In 2009 Kelly Gallagher defined readicide as follows: Read-i-cide n: The systematic killing of the love of reading, often exacerbated by the inane, mind-numbing practices found in schools. Add on to this dilemma the COVID-19 pandemic that shut down our schools and limited our students access to books. Reading has become just another chore for our students to plow through. It is time to bring back reading joy to our school community. That challenge was accepted and it was successful!
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Discover how school librarians can become the “head coach” while serving a diverse community of learners and cultivating a team of teacher leaders.
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Explore how Lower School Librarian, Soline Holmes, and Division Head, Shara Hammet, collaborate to assist students to investigate the world with intellectual curiosity, recognize and value diverse perspectives, communicate with agility, engage in respectful dialogue, and take responsible action to promote peace and justice. Through the intentional integration of mission and goals, we have been able to scaffold and build a global pedagogy into our curriculum and extracurricular activities.
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Matthew Swanson and Robbi Behr are partners in creativity and life, collaborating to make books and advocate for Title I schools. They’ll share the secrets of successful collaboration, talk about their creative process, and recap their epic, 50-state literacy tour.
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Four panelists explore ways in which a school’s library program can empower all young people to recognize their own strengths and grow cognitively, emotionally, and socially.
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Bring your library to life with Primary Sources! When students and library patrons work with digitized materials, they can become "detectives" as stories and historical figures come to life. Interaction with primary sources helps develop critical thinking, observation, and visual and information literacy skills as well as build empathy. The Library of Congress' Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Teachers' Network is a free resource and community focused on primary sources.
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Connection, belonging and inclusion are the driving forces of the initiatives that will be discussed in this webinar.
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Please join Dr. Lewis Brooks, Superintendent for Shelby County Schools, Alabama and school librarians from his district as they facilitate timely conversations centered on the current social and political climate impacting school libraries. Participants will engage in a dialogue around what are our professional responsibilities in these times and complete a related document.
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Learn about staff training and techniques to serve patrons experiencing homelessness that apply to libraries of all sizes.
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Trans Identities: Myths & MisinformationProvide support for librarians and library staff working to create gender-inclusive spaces and programs.Information about trans identities has exploded into the mainstream media over the past few years,
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Hear the basics about Guided Inquiry Design and see how it transformed a collaborative unit into one where the students took total ownership of their learning.
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Explore research, then informally collect and examine data to define recent pivots to varied reading platforms.
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Identify current barriers and possible solutions to transgender inclusion at your library.
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Learn to train staff to present virtually, integrate community partners, and strategies to transition programs to online.
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In Part 1 of this webinar series, participants will be able to define trauma and its causes, and identify principles of trauma-informed care in the library service field.
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In this webinar, participants will be able to self-assess where opportunities lie to provide trauma-informed supervision, and explore practical strategies to mitigate compassion fatigue and professional burnout among staff through trauma-informed supervision.
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It is not uncommon for library workers to be exposed to primary or vicarious trauma over the course of their career. According to the recent Urban Library Trauma Study, nearly 70% of respondents shared that they had experienced violent or aggressive beha
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The Trustee Academy is a series of online courses to help Trustees become exceptionally proficient in their roles on behalf of their libraries. All of the online courses are taught by a professional in the field. Courses include:Trustee Compete
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Learn how two libraries are building staff and community understanding of how to build kinship with Indigenous communities.
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This session will focus on integrating the AASL School Library Standards and the Teaching Tolerance Social Justice Standards in the school library.
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Learn about common strategies used by political groups in their efforts to censor youth materials, how to identify and name these behaviors, and how doing so can empower library staff to develop proactive strategies for responding in ways that protect their safety and integrity.
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Understand Your Library’s Community Better with Census Data
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Members of the PLA Social Work Task Force introduce you to the use of trauma-informed approaches in public libraries.
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Panelists discuss challenge-based learning, maker service projects and other exciting developments in the field of school library makerspaces and how they can engage your learners.
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Learning Live is a monthly webinar series that covers a hot topic of interest to Trustees, Friends and/or Foundations, followed by Q&A and/or discussions.
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With public libraries eliminating fines as a means of reducing barriers to access, why don’t people return their books?
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Library podcasts can be an effective marketing tool and can humanize staff and services to your community.
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Learn how Queens and Brooklyn Libraries found ways to provide a new collection of services to system-impacted individuals.
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As schools embrace technology, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a promising tool for enhancing instructional practices. However, using AI responsibly and ethically in instructional spaces is a challenge, and it's the responsibility of school librarians. This session will empower participants to navigate the complexities of AI, help students benefit from this technology, and ensure their safety.
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Learn to develop “people-first” marketing and strategies to reach historically marginalized segments of your community.
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