Friday, November 11

Two-hour Workshops
8:00am – 10:00am

Google Educational Suite
Information & Digital Literacy • All

In this hands-on workshop participants will be introduced to Google suite and move to the advanced features including sharing, creating forms and sites as well as practice using them. They will create a Google site, incorporate Google docs, calendar, forms, and gadgets. 

Terry Kling, Teacher Librarian, Santa Ana USD

Hands-on Book Repair
All

This practical workshop on book repair will include a discussion on economical in-house repair of frequent-use materials and a demonstration of some techniques. Participants will leave with a complimentary kit of repair supplies and a book repair manual that details how to make common repairs. Attendance is limited to 40 participants.

Virgette Mazzola, Pacific Region Project Manager, DEMCO

Intriguing Student-made Books
Literacy/Literature • K-8

Student-made books provide a wealth of possibilities to record response to literature, daily journals, poetry formats, and informational text. Create eight new and intriguing models of books using recycled and new materials. All materials provided for the session.

Sandra Yoon, Coordinator, Library Media Services, Bakersfield City SD

iPads in Education
Information & Digital Literacy • All

iPads are popping up more and more in our schools. What does this mean for you? Come see the iPad2 demonstrated and explore the possibilities for administrators, teachers and students. Be among the first to discover how the iPad2 can impact the classroom and library, from a backpack's worth of textbooks on a 1.33 pound device to anytime anywhere access to content. The iPad2 is destined to be the most talked about device this year - be among the first to introduce your school to this revolutionary device. Have an iPad? Bring it to the workshop.

Susan Pennell, Manager, Library Media Services, Madera County Office of Education
John Magneson, Coordinator of Media and Technology, Merced County Office of Education

Practical Projects for Amazing Mobile Learning in Schools (and Just Outside)
Information & Digital Literacy • 6-12

In this hands-on, hands-full session, we'll explore some apps and lesson ideas that you can put into practice immediately. We won't discuss simply moving lectures into student hands; it's not about "delivering" instruction. Instead we'll experience using smartphones as tools for gathering information and constructing understanding.

Bernie Dodge Ph.D., Professor of Educational Technology, San Diego State University

Primary Cyber Heroes
Information & Digital Literacy • All

Do kindergarten through fourth grade students need to learn digital literacy? YES! Cyber Hero is a game-based learning system that kids love to play, and it's free! This wonderful program teaches key elements of digital literacy, produces important progress data for the teacher and parents, and does not take one minute away from instructional time in the classroom. Too good to be true? Come and we will make a believer out of you!

Glen Warren, Media Resources Coordinator, Orange USD

YA Literature, the Best of the Best
Literacy/Literature • 6-12

Michael Cart will present his annual survey of the best new young adult books of the year, examining in the process new trends that are enhancing and transforming the field of YA literature.

Michael Cart, Lecturer/Author

Friday, November 11
Two-hour Workshops
10:15am - 12:15pm

Library Standards, Scope and Sequence and the California Common Core
Collaboration/Curriculum • All

This session will lead participants through the process that San Francisco Unified teacher librarians have been using collaboratively to create a scope and sequence based upon the new model library standards and correlated to the California Common Core Standards for English Language Arts.

Michelle Powers, Teacher Librarian on Special Assignment, San Francisco USD

Brokers of Expertise
Collaboration/Curriculum • All

The California Department of Education has created a digital repository for statewide teacher collaboration called the Brokers of Expertise! The only thing missing from this digital library is YOU, the California teacher librarian. Come and learn how to post, find, rate, and develop resources that will benefit your teaching staff, and surface the teacher librarian as the digital broker of expertise!

Glen Warren, Media Resources Coordinator, Orange USD

Hands-on Book Repair
All

This practical workshop on book repair will include a discussion on economical in-house repair of frequent-use materials and a demonstration of some techniques. Participants will leave with a complimentary kit of repair supplies and a book repair manual that details how to make common repairs. Attendance is limited to 40 participants.

