Teaching Tough Topics

Teaching Tough Topics
Author: Larry Swartz
Publisher: Pembroke Publishers Limited
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2020-01-15
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1551389428

Teaching Tough Topics shows teachers how to lead students to become caring citizens as they read and respond to quality children’s literature. It focuses on topics that can be challenging or sensitive, yet are significant in order to build understanding of social justice, diversity, and equity. Racism, Homophobia, Bullying, Religious Intolerance, Poverty, and Physical and Mental Challenges are just some of the themes explored. The book is rooted in the belief that by using picture books, novels, poetry, and nonfiction, teachers can enrich learning with compassion and empathy as students make connections to texts, to others, and to the world.

AASL Standards Framework for Learners (10 Pack)

AASL Standards Framework for Learners (10 Pack)
Author: American Association of School Librarians
Publisher: STA - Standards ALA ALA Editions AASL
Total Pages: 8
Release: 2017-10-10
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780838916544

An advocacy brochure on library standards to be sold in packs of 12 for school librarians to hand out to teacher, principals, administrators. Content comes from AASL Standards publication.

National School Library Standards for Learners, School Librarians, and School Libraries

National School Library Standards for Learners, School Librarians, and School Libraries
Author: American Association of School Librarians
Publisher: STA - Standards ALA ALA Editions AASL
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017-10-06
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780838915790

The new National School Library Standards for Learners, School Librarians, and School Libraries reflect an evolution of AASL Standards, building on philosophical foundations and familiar elements of previous standards while featuring the new streamlined AASL Standards Integrated Framework for learners, school librarians, and school libraries.

Weeding Manual

Weeding Manual
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2002
Genre: Collection development (Libraries)
ISBN: 9780838981887

Brain Friendly School Libraries

Brain Friendly School Libraries
Author: Judith Anne Sykes
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 134
Release: 2005-12-30
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0897899512

This title gives concrete practical examples of how to align school library programs and instructional practice with the six key concepts of brain-compatible learning: increasing input to the brain; increasing experiential data; multiple source feedback; reducing threat; involving students in learning decision making; and interdisciplinary unit planning. This title, Brain Friendly School Libraries, gives concrete practical examples of how to align school library programs and instructional practice with the six key concepts of brain-compatible learning: increasing input to the brain; increasing experiential data; multiple source feedback; reducing threat; involving students in learning decision making; and interdisciplinary unit planning. It includes chapters that summarize the current brain research and current thinking about its implication for instructional practice in the school library media center as well as discusses the work of Ellen Langer (mindful learning), Geoffrey and Renette Caine, Bob Sylwester and other major proponents of teaching with the brain in mind.

Bad Kitty for President

Bad Kitty for President
Author: Nick Bruel
Publisher:
Total Pages: 142
Release: 2012
Genre: Cats
ISBN: 9780545464673

Kitty decides to run for President of the Neighborhood Cat Association.

The Whole School Library Learning Commons

The Whole School Library Learning Commons
Author: Judith Anne Sykes
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2016-08-29
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1440844216

Introduce your teachers, librarians, and administrators to the roles and responsibilities of educators in advocating a whole school library learning commons using this step-by-step guide for creating shared learning space in your school. It is no surprise that technology has shifted the way we educate—bearing on how, what, and where we learn. This guide lays the framework for helping turn your school library into a whole school library learning commons (WSLLC)—a space where traditional academics merge with the latest technologies to engage learners in a way never before realized. Author Judith Anne Sykes contends that since the WSLLC philosophy allows staff and students to co-create knowledge in a shared space, it is more effective than the traditional approach. Sykes addresses the differences between a school library and a WSLLC, provides reasons to champion its creation in your institution, and discusses how to use mentoring as a means to sustain its survival. The book explores the roles and responsibilities of educators in developing WSLLC goals and presents strategies for using typical assessment tools—including standardized tests, report cards, and anecdotal assessments—to help support its philosophy.