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Last week, I was
honored at the Bluebonnet Awards Luncheon and received The Distinguished Library Service Award
for School Administrators because of the hard work that the Castleberry ISD teacher-librarians put towards my nomination. I can’t express how privileged I am to
have the opportunity to be representing the libraries as an advocate and friend
of school libraries. Today, libraries play an important role in our schools and
are the learning hubs that bring students, teachers, parents, and experts in
our community together to learn.
Although our
libraries are equipped with books, ebooks, digital resources, databases,
makerspaces, brainstorming tables, presentation TV’s, Smart Boards, Digital
Signage, Cable access, computers, mobile devices, Xboxes, a Wii, a virtual high
school library created in Minecraft, and our latest edition, the Castlebucks
café, our greatest assets are our Castleberry
ISD Teacher-Librarians.
You can build beautiful
libraries and have a great vision, but without the right people in place that share
your vision, it is impossible to reach your goals! I want to send a special
thanks to our CISD Teacher-Librarians
for being the best group of librarians the district has ever employed! I look
forward to working with you in the years to come.
Love this blog post and your acknowledgement of the value of the CISD Teacher-Librarians.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely loved the experience as well! Having been with you the whole way, it's fun to see where we started and where we are now...not saying the whole journey's been fun, but I wouldn't trade the growth and experience and I've gained. Truly honored to be part of "the best group of librarians the district has ever employed!" Thank you for taking us on and leading with courage!
ReplyDeleteHonored, grateful and inspired - that's how I feel being one of the CISD Teacher-Librarians. Thank you for your speech and heartfelt stewardship. We can go far and do much for our students and teachers as empowered teacher-librarians.
ReplyDeleteMs. Smith-Faulkner, you empower, guide, support, advocate, and embrace the Library. Thank you for valuing us and for constantly pushing yourself and us to be leaders in our profession. I appreciate your vision for the libraries and I am honored to be a CISD Teacher Librarian or "Hybrarian".
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