Brooke King

Email

Work: [email protected]

Personal: [email protected]

Phone

Work: 281.641.4606

Hi, I’m Brooke!

This is my seventh year as a middle school library media specialist at Atascocita Middle School in Humble ISD. Before coming to AMS, I was a librarian at Pine Forest Elementary and at Pasadena ISD, where I also taught both third and fourth grades. This is my 15th year in the library and my 22nd year in education.

I am very active with the Texas Library Association. I currently serve as Chair of the Texas Association of School Librarians. I am the web administrator at AMS, as well as co-advisor of AMS's chapter of the National Junior Honor Society.

I graduated from The University of Texas with a degree in journalism, and I worked for Houston Community Newspapers as a features writer/reporter. I earned my teaching certificate through St. Thomas University. My Master's degree is in Library and Information Science from the University of Houston - Clear Lake.

I am married and have two wonderful children who attend Humble ISD schools. We also have 3 dogs, Charlie, Sophie, and Luke.  Besides reading, I am also passionate about photography. A fun fact about me is that I love meeting authors in person!

Texas Library Association, TLA

Intellectual Freedom Committee, Vice-Chair, 2018 - 2019

Texas Bluebonnet Award (TBA) Program Committee, 2012 - 2016

Member, 2007 - present

Texas Association of School Librarians, TASL

Chair, Chair-Elect, 2022-present

TASL Legislative & Advocacy Committee, 2017-2022; Chair, 2019 - 2022

TASL Talks Editorial Board, 2017-2021; Chair, 2018 - 2021

Member, 2007 - present

Texas Computer Education Association, TCEA

Member, 2015 - present

American Library Association, ALA

Member 2021 - present

American Association of School Librarians, AASL

Chapter Delegate, 2022 - present

Member, 2021 - present

Accomplishments:

• Presented at State-wide Texas Library Association’s Annual Conference

• Designed and maintained websites for the TBA program, TBA Master List Resources, created the TBA Twitter account, and maintained the TBA Facebook and Pinterest pages.

• Assisted in creating and facilitating a monthly Twitter campaign for library advocacy 

• Contributed and edited articles for the biweekly blog, TxASL Talks

• Worked with committee members and TEA to revise the State Board of Education Library Certification test to match new state standards

• Worked with the legislative committee on clarifying the language of library bills