Lisa Krok

Experience

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  Orange City Schools

  Jan 1993 - Jan 1998

  Teacher
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  West Geauga School District

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2000

  Teacher
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  Cleveland Heights-University Heights School District

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2007

  Teacher: Reading Intervention and Kindergarten

  • Coordinated, scheduled, and delivered reading intervention using a district wide database. • Recruited and trained volunteer tutors as head of our Ohio Reads program. • Collaborated with education professionals for reading passport program as part of the balanced literacy team. • Presented resources and training to staff utilizing self-created Power Point presentations• Participated regularly as part of intervention team to share ideas and problem solve to best meet the needs of individual students and provide resources to teachers.• Differentiated instruction in a full day setting using small group work with phonemic awareness and phonics activities in a balanced literacy environment. • Participated as an integral part of problem solving team to create interventions and help provide observations, assessment, and evaluations for Individualized Education Plans and related needs. • Participated as an elected member of the “TAP” Teacher-Administrative Partnership committee to promote site-based decision making. • Solicited, coordinated, and trained volunteer tutors as head of the Ohio Reads program. • Developed activities in African-American education as part of the Black History committee, as well as literacy activities and guest readers as part of the Right to Read Week committee. • Wrote and received grants to enhance diversity recognition and interactive writing, 2002-2004. Show less

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  Twinsburg Public Library

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2015

  Youth Services Librarian/Associate

  • Created and delivered theme based storytime programming for preschoolers, including print books, flannelboards, musical instruments, props, movement, and integration of age appropriate apps for interactive use. • Developed and ran many new library programs for youth, including Young Writer’s Workshop, Strategies for Success on the Third Grade Reading Achievement Assessment, Beach Party Read-In, as well as several seasonal offerings. Created the recurring Kids in the Kitchen program, which integrates children’s cooking projects with literacy and multiculturalism. • Provided Reader’s Advisory for families with youth ages birth through eighteen.• Utilized Sirsi Dynix to assist with servicing patrons with renewals, finding items, placing holds, and checking out materials. • Enhanced collection development using Collection HQ software. Weeded and ordered new materials.• Created additional resources for patrons and staff via pathfinders, Prezi, Wikia, Power Point, and other tools. Show less

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  Hudson Library and Historical Society

  Jan 2015 - Jan 2016

  Head of Youth Services

  • Organized and breathed new life and positivity into a department that had been without a leader for the previous 6 months.• Facilitated teamwork and openness to change within the department and library as a whole.• Fostered talent in staff both new and old to the profession via team meetings, feedback, and professional development opportunities. • Supervised a fantastically successful Summer Reading Program with over 1600 youth participants, ages birth through eighteen.• Implemented new marketing strategies that consistently increased youth services circulation 2500-6000 units per month, compared to same time the previous year.• Initiated new outreach and marketing efforts with local schools via website collaborations, literacy night, fairs, and open house visits.• Served as Communications Ambassador for Enspire 2015, a youth entrepreneurial conference featuring Daymond John of Shark Tank. The event promoted entrepreneurial education in schools and libraries.• Implemented more entrepreneurial/engineering/STEM/STEAM programs within the library for youth.• Served on multiple advisory boards within the community.* Completed New Supervisor's Academy series through NEORLS. Show less

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  Akron-Summit County Public Library

