CISFLO—Jody K. Howard’s Resume

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. in Library and Information Management, Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas. December 2008
• Dissertation:The Relationship Between School Culture and An Effective School Library Program: Four Case Studies
• Masters in Library and Information Science (MLIS), University of Denver, Denver, Colorado. 1981
• Masters in Education---Educational Media, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado. 1975.
• K-12 School Library Media Certification State of Colorado
• Bachelor of Arts in English, minor in psychology, Metropolitan State College, Denver, Colorado. 1971. Graduated Summa cum Laude
• 7-12 Teacher certification through Adams State College, Alamosa, Colorado, 1971.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Adjunct Professor in the Library and Information Science Program at the University of Denver, Denver, CO, 2006 to present

• Teaching classes in Children’s and Young Adult Literature and School Library Management.
• Developing curriculum aligned with Colorado State Licensure Standards and American Association of School Libraries (AASL) Standards.
• Advising students.

Consulting: CISFLO- 2005-2008

• College of St. Catherine and St. Paul Public Library. Preparation of Building Careers—Reflecting Communities. Replicating the Urban Library Program
• Maryland State Library: Evaluation of the Library Association Training Institute (LATI)
• District 11 in Colorado Springs: Working with the school librarians to develop collaborative lessons with the classroom teachers integrating the Educational Technology and Information Literacy Standards (ET-IL).
• Colorado State Library: Developing and presenting training sessions for the Power Library Program
• Minnesota State Library Evaluation of the Minnesota Voluntary Certification Program. Currently working with Nancy Bolt to evaluate this program.
• CSAP + COLLABORATION + LIBRARIANS = SUCCESS. This project consisted of ten one-day training sessions focusing on school libraries, standards-based education, and CSAP objectives. The sessions were presented throughout the state of Colorado for the Colorado Library Consortium (CLiC). (with Nancy Bolt).
• Building an Information Literate School—keynote presentation at the Summer School Library Institute in Emporia, Kansas.
• Action Research for Reflective Problem Solving presented at the Nebraska Regional Library Annual Meeting
• Action Research for School Improvement, Accountability, and Student Achievement presented at the Kansas Tri-Conference in Overland Park, Kansas.

School Library Program Manager for the University of Colorado at Denver, Denver, CO, August 2000 to May 2006

• Managing the Information and Learning Technology (ILT) School Library graduate program for the teacher librarian’s Master’s and the school librarian added endorsement
• Teaching a variety of classes including Leadership, Management, Children’s Literature, and Action Research
• Advising candidates
• Developing curriculum
• Aligning program with National and State standards
• Successfully completing NCATE national recognition
• Hiring and evaluating adjunct professors

District Library Coordinator, Adams County District 12, Five Star Schools. Thornton, CO, August 1999 to June 2004.

• Managing the district school library program including working with school librarians and principals in 40 schools with 30,000 K-12 students.
• Supervising the technical services staff of nine employees
• Developing curriculum
• Aligning information literacy standards with content standards
• Facilitating curriculum and library materials challenges
• Acting as the Copyright Officer for the district
• Developing, organizing, and teaching staff development programs for school librarians and district staff
• Preparing and implementing three year strategic plan

School level K-12 librarian, Adams County District 12 Five Star Schools, Denver, CO, August 1984 to June 1994; Adams County District 50, Westminster, CO, August 1975 to August 1978

• Developing and implementing an integrated school library elementary program
• Developing and implementing an integrated school library junior high program
• Automating the junior high school library
• Building a new junior high school library adjacent to the school
• Collaborating with teachers in K-12 grade levels to provide integrated curriculum.
• Organizing a Television Studio
• Organizing a darkroom

Reference Librarian and Audio Visual Coordinator, Adams County Public Library, Northglenn, CO, Jan. 1979 to August 1984.

• Working as a reference librarian for the largest branch in the system
• Developing a cable program titled Through the Knothole that presented children’s programming.
• Coordinating the audiovisual collection for all six county branches
• Developing public relations and advertising for the County Library

Professional Activities

• Colorado Association of Libraries (CAL) President
• Mentor for an MLS student through the Emporia Diversity Initiative (EDI), an IMLS grant for the School of Library and Information management through Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas
• Colorado Representative for the AASL Vision Summit
• Colorado Library Advisory Board (CoLab) member and current secretary 2005 to 2006
• Central Colorado Library System (CCLS) chairperson during the transition to Colorado Library Consortium (CLiC) 2001-2003
• Colorado Association of Libraries (CAL) legislative committee vice chair 2001 –2004; Member 2001 to present
• Colorado Association of School Libraries (CASL) Board, Higher Education representative. 2003 to 2007
• Power Libraries Project Board member 2000 to present
• American Association of School Libraries (AASL) legislative committee member 2002 to 2006
• American Association of School Libraries (AASL) Research committee beginning a two year term 2006.

