Gretchen Hazlin
Gretchen has been Head Librarian at Kilmer Middle School for the past ten years. After working in corporate and special libraries at Johnson & Johnson, Grey Advertising, and The New York Academy of Medicine, she is finally exactly what she wants to be when she grows up -- she loves teaching information literacy and critical thinking skills, sharing young adult literature, and collaborating with teachers. Gretchen brought the Kilmer Library Makerspace to her library program, aiming to inspire messy and creative thinking in her students . Together with teaching colleague Corey Thornblad, she blogs and shares lesson ideas at BubbleUp Classroom. Gretchen earned a Bachelor of Arts in English and History from Boston College and a Master of Library Studies from Rutgers University in New Jersey. Twitter @libraryms & @kilmerlibrary |
Krissy Ronan
Krissy is in her second year as Head Librarian at George C. Marshall High School in Falls Church, VA, prior to which she was a librarian at Madison High School in Vienna, VA for five years. Formerly an elementary school teacher, Krissy moved into the field of librarianship because of her love of books and a desire to collaborate more fully with teachers and students. Her goals as a librarian are to make teachers' lives easier and to encourage students to read. Krissy earned a BS in Elementary Education from Oklahoma State University and a Masters in Library and Information Science from the University of South Carolina. Twitter @gcmlibrary |