MY SITE
  • Home
  • Blog
  • Presentations

Librarian selected for Study Trip to Germany

3/10/2025

0 Comments

 
Picture

I was surprised and elated to learn that I have been selected for a teacher's study trip to Germany this summer! The official press release is below.


Amy Brownlee, district librarian and reading teacher for USD 376 Sterling, KS, has been selected to participate in the Atlantik-Brücke 2025 Transatlantic Study Trip to Germany. She is part of a group of 15 educators from the United States who will visit Munich, Chemnitz, Dresden, and Berlin on the fully-funded, 10-day trip. 

Brownlee will visit schools, cultural sites, and museums, and meet with German decision-makers from the fields of politics, media, business, and education. According to their website, “Atlantik-Brücke has offered these study trips for over 30 years and has in the process welcomed hundreds of American teachers from various regions of the United States to Germany.”
​

“I am excited to meet German teachers and learn about modern Germany,” Brownlee said. “Most of my knowledge of the country is from a historical perspective.”
​

Brownlee earned a bachelor's degree from Bethany College and a master's degree from Emporia State University.  In 2017, she was named Kansas School Librarian of the Year. She was a Fulbright-Hays Fellowship recipient chosen for the Ethiopia for Teachers study trip to Africa in July 2010. Last summer, Brownlee took part in a National Endowment for the Humanities teacher institute. During her 25-year career, she has secured over $94,000 in grant funding and given over 40 workshop presentations.
0 Comments

Exploring Social Justice Through Comics

3/10/2025

0 Comments

 
Picture

​I have a few articles that were accepted for publication on Teen Library Toolbox, a School Library Journal network blog, this spring. The first one was published today! You can read my post "Exploring Social Justice Through Comics" here.

I was excited to have the opportunity to share my knowledge about social justice issues portrayed through graphic novels and comics. In the article, I share some programming ideas and a book list of some of my favorite social justice comics I've read over the past couple of years.



0 Comments

    Amy Brownlee

    Librarian, reading teacher, presenter.

    Archives

    February 2026
    January 2026
    December 2025
    September 2025
    August 2025
    July 2025
    June 2025
    May 2025
    April 2025
    March 2025
    February 2025
    December 2024
    November 2024
    October 2024
    September 2024
    May 2024
    April 2024
    February 2024
    January 2024
    December 2023

    Categories

    All
    AASL
    Advanced Learning Library
    Apps
    ARC
    Art
    Authentic Learning
    Author
    Author Visit
    Awards
    Blog
    Book Review
    Books
    Chrome Music Lab
    Coding
    Collection Development
    Comic Con
    Comic-Con
    Comics
    Community Connections
    Conventions
    Craft
    DC
    Digital App Smash
    Drawing
    Edtech
    Edutopia
    Fulbright Teacher Exchange
    Future Ready Librarians
    Future Ready Schools
    Germany
    Global Competencies
    Global Education
    Goals
    Grants
    Graphic Novels
    Guest Post
    History
    Illustrator
    International Schools
    James Ponti
    Jan Brett
    Kansas City Public Library
    Kansas Library Association
    KASL
    Knowledge Quest
    Librarian
    Libraries
    Library
    Library Journal
    Literature Festival
    Local Field Trip
    Makerspace
    Middle Grade
    Mini-books
    Motivation
    Museums
    Mychal Threets
    Mystery
    NEH
    NetGalley
    Ornament
    Place-based Learning
    Podcast
    Poetry
    Prizes
    Professional Development
    Professional Learning Network
    Program
    Programming
    Programs
    Project-based Learning
    Promotion
    Purpose
    Read-a-Latte
    Reader's Advisory
    Reading Promotion
    Relationships
    Relevance
    Renovation
    Research
    Robotics
    School Librarians United
    School Libraries
    School Library Journal
    SCKLS
    Social Justice
    STEAM
    STEM
    Study Trip
    Teaching
    Teaching And Learning
    Technology
    Teen Librarian Toolbox
    Travel
    Update
    Washington
    Watermark Books
    We Are Teachers
    Webinars
    White House
    Winter Reading Challenge
    World Read Aloud Day
    YA

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.
  • Home
  • Blog
  • Presentations