The 2018 "National School Library Standards for Learners, School Librarians, and School Libraries" enable school librarians to continuously tailor school libraries and activities to meet students' needs and interests while meeting state curriculum requirements. The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) Standards recognize learning as an ongoing endeavor that should not be confined to the four walls of the school building or library. In late May 2018, the program administrator of Western Suffolk BOCES (Boards of Cooperative Educational Services) School Library System, asked for volunteers to dissect the AASL Shared Foundations and discuss how school librarians can implement them. The authors teamed up to work on the Explore Shared Foundation. In this article, they describe the strategies and lesson ideas from their own practices they shared with other school librarians.