Ms. Seales is an academic librarian in Wilmington, NC. She was previously a library branch manager at the Sneads Ferry Library with Onslow County Public Library. She was previously a Special Education Teacher with Onslow County School Districts. She has over a decade of experience in teaching K-12 students library, technology, information, inquiry, and digital citizenship skills through the integration with ELA, Science, Social Studies, and Arts standards. She has a passion for teaching 3D design and printing. Ms. Seales also provides training to K-12 staff on technology, software, research models, PBL/Inquiry-based Learning, and digital tools. She's certified to teach Special Education: General Curriculum K-12 and School Library Media Coordinator K-12. Ms. Seales is also has NC Public Librarian Certification.
Ms. Seales was a 2017-18 NC School Library Media Association Emerging Leader, and she was a 2018-19 NC Digital Leaders Coaching Network East member. She currently serves on the Executive Board of the American Library Association's Coretta Scott King Awards Committee and is the Chair of the Publications Committee for the Coretta Scott King Awards committee. Ms. Seales also serves on the Executive Board of the NC Library Association. Check out her featured interview with NCLA in their June 2019 edition.
Delandrus earned her Master of Library Science degree from East Carolina University. She earned a Master of Arts in Teaching Special Education: General Curriculum from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Delandrus completed her undergraduate career at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Biology. Her experience includes teaching K-6 and 9-12 over the past 12 years, 6 years as a media coordinator, and the one year in the public library teaching adults.
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NC Digital Leaders Coaching Network
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Azalea Coast Library Association
NHC Friends of the Library
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