{"id":355,"date":"2017-11-28T17:32:27","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T00:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uelma.org\/?p=355"},"modified":"2017-11-28T17:32:27","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T00:32:27","slug":"tina-johnson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.utahsla.org\/index.php\/2017\/11\/28\/tina-johnson\/","title":{"rendered":"Tina Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"lady\"I was excited to receive the grant from UELMA so I could go to the AASL conference in Phoenix. Personal development has always been important to me. \u00a0I am a relatively new teacher librarian. I knew that going to the conference could help me be even better at my job. My goal has always been to be the best librarian that I can be. \u00a0My husband says I get a little too enthused. He is probably right, but I was also right to believe that the AASL conference would help me to be a better teacher librarian. \u00a0The conference was important for personal development, but it was also great for meeting and networking with other librarians. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Before the conference, I decided to focus on building a reading community, which is something I am passionate about. \u00a0My second focus was Makerspaces. \u00a0I have a Makerspace in my library and I wanted to learn more about making this area of the library more engaging for my students. \u00a0Most of the breakout sessions that I went to dealt with my two areas of focus. I felt inspired after my concurrent sessions to go back to my school and put into practice the ideas I gathered from these sessions. <\/span><\/p>\n

The general sessions were inspiring. I was especially inspired by the last general session with the author Jason Reynolds. \u00a0He spoke about connecting with kids, being grateful for who they are, and expressing that gratitude to them. He forever changed the way I see my students. He made me really think about my interaction with them, especially those that may be more difficult. \u00a0I have made a habit of telling my students, \u201cThank you for coming to the library.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the most beneficial parts of my conference experience, that I didn\u2019t expect, was networking with other librarians. One of the best ideas I got about building a reading community came from a librarian I just met. <\/span><\/p>\n

I am already making plans for 2019 in Louisville, Ky. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Who wants to come with me?<\/span><\/p>\n

Tina Johnson<\/span><\/p>\n

tijohnson@dsdmail.net<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Kay\u2019s Creek Elementary<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was excited to receive the grant from UELMA so I could go to the AASL conference in Phoenix. Personal development has always been important to me. \u00a0I am a relatively new teacher librarian. I knew that going to the Read More ...<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-members"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.utahsla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.utahsla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.utahsla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utahsla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utahsla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.utahsla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.utahsla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utahsla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utahsla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}