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AISD LIBRARIANS ARE ABOUT:

• Keeping kids in love with reading
• Offering a rich and diverse collection of resources for students and staff
• Providing an enriching learning environment
• Supporting classroom curriculum
• Creating a life-long love of reading
• Exploring knowledge
• Connecting students to research
• Creating well-informed citizens
• Modeling and supporting collaboration
• Ensuring equitable access of resources to all students
• Establishing a safe environment for exchange of ideas
• Modeling excellent research behaviors
• Providing print and electronic resources for students and teachers
• Adapting to all situations
• Sharing the experience of the discovery of books and authors we love
• Teaching research methods
• Teaching TEKS through library lessons
• Supporting students' instruction and empowering readers
• Providing learner driven opportunities that expose our diverse populations to literature and materials to "make and explore"
• Providing opportunities for creating original materials and ideas
• Being the "spark plug" that keeps kids reading

August 9 - Elementary Staff Development - Olsen Park - 8-4

August 10 - Secondary Staff Development - Bowie 6th - 8-4

September 15th - Elementary PLC - Hamlet -1:00

September 20 - Secondary PLC - Caprock - 1:00

October 7 –  Professional Development Day - Mann 

October 11 - Panhandle Library Exhibit - Abuelo's 8:00 - 3:00

November 8 - Region 16

December 13 - All Librarians PLC - Tradewind

January 9 -  All Librarians - ESC Board Room

February 17 - Professional Development Day - Palo Duro

March 7 - Secondary PLC - Bonham

March 9 - Elementary PLC - Emerson

April 11 - All Librarians PLC - Amarillo High

April 19-22 - TLA - Austin, TX.

May 23 - All Librarians End of Year Luncheon & PLC - Fannin

     Pam Barrett     

 Director of Library & Information Resources

  pam.barrett@amaisd.org

        7200 I-40 W.
       Amarillo, TX 79106
       806-326-1280

Valarie Olson

Professional Library

Library Specialist / HLC Liaison

   valarie.olson@amaisd.org

806-326-1285

Veronica Hatfield

Secretary - Library & Information Resources

veronica.hatfield@amaisd.org

806-326-1281

LIBRARY CENTER

Dorothy Henry - Cataloger

dorothy.henry@amaisd.org

806-326-1284

Kiana Crayton - Technical Services

kiana.crayton@amaisd.org

806-326-1287

Cindy Harper - Technical Services

cynthia.harper@amaisd.org

806-326-1282