8:00 AM - 8:45 AM Welcome and Breakout Boxes
9:00 AM Silent Auction Bidding Opens
9:00 AM - 9:50 AM Session 1 choose between
Author Chari Smith Ignite Your Creative Spark!
#MakersGonnaMake with Jen McKenzie and Gigi Michaels
Integrating OASL Resources from GALE into the Learning Management System with Tammi Burke
9:50 AM - 10:30 AM Take time to get to know our amazing vendors and have a warm cuppa
10:30 AM - 11:20 AM Session 2 choose between
Start with Cats! Virtual Experiences that Bring the Community Into the Classroom with Jen McKenzie, Michelle Singh, and Tracey Rowley
Why Genrefy with Paige Battle
You’ve Landed in a School Library! Now What? with Jen Maurer
11:35 AM - 12:25 PM Session 3 choose between
Every Kid in a Park - and a Library Too! with Molly Sloan
Read Romance, Fight the Patriarchy with Lori Lieberman
Facing Book Challenges: A Professional Conversation with Jean Gritter, Jen Maurer, and Miranda Doyle.
12:30 - 2:00 PM Lunch with Award presentations and Keynote Pia Alliende, School Library Journal Finalist
2:10 PM - 3:00 PM Session 4
Virtual author visit with Kenneth Tan
How to Conduct a Diversity Audit with Ayn Frazee
Weeding: Basics and Adventures with Delia Fields, Miranda Hunt, and Alyxandra Rowe
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM Session 5
Diverse Books for Your Elementary Collection with Kate Jacobson Dutro
ORCA/BCCCA/OBOB with Carrie Light, Libby Hamler-Dupras, and Kevin O'Dea
Teacher Librarian Advocacy with Jean Gritter, Kim Olson-Charles, Kate Weber, and Buzzy Nielsen
3:30 PM Silent Auction Bidding Closes (Winning bidders must pick up and pay for items by 4:15 pm)
4:10 PM - 5:00 PM Session 6
A Night in Pajamas with Pia Alliende
Secondary Book talks with Battle and Jones
6:00 PM No host post conference meet up at Bevel Brewing and Food Trucks at 9th Street Village
All sandwiches come with marinated vegetable slaw, pickle, and bag of chips, assorted waters. If you requested a gluten free meal at registration gluten free bread will be substituted in the place of a ciabatta bun.
Box Lunch Options
Turkey Sando - Sliced turkey with roasted garlic aioli, arugula, onion jam, on ciabatta bun
Chicken Waldorf - Pulled chicken with grapes, celery, apples and pecans with a blue cheese dressing on ciabatta bun
Roasted Veg (vegan) - Roasted summer squash, red peppers, eggplant, onion with herb vinaigrette on ciabatta bun
Afternoon Snack
Assorted house-made cookies, bars, and fresh fruit