October 15th, 2025
WORKSHOP RESOURCES:
Download this LINK to the Google Doc:
Leap into the future IDEA page. We will all add to it during the day. You will need to bring your own device to add to the doc.
11:00 PM-12:00 PM:
Registration and Lunch
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM:
Presenters: David V. Loertscher, Fran Kompar, & Connie Williams
Presentation: Introducing The LEAP Challenge
12:15 PM -1:15 PM:
Presenter: Debbie Abilock, Jennifer Gilbert, and Paul Allison
Presentation: Entangled in the Ineffable: What Do We Need to Learn for Now and in the Future?
1:15 PM -1:30 PM:
Presenters: Dr. David V. Loertscher, Fran Kompar, and Connie Williams
Presentation: The Leap Challenge
1:30 PM - 1:40 PM:
Break
1:40 PM - 1:45 PM:
Reflect
1:45 PM- 2:15 PM:
Presenters: Barbara Stripling and Darryl Toerien
Presentation: Teaching Inquiry as Conversation
2:15 PM - 2:45 PM:
Table Talks 1
Table 1
Presenters: Dr. Christopher Harris
Presentation: Teaching About AI: Preparing Students for an Unavoidable Literacy
Table 2
Presenters: Dr. Judi Moreillon
Presentation: Warriorship in the Year 2025
Table 3
Presenters: Dr. Kim Krutka
Presentation: Looking into Mirrors and Windows: School Librarians’ Perspectives on Diverse Representation in Book Collections
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM:
Presenter: Susan D. Ballard, Dr. Pamela C. Harland, & Dr. Rachel V. Small
Presentation: Development of a Consensus Model of School Librarian Collaboration: A Delphi Study
3:15 PM - 3:20 PM:
Presenter: Dr. Keith Curry Lance
3:20 PM - 3:30 PM:
Break/Reflection
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM:
Table Talks 2
Table 1 :
Presenters: Tien Triggs
Presentation: The “Can’t Miss” Event: From Curating Courses to Creating a Conference for Teacher-Librarians
Table 2:
Presenters: Susan D. Ballard and Sara Kelly Johns
Presentation: Elevating the School Library: Building Positive Perceptions through Brand Behavior
Table 3:
Presenters: Connie Williams
Presentation: Let’s Talk Gov Info
Table 4:
Presenters: Dr. David Loertscher
Presentation: Using Data Visualization to Demonstrate the Impact of the Teacher Librarian on Teaching and Learning Across the School
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM:
Presenter: Stephanie C.
Presentation: The revised ed. of the AASL Standards
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM:
Table Talks 3
Table 1
Presenter: Kay Hones
Presentation: Touching History
Table 2
Presenter: Debra Kachel
Presentation: The Status of School Librarian Employment and Recent Restoration Efforts in Urban School Districts
Table 3: James Allen
Presentation: Assistive Technologies and Large Language Models: Pluses, and Minuses
Table 4: David V. Loertscher
Presentation: The Elementary School Library as an Innovation Center: The Solution To The Fixed and Flex Schedule Problem
5:00 PM - 5:45 PM:
Presenters: David V. Loertscher, Fran Kompar, and Connie Williams, Dr. Joyce Valenza
Presentation: The Future: Leapers' plan for the Leap into the Future No. 3
Website: Foundational Elements of the Innovation Lab and Library Learning Commons
Presentation: Innovation Center and Learning Commons (ILLC)
5:45 PM
Dinner