Tina Johnson
Las Virgenes Unified School District District Library Media Coordinator
Calabasas, CA
Tina started her career as a Middle School Language Arts teachers in Long Island, NY. For the last four years, she has been working for Las Virgenes School District in Calabasas, CA in several different capacities. As an elementary school Media Specialist, she helped teachers use data to drive instruction, while creating interactive technology based lessons that teachers could easily replicate for future classes. After completing her Masters in Library Science, Tina started working as the District Library Media Specialist for LVUSD. For the last two years, she has been partnering with public librarians and teachers to bring the best resources into school media centers and classrooms while teaching students research and data skills. She has also developed makerspaces that include engaging, hands-on activities that encourage students to think and create in the school libraries.