Virgette Mazzola, Pacific Region Project Manager, DEMCO

Using iGoogle to Enhance Your Personal Learning Environment
Information & Digital Literacy • All

Using iGoogle to Create your Personal Learning Space - - "Create your own Internet home page full of the content you want and need! Manage your information space, and bring the best of the Internet right to you using RSS feeds!"

Marie Slim , Teacher Librarian, Fullerton Joint UHSD
Joan  McCall, Teacher Librarian, Redlands USD

Using Web 2.0 Tools to Ignite Student Interest and Learning
Collaboration/Curriculum • 6-12

This workshop will feature numerous Web 2.0 tools that will increase student engagement and deepen learning. Web 2.0 tools ignite student learning by creating new opportunities for collaborative interaction. Using the various platforms, students will be engaged in problem-solving and experience positive learning outcomes. This session is an opportunity to get fired up about Web 2.0 tools and greater collaboration opportunities with classroom teachers.

Joy Milliam, Teacher Librarian, Placentia-Yorba Linda USD

YA Literature, the Best of the Best
Literacy/Literature • 6-12

Michael Cart will present his annual survey of the best new young adult books of the year, examining in the process new trends that are enhancing and transforming the field of YA literature.

Michael Cart, Lecturer/Author

Friday, November 11

CSLA Legislative Luncheon
12:30pm – 2:00pm
Pasadena Convention Center
Senator Alan Lowenthal, Senate Education Committee Chair
Jeff Frost, CSLA Legislative Advocate

CSLA Concurrent Sessions
2:15pm – 3:15pm

Changing the Story: The California Campaign for Strong School Libraries
Advocacy • All

The California Campaign for Strong School Libraries is a Public Awareness Campaign that seeks to inform the public and policymakers on the importance of a strong school library in increasing student academic achievement, the new Model School Library Standards, and "changing the story" of what a school library is. California School Library Association’s Jackie Siminitus and Connie Williams will showcase a number of major outreach efforts including an audio journal, bus ads, Illustrators Galore, Library Store, library vendors as advocates and much more including designing and offering a free, online tutorial for teens, "Tools2Create: Summary 2.0 Fun."

Jackie Siminitus, Web 2.0 Project Manager
Connie Williams, Teacher Librarian, Petaluma Joint UHSD"

Enhance Student Learning with AASL's Standards for the 21st-Century Lesson Plan Database
Collaboration/Curriculum • 6-12

Learn about the new AASL Lesson Plan Database. It is an interactive resource and tool to support school librarians and other educators in teaching the essential learning skills defined in the AASL learning standards. The database serves as a catalyst for collaboration, as school librarians and teachers work together to create projects that weave content and skills into engaging learning activities. Learn how to add you own lesson or evaluate submitted lessons.

Rosemarie Bernier, Teacher Librarian, Los Angeles USD
Melanie Lewis, Teacher Librarian, Golden Valley USD

Paperless Lessons - Lighten Your Load While Increasing Student Engagement
Information & Digital Literacy • All

Learn how to integrate information, digital, and visual literacy while simplifying class management using Google forms, docs, and sites. Explore a variety of methods to convert student worksheets and record sheets by using Google's free, easy to access tools. There are multiple benefits to operating in this manner: it's greener, simpler to implement, highly engaging to students, and useful for assessment and sharing with classroom teachers. I'll share the lessons I've learned so you can hit the ground running with effective, high interest lessons when you get back to school.

Jessica Gillis, Teacher Librarian, Palo Alto USD

Postsecondary Perspectives on Lifelong Learning Essentials: Skills High School Students Need When They Go to College
Collaboration/Curriculum • 6-12

A panel of academic librarians will discuss the need for information literacy and the role of school and academic librarians in preparing students for an information-saturated world. The information literacy skills that are expected of first-year students entering college/university will be focused on, and sample assignments shared.

Christina Cicchetti, Education/Reference Librarian, University of California
Debbi Renfrow, Public Services Librarian, Moreno Valley College Library
Karin Griffin, Library Faculty, California State University

Library Services for Youth with Autism
Diversity • All

Do you serve more than 100 youth? Then it's likely you've encountered Autism Spectrum Disorder. This session explains ASD, how to work with youth having ASD, how to provide effective library services for this population, and how to incorporate technology to address these youths' needs.

