Check that article out: by Anita Brooks Kirkland, Carol Koechlin, and Diana Maliszweski

Further articles on this theme:

by Christopher Hunt

by Danny Neville

by Tracey Donaldson

by Spencer Miller

by Michelle Arbuckle, Anita Brooks Kirkland, Michale Nyby, and Chelsea Baker

by Kunal Chaudhary

by Diana Malisweski

Also in this edition:

by Jo-Anne Gibson

by Joseph Jeffery

by Lila Armstrong

by Shaunna MacDonald

by TMC8 Organizing Committee

by Diania Maliszweski

by Joseph Jeffery

by Judy Ameline, Judy Chyung, and Emily Thompson

91精选 is pleased to proclaim Monday October 25, 2021 as Canadian School Library Day / Journ茅e nationale des biblioth猫ques scolaires canadiennes (91精选D/JNBSC).

91精选D celebrates the role of school libraries as part of and . 91精选D provides an opportunity to celebrate the unique contribution of school libraries to student success and well-being.

The theme of 91精选D 2021 is Making Our Mark: School Library Success Stories.

We know that school libraries across the country are still dealing with the challenges and realities of supporting students and teachers during pandemic restrictions. Still, we know that you are doing great work and this special day provides a welcome opportunity to highlight the unique contributions of the school library and school library professionals as you reboot and make your mark to support your school community.

Share Success Stories on Canadian School Library Day

How are you, as school library professionals, making your mark as you continue to address the challenges of this pandemic?

• How are you making readers and thinkers and doers?
• How are you making research and inquiry a focus for your school community?
• How are you making time for attention to student and staff well-being?
• How are you engaging learners in physical and virtual maker thinking and activities?

However you are making your mark, we want the world to hear.

• Download and share 91精选D/JNBSC 2021 graphics and share them widely, in school newsletters and on your website.
• Use the 91精选 resource Leverage Your LLC: Pandemic Partner for Learning. Lots of ideas here, and a poster to download and share!
• Share your celebrations with the district / province / country / world through social media using the hashtag #91精选D2021.

91精选D/JNBSC also marks the first day of Media Literacy Week 2021

(MLW) runs from October 25鈥�30, 2021. Media Literacy Week is an annual event promoting digital and media literacy across Canada. Schools, libraries, museums and community groups organize events and activities throughout the week.

In 2021 each of the first five days of听MLW听will highlight one of five media literacy themes –听use, understand, engage, access听补苍诲听惫别谤颈蹿测. 91精选 collaborates with to support Media Literacy Week. Help us to spread the word with the hashtag #MediaLitWk.

The Canadian Federation of Library Associations/ La F茅d茅ration canadienne des associations de biblioth猫ques (–) has proclaimed October as , an annual celebration of libraries, library workers and the services they provide to their users. The proclamation emphasizes the essential part that libraries play in democratic access to knowledge and discovery in Canadian communities, including schools.

October is also (ISLM), an annual celebration of school libraries worldwide. The 2020 theme for ISLM is 鈥淔inding Your Way to Good Health and Well Being鈥�. It is based on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal #3, 鈥淕ood Health and Well Being鈥�. This year the invites participants to think about and celebrate the link between books, reading, school libraries, good health and well being.

Canadian School Library Day is on Monday October 26, 2020

91精选 is pleased to proclaim Monday October 26 as Canadian School Library Day / Journ茅e nationale des biblioth猫ques scolaires canadiennes (91精选D/JNBSC). 91精选D celebrates the role of school libraries as part of Canadian Library Month and International School Library Month. 91精选D provides an opportunity to celebrate the unique contribution of school libraries to student success and well-being.

The theme of 91精选D 2020 is A Day in the Library Learning Commons. That day will look quite different this year during the pandemic than it ever has before. School library professionals across the country are rising to the challenge of supporting all learners in inventive new ways. 91精选D provides a great opportunity to highlight the unique contribution of the school library and school library professionals.

Celebrate Canadian School Library Day

How are school library professionals supporting learning during the pandemic? Perhaps you are going on the road to classrooms with your curated collection on wheels. You may have been very busy promoting your virtual collection and helping teachers find other online resources. Perhaps you have set up a school virtual library learning commons website to engage students with reading, inquiry and making. Perhaps you are connecting with classes online, with read-alouds or research lessons. You may be holding outdoor inquiry walks, or hosting author visits.

Whatever you are trying out, we want the world to hear.

