Professional activities
Memberships
American Library Association (ALA), American Association of School Librarians (AASL), Connecticut Association of School Librarians (CASL), ALA International Relations Round Table, US Board on Books for Young People (USBBY), International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
Connecticut Association of School Librarians board member: Membership Team and Professional Development and Programming Team
Conferences/Workshops/Presentations
Presenter and attendee of professional development at the school, district, state, and national level, e.g.:
American Library Association (ALA), American Association of School Librarians (AASL), Connecticut Association of School Librarians (CASL), ALA International Relations Round Table, US Board on Books for Young People (USBBY), International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
Connecticut Association of School Librarians board member: Membership Team and Professional Development and Programming Team
Conferences/Workshops/Presentations
Presenter and attendee of professional development at the school, district, state, and national level, e.g.:
- West Hartford Public Schools Board of Education Equity and Excellence presentation
- Foundation for West Hartford Public Schools presenter & interview on local TV about Grace Lin Author Visit Grant funded by FWHPS; The presentation lead the foundation to ask me to be interviewed about the grant.
- CASL annual conference presenter 2014, 2017, 2019
- CASL annual and CASL Unconference attendee
- various CASL workshops attendee
- 2015 ALA Annual Conference presenter
- ALA Annual Conference attendee in 2010, 2015, 2019
- 2016 & 2020 ALA Midwinter Meeting attendee
- ALA International Relations Round Table International Visitors Center annual conference volunteer & International Reception attendee
- SLJ’s Leadership Summit & SLJ’s Innovator Basecamp: Leading from the Library
- American Association of School Librarians National Conference attendee
- nErDcamp Connecticut volunteer session facilitator/monitor
- Leading school and district wide PD workshops on diverse literature, EdTech (e.g. Google Workspace apps, Smart Board use, video and audio recording and production)
- Facilitator of many department trainings such as curriculum development & inventorying collection