Leslie B. Preddy
Library Media Specialist
Perry Meridian Middle School
 

For a comprehensive resume, please contact Leslie directly.
 

Education - Teaching Experience Highlights - Professional Memberships - Action Research - Professional Leadership Role Highlights - Workshops, Presentations, Adult Training Highlights - Fellowships, Grants, Awards Highlights - Publications: Articles & Resources - Publications: Books - Publications: Websites

EDUCATION:

1995     Indiana State University--M.S.:  Educational Technology

1991     Indiana State University--B.S.:  School Library Media Services, cum laude

TEACHING EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS:

2008     IUPUI School of Education, Instructor, graduate “Summer in the City” courses (2004-present):

   Using Big6 & Best Practices to meet Academic Standards & Get the Most out of Research

   Young Hoosier Book Award: Using New Fiction in the Classroom

2007     IU-Bloomington, Co-Instructor, Fall "Information Inquiry for School Teachers" graduate course

2004     IUPUI School of Library and Information Sciences, Co-Instructor, Spring L551 “Information Inquiry for School Teachers”

2002     IUPUI School of Education, Instructor, three graduate “Summer in the City” courses

1992     Library Media Specialist, Metropolitan School District of Perry Township, Perry Meridian Middle,
   Indianapolis, Indiana (1992—present)

MEMBERSHIPS:

            American Library Association (ALA): American Association of School Librarians (AASL)

            Indiana Historical Society

            Indiana Library Federation (ILF):  Association for Indiana Media Educators (AIME)

            Indiana State Reading Association (ISRA)
            Perry Township Reading Council (PTRC)

            SLMS (School Library Media Specialist) Leadership Cadre

ACTION RESEARCH:

2005     SSR with Interventions - SSR with Intervention - A School Library Action Research Project - ISBN13: 9781591584605

2003     Collaboration, Daily Reflections and the Research Process - "Is it Effective?"

2001     Student Inquiry in the Research Process - The Blue Book on Information Age Inquiry... - ISBN13: 9781591583257

PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP ROLE HIGHLIGHTS:

2008     AIME Survivor Workshop “Educating the 21st Century Learners: Web 2.0”, Chair

PMMS: SSR/Literacy Committee Chair (2006-present)

Middle Grades Reading Network, Hi Interest/Hi Vocabulary Committee Chair (2006-present)

2007     ALA Sara Jaffarian Award Selection Committee

ILF (Indiana Library Federation) Annual Conference, concurrent session presenter
     SSR with Interventions
     Adolescent Reads: High Interest Books for Advanced Readers
SLJ (School Library Journal) Leadership Summit, ‘invitation only’ participant (2005-present)
S671: The School Library Media Specialist, "SLMS Bridging Theory into Practice" guest professional blog participant

2005     PRISM Teacher-Leader (2005-2006)

SLJ.com, e-Interview Blog, http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/620000062/post/1870000987.html?

AIME Survivor Workshop, Chair

2004     IU-SLIS/AIME Data Task Force (2004-2005)

AASL School Librarians Workshop Scholarship Committee member

2003     AIME President, AIME Leadership Retreat Chair

            AASL Region 3 representative for Indiana

            Partnership for 21^st Century Skills (P21), AASL Focus Group

            Survey on Indiana School Library Media Collections, Staff & Programs committee

2002     AIME State Conference Chair

            National Board of Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) National Forum for school

   library media specialists, Indiana representative

U.S. Department of Education, “Improving Literacy Through School Libraries” federal

   grant, Peer Reviewer

2001     Instructional Media and Technology Educators (IMATES) mentor

2000     First Annual AIME Treasure Chest College Scholarship Fundraising Silent Auction, Chair

   and developer of the AIME scholarship fund and fundraiser (2000-2002)

            Indiana State University (ISU) consultant:  Department of Curriculum, Instruction and   

   Media Technology Pilot Project of the online library media program

1999     Gettysburg National Park:  advisory team for national program, Gettysburg Live!

            Young Hoosier Book Award K-8 General Chair-elect and Chair (1999-2002)

1998     The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis Education Initiatives Task Force (1998-1999)

AIME Regional Media Fair coordinator and host site

WORKSHOPS, PRESENTATIONS, ADULT TRAINING HIGHLIGHTS:

2008     Indiana Library Federation Annual Conference, Concurrent Session Presenter
Encyclo-Media Conference, Oklahoma City, Presenter

            MSD Perry Township Professional Development Workshops, Session Presenter for 4 Workshops
Literacy 101 staff development series, Avon Community School Corporation, guest speaker
IDOE-Office of Learning Rresources Regional Contact Meeting, workshop presenter