• Download and share the 91精选D / JNBSC 2020 poster (below) and badge (above) and share them widely, in school newsletters and on the website.
• Use the 91精选 resource Leverage Your LLC: Pandemic Partner for Learning. Lots of ideas here, and a poster to download and share!
• Share your celebrations with the district / province / country / world through social media using the hashtag #91精选D2020

CELEBRATE and SHARE #91精选D2020

91精选 Statement on the Role of School Libraries During the Pandemic
脡nonc茅 sur le r么le des biblioth猫ques scolaires en temps de pand茅mie
Issued by the 91精选 Board of Directors on September 23, 2020

• Greetings from the 91精选 Board
• Announcing Canadian School Library Day / Journ茅e nationale des biblioth猫ques scolaires canadiennes 2020
• More opportunities to purchase the Eric Walters eBook, Don’t Stand So Close to Me and raise money for 91精选 with your purchase
• 91精选 Journal Spring 2020 edition
• The Great Canadian Giving Challenge

Canadian School Library Day: Monday October 28, 2019

91精选D 2019 Theme: Celebrating 鈥檚 5th Anniversary! 

Canadian School Library Day (91精选D)  2019 is coming up on Monday October 28. As Leading Learning celebrates five years since first publication this year we hope schools will focus 91精选D events and celebrations to profile how has helped libraries in schools/districts/provinces/territories to grow as vibrant library learning commons.

Preparing for 91精选D: Celebrating Your School鈥檚 Progress with Leading Learning

The advances you are making with Leading Learning are worth celebrating! Celebrating with evidence of your successes and making that evidence visible reinforces the value of the library learning commons. 

 Ideas to get you started: 

• Make use of the  Leading Learning badge in all your promotions. (flyers, posters, bookmarks, buttons, website etc.)
• Link Leading Learning/L鈥檃pprentissage en t锚te websites to your virtual learning commons.
• Feature one or more Leading Learning standards in your 91精选D events and celebrations. For example: 
  • Designing Learning Environments to Support Participatory Learning: Invite students to share stories of the many ways the LLC environment helps them to explore their own interests and also collaborate with others in school and virtually.
  • Fostering Literacies to Empower Life-Long Learners – Engaging Readers: Organize a virtual author visit; invite the school community to participate in a day of creativity and innovation in the LLC.
  • Designing Learning Environments: Designing for a Participatory School Culture: Put your 91精选D celebrations in the hands of the students: Have a student committee design a day to celebrate the role of the library in the culture of the school. 
• Create a poster celebrating a vision statement for your school LLC and the standards of practice. Share the poster widely, in print and virtually.
• Create a video or infographic of how you have addressed each standard of practice or one particular standard in the LLC. Share the product widely via your virtual library learning commons, the school website / newsletter, etc.

And the serious (but extremely important) stuff! 

• Correlate your school goals to the standards framework in a presentation to share with administration and staff and parents.
• Organize your budget proposal and annual report using this correlation. 

Celebrating on the Day

What can you do on the date marked to celebrate Canadian School Library Day, October 28, 2019? Be sure to make the connection to your Leading Learning successes!

At Your School: 

• Host a library open house
• Host a special school-wide event related to a particular program in your library: 
  • Maker event
  • Reading event
  • Info-literacy event
• Share your celebrations with the district / province / country / world through social media using the hashtag #91精选D2019

In Your School District:

• Declare 91精选D district-wide and support schools in their celebrations
• Write a media release highlighting 91精选D and connections to learning using Leading Learning and invite local media to a school for an event / interviews, etc. 
• Take advantage of the day to seek out opportunities to highlight the work of the school library to senior administrative and instructional leaders in the school district, and to elected school board members
• Share your celebrations with the district / province / country / world through social media using the hashtag #91精选D2019

In Your Association: 

• Declare 91精选D in your province / territory and support schools and districts in their celebrations
• Collect ideas and stories from your members 
• Submit your good news stories to 91精选 for publication 
• Share your celebrations with the province / country / world through social media using the hashtag #91精选D2019

Moving Forward with Leading Learning

How can you continue to use Leading Learning to advance the library learning commons in your school / district / province / territory? Use this 91精选D celebration of Leading Learning to inspire your future planning. 

Ideas to get you started: 

• Explore the standards, understanding them as a catalyst for change. Leading Learning is a catalyst for igniting the design of futures oriented learning. The document positions the school library learning commons as critical to innovative pedagogical approaches for the new century. 
• Explore the new section of the Leading Learning website to discover how to use the standards to advance learning for all. 

