And completed a three-year Strategic Plan for our organization. This was all due to the hard work of many talented Vermont librarians, not only me. It's just incredible to look back and see how much a relatively small group of dedicated librarians can accomplish in a short time. #VSLA #VTEd

We created an intellectual freedom helpline for librarians facing materials challenges, developed a New England Librarian of the Month award (thank you, Rosen Publishing!), participated in our first Library Legislative Day, continued our new-librarian mentor program 4/

We helped to introduce and pass a bill requiring all VT school districts to have a Materials Selection Policy and procedures that in effect prohibits book banning due to content such as race or identity, worked with the VT School Board Assoc to develop model policies and procedures from that law 3/

We created new avenues for VT school librarians to get consortium pricing on some vital services, outlined a process for addressing librarian staffing EQS violations with the AoE, developed a relationship with a local indigenous tribe with important claims to ancestral lands in our region 2/

Thank you for this thread. My colleagues sometimes thank me for things I do and I often brush it off with “it’s nothing.” I think I should start saying something more along the lines of, “You’re welcome, it’s my job, I’m trained for this!”

Nothing is more important to talk about right now!

I have mine in Adventure/Survival

My favorite sign was “Vance uses fake maple syrup.” The ULTIMATE burn for us Vermonters!

2/ Students have to find the books on the shelf to discover the category and decode the story. Id be hesitant to share my version without Joyce’s permission @skjohns.bsky.social if you talk to Joyce, tell her people are interested for her to share her lesson!

It’s from a book called Ban the Bird Units, I think. I’ve tweaked it over the years to tailor it to my library and make it more gender non conforming. I can’t find it easily online but it involves a worksheet where the words in the story are Dewey categories. 1/

Exactly. We teach in so many ways and even the small things, like my crappy bulletin board, matter. All the tiny acts add up. I have to believe this.

Thank you so much for the ideas! Would love to do more of this. #TLSkyChat

@mrschureads.bsky.social I have a close family member with whom we went through something similar. This book hit close to home and I can’t tell you how much I appreciate you sharing this story. Especially since boys are so underrepresented in books about eating disorders