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Jenn Roush will always be a teacher librarian. Currently the Assistant Director of Curriculum and Instruction in California’s Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District, she supervises curriculum and library programs in 31 schools, home to 22,000 children in one of the country’s most culturally diverse communities. Her drive to ensure that school libraries thrive and evolve in their vital role as critical resources for all Learners spurred her transition from site leader to district level administrator in 2016.

Recipient of the 2018 California School Library Association Administrative Leadership Award, Ms. Roush earned her MLIS from San Jose State University in 2016, her teaching credential from UC Davis in 2006 and a BA in English with an emphasis in teaching from UC Davis in 2005. Jenn Roush is passionate about her young family, equity and culturally responsive teaching, school/community partnerships to guarantee information access, and making social media a conduit connecting students, school/public libraries and the community. She understands the departmental and political workings of a school district, honing a keen sense of the urgency and fidelity required to accommodate an entire community.

At heart, Jenn Roush remains a teacher librarian; in her professional life, that calling has enriched an entire community. Find her on Twitter @RoushRoushy and @FSUSDLibraries.

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