NJASL 2022 Fall Conference has ended

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NJASL 2022 Fall Conference

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Regional Response Team Google Form Hard Rock Conference Rooms Map 2nd Floor Meeting Rooms Conference Evaluation Form We Are Better Together! Volunteer form Professional Development Certificate Conference Program (to print)

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10:30am EST

NJLA Boutique Fort Pierce Salon A

11:00am EST

Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: How to Build Successful Collaborations Immokalee Studio ALisa Manganello Expand YOUR Catalog Via State & National Resources Fort Pierce Salon CTammy Carr • Anna Grismer Checkouts & Challenges: Developing Community Advocates for the School Library Big Cypress Studio BLucy Santos Green Come Celebrate Your Superpowers in a Book About YOU! Big Cypress Studio ATrinka Hakes Noble The Serious Thinking Behind Funny Graphic Novels Tampa Studio ABCJohn Steven Gurney Teaching Copyright & Fair Use Fort Pierce Salon D Hope, Healing & Joy With a Loving Hand of Guidance and Support: School Librarians, the Directors of Calming Centers / Practices in Schools Immokalee Studio BAngela Coxen Coding with Bravery, Resilience, Community, and Equity Fort Pierce Salon BTruc Ngo • Kenya Kirkman Malinda Lo Book Signing at Exhibitors Hall Registration Table Exhibitor Hall

12:00pm EST

Shhh! Silent Communications That Help Or Hurt You Immokalee Studio AHilda Weisburg Tips for New School Librarians Immokalee Studio BSteve Tetreault Power and Possibilities of Partnerships for Schools and Students Fort Pierce Salon CNeil Grimes • Jessica Trujillo Advice on Dealing with Censorship Issues from People who Have Gone Through It Fort Pierce Salon DElissa Malespina • Martha Hickson Building Community Through One School, One Book Tampa Studio ABCLisa Straubinger Celebrating Diversity Through the Power of a Story! Big Cypress Studio BEllen Pozzi • Karen Grant Using Fiction to Support Student Mental Health Big Cypress Studio AMelanie Conklin Teaching Digital Citizenship at the High School Level Fort Pierce Salon BAlison McGreevey

12:45pm EST

Josh Funk Keynote: Dear School Librarians, Awards Presentation, and Lunch Seminole BallroomJosh Funk

2:30pm EST

The Black Panther Effect: Using Culture in Media to Empower and Teach Students of Color Immokalee Studio BJoi Moore Using Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in High Needs Schools Big Cypress Studio BEllen Pozzi • Gigi Mohamad Creating Graphic Novels and Comics in the Library using Pixton Fort Pierce Salon CJohn Gleason Helping Children Cope with Anxiety (In the Age of Lockdown Drills) Big Cypress Studio ABarbara DiLorenzo How to Create a Future of Literacy Advocates Immokalee Studio ASsanyu Lukoma Too Many Books, So Little Time Fort Pierce Salon DSharon Rawlins Unleash Your Inner Super Sleuth: Supporting Teacher and Student Research K-12 Tampa Studio ABCEileen Sanchez • Kate Szegda Developing Engaged Readers with SEL Fort Pierce Salon BBrianna Sosa Let's Build Sustainable Communities using Design Thinking + Cardboard Construction and Creating Seminole BallroomMarci Klein

3:15pm EST

Author's Alley Big Cypress Foyer Meet and Greet - Exhibitor Hall Opening Brighton Ballroom Anna Kang and Christopher Weyant Book Signing at Perma-Bound Books Booth Exhibitor Hall Josh Funk Author Signing at LibraryLinkNJ Booth Exhibitor Hall

4:15pm EST

Malinda Lo Keynote: Reimagining the World/Welcome/Award Presentation Seminole Ballroom

5:45pm EST

Student Dinner Meet-Up

7:30pm EST

Author Dessert and Trivia Game Seminole Ballroom

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Regional Response Team Google Form Hard Rock Conference Rooms Map 2nd Floor Meeting Rooms

6:45am EST

Early Bird Coffee Service Brighton Ballroom Entrance

7:30am EST

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General Membership Meeting, Jarrett Lerner Keynote, and Ross Todd Memorial (Student Award) Seminole Ballroom NJLA Boutique Fort Pierce Salon A

9:00am EST

Author's Alley Big Cypress Foyer Exhibitor Hall Brighton Ballroom

9:45am EST

Doctoral Journeys: Support and Growth in Education Big Cypress Studio AChris Shamburg • Dana Mason • Samantha Kozar • Damiano Mastrandrea • Carol Munn LibraryLinkNJ: A Librarian's Super Sidekick Immokalee Studio BDarby Malvey • Laurie Matassa • Skye Silverstein • Michelle McGrievey Parental Engagement Starts in the School Library Fort Pierce Salon BAngel DeRue Equity, Diversity & Inclusion in Our Schools: A Collaborative Discussion Seminole BallroomAngela Coxen • Karen Grant Setting Yourself Up for Success with Your Special Needs Population Tampa Studio ABCNicole Midura Stocking Your SLMS Toolbelt: Tools that Support Updated NJ Social Studies Standards Fort Pierce Salon CMary Desmond • Kate Carroll Transformative Inquiry: Librarian and Teacher Collaborations Immokalee Studio ALucy Santos Green How to Code a Picture Book Fort Pierce Salon DJosh Funk Tapping Your Librarian Superpower to Write and Publish Big Cypress Studio BAudrey Vernick

