Proposal


 * Abstract (brief summary of the content to be covered): **

Are you passionate about deepening students’ engagement with texts? Explore with us the possibilities of coteaching AASL’s Standards for the 21st-Century Learner, ELA-R TEKS, and reading comprehension strategies while engaging students with print and electronic texts. We will demonstrate the tenets of evidence-based practice as we spotlight strategies for meeting the goals of AASL’s Position Statement on the School Librarian’s Role in Reading, a component of AASL’s Learning4Life initiative. Be a leader; make an impact on reading achievement in your school!


 * Program objectives: **

At the end of the session, the participants will be able to: 1. Articulate the relationship between intellectual access, reading comprehension strategies, the TEKS ELA-R standards, and the AASL Standards for the 21st-Century Learner and be able to access the TEKS-AASL Alignment wiki: [|http://teksalign.pbworks.com] 2. Articulate the key components the AASL Position Statement on the School Librarian’s Role in Reading and be able to locate the toolkit: [] 3. Develop knowledge of how to use coteaching strategies to teach reading comprehension strategies in interdisciplinary lessons in an integrated, collaborative school library program.


 * TEKS addressed through the program topic: **

Multiple ELA-R TEKS: See the Learning4Life TEKS-AASL Alignment Wiki at: [|http://teksalign.pbworks.com]


 * AASL Standards for the 21st Century Learner addressed through the program topic: **

Multiple Standards for the 21st-Century Learner: See the Learning4Life TEKS-AASL Alignment Wiki at: [|http://teksalign.pbworks.com]


 * Target audience: **

Preservice and practicing school librarians at all instructional levels School librarian supervisors Classroom teachers <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Administrators


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Speakers and their credentials for this session: Please include e-mail address for all speakers **

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Judi Moreillon is an assistant professor at the TWU School of Library and Information Studies; her Ph.D. is in education. She teaches “Librarians as Instructional Partners,” a course in which students explore the intersection of reading comprehension strategies and AASL’s Standards for the 21st-Century Learner. She is the author of //Collaborative Strategies for Teaching Reading Comprehension: Maximizing Your Impact// (ALA Editions, 2007) and //Coteaching Reading Comprehension Strategies in Secondary School Libraries: Maximizing Your Impact// (ALA Editions, summer 2011).

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Looking for an elementary school librarian: Brandi Valetta (Lewisville ISD), Kent Smith (Dallas ISD), Kendra Duckworth (Alvin ISD), Tina Berumen (Irving ISD)

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Gloria Voutos is the middle school librarian at John Tidwell in Northwest ISD Gloria is a former Texas “Teacher of the Year” and is currently a doctoral student in library science at TWU.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Becky McKee is the high school librarian at North Garland High School. In addition, Becky is a certified secondary reading and ESL teacher. She was nominated by students in 2004 for “Who Among America's Teachers” and is currently a doctoral student in library science at TWU.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Judi Moreillon <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Assistant Professor, School of Library and Information Studies, Texas Woman’s University <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">P. O. Box 425438 <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Denton, TX <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">949-898-2258 <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">949-898-2611 <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">jmoreillon@twu.edu

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Gloria E. Voutos <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Librarian - John M. Tidwell Middle School (Northwest ISD) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">3937 Haslet-Roanoke Road <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Roanoke, TX 76262 <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">817-698-5900 <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">817-698-5870 <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Email: [|gvoutos@nisdtx.org] / [|gloriavoutos@yahoo.com]

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Rebecca S. McKee <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">School Librarian, North Garland High School <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">(home) 1901 Hillside Dr., Rowlett, TX 75088 <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Phone: 972-463-2398 / 469-951-1733 <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Fax: 972-412-4709 <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Email: [|becmckee@verizon.net] / [|rsmckee@garlandisd.net]

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Elementary School Librarian

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Microphone preferred: (preference is not guaranteed):

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> ___ Standing lectern microphone <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> ___ Aisle microphone <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> X Wired lavaliere microphone <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> ___ Table-top lectern microphone <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> ___ Table-top microphone with stand

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Will you require the convention center to provide you with equipment at a possible additional cost? <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> ___ 35 mm slide projector w/wireless remote <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> ___ Elmo video overhead (requires LCD projector) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> ___ Overhead projector for transparencies only <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> X LCD Data/Computer projector <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> ___ Computer Audio Interface for power point presentations w/sound <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> ___Audio cassette player/recorder <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> ___ CD player


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Will you be bringing your own equipment? (Computer for use with LCD data projector, data projector, etc) **

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Yes


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">If so, please describe the equipment: **

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Computer


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Who will be bringing in this equipment? **

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Judi Moreillon

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">None
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Cost: **