The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) has extended the deadline for AASL 16th National<br>Conference &amp; Exhibition concurrent session proposals to 11:59 p.m. Central time on Friday, Dec. 7,<br>in consideration of school library professionals living in states impacted by Superstorm Sandy. AASL<br>
recognizes the difficulties faced by its East Coast colleagues due to the damage inflicted by the recent<br>hurricane and wishes to allow those wanting to participate in an AASL national conference the time<br>needed to submit a proposal.<br>
<br>Concurrent sessions will be held on Friday, Nov.15 and Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013, and are 75 minutes in<br>length. Proposals should focus on one of the content strands, including Common Core State Standards;<br>leadership; literacy and reading; program administration; teaching and learning; or authors. Proposals<br>
should include up to three learning objectives and should address how the session supports the<br>AASL strategic plan, the AASL Standards for the 21st-Century Learner, and/or Empowering Learners:<br>Guidelines for School Library Programs. The AASL national conference committee will evaluate proposals<br>
for clarity, originality and timeliness. Consideration will be given to submissions that incorporate one or<br>more of these characteristics:<br><br><ul><li>Demonstrates innovative thinking and/or new perspectives;</li><li>
Presents strategies for effectively implementing new ideas and technology;</li><li>Incorporates at least one active hands-on learning exercise;</li><li>Design includes activities that will incorporate various learning styles;</li>
<li>Demonstrates how learning outcomes will be achieved.</li></ul><br>Submissions will only be accepted via online form. Email, mail or fax submissions will not be accepted.<br>All questions regarding programming at the AASL 16th National Conference &amp; Exhibition should be<br>
directed to Melissa Jacobsen, AASL manager of professional development, at <a href="mailto:mjacobsen@ala.org">mjacobsen@ala.org</a> or<br>(800) 545-2433, ext. 4381. More information is available at <a href="http://www.ala.org/aasl/aaslrfp">www.ala.org/aasl/aaslrfp</a>.<br>
<br><br clear="all">Sara Kelley-Mudie<br>
CASL President<br>
CECA/CASL Conference Co-chair<br>Library Director and Educational Technology Facilitator<br>The Forman School<br><a href="mailto:librarian.skm@gmail.com" target="_blank">librarian.skm@gmail.com</a><br><a href="http://kmthelibrarian.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://kmthelibrarian.blogspot.com/</a><br>