Thursday – Standardized Test Proof Your Collaboration

  By Jennifer Laboon on 02/12/2015

  It’s Thursday, and we’ve had a normal week at school–pulling together materials and resources for a social studies unit for a teacher, planning a collaborative unit with a teacher who wants to do some research with her class next week,… Read More ›

• Let’s Get Together Thursday – Working with English Language Learners

  By Jennifer Laboon on 02/05/2015 • ( 0 )

  In Texas, as in so many parts of the world, bilingual education is prevalent.  A few years ago, a librarian in our district wrote her dissertation on the difficult situation of working with second language learners when you yourself are… Read More ›

• Let’s Get Together Thursday – It’s Never Too Late to Get on the PLN Bandwagon

  By Jennifer Laboon on 01/29/2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Have you ever felt like you made a bad decision about when to indulge in some new trend?  For me, it was the shearling suede boot fad.  Granted, in Texas, we don’t get much cold weather, but when I finally… Read More ›

• Let’s Get Together Thursday – Working with Pyramid Librarians

  By Jennifer Laboon on 01/22/2015 • ( 0 )

  

  One of the hardest things for me when I became a new librarian was being the only librarian on my staff.  Who would I eat lunch with?  Who would fill me in on the unwritten rules of the school, like… Read More ›

• Let’s Get Together Thursday – Doing What is Important Versus What is Urgent

  By Jennifer Laboon on 01/15/2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Former U.S.  President Dwight Eisenhower has some advice for school librarians:  “What is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom important.” Actually, this advice is good for all professions interested in reflective, continuous improvement.  So much so that Stephen Covey developed the idea into quadrants… Read More ›