Make Your Students the Stars: Practical Ways to Increase Engagement

Move beyond read-alouds and checkout time! This session explores fun, interactive ways to boost student engagement—like improv, reader’s theater, podcasting, book hunts, and spine label poetry. Learn why student-created content is powerful, how to easily implement these activities, and how they support diverse learners. Plus, share your own creative ideas! Designed for elementary library paraprofessionals, this hands-on session will leave you with fast, fun strategies to make every student eager for library day.

Please register at https://costatelibrary.libcal.com/event/15600017

Date:

Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Time:

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Time Zone:

Mountain Time – US & Canada (change)

Online:

This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.

About the presenter: 

Anna Szczepanski has spent her career working in Colorado libraries, except for a stint as a library bouncer in Guatemala. She has a MLS from Emporia State University, and is a Colleague on Call Consultant for the Colorado Library Consortium (CLiC). Before that, she was a school library paraprofessional at the Fraser Valley Elementary School.