In this section, discover how Leading Learning can be utilized as:

• A Diagnostic Tool:  Use the standards to determine where your current library is functioning and then as a growth tool to set deliberate goals for improvement. 
• A Professional Learning Tool: Enrich your own professional learning about the Learning Commons approach and then help administration, staff, parents and students understand the potential for whole school improvement. 
• A Framework for Action Research: Use Leading Learning to identify areas of focus for teacher action research. Establish an LLC team and make research collaborative. Use the 91精选 Research Toolkit to make your plan. 
• An Implementation Guide: Use the standards as a solid guide for planning your ongoing transitions from library to library learning commons.
  • Read and consider the questions found in to help you target an area of need for your LLC.
  • Use other to help with the transition process.

Have a great Canadian School Library Day!
Be sure to share using the hashtag #91精选D2019 

Journ茅e nationale des biblioth猫ques scolaires canadiennes: Lundi, le 28 octobre, 2019

Th猫me de la JNBSC 2019: C茅l茅brer le 5e anniversaire de

La Journ茅e canadienne des biblioth猫ques scolaires (JNBSC) 2019 aura lieu lundi, le 28 octobre. Comme L鈥檃pprentissage en t锚te c茅l猫bre cette ann茅e ses cinq ans depuis sa premi猫re publication, nous esp茅rons que les 茅coles organiseront des 茅v茅nements et des c茅l茅brations JNBSC pour montrer comment aide les biblioth猫ques dans les 茅coles, les districts, les provinces et territoires 脿 se d茅velopper en tant que communaut茅s d鈥檃pprentissage de biblioth猫ques dynamiques.

Se pr茅parer pour la JNBSC: C茅l茅brer les progr猫s de votre 茅cole gr芒ce 脿 L鈥檃pprentissage en t锚te

Les progr猫s que vous faites avec L鈥檃pprentissage en t锚te m茅ritent d鈥櫭猼re c茅l茅br茅s! C茅l茅brer avec les preuves de vos succ猫s et les rendre visibles renforce la valeur des ressources communes d’apprentissage de la biblioth猫que. 

Des id茅es pour vous aider 脿 d茅marrer:

• Faite usage du symbole de L鈥檃pprentissage en t锚te dans vos promotions. (prospectus, affiches, signets, boutons, sites web, etc.)
• Pr茅sentez une ou plusieurs normes de L鈥檃pprentissage en t锚te dans vos 茅v茅nements et c茅l茅brations JNBSC. Par exemple:
  • Cr茅er des environnements d鈥檃pprentissage qui soutiennent l鈥檃pprentissage participatif: Invitez les 茅l猫ves 脿 partager des r茅cits illustrant les nombreuses fa莽ons dont l鈥檈nvironnement LLC les aide 脿 explorer leurs propres int茅r锚ts et 脿 collaborer avec d鈥檃utres 茅l猫ves dans l鈥櫭ヽole et de fa莽on virtuelle.
  • Favoriser les litt茅raties afin de former des apprenants pour la vie 鈥� Lecteurs engag茅s: organiser une visite virtuelle d鈥檜n auteur; invitez la communaut茅 scolaire 脿 participer 脿 une journ茅e de cr茅ativit茅 et d’innovation au sein de la LLC.
  • Cr茅er des environnements d鈥檃pprentissage 鈥� Inscription du carrefour d鈥檃pprentissage dans la culture de l鈥櫭ヽole: Mettez vos c茅l茅brations JNBSC entre les mains des 茅tudiants: Demandez 脿 un comit茅 d’茅tudiants de concevoir une journ茅e pour c茅l茅brer le r么le de la biblioth猫que dans la culture de l’茅cole.
• Cr茅ez une affiche c茅l茅brant la vision pour le  LLC votre 茅cole et les normes de pratique. Partagez l鈥檃ffiche largement, en imprim茅e et en virtuelle.
• Cr茅ez un vid茅o ou une infographie montrant comment vous avez abord茅 chaque norme de pratique ou une norme particuli猫re de la LLC. Partagez le produit largement via votre biblioth猫que d’apprentissage virtuelle, un site Web / bulletin de l’茅cole, etc.

Et les choses s茅rieuses (mais extr锚mement importantes)!

• Associez vos objectifs scolaires au cadre de normes dans une pr茅sentation 脿 partager avec l鈥檃dministration, le personnel scolaire et les parents.
• Organisez votre proposition de budget et votre rapport annuel en utilisant cette corr茅lation.

C茅l茅brer le jour

Que pouvez-vous faire 脿 la date indiqu茅e pour c茅l茅brer la Journ茅e nationale des biblioth猫ques scolaires le 28 octobre 2019? Assurez-vous de faire le lien avec vos r茅ussites dans le domaine de l鈥檃pprentissage avec le document L鈥檃pprentissage en t锚te.

