I love @vaasl.bsky.social Regional Conference day! 🎉❤️

Check it out, librarian friends! I got to chat with the illustrious Steve Tetreault @drtlovesbooks.bsky.social! Give it a listen. 😉 #Skybrarians #TLSky

#AASL25 was a blast! It always renews me as a librarian. Seeing national friends, going to fabulous sessions, and having amazing keynotes really raises the PD bar for me. Oh, and @mamagilbs.bsky.social and I presented two well-received sessions, too! Feeling like a rockstar heading home. 🥰

#AASL25 was over too fast! So many new ideas and great connections with the library community from all over the country. Do I really have to go back to the real world? 😫

"I'm just trying to be honest about me and about us, so that maybe someone can feel a little more free." - @jasonreynolds83.bsky.social at #AASL25

"That troublemaker kid in class--that's your leader. You have to pour into every kid." - @jasonreynolds83.bsky.social at #AASL25

Thank you, sir, for helping highlight those kids who too often are pressed into the shadows.

"Writing is play. It is my playground, and more kids might write if we treated it that way." - @jasonreynolds83.bsky.social at #AASL25 👏🏻👏🏻Preach!

"I want to know who you are when no one is looking." - @jasonreynolds83.bsky.social at #AASL25

Yes! Show me your true self. Let's make it safe to be vulnerable and weird with each other.

Two brilliant school librarians presenting about passive programming for teens

So excited to learn from @mamagilbs.bsky.social @rgrov1013.bsky.social presenting about passive programming in the school library for teens today at #AASL25

I'm in a session right now, but I'm presenting later today! Pop-Up Participation at 4:20

OMG you're here?!? I simply must find you to finally meet in person! 😁

"Keep being dangerous." ❤️

"Libraries don't just store books. They store empathy, justice, and truth." - Steve Hofstetter, keynote speaker at #AASL25
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

2 smiling school librarians at the airport, excited to be on our way to the AASL conference

STL bound! #AASL25, here we come!

Another blog of mine is out in the world!

A new blog is out! #TLChat #Skybrarians
knowledgequest.aasl.org/the-power-of...

Check it out #TLSky and #Skybrarians!

My vibe 💯
Told you @slupodcast.bsky.social!

Check out the new episode to hear what this scene has to do with #schoollibrarian life. 😉

Monsters University Mom listening to Heavy Metal. YouTube video by madridda

LOL bec I’m Gen X but now I understand when @mamagilbs.bsky.social mentions this scene in tomorrow’s episode😂 youtube.com/shorts/ewkDx...

So excited! Chatting with @slupodcast.bsky.social is always a blast!
#TLSky #Skybrarians

A student told me today that their friends call me their fairy gay-mother. 🥹 Best title ever. Excuse me while I go add that to my LinkedIn...

A person looking stressed is surrounded by piles of books and papers in a library setting.

10 Real-Talk Tips for Making It Through This School Year Relatively Intact bit.ly/40Zx0he

Check out my newest blog for some of my top tips to make this year great! knowledgequest.aasl.org/10-real-talk...

What is a piece of advice you'd give to new or returning librarians?
#Skybrarians #SchoolLibrary #TLChat

My students and I adore Nick Brooks! PROMISE BOYS has spent the last 2 years perpetually checked out. My teens eat it up! 📚

Quote from Dr. Brad Johnson: "Love what you teach, but love who you teach more."

This pretty much sums up my philosophy of education, especially on this first-day eve.
#Skybrarians #TLChat #EduSky

I was chosen as a KQ blogger this year! I've been wanting to for a long time, and I'm excited to be doing it alongside @rgrov1013.bsky.social. I can't wait to see what we each put out into the world.

Here is my debut blog. Enjoy reading about becoming a learner again! 😁 #TLSky #Skybrarians

I get it. Libraries are expensive, and librarians are expensive. Our students & future leaders need all of the information literacy, media literacy, and opportunities to read deeply and widely they can get. Curriculum won't save us, testing won't, & AI sure as Hell won't. Fund libraries. #TLSkyChat

This article has some great takeaways abt teens' media literacy for librarians and educators. My takeaway: the power of peer fact checking
#EduSky #Skybrarians

a man wearing headphones is sweating while sitting in an airplane . Alt: a man wearing headphones is sweating while flying an airplane .

Everyone in DC is just a big ol' puddle of sweat right now. Here's a live look at me: