Buffet Breakfast

On Disasters, Stories, and Nachos

Presenter: Adi Alsaid

Room: Illinois Ballroom

A meditation on how disasters and stories can help us see humanity in each other.

Exhibit Hall

Poster Titles:

• Amplify Student Learning with Public Library Collaboration

• Come on Down, You’re the Next Contestant on “The Time is Right” for Collaboration

• No Place for a Lizard: Lessons in SEL & STEAM

• The Value of Wordless Graphic Novels

Session 17 - Storytelling with Puppets

Session 18 - Let's Talk Teaching! A Guide to Developing Curriculum and Assessment in the Library.

Session 19 - Continual Collaboration: Building a Community of Research

Session 20 - National Novel Writing Month in the Library

Session 21 - Anyone Can Be a Library Advocate with ILA's Ready, Set, Advocate!

Session 22 - Get Ready to TEAACH!

Session 23 - LAMB Panel: Building a New Chapter

Session 24 - Summer Strong: Create an Open School Library Summer Program

Session 25 - Teaching Shelf Control: SEL Picture Books

Session 26 - STEAM, Coding, Robotics and More @ Your Library!

Session 27 - Open Arms and Brick Walls: Collaboration and the Power of Word of Mouth

Session 28 -Difficult Conversations with Digital Citizenship

Session 29 - Have NO Fear! Scaffolding Steps for the High School Research Process

Session 30 - Bluestem 2024

Session 31 - A New Training Event for School Library Workers

Session 32 - Creative Nonfiction Cataloging

Presenters: Alexi Giannoulias and Janine Asmus

Level: All

Room: Illinois Ballroom

We are honored to have the Illinois Secretary of State visit us for lunch. As our State Librarian he has advocated for libraries and the right to read. He will start by letting us know about the issues facing libraries in Illinois and how his office is making changes. He will then have a Q & A session with the attendees- so come prepared with your questions! The lunch will continue with the AISLE Business Meeting that all school librarians are welcome to attend. Learn more about how the AISLE Board will partner with you to advocate for your library.

Session 33 - The One Where the Instructional Coach and the Librarian Partner Up 

Session 34 - NO SESSION/OPEN

Session 35 - Hosting an RPG Summer Camp in Your Library 

Session 36 - Postcard Field Trip 

Session 37 - AISLE President’s Townhall Q&A 

Session 38 - 10 years of eRead Illinois: How it started, how it’s going, and why school libraries are essential to its success

Session 39 - Unlock the Power of Data: Using the School Library Dashboard 

Session 40 - Flex Scheduling: Serving Everyone, Always There, All At Once 

Diversity Activism: History and Future of Children's Literature

Presenter: Sarah Park Dahlen

Level: All

Room: Illinois Ballroom

The mid-2010s were a turning point in diversity activism: social media enabled activism to go viral, We Need Diverse Books was established, and Black Lives Matter went global. Dr. Sarah Park Dahlen will address the history of diversity activism, some persistent issues, and the challenges that writers and illustrators continue to face in diversifying publishing.