I 💛 starting coaching sessions with a goal setting exercise. It gives #teachers the agency to decide what they want to work toward. This year, I've enjoyed using a spin on Simon Sinek's work w/a golden circle goal setting template. docs.google.com/drawings/d/1Ch… #StudySyncCoaches

My students had 5 choices for an end of the year activity. One was a college admission essay blackout or whiteout. Love the final products!

Now stack all these caps on your head at the same time and you have a typical day in the library 😂

I know - it's too early to want to think about planning for this school year. For school librarians, though, we can't wait until August to start planning programs. I've created a planner AND curated monthly themes for you to take away some stress. 👇🏻 bit.ly/bongiplanner

Someone on ALA Connect was looking for #InformationLiteracy lesson suggestions; I shared a link to ones I created for my "Argument & Debate" ELA class (which I use as a "secret" library skills class). A few folks said they found some of the lessons useful so figured I'd share:

I like to think grief is the price we pay for truly loving someone. And it’s worth every penny.

How's this for customer service at my local library? shpl.info/book-match

You have given us the best of friends. You will forever be missed. Rest in Peace, Gary Paulsen.

What a way to start the week! We're thrilled and so proud to have five fantastic books nominated for the Carnegie Medal (so many we can't even fit the book covers in one tweet!). Congratulations M. G. Leonard, Ross Montgomery, Caroline O'Donoghue, Jonathan Stroud & Angie Thomas!

Check out some of our favorite passive activity stations in the WMHS library 👇👇👇#librarylife #passiveactivities #libraryfun #highschoollibrary #funforall #stressrelief

I can't wait to share these👇🏽with our Ss & Ts...I'd like to hear their feedback after trying these awesome #BrainBreaks using #Chrome.

Learning Progression: I am a Self-Directed Learner Learn and Download: bit.ly/3vfh0Xv #education #academictwitter #K12 📸Marla Savage (she/her)

The Brooklyn Public Library has announced that any teenager in America is now eligible for a Brooklyn Public Library card. Teens can sign out ebooks + audiobooks from wherever they live. The move is designed to combat censorship, with some titles listed as "always available."

EDUCATORS and LIBRARIANS! Want to greet your new students with new books?! I’ve got about 120 elementary and Middle Grade books to give away—half here, half on Instagram. To enter to win half here: follow me and RT this tweet. Bonus entry: tag a pal who may want to enter too!

Thanks for the consideration!

Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! #MyTwitterAnniversary

It's Library Week 2023! (If ever a group deserved one, it's librarians in 2023.) If you're a librarian and want to enter for a chance to win a boxed set of my Framed! series, retweet and make sure you follow me. (If you retweet with a comment, that enters you twice.) S&S EducationLibrary

Educators! I’m giving out 3 class sets of my MG debut, Nic Blake and the Remarkables: the Manifestor Prophecy. US and Canada only. To enter, follow me, reply to this, and RT by 8/19.