Presentations & Leadership
Professional Presentations & Associations
2024
TCEA, Feb 3, 2024: Canva: Amplifying Student Voice in School Libraries
TCEA, Feb 4, 2024: From Dreams to Reality: Building Dynamic Makerspaces in School Libraries
AASL Focus Group, Feb 22, 2024: AASL Standards Focus Group for High School Librarians
TLA Webinar, April 3rd, 2024: New Member Round Table: First Time Conference Jitters Webinar
TLA, April 16, 2024: New Horizons: Strategies for Launching Secondary School Libraries
TLA, April 16th & 17th, 2024: Mackin Booth Presentations on using MackinVia admin & digital programming to promote Mackin resources
TCEA, May 14th, 2024: Collection Development Tips & Tricks: Using what you already have to make data based decisions
Setting the Trend, June 11th, 2024: Fighting the Good Fight: Using Library data to advocate for your library community
Setting the Trend, June 11th, 2024: Empowering Libraries: Data-Driven Collection Development for Student Success
2023
TLA, April 20, 2023: Imposter Syndrome Panel: You got the Job, Now Own it
TLA, April 21, 2023: Transforming Reporting for Advocacy: Visualizing Impact and the Future
2022
TLA, April 26, 2022: Grow Stronger Together
Setting the Trend, June 14th, 2022: Becoming Essential to the School Culture and Climate
ALA Poster Session, June 26, 2022: Saying Yes: Structural change in a School library in 3 years
ALA, June 27th, 2022: YALSA: Rebuilding Teen Social Capital
2021
TLA District 8 Fall Conference (Virtual): Social Emotional Learning in the Library: Responsible Socialization through Passive Programming
2020
TLA 2020 (Virtual): Student Clubs Sponsored by the School Library
2019
JoLLE Winter Conference, Feb 2019: Teamwork Makes the Dreamwork: YA Literature Circles in Secondary Classrooms
2015
NCTE 2014, November 2014: Tell Me a Story: Understanding the Stages of Professional Growth of Pre-Service and In-Service Teachers
Professional Associations & Volunteerism
American Library Association member
American Association of School Librarians Member
Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) member
YALSA Presidential Task Force Committee 2021
Games and Gaming Round Table (GameRT)
Texas Library Association
TLA- District 8 member
TLA New Member Round Table member (NMRT)
TLA New Member Round Table Councilor
Texas Association School Librarian member (TASL)
TLA Young Adult Round Table (YART)
Professional Leadership
FBISD Bookapalooza 2022
Kaitlyn Carpenter hosted the inaugural FBISD Bookapalooza event at Dulles High School April 9th, 2022.
Roles & Responsibilities:
Emceed the Keynote speaker, Matchbook & Cosplay awards
Day of event planner & point of contact
Co-chair of committee planning for day of
Coordinated Bookfair shipment, vendor check in, and presenter check in
Communicated and coordinated communication between campus admin, district admin, and outside community.