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Nominate your
administrator or trustee beginning in January. |
The Planning Committee will review the nominations in
order to ensure that the final participants’ group is balanced
geographically and at all school levels. Participants will be
notified on or before February 15.
All participants will be responsible for their own
transportation expenses. Administrators and trustees will be invited as guests to
attend any or all of the Texas Library Association Annual
Conference, March 31 - April 3, 2009 at the George R. Brown
Convention
Center, including the opening general session from 8:30 to 10
a.m. and the exciting TLA exhibit hall. |
Wednesday,
April 1, 2009
10:30 am
to 2:30 pm
Hilton Americas-Houston
1600 Lamar,
Dallas, TX
Inspired
by First Lady Laura Bush's June 2002 White House Conference on
School Libraries, this Texas conference will inspire, inform, and
incite change in the ways Texas schools use libraries to improve
student achievement.
This conference
will provide the most current research showing the connection
between higher test scores and strong library programs integrated
into the academic fiber of a school.
Nationally
recognized speakers will summarize the potential impact on
achievement when a library program is well developed; explain
findings of major studies and the implications for instruction;
examine elements of successful library programs; and define a clear,
practical call to action for educators to advocate for school
libraries within their own spheres of influence.
Woven throughout
the conference are opportunities for open dialogue with other
educators to guide implementation of explored approaches at the
local level. |
STRONG
LIBRARIES 