               West Central Region, "Sustained Silent Reading and the Library Media Impact on Student Learning"

               North West Region, "SSR with Interventions"

            Kitley Intermediate School, In-service day guest speaker, "SSR with Interventions & Millennial Learners"

2007     AASL National Conference: concurrent session presenter & Exploratorium co-presenter AASL

            MSDPT Summer Staff Development Technology Workshops (5): PRISM Math & Science Resources,

               Lexile Scores & Library Resources, Classroom Projects with MS Publisher, Authors & Book

               Resources on the Internet, Website Evaluation

CIESC (Central Indiana Education Service Center), guest speaker, “Action Research”

Conference Presenter: Indiana Middle Level Educators Association (IMLEA), Indiana

State Reading Association (ISRA)

            Indiana University-School of Library and Information Science, guest speaker for L551 (2004-present)

2006     MASL (Missouri Association of School Librarians) Spring Conference, presenter

Indiana Department of Education-Office of Learning Resources (IDOE-OLR) Regional Library Meetings: Tipton, Connersville, and Indianapolis, Indiana

2005     AIME, Coordinator/Liaison, “Cultural Tours”
Adolescent Literacy Conference, Presenter, “SSR with Intervention” and “Research Inquiry”

2004     MASL (Missouri Association of School Librarians) Fall Seminar, workshop presenter

            MSDPT SLMS workshop:  Action Research

            ALA Annual Conference, co-presenter with Dr. Daniel Callison, “Information Inquiry: Key

               Words, Concepts, & Assessments for Literacy K‑College”

               Panelist, “Good Enough for Prime Time!  How to Win an AASL Award”

               Panelist, “Ideas to Implement @ your library Campaign”

PSLA (Pennsylvania School Librarians Association) state conference, Speaker

MSDPT Share Fair co-presenter, "Fiction Booktalking" (plus bookmark)

Indiana Department of Education-Office of Learning Resources (IDOE-OLR) Regional

   Library Mtg., SE Region, workshop co-presenter, “Looking…in all the wrong places”

ICE (Indiana Computer Educators) co-presenter, “Collaboration Connections”

2003     MSDPT K-12 research model alignment, presenter, “Information Inquiry”

            AIME Annual Conference, workshop co-presenter, “Getting the ‘Lo-Down’ on School

               Library Media Specialist Collaboration”

2002     IU-Bloomington, speaker, “Information Literacy: A Shared Responsibility”

MSDPT Educator Share Fare Showcase co-presenter, “Recreating the American Civil War Era”

2001     MSDPT K-12 Media Specialist PL221 workshop presenter, “Summary of Current

   Research Related to Media Specialist-Teacher Collaboration”

IDOE-OLR, workshop co-presenter, “It Takes Two: Collaboration, Media, & You!”

American Association of School Librarians National Conference School Tour site

2000     Perry Township Summer Technology trainer for workshops on the following:  Access  

   Indiana, Community Collections on the Web, Literature on the Web, Multi-Disciplinary  

   Connections

INCOLSA “Outstanding Young Adult Programs:  the Best of the Best from Indiana

               Librarians” workshop presenter

1999     Marion Area Council I.R.A. (International Reading Association) presenter, “Authors on  

   the Net?  You Bet!”

Office of the Governor, IDOE, and ISTA conference Families and Schools:  Together for

   a Change presenter

FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AWARDS HIGHLIGHTS:

2008     LSTA Technology Grant, $8000, "Library Promotion in a Web 2.0 World"       

            SSR with Intervention named one of the Best Professional Books of 2007 by Teacher-Librarian magazine

            Indiana Department of Education-Office of Learning Resources, $10000, "Books to Home Summer Success"

            Perry Township Education Foundation, co-recipient of 8 grants, $10,000

2007     Perry Township Education Foundation, co-recipient of 9 grants, $11,250

2006     ILF-AIME Peggy L. Pfeiffer Service Award recipient

Received the peer-nominated “PMMS Leader of the Pack” award

2005     Thomson Gale/School Library Media Connection TEAMS Award Honorable Mention

2004     Perry Township Education Foundation, co-recipient of 3 grants, $3,300

2003     National AASL Collaborative School Library Media Award

Perry Township Education Foundation, co-recipient of 6 grants, $7,200

2002     Treasure Mountain Scholar, Treasure Mountain (TM10) Research Institute at the Elms

2001     Indiana Department of Education-Office of Learning Resources, “Student Inquiry Method

   to Information Literacy” grant, $10,000

2000     Lilly Teacher Creativity Fellowship, $7,500

Indiana Department of Education-Office of Learning Resources, “TACT:  Tying African &

