Summer Summit 2024

Summer Summit is a three-day statewide conference for Idaho’s school librarians. This year Summer Summit will be held in Idaho Falls at the following venues:                   

Tuesday & Wednesday, July 16 and 17	Thursday, July 18
The Waterfront Event Center	Thunder Ridge High School
1220 Event Center Drive	4941 1st St
Idaho Falls, ID 83402	Idaho Falls, ID 83401

In an effort to make Summer Summit registration more fair, this year ICfL is implementing an application process instead of registration on a first come, first served basis.

Applicants will be selected using the following priorities:

1. School librarians that live and work in Eastern Idaho;
2. First time attendees;
3. All Idaho K-12 school librarians.

Please complete the application by April 30, 2024. When applying, please keep in mind that participants must attend all three days of the conference. You will be notified of the status of your registration the week of May 6.  

To be eligible for travel reimbursement, participants must attend all sessions over all three days of Summer Summit.

Summit Overview

Day 1: All About Books and Reading Motivation

Day 2: All About STEM Enrichment 

Day 3: All About Data: Collect It, Analyze It, Share it With Others

Tentative Agenda:

Summer Summit 2024 | July 16-18, 2024 | Idaho Falls, ID

Day 1: July 16 at The Waterfront | All About Books and Reading Motivation

7:30-8:30am	Registration Check in and Networking Breakfast
8:30am	Open Summer Summit 2024
9:00am	Keynote: Navigating Slumps in Reading Motivation with Donalyn Miller
	Idaho Legislation: Effects on your Practice
12:00noon	Working Lunch
1:00pm	Breakout: Motivating Elementary Students to Read w/ Donalyn Miller
	Breakout: The History of YA Literature with Gregory Taylor
2:15pm	Breakout: Motivating Secondary Students to Read w/ Donalyn Miller
	Breakout: Booktalking Elementary Literature w/ Gregory Taylor
	NoveList/Core Collections with Marina Rose
4:30pm	Wrap up Day 1

Day 2: July 17 at The Waterfront | All About STEM Enrichment 

8:00am	Check in and Networking Breakfast
	STEM Enrichment with PCS Edventures
12:00noon	Working Lunch
1:00pm	STEM Enrichment with PCS Edventures
	Table Topics
4:30pm	Wrap up Day 2

Day 3: July 18 at Thunder Ridge High School | All About Data

8:00am	Check in and breakfast nibbles
8:30am	Collect, Analyze, and Share Data for the School Library with the Utah Education Policy Center.
12:00noon	Working Lunch
1:00pm	Data Cont’d
	ICfL’s Relaunched School Library Statistics Program: The First Year with Clay Ritter
3:30pm	Wrap up and close Summer Summit 2024

 

For information on travel, please refer to our Non-Employee Travel Guidelines.