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Jennifer Sturge is a Specialist for School Libraries and Digital Learning for Calvert County Public Schools. She has been an educator and librarian for 26 years and is always looking forward. She is a member of ALA and AASL and is President for the Maryland Association of School Librarians for 2020-2021. She is a 2017-2018 Lilead Fellow. Most recently she is the chair elect for the Supervisor's Section of AASL. She is diligently working on her doctoral studies in leadership at Point Park University in Pittsburgh.

• School Librarians: We Are Stronger Together

  By Jennifer Sturge on 09/22/2020 • ( 0 )

  

  March 2020 seems like ages ago. It’s September, school has started for everyone–either virtually, in a hybrid model, or fully face to face. The coronavirus is still running rampant across the country and is increasing in some areas, while decreasing… Read More ›

• Leadership: It Is Made from Productive Change

  By Jennifer Sturge on 08/10/2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Last month, I penned a blog post about librarians and leadership as it pertains to school librarians being Total Leaders. My thoughts were based on the framework by Charles J. Schwahn and William G. Spady. To recap, when someone is… Read More ›

• Library Leadership: A Seat at the Table

  By Jennifer Sturge on 07/13/2020 • ( 1 )

  

  We Are Total Leaders As part of courses that I have been taking over the past year, I have been immersed in thinking about leadership, types of leaders, leadership styles, and what leadership looks like and entails. One of the… Read More ›

• School Libraries and Antiracism

  By Jennifer Sturge on 06/03/2020 • ( 2 )

  

  For Black people, and people of color, the systemic racism, the oppression, and the acts of aggression that have taken place for the entire timeline of our country is a never-ending stain on our society. As I write this, sitting… Read More ›

• School Libraries and UDL in the Time of Learning from Home

  By Jennifer Sturge on 06/02/2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Universal Design for Learning I’ll be honest. I think a lot about Universal Design. I’ve been teaching an online class on the subject for the better part of 10 years and have served on our district Universal Design for Learning… Read More ›

• The Power of Positivity in a Time of Uncertainty

  By Jennifer Sturge on 04/28/2020 • ( 1 )

  

  Positivity Power Librarians are positive people. I’ve met so many over the years and realized: we’re a positive bunch. Even so and even with the best intentions, our day-to-day actions, the minute details, the small interactions that don’t go as… Read More ›

• Taking Care of Ourselves in the “New Normal”

  By Jennifer Sturge on 04/10/2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Zoom, Home, and Family Life As we embark on School Library Month 2020, many of us are experiencing a new normal. We are working from home, spending a whole lot of time in Zoom meetings, and wondering when the grocery… Read More ›

• Recognizing School Librarians in April and All Year Long

  By Jennifer Sturge on 04/08/2020 • ( 0 )

  

  School Library Month April is one of my favorite months. My mom was born in April. April showers bring May flowers. Spring is in full swing and the winter blahs are being chased away by the promise of warmer weather,… Read More ›

• Lunch ‘n Learn – Yummy Learning Tidbits to Takeaway

  By Jennifer Sturge on 03/02/2020 • ( 0 )

  

  As school librarians, we often look for opportunities to stand in front of the teachers in our buildings and share our resources.  We offer to provide professional development during teacher learning days. School librarians ask to have time at faculty… Read More ›

• Lessons Taught and Lessons Learned: School Library Students Share

  By Jennifer Sturge on 01/28/2020 • ( 1 )

  

  Learning about School Librarianship This fall, I was privileged to be able to work with amazing students at the University of Maryland’s iSchool as an adjunct professor in their college of information science.  I taught one of my favorite courses,… Read More ›