Lesley Farmer, Professor, CSU Long Beach

So You’re Taking the Plunge to Become National Board Certified
Information & Digital Literacy • All

Specifics of the National Board Certification process will be presented including timelines, costs and specifics of the four portfolio entries and six testing questions. Attendees will gain knowledge of the process and commitments involved in the National Board Process as well as online support resources.

Mary Laiuppa, Teacher Librarian, San Diego USD

What Is Happening in Sacramento - An Update on the Budget and Key Legislation
Advocacy • All

This session will present an overview of the state's budget and important legislation from the 2011 session that will be important for teacher librarians.

Jeff Frost, CSLA Legislative Advocate, Frost Davis & Donnelly

$10 Bucks = Dollar Daze and Thrift Finds to Engage Students in Literacy and Learning
Literacy/Literature • 6-12

This is a session that will help you utilize the magic of dollar and thrift store finds to deliver a novel study that "rocks." Don't let budge restriction and the lack of resources and technical power dampen your enthusiasm and creativity. This session will demonstrate how the teacher librarian and classroom teacher can repurpose a number finds to create teaching activities that engage student thinking, creativity and reflection. The buck stops here. Join us in this adventure.

Julia Andreacchi, Teacher Librarian, York Region DSB (Canada)

Saturday, November 12

Joint General Session & Keynote Presenter
Sir Ken Robinson
8:30am – 10:00am
Pasadena Convention Center

CSLA Concurrent Sessions
10:15am – 11:15am

Teach Your Library Aides to Go Beyond Google When Doing Internet Research
Information & Digital Literacy • 6-12

Most school library websites contain an array of valuable library resources including subscription databases that teacher librarians would like their students to know about. With so many library tools, time to instruct students in the use of them is limited. This session will describe a research unit that is primarily self-taught, self-paced, and fun to do. The unit directs students to each internet resource and has them look up a topic of their choice and record some basic facts and bibliographic information. The facts from all the resources are combined with the students' imagination to create dynamic stories.

John Volkman, Teacher Librarian, Kings Canyon Joint USD

California Young Reader Medal Program for Young Adult Category
Literacy/Literature • 6-12

This session will provide the audience with an overview for the nominated titles in the Middle School/Junior High Categories and Young Adult Category. Strategies, literature hooks and extended reading suggestions will be presented.

Wendy Chason, Teacher Librarian, Davis Joint USD
Randy DeJong, Teacher Librarian, Kern HSD
Myleen DeJesus, Librarian, Santa Monica Public Library
Kelly Hulbert, Children’s Librarian, Carson Public Library
Carolyn Reed, Librarian, Angelo M. Iacoboni Library

Collection Development for Parochial and Religious Schools
Management/Budget/Grants • 6-12

Parochial and religious school teacher librarians face unique collection development hurdles. We'll talk about building a balanced collection that honors your school's faith foundation while avoiding censorship. There will be a time for open discussion to allow participants to discuss what's worked in their library and to share their experience. Participants of all faiths are encouraged to attend.

Lisa Gonzalez -Newton, Library Media Specialist, Valley Christian School

District Librarian Roundtable
Management/Budget/Grants • All

This session will be an opportunity for District library personnel to share successes and challenges of the library programs in their Districts and set the stage for future collaboration.

Crystal Miranda, Library Curriculum Leader, Long Beach USD

Dual Use Libraries: Learning to Dance Together
Advocacy • All

Learning to Dance Together demonstrates how Winters Community Library and Winters High School Library established and maintain a successful partnership. Toni Mendieta, Yolo County Branch Supervisor, and Liz Coman, Winters High School teacher librarian will share their experiences from the first tentative steps in August 2010 to the fast-paced jitterbug that ended the first full-year of dual-use in June 2011. They will reveal the joys and challenges of partnering two very different jobs into one smoothly flowing dance. They will be joined by Patty Wong, Yolo County librarian, one of the major choreographers in the creation and implementation of the dual use.

