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MEGAN KYPKE is a fourth-grade teacher at Zaharis Elementary School in Mesa, Arizona. Megan is still in the beginning years of her teaching career and has had the opportunity to learn from master teachers and excel in her profession. She works well with students of all abilities. She has a passion for children’s literature and developing life long, independent readers.
Workshop: Dribble, Shoot, Score: Winning the Game of Supporting Independe(DntC AM & PM)
JENNIFER LAGARDE is the lead school library media coordinator/digital reaching and learning specialist for New Hanover County Schools in Wilmington, North Carolina. With more than 18 years of experience in public education, Jennifer has been a classroom teacher, school library media coordinator, district level leader, and educational consultant for the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. Jennifer is a past winner of the “I Love My Librarian Award,” a collaborative program of Carnegie Corporation of New York, The New York Public Library, The New York Times, and the American Library Association. She was also named a Library
Journal “Mover and Shaker” for her efforts as a school library advocate.
Jennifer earned her bachelor’s degree in Secondary Education with a concentration in English/Language
Arts from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. She earned her Master’s in Library Science from Appalachian State University. She also holds National Board Certi cation in the area of School Library Media. Jennifer has published numerous articles on best educational practices for journals like Teacher Librarian and Knowledge Quest. She is also the author of the award-winning blog The Adventures of Library Girl, where she proves that while superhero powers are not required to be a teacher librarian, having a cape sure helps.
Workshop: Read. Tweet. Repeat. Using Social Media to Build Communities of Readers (Raleigh AM & PM)
TERI LESESNE is respected by teachers and librarians across the country for the passion she brings to connecting tweens and teens with excellent age- and reading level–appropriate literature and for her professional books Making the Match, Naked Reading, and Reading Ladders. She takes her passion directly to teachers with in-person workshops and at her website, professornana.livejournal.com, where she keeps the eld up to date on the best and most helpful literature for teaching adolescents. In recognition of her signi cant contributions to the eld, Teri received the 2007 ALAN Award. A former middle school teacher, she is a
professor in the Department of Library Science at Sam Houston State University where she teaches classes in literature for children and young adults.
Workshop: Independent Reading: Where We’ve Been. Where We’re Going. (Houston PM – Panelist)
DR. TONYA LESLIE is an author and educator who works to identify and promote research and best practices to improve the educational outcomes for all children with a focus on vulnerable populations. In her research at New York University, Dr. Leslie focused on academic resilience and developing strong school climates to facilitate academic achievement. Dr. Leslie is also a children’s book author and has 20 years of experience in educational publishing.
Workshop: Mirrors, Windows and Sliding Doors: A Framework For Building Diverse Libraries (Raleigh AM & PM) (Houston AM)
JESS LIFSHITZ teaches reading and writing to fth-grade students in Northbrook, Illinois. She has been teaching for 14 years. Every day she has the pleasure of teaching kids how to use reading and writing to create positive change in the world. She writes about her teaching and learning on her blog, Crawling Out of the Classroom.
Workshop: Empowering Students as Readers (Chicago AM)
Workshop: Independent Reading: Where We’ve Been. Where We’re Going. (Chicago PM – Panelist)
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