Meet Mrs. Jones

2023 AASL Intellectual Freedom Award
2023 ALA Paul Howard Award for Courage
2023 ALA IFRT John Immroth Award
2023 LLA Alex Allain Intellectual Freedom Award
2022 EdTech Magazine Top 30 K-12 IT Influencers to Watch
2021 School Library Journal Librarian of the Year
2021 Library Journal Mover & Shaker
2020 Louisiana School Librarian of the Year
2009 LOM Teacher of the Year

I am a 24 year educator: a former 7th and 8th grade English Language Arts teacher and current school librarian.  I have a Masters +30, and I am a certified K-12 librarian, certified 1-8 elementary teacher, certified school administrator, and certified reading specialist.  I am the current Past President of the Louisiana Association of School Librarians and our library was the winner of the 2019 LLA James O Modisette Award for top middle school library programming in Louisiana. I am a 2021 Library Journal Mover & Shaker, the 2021 SLJ Co-Librarian of the Year, the 2020 Louisiana School Librarian of the Year. In 2023, I was awarded the AASL Intellectual Freedom Award, ALA IFRT John Immroth Award, ACRL-LA Library Profressional Award, LLA Alex Allain Intellectual Freedom Award, and the ALA IFRT Paul Howard Award for Courage. I enjoy presenting at district, state, regional, and national conferences.  I am a former AASL Chapter Assembly Secretary and the AASL23 National Conference Co-Chair. In 2021, I joined the Advisory Council of the University of Iowa's (formerly of South Carolina College of Information and Communication) Online Ready program for school librarians. I have been featured six times on the School Librarians United podcast, am a former AASL Knowledge Quest blogger, and am an author of a bestselling adult nonfiction book.  I have the best job in the world, and I have enjoyed making our school​ library the heart of the school.

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