Candy Freiheit and Coye Duncan of Opal Booz & Associates wish to invite Librarians of Region 17 to take part in a number of activities specially created for librarians:

• Book Talks (Fiction and Nonfiction)
• The Newest, Latest, and Greatest publications for Fall 2021
• Networking and brainstorming with colleagues

Enjoy Speaker Presentations:

• "Share Your Library Magic"......Laurie Bruns at Frenship.
• "Bluebonnet Awards, Getting Great Books to Readers"......Christi Hinson and Darby Pilgrim.
• "Large Print Books and Why"......Candy Freiheit & Coye Duncan

October 14, 2021

Click Here to Register

• Effective 7/15/21: All district EBSCO passwords ending in a number and symbol will have the number and symbol changed.
• TexQuest Navigator Password will not change.
• You may receive a password expiration/reset email from EBSCO in June - PLEASE DISREGARD. EBSCO will update all participating TexQuest districts' passwords between July 1-15.
  

• Effective 4/30/21: available K-5 eBooks from Gale will be accessible within Gale in Context: Elementary
• If your district has purchased K-5 Gale ebook titles, they will automatically appear in Gale in Context Elementary. If it has not, no ebooks will appear.

• Visit District Contact Updates to ensure you are receiving the information your district needs from TexQuest.

Blackout Bingo is a great way to engage your students (and teachers) in some fun reading. The Bingo Card is a great way to have some friendly classroom to classroom competition. No classrooms right now? No problem. You can easily adapt this to single student play.

Click on the link to the right to access the document.

TeachingBooks' Instruct menu is a great resource to share with classroom teachers. Literacy Connections, Standards Connections, Ready-to-Use Activities, Special Collections, and Book-of-the-Day.

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Texas Library Standards
TexQuest Online Resources
School Librarian Certification
Approved Educator Programs for School Librarian EC-12 (Select School Librarian from list.)
School Facilities Standards for Construction (Texas Administrative Code, Title 19, §61.1036)
The Needs of Texas Public School Libraries Report (PDF)

Following is a list of Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) and Internet safety resources:

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Internet Safety

Following is a list of other TEA resources:

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills
Instructional Materials and Educational Technology
Texas Teacher STaR Chart (for Teachers/Librarians)
Texas Gateway (formerly Project Share)
Texas Education on iTunes U
Long-Range Plan for Technology, 2006-2020 (PDF)
E-Rate in Texas

I'd like to publicly thank the Region 17 ESC Library Steering Committee:

High School Member

Elizabeth Jackson, Seminole High School, Seminole ISD

At-Large, Small School

Stephanie Jones, District Librarian/Media Specialist, Slaton ISD

@sjojones

High School Member

Kristi Starr, Coronado High School, Lubbock ISD

@StarrReadnRun

Middle School Member

Brenda Cunningham, Lubbock Cooper Middle School

@brendacunningham

Middle School Member

Stacey Allen, Seminole Jr. High

School Member

Melanie Ragland, Lockney ISD

School Member

Lacy Sage, Roosevelt ISD

lsage@risdtx.us

School Member

Lauri Bruns (Davis), Frenship ISD

lauriedavis@frenship.us