Liz Coman, Teacher Librarian, Winters Joint Unified School District
Antoinette Mendieta, Library Branch Manager, Yolo County
Patty Wong, Librarian, Yolo County

Primary Documents
Collaboration/Curriculum • All

What are primary documents and how can they be used in the classroom? Whether you work in elementary, middle or high school, primary documents are an excellent tool for teaching culture, history, media and all the literacies! Join me in exploring how to "dissect" a primary document with your students; some fun collaborative project ideas; and most importantly...where to look for them. Brief introductions to government websites such as NARA, LOC, Smithsonian and some University primary document collections will get you started on a fun journey into the past... and how we're making primary documents right this very minute!  

Connie Williams, Teacher Librarian, Petaluma Joint UHSD

Magic Touch! Arts, iPods and Working Together NEA Learning and Leadership Grant 2010
Collaboration/Curriculum • K-5

Magic Touch combined arts, technology and professional learning community of K-5 teachers with the school library. Mouse Squad students modeled for teachers innovative and effective activities to engage students in using technology (iPod Touch). Teachers and librarians collaborated to create lessons that combine critical thinking and technology for arts programs (librettos and sets; mural designs) as well as original opera performances by K-5 students. Resources include timelines, how-to, what works, challenges, rubrics and surveys from the professional learning meetings. Ah, music. A magic beyond all we do here! J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

Kay Hones, Librarian and Computer Teacher, San Francisco USD

Saturday, November 12

CSLA Concurrent Sessions
11:30am – 12:30pm

Africa: Bringing it Home
Diversity • 9-12

In 2009 Lia traveled with American Friends of Kenya as a volunteer with their library team. Upon her return, she created a presentation titled Africa: Creating Meaning from Our Experiences and has been a guest speaker on the topic for close to two dozen audiences. This summer she returned with AFK to continue her work setting up libraries, providing library skills instruction, and promoting literacy in Nairobi and surrounding areas. Lia will share the value of incorporating meaningful experiences into teaching including the power of integrating her travels into collaborative lessons with teachers.

Lia Ladas, Teacher Librarian, Long Beach USD

California Library Standards--Now What?
Information & Digital Literacy • All

California's new library standards are in print but they will only be as effective as we make them in our libraries. Tools and ideas for implementation will be covered.

Barbara Jeffus, School Library Consultant, California Department of Education

California Young Reader Medal Program: Intermediate and Middle School
Literacy/Literature • K-8

This session will provide the audience with an overview for the nominated titles in the Intermediate, Primary, and Picture Books for Older Studets Categories. Strategies, literature hooks and extended reading suggestions will be presented.

Wendy Chason, Teacher Librarian, Davis Joint USD
Randy DeJong, Teacher Librarian, Kern HSD
Myleen DeJesus, Librarian, Santa Monica Public Library
Kelly Hulbert, Children’s Librarian, Carson Public Library
Carolyn Reed, Librarian, Angelo M. Iacoboni Library

Flip Your Library
Information & Digital Literacy • 6-12

Learn about "flip teaching" or "reverse instruction," a new movement in education that puts direct instruction of concepts on the Internet, thus providing more hand-on time at school. Explore its application in the teaching of library, and content area standards. Participants will learn how to vodcast research skills while collaborating with content area teachers. Internet resources to network with flip teachers will be provided.

Brigeen Radoicich, Library Coordinator, Fresno County office of Education

Join the Club: Starting and Running a Student Service Club to Support Your School Library
Advocacy • All

Do you sometimes wish there was a way to do more library outreach on your campus, but feel overwhelmed and isolated? Involve students as your ambassadors! This session will demonstrate how one high school utilized a campus service club format to enable the library to become an integral part of campus activities and events, while enabling students to benefit from leadership experience. Get ideas for starting your club, attracting members, running meetings and planning events that draw students to the library for more than books.

Amy Linden, Teacher Librarian, Nevada Joint UHSD

Picture Books that Sing, Move, Draw, Play and Teach Library Skills
Literacy/Literature • K-5

Discover extension activities for 50+ picture books that appeal to the multiple intelligences of our students: linguistic, logical, spatial, kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and naturalist. You will learn songs, games, art activities, and more that can easily be incorporated into your library time. Come with your own idea to share as well! 

Crystal Trice, Librarian, Keys School

Ride the Wave to Collaboration
Collaboration/Curriculum • 6-12

Collaboration can be simple, but it also takes planning and flexibility. Steps will be offered to teacher librarians who would like to add new ideas to their collaboration models. Collaboration ideas that work as well as organizational tools for successful collaboration will be shared.

Laura Erickson, Teacher Librarian, William S. Hart UHSD

Turning Teens, Even the Most Reluctant and Alienated, into Avid Readers
Literacy/Literature • 6-12

From their decades of teaching experiences with thousands and thousands of teen readers, the presenters have learned the key elements needed to connect students to books. These elements include: finding the first "hit" book, providing access to a wide variety of books (including multicultural, GLBT, and homeless/impoverished characters), and providing classroom time for students to read books of their own choosing. This session will highlight those elements. It will be interactive with participants practicing strategies/activities that have proven to be successful for connecting students to books.

Marilyn Reynolds, Author
Kathy Riskin Orihuela, Teacher Trainer, Activating Teen Literacy, Elk Grove SD (retired)

Saturday, November 12

CSLA Concurrent Sessions
2:15pm – 3:15pm

Book Trailers 101
Literacy/Literature • All

This session will provide information about creating book trailers/commercials using student created ideas and work.

Christina Contreras, Teacher Librarian, Long Beach USD

Creating Reader's/Writer's Theater for Elementary Students
Authors • K-5

For the elementary picture book audience, reading a book can be a multi-sensory experience. Reader's theater can substantially enhance the experience by making the reader an actor in the story. Writer's theater can emphasize the difference between descriptive writing and narrative writing. This session discusses effective ways to create reader's and writer's theater scripts, how to select appropriate books for these projects, and techniques to involve the students on several different levels.

Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen, Author

Creating the IDEAL Team for Positive Discipline in the School Library Setting
Management/Budget/Grants • K-8

If discipline means "to teach," how DO I teach it? Combining Harry Wong's procedures with Fred Jones Discipline methods and applying them to a positive discipline model that incorporates the students and classroom teachers' collaboration.

Sandy Patton, Teacher Librarian, Long Beach USD
Janice Gilmore-See, District Librarian, La Mesa Spring Valley SD

First Steps Toward eBooks
Information & Digital Literacy • All

Are you unsure about how to enter the digital arena in your school? Do you have unused eBooks in your library collection? Come hear practical steps toward acquiring, managing and circulating eBooks in a K-12 school. The panel will include a teacher librarian, a district Destiny manager, and a Follett account manager who will tackle the issues for making eBooks available to your students and staff. Issues will include: the types of devices; reading online vs. downloading; acquisition of eBooks; patron access; costs and more. After this session you will truly turn the page in becoming a virtual library!

Deborah Stanley, Teacher Librarian, Riverside USD
Dave Cella, Account Manager, Follett Library Resources
Julia Christian, District Destiny Manager, Riverside USD

Google 101 for Teacher Librarians
Information & Digital Literacy • 6-12

Join Annette and Sherri in a fast and furious tour of the latest Google special features. Come away with a Google cheat sheet and many practical ideas to use in your library! Presentation will be posted on Slideshare.

Annette Scherr, Teacher Librarian, Los Angeles USD
Sherri Whitham, Teacher Librarian, Los Angeles USD

Launch Your Students on a Successful Voyage to Information Literacy
Information & Digital Literacy • All

The Beatles were wrong: students need information literacy skills as well as love. Incorporate methods of assessing students' skills in order to build and add new skills in collaborative projects with teachers. Develop methods of tracking improvements in student information literacy abilities. Assess the library program and create initiatives that will help meet your goals.