10:30am EST

Accessit Library Management System: Power-Up & Protect Your Library Immokalee Studio AJessica Donovan JerseyClicks Statewide Electronic Resources Fort Pierce Salon BTiffany McClary Library Partnerships: A Roundtable Discussion with College and K-12 Librarians Seminole BallroomGary Marks Navigating the Copyright Maze Immokalee Studio BYvonne Roux • Victoria Wagner ALSC's Notable (Outstanding! Distinguished! Just Plain Great!) Children's Books Fort Pierce Salon DElizabeth Burns • Ellen Pozzi Chris, Mousey Brown, and Scruffy McDuffy- the Experiences of a Veteran Educator Tampa Studio ABC SEL: Implementation, Integration, Communication, Resources and More! Fort Pierce Salon CLauren Warner • Christy Biedron Josh Funk Author Signing Big Cypress Foyer

11:00am EST

Jarrett Lerner Author Signing at Mackin Booth Exhibitor Hall

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Uncommon Promotion: My Journey to Local Access Television Fort Pierce Salon CJennifer Latimer Engage Student Researchers with FactCite's Primary Sources! Fort Pierce Salon BSusan Gall • Amy Nagle Infusing Computer Science and Design Thinking in Everyday Instruction Immokalee Studio ATricina Strong-Beebe Smash, Boom, Best Tampa Studio ABCLaDawna Harrington • Jennifer Manis Book banning: Hints from hindsight Fort Pierce Salon DMartha Hickson Graphic Novels - How the Magic Happens! Big Cypress Studio BRashad Malik Davis Combating Misinformation: School Librarians as Digital Literacy Experts Immokalee Studio BJoan Cansdale • Christopher Lainson

12:15pm EST

TICKETED EVENT - Authors Panel Luncheon - Drawing on Your Power: A Conversation with Jarrett Lerner, Aram Kim, and Rashad Malik Davis. Exemplary Advocate, Administrator of the Year, and Volunteer of the Year Award... Seminole BallroomAmy Gazaleh

1:45pm EST

Author's Alley Big Cypress Foyer Exhibitor Hall Brighton Ballroom

2:30pm EST

You’ve Built it–Now What? Turning Your Library into a Field of Dreams Immokalee Studio BAmy Gazaleh • Kim Zito Bridging the Educational Equity Gap with the Citywide Digital Library on Sora Fort Pierce Salon DMelissa Jacobs • Tracey Waalkes Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Activities for the Library Program Fort Pierce Salon CGigi Mohamad Being Proactive When Dealing with Book Challenges Big Cypress Studio BJessica Donovan • Elissa Malespina Cartooning Lessons, How Comics Work and What They Have Taught Me Immokalee Studio AMike Dawson Literacy for All! Accessible Books for Students with Print Disabilities Tampa Studio ABCElizabeth Burns • Jennifer Apgar The Art of Writing Novels in Verse Big Cypress Studio ADarlene Beck Jacobson Contextualizing Content through Coding and Video Game Design Seminole BallroomAdnan Ezad STEAM On: Innovative Ideas for Every Library Fort Pierce Salon BChris Shamburg • Dana Mason

3:30pm EST

Advocacy and YOU! Fort Pierce Salon DTricina Strong-Beebe • Mary Moyer Stubbs • Amy Penwell ROSS TODD MEMORIAL LECTURE Collaborating with Higher Education Faculty for Scholarly Publication Tampa Studio ABCEllen Pozzi • Joyce Valenza • Gigi Mohamad • Ewa Dziedzic-Elliott • Neil Grimes Outreach with Your Public Library Immokalee Studio AMary Ecklund Building a Library Website Immokalee Studio BSteve Tetreault Searching for Shackleton: Virtual Exchange Expeditions for K-12 Classrooms Fort Pierce Salon CChantal Palmer • Keyli Peralta Team Up For Student Success with Gale In Context for Educators Big Cypress Studio AAndrea Thorne Myth of the Reluctant Reader: Ten Best Practices (So Far!) Big Cypress Studio BWil Mara Calling on all Non-Public School Librarians- Let's Meet Up! Fort Pierce Salon BEsther Schnaidman 3D Modeling using Tinkercad for 3D Printing Seminole BallroomGiancarlo Perez-Flores

4:30pm EST

Engagement Session Brighton Ballroom

6:15pm EST

Retiree Dinner Hard Rock Cafe

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Regional Response Team Google Form Hard Rock Conference Rooms Map 2nd Floor Meeting Rooms

6:45am EST

Early Bird Coffee Service Brighton Ballroom Entrance

7:00am EST

NJLA Boutique Fort Pierce Salon A

7:30am EST

7:45am EST

TICKETED EVENT Breakfast Keynote School Libraries in the Pandemic Era: Before, During, After Seminole BallroomMelissa Jacobs

9:00am EST

Author's Alley Big Cypress Foyer Exhibitor Hall Brighton Ballroom

9:45am EST

Spark and Tell Seminole BallroomAdnan Ezad • John Chrastka • Elizabeth Burns • Steve Tetreault • Jennifer Apgar • Gab Casieri • Leigh Woznick

11:00am EST

We Spark Seminole BallroomJohn Chrastka

12:15pm EST

John Chrastka Keynote - "The Four Dogs of Book Ban Advocacy" Seminole BallroomJohn Chrastka

12:45pm EST

Closing Remarks and 2023 Conference Announcement Seminole BallroomKaren Grant