President’s Message
Welcome to JCASL!
Thank you to Past President, Sydney Travis, who has taken a position with KASL and has kept us in communication with what is happening at the state level and planning for the AASL conference to be held here in November. As this year’s president, I want to further our mission of connection to our parent organizations and encourage us to take a more united front at our county level.
With acknowledgement of the current KY budget crisis, I challenge you to increase your positive talk about all libraries. Being steeped in the research about the benefits of libraries, we can take it for granted that others understand our importance. The differences we have as teachers of our school library media programs are a strength that allow us to learn from one another. Let’s make a commitment to engage in positive talk about all of our libraries. If we don’t, the possibility that our communities will doubt our relevance and make it easy for cuts to happen is a real concern.
Libraries are the centers of STEM, information literacy, equity, and community connection within a school. Don’t be shy about sharing the great work that you do with your teachers, parents, and students on social media. Libraries are indispensable. We have your back 100%. There are many ways to serve your profession this year. Please join us and we will help provide you with that opportunity! Follow us @JCASLKY. Please join http://www.kasl.us/ and http://www.ala.org/aasl/ to strengthen our occupation.
Thank you for joining JCASL
Your Colleague,
Heather Kirkman Heather.kirkman@jefferson.kyschools.us
@AlexKLibrary
Welcome to JCASL!
Thank you to Past President, Sydney Travis, who has taken a position with KASL and has kept us in communication with what is happening at the state level and planning for the AASL conference to be held here in November. As this year’s president, I want to further our mission of connection to our parent organizations and encourage us to take a more united front at our county level.
With acknowledgement of the current KY budget crisis, I challenge you to increase your positive talk about all libraries. Being steeped in the research about the benefits of libraries, we can take it for granted that others understand our importance. The differences we have as teachers of our school library media programs are a strength that allow us to learn from one another. Let’s make a commitment to engage in positive talk about all of our libraries. If we don’t, the possibility that our communities will doubt our relevance and make it easy for cuts to happen is a real concern.
Libraries are the centers of STEM, information literacy, equity, and community connection within a school. Don’t be shy about sharing the great work that you do with your teachers, parents, and students on social media. Libraries are indispensable. We have your back 100%. There are many ways to serve your profession this year. Please join us and we will help provide you with that opportunity! Follow us @JCASLKY. Please join http://www.kasl.us/ and http://www.ala.org/aasl/ to strengthen our occupation.
Thank you for joining JCASL
Your Colleague,
Heather Kirkman Heather.kirkman@jefferson.kyschools.us
@AlexKLibrary