Ellie Goldstein-Erickson, Teacher Librarian, Berkeley USD

Rigor, Relevance, & Relationships in the Library
Collaboration/Curriculum • 6-12

Explore how collaboratively planned grade-level interdisciplinary inquiry-based research units are used to engage students in rigorous and relevant learning and provide a foundation for integrating the 21st century skills essential success. Discover the potential benefits that will enable you to gain support and begin planning such a unit.

Melanie Lewis, Library Media Specialist, Golden Valley USD

Rockin' 'Round the Library: How Partying In (and Out) of the Library Substantially Improves Our Professional Practice
Diversity • All

Participants will learn how to create a more colorful, engaging atmosphere that will attract a wider, more diverse group of patrons. Participants will be able to create a highly successful, vibrant author visit. Participants will learn about the relationship between mixed media such as music, video and art and deep, motivated learning. Participants will learn about the connection between the affective domain and student productivity in the school library environment.

Jill Sonnenberg, Teacher Librarian, Nevada Joint UHSD
Patrick Sweeney, Branch Manager, San Mateo County Library
Annie O'Dea Hestbeck, Library Media Technician, Nevada UHSD

Saturday, November 12
CSLA Concurrent Sessions
3:30pm - 4:30pm

Building an Effective and Efficient Personal Learning Network
Information & Digital Literacy • All

This session will empower participants with the tools needed to build and maintain the most efficient, effective PLN, for professional development, career enhancement, and lifelong learning.

Jane Lofton, Teacher Librarian, Manhattan Beach USD
Marie Slim, Teacher Librarian, Fullerton Joint UHSD

Can You Hear Us Now: Building Relationships between Academic and School Libraries
Information & Digital Literacy • All

This session will discuss the techniques used to market and manage outreach programming to K-12 school libraries in the Los Angeles/Southern California area. Presenters will discuss trends and techniques for creating information literacy programming and events to enrich student awareness of college level research opportunities in their community. Presenters will discuss the usage of web 2.0 tools to effectively connect to partnering schools and students.

Lynn Lampert, Chair Reference & Instructional Services, California State University Northridge
Coleen Martin, Outreach Librarian, California State University Northridge

Canine Literacy - Improving Students' Attitude Toward Reading Using Therapy Dogs
Literacy/Literature • K-5

We will introduce our long-standing Canine Literacy Program, demonstrate the use of a trained Therapy Dog in the assistance of a reluctant reader and discuss the positive results of more than seven (7) years of formal evaluations of our program. We will present tools to assist others in implementing a successful Canine Literacy Program of their own.

Donna Sharpe, Teacher Librarian, Long Beach USD
Lindsey Mattingly, Reading Specialist, Long Beach USD

Captivate Students with Thinkfinity's Free and Engaging Educational Resources
Collaboration/Curriculum • All

Struggling to integrate 21st Century skills into the curriculum? Find free educational resources aligned to California Standards and to the Common Core Standards with Thinkfinity! In this session, you will learn how to access thousands of FREE resources, premium lesson plans, interactives, multimedia explorations and more... These amazing FREE resources are provided through a partnership between the Verizon Foundation and eleven of the most trusted names in education, including NCTM, the national Geographic Society, the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, and more.

Kathleen Sheppard, Teacher Librarian, Los Angeles USD

Discovering California's Gold
Literacy/Literature • All

Are you interested in adding 100 fabulous books to your library's collection? Are you hoping to have a California author or artist come to your school to work with your students? Come and learn how your Southern California school can step onto the California Readers' Pyramid by applying and winning an Ed Pert Award. Discover California's true gold by learning about 30 new books by California authors or artists and find out how you can participate in promoting the connection of children and young adults and their school communities with California authors and artists and their creative works.

Bonnie O'Brian, Author
Candy Dardarian, Retired Teacher, California Readers
Laura Graff, Teacher Librarian, Los Angeles USD
Mark Bobrosky, Teacher Librarian, Los Angeles USD

Dream Big: Reading + Creative Librarians = Essential Libraries
Literacy/Literature • K-5

Come hear how one elementary school library's willingness to dream big helped them to promote reading and engage t he school community in a common cause. In the process, students read nearly 5,000 picture books, parents began to volunteer, administrators increased the library's funding, and-did we mention the New York Times? With a little imagination, some construction paper, and a lot of good books, you can do it too! Create lifelong readers and learners at your school. Don't be afraid to dream big, and dream often.

