Standard: Fostering Literacies to Empower Life-Long Learners
Theme: Literacy Partners
Growth Phase: Evolving
Growth Indicator: LLC works with all teachers on programs to engage readers and build lifelong learning dispositions.
In celebration of National School Library Day teacher-librarians organize a district wide adoption of the “Drop Everything and Read!” program in Kamloops, British Columbia, Kamloops/Thompson School District No. 73.
Kamloops/Thompson School District No. 73. (2012). Drop everything and read! http://riker.sd73.bc.ca/general/content/drop-everything-and-read
An enthusiastic librarian at the Val des Cerfs School Board in Montérégie, Quebec outlines the proactive and collaborative programs developed centrally to promote the joy of reading in district schools including visits from “Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman” (the author). Family literacy program also discussed.
Régnier, A. (2019, March 18). Reading Won’t Save the World, But… Canadian School Libraries Journal, 3 (1). Retrieved from http://journal.canadianschoollibraries.ca/reading-wont-save-the-world-but/
Régnier, A. (2019, March 18). Lire, ça sauve pas le monde, mais…Canadian School Libraries Journal, 3 (1). Retrieved from http://journal.canadianschoollibraries.ca/lire-ca-sauve-pas-le-monde-mais/
As part of the continued focus on the role of the school library learning commons in addressing summer reading loss, Canadian School Libraries (CSL) chair and co-chair, co-editors of the Canadian School Libraries Journal, provide background and three key findings to research conducted with best-selling author Eric Walters in 2020 on summer lending demonstrating its success. Recommendations and ideas for implementing are included along with the CSL summer lending poster.
Brooks Kirkland, A. & Koechlin, C. (2022, May 18). It’s Time to Set Your Books Free for the Summer. Canadian School Libraries Journal 6 (2). Retrieved from https://journal.canadianschoollibraries.ca/its-time-to-set-your-books-free-for-the-summer/
Hosting Authors in the School Library Learning Commons
Renowned SLLC educator and author Carol Koechlin writes about how hosting authors in the LLC is a very rich experience for students, and compiles tips from several teacher-librarians whom authors have recommended as experts on to get the most out of an author visit. Includes school success stories, contacts, and additional resources.
Koechlin, C. (2024, May 22). Hosting authors in the school library learning commons. Canadian School Library Journal 8(2). https://journal.canadianschoollibraries.ca/hosting-authors-in-the-school-library-learning-commons/