STRONG LIBRARIES
STRONG SCORES

A Texas LIBRARY CONFERENCE on 
Raising Student Achievement
for School Administrators and Trustees 

The Planning Committee will review the nominations in order to ensure that the final participants’ group is balanced geographically and at all school levels. Nominations will be taken through March 12. 

All participants will be responsible for their own transportation expenses. Administrators and trustees will be invited as guests to attend any or all of the Texas Library Association Annual Conference, April 14 - April 17, 2010 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, including the opening general session from 8:30 to 10 a.m. and the exciting TLA exhibit hall.

Thursday, April 15, 2010
10:00 am to 1:30 pm
Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center
200 E Market St, San Antonio TX

Inspired by First Lady Laura Bush's June 2002 White House Conference on School Libraries, this Texas conference will inspire, inform, and incite change in the ways Texas schools use libraries to improve student achievement.

This conference will provide the most current research showing the connection between higher test scores and strong library programs integrated into the academic fiber of a school.

Nationally recognized speakers will summarize the potential impact on achievement when a library program is well developed; explain findings of major studies and the implications for instruction; examine elements of successful library programs; and define a clear, practical call to action for educators to advocate for school libraries within their own spheres of influence.

Woven throughout the conference are opportunities for open dialogue with other educators to guide implementation of explored approaches at the local level.

AGENDA/SCHEDULE

10:00 – 10:15 Registration & refreshments
10:15 – 10:20 Barry Bishop (introductions & welcome)
10:20 - 10:30 Karen Kahan, director of educational technology, TEA
10:30 - 11:00 Keith Curry Lance (library research)
11:00 - 11:35 James Bosco (Web 2.0)
11:35 - 12:00 Marla McGhee (collaboration)

12:00 - 12:15 15-minute break and divide into 3 sub-groups
for presentations and discussions of
practical applications that improve campuses
12:15 - 1:30 Working box lunch and Break-Out sessions in sub-groups (as follows):

1. Elementary administrators - Cynthia Baker & Wilbert Morgan (NEISD)
2. Middle school administrators - Marla McGhee, Kimberly Lucero
   Lynn Pierson (NISD)
3. High school administrators - James Bosco, Mary George, Sharon Swarner

Local Administrators’ Perspective
Closing Remarks