Lynne Sundstrom, Teacher Librarian, Davis Joint USD
Katy Larson, Library Technician, Davis Joint USD

How to Win Your School Board's Support
Advocacy • All

Convincing your school board to support your school library program takes planning, practice and time. Learn some strategies from a former school librarian and current member of a board of education. You can better the odds that your message will be well received and your library program will be preserved and enhanced.

John McGinnis, Member, Board of Education, Long Beach USD

Literacy Lessons in a Library Book
Literacy/Literature • K-5

You have 30 minutes with your students and you want to do a lesson, share quality literature and oh by the way have time for check out! "Literacy Lessons in Library Books" will share quality literature titles and mini-lessons to go with them, so you can accomplish all this in 30 minutes. Titles and lessons will cover many different subjects and genres. Excellent ideas for teacher librarians, paraprofessionals and public librarians working with students in grades K-6.

Patricia Ohanian, Teacher Librarian, Palo Alto USD

Saturday, November 12

CYRM/Beatty Award & Author Banquet
7:00pm – 9:00pm
Hilton Hotel Pasadena

Sunday, November 13

CSLA Award Breakfast & Membership Meeting
8:00am – 9:30am
Pasadena Convention Center

Sunday, November 13

CSLA Concurrent Sessions
9:45am – 10:45am

A School Year of Advocacy
Advocacy • All

A (school) year of Advocacy. A day by day guide to advertising your program and making an impact by using the power of Web 2.0 to mobilize your advocacy efforts.

Heather Gruenthal, Teacher Librarian, Anaheim UHSD

Classroom Tools: Elementary (Kindergarten to Sixth Grade)
Cyber Sunday Session

Teachers and Administrators will receive an overview of why digital literacy is of high importance for our youngest students. Participants will receive hands on experience in classroom resources appropriate for elementary grades.

Parent Support: Teens Online
Cyber Sunday Session

Parents of teens will receive an overview of social networking and other online activities that are engaging young people, with hands-on experience in what it means to be a good digital citizen.

Policies that Protect: Overcoming the Fear Factor
Cyber Sunday Session

This session is for educational stakeholder leaders who want to have a wider understanding of the information districts and counties need to create policies for online activities and equipment that holistically protect kids.

Statistically Speaking
Advocacy • All

Learn to speak numbers--and when not to do so. Where do California school libraries stand statistically? See how to compare and contrast state and national statistics with those for your library or district. What are the best sources of statistical information on school libraries?

Barbara Jeffus, School Library Consultant, California Department of Education
John McGinnis, School Board Member, Long Beach USD

Why School Librarians Are the Most Important People in the Educational World
Advocacy • All

Librarians are the most important people in the educational world! During this session, the presenter will outline exactly why investment in school libraries is the most important thing any district can do to increase student achievement. Participants will understand why student access to highly compelling books is the easiest way to accelerate reading achievement. Participants will be able to use landmark reading studies to effectively advocate for their school library program. Additionally, participants will understand why dollar for dollar, investing in a school library is the most important investment your school can make.

Carrie Johnson, Literacy Coach, Mountain View SD

Y Read A Book When U Can Read Online?
Information & Digital Literacy • 6-12

Participants will review recent research about reading online, examine critical differences between digital and print media, reflect on their own online reading practices, and explore strategies to build students' online reading skills.

Doug Achterman, Teacher Librarian, San Benito HSD

Sunday, November 13

CSLA Concurrent Sessions
11:00am – 12:00pm

Classroom Tools: Secondary (Middle School and High School)
Cyber Sunday Session

Teachers and Administrators will receive an overview of why digital literacy is of high importance for our high school students. Participants will receive hands on experience in classroom resources appropriate for secondary school.

