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Defining Future Ready by reflecting on the past

eSchool News

As I reflected on the structure of this article, my archived files got some exercise as I reflected on the origins of Future Ready Librarians ® and why the journey we took to create the program has never been more important than today. Let’s go back to October of 2012. That was 2012.

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Are you a Future Ready Librarian?

eSchool News

For 20 years, I was a teacher librarian and worked in elementary, middle, and high school libraries. In 2012, I was selected as Washington State Teacher of the Year. In 2013, I was asked to be part of Project Connect , a Follett School Solutions initiative exploring the role of school libraries and librarians in 21st-century schools.

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Future Ready Schools heralds school librarians as leaders

eSchool News

New project highlights critical role school librarians play in supporting Future Ready goals. Future Ready Schools (FRS), led by the Alliance for Excellent Education (the Alliance) in partnership with the U.S. Future Ready librarians embrace change and innovation in education,” said Ray. “As

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Come for the computers, stay for the books

The Hechinger Report

Traci Chun, a teacher-librarian at Skyview High School in Vancouver, Washington, and junior Ulises Santillano Tlaseca troubleshoot a 3D printing job in the library’s maker space. When my library is quiet, that’s a red flag,” said Chun. Wayne Grimm, Library Instructional Technology Teacher at Westview High School, Beaverton, Oregon.

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Don't Label Me: LGBTQIA+ Ally

The Daring Librarian

Our Middle School Library in Laurel, Maryland has been a loud and proud Safe Space and Ally for ALL of our LGBTQIA and Neurodivergent students for years. 2012 Create a Safe Space - 2018 BUT. I am really cognizant that some of my Middle Schoolers are curious or questioning to learn more about but aren't ready to out themselves.

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A Unified Approach for Digital Integration

edWeb.net

He currently co-leads a Future Ready Administrators principal team to foster professional learning and he is working with the director of curriculum to define a blended and personalized learning framework to help implement digital content and services. Mark has presented at ISTE, SXSWEdu, FETC, CUE, and AASL.

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Final Speakers List + Registration for October 6th "Libraries of the Future" Online Mini-Conference

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

We're just over a week away from our free Library 2.016 online mini-conference, " Libraries of the Future " on October 6th! Be sure to also join the Library 2.0 network to be able to connect with and correspond with 22,000 other individuals in the library world, and to be kept updated on this and future events.