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Partners in Leadership: Leading Through Equity

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Location: Room 288-90
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Bill Bass  
Shannon Miller  

To address the equity needs in our schools we need to find partners in leadership. This session brings together a practicing librarian and a district administrator in an interactive session to address how varied leadership and intentional practices can provide all students the opportunities they need in a digital age.

Audience: Library media specialists
Skill level: Beginner
Attendee devices: Devices not needed
Participant accounts, software and other materials: They will not need any software, apps or accounts for this presentation.
Topic: Equity and inclusion
Grade level: PK-12
Subject area: Computer science, Not applicable
ISTE Standards: For Education Leaders:
Equity and Citizenship Advocate
  • Ensure all students have access to the technology and connectivity necessary to participate in authentic and engaging learning opportunities.
Visionary Planner
  • Build on the shared vision by collaboratively creating a strategic plan that articulates how technology will be used to enhance learning.
For Educators:
Leader
  • Advocate for equitable access to educational technology, digital content and learning opportunities to meet the diverse needs of all students.
Additional detail: ISTE author presentation

Proposal summary

Purpose & objective

Participants will understand that access to content and experiences in digital spaces contributes to issues of equity in classrooms

Participants will explore strategies for partnering with building and district leaders to address equity in schools

Participants will connect with others in the session to share experiences and create partnerships

Outline

2 minutes - Introduction to topic and presentation
5 minutes - Turn, talk, and contribute to an online document sharing an example of how individual library programs are addressing equity
10 minutes - discussion on how classroom and library content (digital and physical) can address or propagate equity issues for students
5 minutes - poll and discussion about the different roles that individuals play in the overall system and where responsibilities lie when providing various content to students
1o minutes - discussion on how the experiences that students have with technology in the classroom should be seen as an equity issue and sharing strategies that librarians have found to be successful in collaborating with building and district leadership
10 minutes - Turn, talk, and contribute to an online document reflecting on what resonates in the strategies
10 minutes - sharing of external resources to support change and awareness in schools
8 minutes - closing and call to action

Supporting research

Exploring Equitable Digital Access, Future Ready Librarian Webinar
https://all4ed.org/webinar-event/future-ready-librarians-exploring-equitable-digital-access/

Future Ready Librarian Framework
https://futureready.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/FRS_Librarians_Framework_download-2020.pdf

Leading from the Library Book
https://my.iste.org/s/store?_ga=2.68342294.669122294.1633019009-1727773235.1629131250#/store/browse/detail/a1w1U000004Lp6tQAC

AASL and ISTE Standards Crosswalk
https://standards.aasl.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/180828-aasl-standards-crosswalk-iste.pdf

Planning for Remote Learning with Equity In Mind, Future Ready Librarian Podcast
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/planning-for-remote-learning-with-equity-in-mind/id1529505908?i=1000492942130

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Presenters

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Bill Bass, Parkway School District
ISTE Certified Educator

Bill Bass is the innovation coordinator for instructional technology, information, library media and federal programs in the Parkway School District in St. Louis, Missouri. In this role, he leads the district library and instructional technology programs, oversees grants and federal programs, and creates conditions to foster districtwide classroom innovation. During his over 20 year career in education, he has also held positions as a middle and high school English teacher, technology integration specialist, instructional coach, adjunct professor and graduate course designer for an edtech master's program, and an educational consultant. As a speaker, writer and professional developer, he focuses on systemic and sustainable integration of technology into classrooms at all grade levels, and seeks to empower students and teachers with authentic learning experiences. Bass has been honored with the ISTE Making IT Happen Award, the Divergent Award for Excellence in Literacy in a Digital Age Research, and as NSBA's 20 to Watch EdTech Leaders. He is a past president of the ISTE Board of Directors, president and active member of many ISTE PLNs and a member of the NCTE Executive Committee. Bass is also a frequent conference speaker and presenter. He has written numerous articles and book chapters, and is the author of three books: From Inspiration to Red Carpet, Digital Reading: What’s essential in grades 3-8 and Leading from the Library.

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Shannon Miller, Van Meter Community School District

Shannon serves as the K-12 district teacher librarian and innovation director at Van Meter Community School District in Iowa. She is also the Future Ready Librarians Spokesperson working with the Alliance of Excellent Education in Washington DC. Shannon is an avid blogger at, The Library Voice, writing, speaking and consulting on librarianship, education and students around the world.

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