Digital Citizenship: Who's Creating the Lessons, Teaching Them, and Monitoring That They Are Taught?
Information & Digital Literacy • All

Learn about the process Kings Canyon Unified School District used to develop digital citizenship lessons for K-12 students and how teachers are monitored to ensure that the lessons have been taught. Lessons will be shown and participants will have access to them on the KCUSD website.

Carol Lopez Doerksen, District Library Coordinator, Kings Canyon USD

**CANCELLED** Digital Textbooks 101
Management/Budget/Grants • All

Teacher librarians will be given a general introduction to the world of digital textbooks including how to get started, the myths and the challenges, and what the future looks like. The presenter will also provide guidance on current digital textbook products as well as device requirements.

Thomas Nixon, TSA Online Learning, Fresno USD

District-Wide Battle of the Books from the Ground Up
Literacy/Literature • All

Attendees will learn how the Merced UHSD teacher librarians collaboratively designed and implemented a district-wide battle of the books and reaped a bonanza of good publicity, good will, and some political clout.

Anthony Doyle, Teacher Librarian, Merced UHSD
Sarah Morgan, Teacher Librarian, Merced Union HSD
Sheryl Garman, Teacher Librarian, Merced UHSD
Julie Cooke, Teacher Librarian, Merced UHSD

LBUSD Digital Citizenship Curriculum Development
Information & Digital Literacy • All

Learn how the Long Beach Unified School District brought together teacher librarians and content area teachers to develop an Internet and Cyber Safety curriculum for Grades K-12.

Parent Support: Young Children Online
Cyber Sunday Session

Parents of elementary school students will receive an overview of safe learning activities online. Participants will gain hands-on experience on how to implement digital literacy at home.

Policies that Provide Access: Overcoming Frustration Factor
Cyber Sunday Session

This session is for educational stakeholder leaders who want to have a wider understanding of the information districts and counties need to create policies that holistically provide greater access to students and teachers.

Sunday, November 13

1:45pm - 3:15pm

Digital Literacy Summit
Cyber Sunday Session

This is a coalition planning, follow-up session for key leaders of the stakeholder groups presenting and attending. Next steps will be discussed and established. All who want to be part of this process of promoting digital literacy and digital citizenship are welcome.

Sunday, November 13

CSLA Concurrent Sessions
2:15pm – 3:15pm

Cyber Safety for Students, Parents and Educators
Information & Digital Literacy • All

This session is a comprehensive overview of the capabilities of technology, the emerging mobile Internet-ready devices and the associated dangers and unique issues faced by youth and educators who utilize these devices for personal and school use. Participants will analyze the cyber safety issues particular to their professional role and come away with a better understanding of how they impact teaching and learning. i-Safe Inc. is the cyber safety resource examined and how it can help to educate and empower educators and youth to secure a safer social media experience.

Andrea Catania-Stephenson, Teacher Librarian, Twin Rivers USD

Fresh and Easy: Your Library Out There with New and Old Ideas and Ideas for Using Your iPad
Literacy/Literature • K-8

Two librarians and a reading specialist will offer some good ideas to get your library "out there" such as BOB (battle of the books), Poem in your Pocket (and on the walls), iPad2 and apps uses in library lessons, some great new books, revisit some great old books, offer some great lessons plans aligned to the standards, Glogster Book Reports, wikis, and how to create book trailers.

Mary Ann Mailloux, Librarian, Harbor Day School
Anne Polkingharn, Librarian (retired), Orange County
Kristin Rowe, Reading Specialist, Harbor Day School

**CANCELLED** Preparing Future Generation for a Rapidly Changing Globalized World
Information & Digital Literacy • All

The session discusses reading for pleasure as one of the critical pathways for lifelong learning in the context of research and the mission for school library media programs. In view of the decline of reading for pleasure especially among adolescent learners in spite of numerous beneficial outcomes, SLM leaders have the opportunity to creatively instill students' love of reading through SLM programs. With that aim, ReadReviewRecommend program will be described and demonstrated. It connected reading and writing with widely popular social media and mobile devices, and made reading exciting and meaningful across different levels of reading comprehension, individual preferences, and technological competencies.

Zorana Ercegovac, SLM Faculty, Drexel University