Libraries Supporting Teacher Collaboration, Student Voice and School Design
This two-day statewide library conference is sponsored by the Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE), Office of Curriculum and Instructional Design, School Library Services, in partnership with the Pacific Literacy Consortium.
The purpose of the conference is to equip HIDOE school library staff with tools, strategies and resources that focus on the three high impact strategies of teacher collaboration, student voice and school design to transform school library programs.
Professional development, training and program planning opportunities that grow school library staff knowledge and skills that best support information literacy, pre-k literacy skills, early literacy skills, brain-based learning, and computer science will be provided. Library professional development is aligned to the American Association for School Librarians (AASL) 2017 National School Library Standards and Future Ready Librarians Framework.
In 1999, Dr. Sugata Mitra carved a hole in a wall of an Indian slum and installed a computer. In the months that followed, the children of the slum taught themselves to use the computer to satisfy their own natural curiosity. Since then, Dr. Mitra has developed an exciting approach to education that is well-suited to application in the school library. In this session, participants will learn more about Dr. Mitra’s work and will see examples of ways in which school librarians in Hawaii are encouraging collaboration and exploration by unleashing the power of Self Organized Learning in their libraries.
Organizing books by genre has been shown to increase circulation and patron satisfaction, but many librarians are reluctant to genre-fy their libraries for fear of the amount of time and effort required to restructure the library’s classification system. Maui Librarians, Paul Jensen, Lahaina Intermediate School Librarian and Tara Nakata, Lahainaluna High School Librarian, will detail the procedures that they have used to simplify the genre-fication process and the impact it has made for their students and teachers.
Paul taught Math at both the middle and high school levels for 11 years. He then became a teen librarian at a public library while working on his Masters Degree in Education: School Librarianship. He's been the librarian at Lahaina Intermediate School on Maui for the past 9 years... Read More →
Students need digital citizenship skills to make smart choices online and in life. How can we help our student to be ethical users of resources and responsible participants in our digital world?
Brett is the Lead for Computer Science and provides statewide computer science education-related support. In addition, he manages the Project Inspire online professional development program designed to assist teachers in the integration of computer science and/or educational technology... Read More →
CSTA's mission is to empower, engage and advocate for K-12 CS teachers worldwide. Our CSTA Hawaii Chapter was founded in 2017 by a collaboration of stakeholders to align our efforts and resources to support and advocate for CS educational opportunities for all teachers and students... Read More →
Thursday August 8, 2019 2:00pm - 3:15pm HST
Room 3
While I researched, designed & equipped my Makerspace, I kept hearing that voice in my head “If you build it, [they] will come.” And while a few curious teachers and eager students did come, most stayed away. Creating and filling the makerspace doesn’t guarantee a crowd. Instead, I’ve learned it’s what the makerspace offers and how I promote it that draws participation. Learn how to market and create programming for your makerspace that invites students, teachers and families to take ownership and get involved in your school’s makerspace.
Librarian & Makerspace Coordinator, Daniel K. Inouye Elementary School
As my school's librarian & makerspace coordinator, I try to cultivate a culture of curiosity in students and give them multiple ways to share their discoveries.
Students who participate in reading challenges read 20% more than their peers and are more likely to agree with the statement "I like to read." Meanwhile, school communities that read together are more successful at building a culture of reading.
This session will look closely at the unique reading challenges facilitated by different schools using the product Beanstack. It will also introduce a new free service called Beanbright through which individual schools can choose different reading challenges to facilitate during the school year and summer. Beanbright provides ready-made reading challenges, tools to help students track independent reading and stay motivated to read, and a myriad of reports providing data-driven insights.
The session will be facilitated by Rebekah Garrety, MLIS -- the Librarian-in-Residence for Zoobean, Inc.
Rebekah's librarian-in-residence role is multifaceted, but the biggest element is connecting with clients and helping them get the best results for their patrons and for themselves. She serves as a resource for clients and their teams- a “librarian for librarians”. She is a Pennsylvania-certified... Read More →
At Zoobean, we believe that reading by choice for as little as 20 minutes per day can measurably impact academic and social outcomes for students. Zoobean helps facilitate reading challenges that motivate kids to read, increase library use, and build a culture of reading in your... Read More →
Last year Shannon Miller "wowed" us with amazing books & makerspace projects we could implement in our libraries. What did you try? Maybe you tested something out that you learned at the HASL conference, that you found on Pinterest or learned from a fellow librarian. Bring one or two ideas/projects that worked with your students. You might bring a sample project, share a link to photos/the lesson or just come to talk.
Librarian & Makerspace Coordinator, Daniel K. Inouye Elementary School
As my school's librarian & makerspace coordinator, I try to cultivate a culture of curiosity in students and give them multiple ways to share their discoveries.
