[CASL-L] CASL conference question

[Laura Hedenberg]

Hi Kristin,
Welcome to the world of library media specialists!!  It's great that you
want to come to the October Conference.  While the sessions are still being
determined, there are still things you can share with your admin about the
conference and the benefit it will have for classroom teachers.  I
personally think the conference goes beyond any one discipline, grade level
or subject.  We are a community of teachers learning from each other.
Laura

1.  Discover new Tech tools that can integrate into your classroom, such as
AI.  AI can be a great tool for students for brainstorming, editing and
support.
2.  Learn how to collaborate with your school LMS.  Even if you have a
great relationship, you'll learn other ways to utilize your and make
student learning and teaching more impactful.
3. Meet authors and connect with them. Authors are amazing resources and
the ones who come to our conferences LOVE meeting teachers.  Since much of
our writing is connected to reading, it's a win-win.
4.  Strengthen student research.  I'm sure your students need to write
non-fiction pieces, so learning about resources in this are would be great
for them and you.  Many of our sponsors have information about that too.
5.  Revamp your lesson plans.  I know that every time I attend a conference
I learn something new that I can bring directly to my students.  I love
keeping things new and engaging.
6.  Professional Development.  You can offer to bring back what you learn
to your school.  Not only would your fellow subject area teachers learn
from you , but you could share at a school wide PD.  For many of us, it's a
part of our LMS job.
7.  Network.  The world of librarians is all about networking and we bring
that to our conference.  We not only want classroom teachers to attend, but
we need them to attend.  That makes all of us better because we have
connections outside of our immediate colleagues.
8.  Be inspired and rejuvenated.  There's nothing more exciting about being
around a group of educators that want to learn and are excited about the
possibilities.



On Thu, Jun 27, 2024 at 5:19 PM LaFlamme, Kristin via CASL-L <
casl-l at mylist.net> wrote:

> Hello all!
> Newly certified LMS here. I’m still in the classroom but asked my
> principal if I could attend the CASL conference in October. She told me
> yes, as long as I can also show how it’s valuable to my current 5th grade
> language arts teaching experience. Can anyone help me justify this? What
> kids of presentations will also benefit classroom teachers?
> Thanks!
>
> Kristin LaFlamme
> Wells Road Intermediate School
> 5th Grade Language Arts
> 860-844-3048
>
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