  Jan 2016 - Jan 2018

  Branch Manager

  • Rearranged juvenile and teen collections to better serve patrons and promote circulation via more forward facing materials, displays, and overall more accessible shelving.• Created a new teen seating area, which resulted in a more frequently used safe space for teens after school.• Developed new STEM programming including Apptastic Afternoons and Snap Circuits.• Collaborated with Friends of the Library group to acquire funding for new teen seating area and Kindle Fire tablets for our Apptastic programs for patrons of all ages.• Presented Tutor.com and other library resources to an audience of 400 at the LeBron James Family Foundation, which sponsors at risk Akron youth in educational pursuits and provides college scholarships as part of LeBron’s “I Promise” program.• Supported and evaluated a staff of 12 with positive reinforcement and constructive feedback.• Streamlined certain procedures, such as the ILL delivery, monthly scheduling, and time off requests to save time and promote better communication. • Created spreadsheets to keep track of different budget lines.• Provided outreach to local high and middle schools when serving as teen librarian.• Participated in community engagement, giving input at local “Coffee with the Councilman” meetings.• Created a quarterly e-newsletter, highlighting library materials and events/programming.• Presented employee engagement and appreciation ideas at meeting of approximately 25 branch managers and administrators in the system.• Appointed to the ALA/YALSA 2019 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers committee.• Appointed to the ALA/YALSA 2018 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers committee• Facilitated after school snack program at the library and provided monthly reports to the Akron-Canton Foodbank.• Appointed to the Reinberger Children’s Library Center Advisory Board, with a focus on the opioid crisis, 2017-2019• Lead community discussions during On the Table Akron for problem solving, 2017. Show less

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  Cleveland Public Library

  Jan 2018 - Jan 2019

  Branch Manager

  • Manage day-to-day operations of urban branch in large library system, including collection development, readers advisory, customer service, performance evaluations, hiring, managing budget, programming, and more.• Facilitated community engagement and collaborations via branch open houses and partnerships with Cleveland Clinic, Department of Aging, and US Bank for wellness and financial literacy programming.• Created and shared resources about diverse books for youth via power point and annotated bibliography with fellow CPL librarians• Wrote an article on CPL’s Front exhibit on Immigration, which was featured in School Library Journal’s Teen Librarian Toolbox. Show less

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  Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

  Jan 2019 - now

  Author

  My professional development book, Novels in Verse for Teens: A Guidebook with Activities for Teachers and Librarians, released in 2020 from ABC-CLIO/Libraries Unlimited (now Bloomsbury). My book covers why and how to use novels in verse with teens of all kinds, with a special attention to reaching marginalized teens and reluctant readers. Poetry and creative writing activities are included in a large reader's advisory section to further engage readers, along with CCSS and AASL standards for ease in lesson planning. Show less

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  Morley Library

  May 2019 - now

  Adult & Teen Services Manager

  -Achieved Dementia Friends Champions status/created Memory Kits in duplicate for circulation and outreach-Appointed to DEIA board committee, Northeast Ohio Regional Library System; researched and vetted inclusive resources for website 2023-present-Presenter ALA Annual Conference 2023: Jumpstart Your Library Career-Appointed to YALSA Awards Oversight Committee, 2023-2026-Awarded ALA’s Great Stories Club grants 2023/2019 school years-Reorganized assignments/duties to bring equity amongst staff regarding collection development and programming-Lifted team out of post-pandemic program attendance slump to provide robust, creative, well-rounded programming/outreach-Awarded two grants for programming with The Diversity Center of Northeast Ohio-Reached expert level in Foundation Center/Candid to provide grant resources-Co-coordinated the Big IDEAs (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access) club, a partnership with Lake County League of Libraries and the Diversity Center-Managed Writers on Writing (WoW) full day conference: booked speakers, marketed, moderated, and produced event-Brainstormed and deliberated input with fellow managers for new strategic plan-Interviewed, hired, and evaluated staff with constructive feedback, goal setting, and encouragement-Established partnership with National Park Service’s James A. Garfield Historical Site for monthly programs-Launched a library TikTok; created content to boost programming, materials, and reader’s advisory.-Created Beanstack challenges/activities for Adult and Teen Summer/Winter Reading Programs, trained staff in the use of new app, and marketed it-Launched collaboration with local high school to create after-school programming on site-Pivoted to virtual programming during pandemic; trained staff in Canva, video editing, Zoom, etc. to serve our patrons during this unusual time-Coordinated with fellow managers to create COVID19 reopening plan/phases-Appointed to YALSA's Presidential Advisory Task Force 2019 Show less

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  Kirkus Reviews

  Apr 2022 - Jan 2023

  Book Reviewer