Standard: Fostering Literacies to Empower Life-Long Learners
Theme: Literacy Leadership
Growth Phase: Established
Growth Indicator: LLC leadership team designs and applies learning experiences to nurture all literacies
Some free pizza sealed the deal: Founding the Millwood High School Writing Centre
After learning of slipping scores on provincial exams, a school librarian inspires by creating a peer tutoring program in the high school. With assistance from the university writing program students are trained to tutor/mentor other students to increase success.
Welbourn, K. (2020, February 3). Some free pizza sealed the deal: Founding the Millwood High School Writing Centre [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://cwcaaccr.com/2020/02/03/some-free-pizza-sealed-the-deal-founding-the-millwood-high-school-writing-centre/
The Instruction and Assessment Facilitator and former teacher-librarian for Simcoe County District School Board, Ontario, provides strategies for purposeful planning and implementation of high quality, meaningful “read alouds”. Strategies include illustrated example charts of pairing texts with curricular connections, pre-and post reading suggestions, and additional references.
McCallum, D. (November 11, 2020). Making Read-Alouds Purposeful. Canadian School Libraries Journal 4(3). Retrieved from https://journal.canadianschoollibraries.ca/making-read-alouds-purposeful/
A Manitoba teacher-librarian shares highlights from the Manitoba Teachers’ Society (MTS) Professional Development Day: Manitoba School Library Association (MSLA) Conference October 22, 2021. Reflections include thought provoking sessions on theatrical literacy, artworks as pedagogical provocation, musical literacy, land-based education, storytelling and memory building, and object literacy.
Arksey, M. (2022, March 1). Multiliteracies: Opening Windows to the World. Canadian School Libraries Journal 6 (1). Retrieved from https://journal.canadianschoollibraries.ca/multiliteracies-opening-windows-to-the-world/
High school teacher-librarian and president-elect/webmaster for the Alberta School Learning Commons Council (ASLC) shares a review of a recent ASLC presentation with literacy expert Pernille Ripp on the development of affinity for reading – readers must see themselves as “who they are as a reader with an emphasis on what they ARE rather than what they ARE NOT?”.
Semenuk, H. (2022, May18). An Uplifting Inspiration as We Get Ready to Hit (Uncertain) Ground Running Once Again. Canadian School Libraries Journal 6 (2). Retrieved from https://journal.canadianschoollibraries.ca/an-uplifting-inspiration/
Librarians at the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) Professional Library, Library Learning Resources and Global Education Department, share a curated list of readings related to structured literacy and the science of reading, part of the much broader topic of literacy learning.
Ameline, J., Chyung, J., & Thompson, E. (2022, May18). Structured Literacy and the Science of Reading. Canadian School Libraries Journal 6 (2). Retrieved from https://journal.canadianschoollibraries.ca/structured-literacy-and-the-science-of-reading/
A Winnipeg, Manitoba high school teacher-librarian posts a video describing a bi-lingual (English/French) literary rich physical and virtual LLC transformation with student-centered work areas and maker spaces where students “work, relax, and explore”.
Oak Park High School. (2022). Library Learning Commons [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1fXLBoQroI