Chelsea Sims

Chelsea Sims is a junior high school librarian in Iowa City, Iowa. Previously, she served as an elementary school librarian, and an instructional design strategist for innovation and technology. She began her career as a high school language arts and creative writing teacher. She is an active presenter at conferences locally and statewide and has served in various leadership roles within AASL and ALA affiliate organizations. She has contributed to Teacher Librarian and to V. H. Harada and S. Coatney’s Inquiry and the Common Core: Librarians and Teachers Designing Teaching for Learning (2013). In 2018, Ms. Sims was named an AASL Social Media Superstar for Student Voice. She has a master’s degree in School Library Studies from the University of Northern Iowa.