   American Cultures Together” Information Literacy Grant, co-recipient, $5,000

1999     Indiana University-East Asian Studies Center, “Study Tour of Japan”

Indiana Humanities Council, Humanities Initiative Major Grant, co-recipient, $4,360

1996     Indiana Department of Education “Technology Leadership Training” participant/grant

1995     Ball State University “Learning and Teaching Project in Chinese” (1994 intensive culture

            and language study at BSU, 1995 study tour in China)

PUBLICATIONS-ARTICLES, RESOURCES:

Humphrey, Jack and Leslie Preddy. "Keys to Successfully Sustaining an SSR Program." Library Media Connection,
          vol. 26, no. 6, March 2008, pp. 30-32.

McGriff, Nancy, Carl Harvey and Leslie Preddy.  “Collecting the Data…” series of 5 articles. School Library Media Activities
          Monthly, vol. XX, no. 6-10, February-May 2004.

Preddy, Leslie. "Books for Advanced Middle Grades Readers." NetWords, Winter 2008, pp. 3-5.

Preddy, Leslie.  “Co-Educating:  Collaborating for Student Success: How Library Media Specialist/Teacher Teams Can
          Improve Teaching and Learning.”  Access Learning, vol. 13, no. 8, October 2003, pp. 6-7.

Preddy, Leslie.  “Collaboration-Key to Surviving the Education Jungle.”  Knowledge Quest on the Web, September/October  

          2004.

Preddy, Leslie.  “Profile.”  Teacher Librarian, vol. 31, no. 1, October 2003, p. 48.

Preddy, Leslie. "Promoting an Addiction to Reading." School Library Media Activities Monthly, vol. XXIV, no. 2,
          October 2007, pp. 24-26.

Preddy, Leslie.  “Research on Indiana School Libraries.”  Indiana Principal Leadership Academy Special Edition, vol. 18,
          no.3, February 2005, p. 2.  Also online at <http://www.doe.state.in.us/ipla/pdf/SpEdition-2005-02.pdf>.

Preddy, Leslie.  “Student Inquiry in the Research Process…” series of 5 articles.  School Library Media Activities Monthly,

          vol. XIX, no. 3-7, November 2002-March 2003.

Preddy, Leslie.  “Sustained Silent Reading with Intervention Project.”  NetWords, Winter 2006, pp. 6-7.

Preddy, Leslie and Dennis Howland. “Sustained Silent Reading (SSR): Keys to A Successful Program.” NetWords,
          Spring 2007, pp. 4-5.

Preddy, Leslie.  “William ‘Bill’ Gresh Memorial Scholarship.”  FOCUS on Indiana Libraries, vol. 59, no. 10,

November 2005, p. 5.

Preddy, Leslie and Jenny Moore.  “Key Words in Instruction: Student Journals.” School Library Media Activities Monthly,
          vol. XXI, no. 7, March 2005, pp. 32-35.

Young Hoosier Book Award Activity Booklet 2001-2002. Series of 3 books for grades K-3, 4-6, and 6-8. 

Association for Indiana Media Educators, 2001.  (Leslie Preddy, editor)

PUBLICATIONS-BOOKS:

Buzzeo, Toni.  Collaborating to Meet Standards:  Teacher/Librarian Partnerships for 7-12. Linworth Publishing, 2002. 
          Library media specialist chapter contributor, “Recreating the American Civil War.”

Callison, Daniel and Leslie Preddy.  The Blue Book on Literacy and Instruction for the Information Age. 
          Libraries Unlimited, 2006.

Preddy, Leslie. SSR with Intervention: A School Library Action Research Project. Libraries Unlimited, 2007.

PUBLICATIONS-WEBSITES:

Harvey, Carl, Nancy McGriff and Leslie Preddy.  “Collecting the Data:  Templates and Resources for School
          Library Media Specialists” website, <http://www.nobl.k12.in.us/media/NorthMedia/lms/data/index.htm>.

Lamb, Annette. "Information Inquiry, Literacy and Learning @ Your Library" website,
          <http://www.virtualinquiry.com/exploratorium/>.
Preddy, Leslie. "PMMS Reader's Website Blog",
          <http://people.perryschools.org/lpreddy?PHPSESSID=8fd94316414dafbc2d6fcf60ff5fe35b>.
Preddy, Leslie. "Reading, Thinking, Learning, Living" website, <http://www.lesliepreddy.com>.
Preddy, Leslie.  “Student Inquiry in the Research Process” research model website,

<http://lesliepreddy.com/Inquiry/inquiry%20index.HTM>.