In this NCTIES session, I worked with members of our instructional TGIF team to present an overview of our professional learning model as well as resources to implement similar systems at participants' schools. We covered the different types of sessions we've offered, almost all of which are voluntary. The session itself was great, but I did not enjoy the way NCTIES gathers feedback. Participants were expected to go back to the scheduling app and choose an emoji to represent their experience as well as leave written feedback if they chose. As a result, we received feedback from a very low percentage of participants. However, we have received email requests for our presentation and other materials, so I feel confident that our session was useful for those who attended. I enjoyed the chance to share what we've learned and how we've grown as a team as well as what this might look like moving forward.

For our second NCTIES section, Kristel Behrend and I presented a revised version of our TGIF session on assessments that are designed to let students demonstrate their learning. This session was attended by over 200 people, and we had great responses from attendees in the form of questions and feedback. I enjoyed having the chance to showcase some of the work our teachers and students as well as making it accessible to a wider audience to hopefully affect the learning of students across North Carolina.

In May of 2020, Laura Bernhard, Kristel Behrend, and I presented two sessions on the professional learning model our team developed over the course of the 2019-20 school year. At the time, the concept of widespread remote and/or hybrid learning was new to North Carolina, and many people were panicking. The instructional coaches and media specialists at KHS worked together to form a flexible team that provided tailored, just-in-time professional learning for our staff to help alleviate some stress and ensure our students received high-quality instruction. Educators from all over the state attended NC Learns Together, and our sessions were well received, with approximately 230 people filling out the feedback forms (session 1, session 2). We were still learning as well, so there were a couple of hiccups during session 1 that we smoothed out for the next day's session.

In addition to co-teaching with over a dozen teachers during the Digital Portfolio Initiative, my partner librarian, our instructional technology facilitator, and I presented a session on this initiative at Convergence, the Wake County Public Schools learning symposium held each fall and spring for all media and technology employees in the county. Over 400 professionals attend to hear keynote speakers and attend eight of approximately 70 sessions.

In our session, attended by approximately two dozen people, we shared the resources we've created for our students and described our process of beginning this initiative with all our freshmen. As one of the first schools in the county to tackle the Digital Portfolio Initiative, we were able to share what has worked and what we are adjusting (such as the ELL materials above). On our exit ticket, approximately 70% of the attendees indicated they have not yet started digital portfolios with their students, and over 90% indicated that they will use the resources we provided.

Speaking in front of so many people so early in my career as a librarian was somewhat intimidating, but I am glad I had the experience, and I look forward to doing it again. The nature of the material meant that we were not able to make it as interactive as I would have liked. If I were to present this session again, I would work in some interactive elements, such as using Pear Deck, having teachers begin their own portfolios, and engaging in some brainstorming to increase teacher buy-in as some were resistant to the initiative as a whole, despite the county directive.

Our second presentation at the 2019-2020 WCPSS Convergence was all about digital literacy at the high school level. We presented on how we'd run our digital citizenship lessons that included products students added to their digital portfolios.