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AASL President 2018-2019

• Finding Common Ground to Transform Teaching and Learning

  By Kathryn Roots Lewis on 02/13/2019 • ( 0 )

  I believe school librarians must have a pulse on the larger educational landscape. I find reading educational journals benefits my own work. Educational Leadership’s March 2016 issue titled “Learning for Life” is one of my favorites that truly resonated with… Read More ›

• On to the Future!

  By Kathryn Roots Lewis on 01/22/2019 • ( 0 )

  “A vision without a strategy remains an illusion.” —Lee Bolman, Professor and Author of Reframing the Path to School Leadership: A Guide for Principals and Teachers Happy New Year!  Time to look forward, imagine, wish, and contemplate!  Time to take action!… Read More ›

• Learner-Ready School Librarians Use Reflective Practice to Start a New Year!

  By Kathryn Roots Lewis on 12/17/2018 • ( 0 )

  “We do not learn from experience…we learn from reflecting on experience.” —attributed to John Dewey. Dewey, John. 1933. How We Think. Boston, MA: D.C. Heath and Co. So, here we are about halfway through the school year, give or take… Read More ›

• Let’s Celebrate!

  By Kathryn Roots Lewis on 11/09/2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Happy, happy 1st birthday to the National School Library Standards for Learners, School Librarians, and School Libraries! If you were in Phoenix last November, you will remember the standards’ release at the 2017 AASL National Conference. Maybe like me you… Read More ›

• Celebrate the Educator in Your Learner-Ready School Librarian Practice!

  By Kathryn Roots Lewis on 10/22/2018 • ( 0 )

  

  This has been a great school year for school librarians in my school district and in our state. One of our Norman Public Schools (OK) school librarians, Teresa Lansford, was named the Norman Teacher of the Year and then went… Read More ›

• Take Action to Evolve the Association for School Librarians

  By Kathryn Roots Lewis on 10/18/2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Consider the pivotal point in which we find ourselves as we evolve the art and craft of school librarianship through the implementation of the AASL National School Library Standards for Learners, School Librarians, and School Libraries. Imagine what this means… Read More ›

• Learner-Ready School Librarians for the Win!

  By Kathryn Roots Lewis on 10/08/2018 • ( 0 )

  In 2007, Norman Public Schools won AASL’s National School Library Media Program of the Year Award in the district category. While the name and description of the award have changed to reflect important new directions in school library practice and… Read More ›

• Information & Discourse in the Learner-Ready School Library

  By Kathryn Roots Lewis on 09/10/2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Reflect on the world that our learners live in, one where they are bombarded with information almost literally every minute of every waking hour of every day. Think about where they meet this steady influx of information: on their cell phones, their tablets,… Read More ›

• For the Record | AASL President-Elect’s Report – ALA Annual 2018

  By Kathryn Roots Lewis on 08/14/2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Meet your 2018-2019 AASL Board of Directors! This energetic group has: Experience in the field of education ranging from 8 to 42 years with a collective 424 years of educational experience! Experience in libraries ranging from 8 to 42 years… Read More ›

• Back-to-School Checklist for a Learner-Ready School Library

  By Kathryn Roots Lewis on 08/13/2018 • ( 0 )

  What’s on your school library back-to-school checklist? Do you have a learner-ready school library? I’m kind of like a second-grader when it comes to a new school year. I love new school supplies and the excitement of seeing all the… Read More ›