Shannon McClintock Miller is an international speaker, consultant and author who has a passion for education, librarianship, advocacy, technology, social media and making a difference in the world and lives of others, especially children.
Shannon serves as the preschool-12th grade district teacher librarian at Van Meter Community School District in Iowa. She currently serves as the Future Ready Librarians Spokesperson and Future Ready Schools National Faculty Member working with librarians, educators and students around the world every day. She is also Capstone’s Teacher Librarian Community Leader. Shannon is the author of the award winning The Library Voice blog and enjoys writing for various blogs, journals and other forums including ISTE, School Library Journal and Publishers Weekly. She has written 12 children’s books about library skills and Makerspaces with Capstone; wrote Leading from the Library with her writing partner Bill Bass and ISTE; and has contributed to several other professional books about libraries and education.
In 2011, Shannon was awarded the Connecting People Shorty Award and was chosen to be part of the SLJ New Leaders Program in 2012. In 2013, she was named one of the Faces of Innovation from Broadband for America; one of 50 featured in the 2013 Center for Digital Education Yearbook; and one of the featured Connected Educators with the Connected Educators projects partnered with the US Department of Education. In 2014, Shannon was named a Library Journal Mover and Shaker. In 2016, she was awarded the Making it Happen Award by ISTE. In 2018, she was awarded the AASL Leadership Luminary Social Media Superstar.
And her most favorite roles of all….She is the mom to three amazing children and lucky wife of Eric.
In this episode, we discuss:
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Shannon’s passion for infusing creativity to serve her school community in the library as well as through her consulting and speaking work.
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Her experience moving into her position as a librarian as well as the roots of her leadership nationally and abroad
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And she shares her experiences as a mom and the beautiful way she stays radiant by living her full life in all the special roles she serves beyond the library.
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