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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. |
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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):
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Elementary administrators -
Cynthia Baker & Wilbert Morgan (NEISD)
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Middle school
administrators - Marla McGhee, Kimberly Lucero
Lynn Pierson (NISD)
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High school administrators -
James Bosco, Mary George, Sharon Swarner
Local Administrators’ Perspective
Closing
Remarks
Additional
Activities (optional):
1:30 to 5:00
PM
Attendees are invited
to attend sessions from the main
conference and visit with over 700 educational exhibitors in the
Exhibit Hall
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