Recent Publications

Howard, J. K. & Eckhardt, S.A. (2006). Leadership, Action Research, and the
School Librarian. Colorado Libraries, 32(4), 61-62.

Howard, J. K., & Eckhardt, S. A. (2005). Action research for the library media
specialist. Worthington, OH: Linworth Publishing.

Howard, J. K., & Eckhardt, S. A. (2005). Why action research? The
leadership role of the school librarian. Library Media Connection, 24(2), 32-34.

Howard, J. K. (2005). Who will replace the super heroes? School librarians
and the retirement crisis. Colorado Libraries, 31(2), 24-26.

Howard, J. K., & Fiorella, L. (2002). The marriage of language and literacy.
Colorado Libraries, 28(1), 37-38.

Brooks, J., & Howard, J. K. (2002). What would you do? School library media
centers and intellectual freedom. Colorado Libraries, 28(3), 20-22.

Howard, J. K., & Wilson, B. (2003). UCD’s library media program: Now and in
the future.Colorado Libraries, 29(2), 20-22.

Recent Presentations

PEER REVIEWED SESSION: The Relationship Between School Culture and an Effective School Library Program: Four Case Studies. Presentation at Communities and Libraries the Colorado Association of Libraries Conference, November 6-8, 2008.

How Extreme is Too Extreme? Pushing the Limits of Young Adult Literature. Presentation at Communities and Libraries the Colorado Association of Libraries Conference, November 6-8, 2008.

Celebrate a Winning Team: Principals and School Librarians, Ingredients for Increased Student Achievement; We’re All on the Same Page. Moderator for the one-half day preconference. Presentation at Communities and Libraries the Colorado Association of Libraries Conference, November 6-8, 2008.

Books I hate. Panel member discussing intellectual freedom and a variety of controversial books. Presentation at Communities and Libraries the Colorado Association of Libraries Conference, November 6-8, 2008.

Data-Driven Decision Making with Action Research. Library Development Day, Rockland BOCES School Library System, West Nyack, N.Y. 10994

Power Library Training Workshops. Developed the curriculum and presented the training for the designated Power Library Program recipients during November, 2007.
Libraries Speak Volumes about Learning, A discussion on Libraries and Education. Panel member participating in a discussion on the status of libraries in Colorado moderated by Karen Middleton, Colorado State Board of Education, August 10, 2007, Aurora, CO. KACT-TV.

Advocacy + Collaboration + Librarians = SUCCESS working with Nancy Bolt and sponsored by CLiC (Colorado Library Consortium) developed curriculum and presented at 10 different sites in the state of Colorado from February 2006 through April 2006.

Information Literacy: Identification and Assessment presented to the Boulder Valley School Librarians, January10, 2006.

School Library Managers and Leaders: Takin’ Care of Business pre-conference presented at the 2005 Colorado Association of Libraries (CAL) conference, November 10, 2005.

Building an Information Literate School keynote presentation at the Summer School Library Institute in Emporia, Kansas, June 15, 2005.

Action Research for Reflective Problem Solving presented at the Nebraska Regional Library Annual Meeting, Omaha, Nebraska, June 1, 2005.

Action Research for School Improvement, Accountability, and Student Achievement presented at the Tri-Conference in Overland Park, Kansas, April 1, 2005.

School Libraries: Today and Tomorrow presented to the Douglas County School Librarians, December, 2004.

Action Research for School Improvement, Accountability, and Student Achievement presented at the Colorado Association of Libraries (CAL) conference and Mountain Plains Library Association (MPLA) joint conference in Denver, Colorado, October, 2004.

Honors

2007 - Received a $25,000 Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant for Celebrate a Winning Team: Principals and School Librarians, Ingredients for Increased Student Achievement! This grant supported a day of celebration honoring 23 Colorado principals for their support of their school librarians. November 8, 2007.

2007 -2007 Invited to attend the Library Research Seminar IV, Doctoral pre-conference at Western Ontario University in London, Ontario, October 9th through 12th, 2007. Conference theme: The Library in Its Socio-Cultural Context: Issues for Research and Practice.

2004 - Received a recognition award from Colorado State Library for serving as the last Chairperson of the Central Colorado Library System (CCLS), one of the seven Colorado regional library systems which were transformed in to the Colorado Library Consortium (CLiC).

2002 - Received the Colorado Association of Libraries (CAL) Distinguished Services Award

2002 - Nominee for Education adjunct professor of the year at the University of Colorado at Denver.

Professional Organizations

• American Library Association (ALA)
• American Association of School Libraries (AASL)
• Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE)
• Colorado Association of Libraries (CAL)
• Colorado Association of School Libraries (CASL)
• Mountain Plains Library Association (MPLA)
• Colorado Council International Reading Association (CCIRA)
• International Reading Association (IRA))

Contact Information

Jody K. Howard
CISFLO

Denver, Colorado

E-mail: Jody@cisflo.com

cell: 303-859-1242

fax: 303-955-4338