脌 votre 茅cole:

• Organiser une journ茅e portes ouvertes 脿 la biblioth猫que 
• Organisez un 茅v茅nement sp茅cial 脿 l’茅chelle de l’茅cole li茅 脿 un programme particulier dans votre biblioth猫que:
• 脡v茅nement Maker
• 脡v茅nement de lecture
• Activit茅 d’alphab茅tisation
• Partagez vos c茅l茅brations avec le district / la province / le pays / le monde via les m茅dias sociaux en utilisant le hashtag (mot-di猫se) #91精选D2019

Dans votre commission scolaire:

• D茅clarer JNBSC 脿 l’茅chelle du commission et soutenez les 茅coles avec leurs c茅l茅brations
• R茅diger un communiqu茅 de presse mettant en avant JNBS et inviter les m茅dias locaux 脿 un 茅v茅nement dans une 茅cole
• Pr茅senter le travail de la biblioth猫que scolaire aux principaux responsables de l鈥檃dministration et de l鈥檈nseignement du district scolaire
• Partager vos c茅l茅brations avec le district / la province / le pays / le monde via les m茅dias sociaux en utilisant le hashtag #91精选D2019

Dans votre association:

• D茅clarer JNBSC dans la province / au territoire et soutenez les 茅coles et les commissions scolaires avec leurs c茅l茅brations
• Recueillir des id茅es et des histoires de vos membres
• Soumettez vos bonnes nouvelles au 91精选 pour publication
• Partager vos c茅l茅brations avec le district / la province / le pays / le monde via les m茅dias sociaux en utilisant le hashtag #91精选D2019

L鈥橝pprentissage en t锚te: Prochaines 茅tapes

Comment pouvez-vous continuer 脿 utiliser L鈥檃pprentissage en t锚te pour faire progresser la biblioth猫que de votre 茅cole / district / province / territoire? Utilisez cette c茅l茅bration JNBSC pour inspirer votre pr茅paration future.

Bonne Journ茅e nationale des biblioth猫ques scolaires canadiennes
Assurez-vous de partager en utilisant le hashtag #91精选D2019

Download and use these graphics / T茅l茅charger et utiliser ces graphiques

Use these badges to celebrate your examples of Leading Learning in action!

#91精选Day2018

It’s here! Monday October 22, 2018 is Canadian School Library Day / Journ茅e nationale des biblioth猫ques scolaires (91精选D). We are celebrating by gathering good news stories from school library associations across the country.

91精选 sponsors 91精选D, and has posted ideas and supports for celebrating the school library learning commons. ()

91精选 is听 also celebrating the release of a new project inspired by the fifth Treasure Mountain Canada Research Symposium and Think Tank (Winnipeg, October 2017),听 Culturally Relevant and Responsive School Library Learning Commons, led by Monica Berra (British Columbia) and Jennifer Brown (Ontario). For details see our or go directly to .听 You will find connections to Leading Learning Standards of Practice,听 and learn more about the context and connect to external resources. You will also find practical planning tools to inspire school library learning commons professionals to lead the way to positive change in their schools.

Rhea Woolgar, BCTLA Coordinator, Advocacy

BC Teacher-Librarians Continue Celebrating and Learning!

In BC teacher-librarians have a lot to celebrate! In November 2016, the British Columbia Teachers鈥� Foundation (BCTF) won their suit against the BC government. As a result class size limits were restored and non-enrolling teacher ratios reverted to levels negotiated before the stripping of the BC teacher鈥檚 contract. For schools in BC, this has meant that access to school libraries and teacher-librarians is being restored!

Despite a summer of many fires and smoke in much of BC, BC teacher-librarians showed their commitment to learning by attending a summer institute on 鈥淭ransformational Storytelling鈥� in Kamloops, BC. This institute focused on the exploration of storytelling strategies, ethno botany and Secwepemc culture and history at the site of the Kamloops Residential School.

On October 19, BCTLA will hold its annual Provincial Specialist Conference. This year鈥檚 conference is in Richmond, BC, and recognizes that Teacher-Librarians are in a time of flux and challenge. The theme of the conference is 鈥�.鈥� Our keynote speaker is Toni Samek, Professor and Chair of the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Alberta. She raises awareness about human rights that relate particularly to core library values, information ethics and global information justice such as freedom of thought, freedom of religion, freedom of opinion and expression, right to association, right to peaceful assembly, cultural rights, and the right to education. She will address the inherent tension between intellectual freedom and social responsibility, as it sits underneath many aspects of our work. This keynote goes to the heart of the critical question: what constitutes teacher-librarian work today?

On October 22, 2018 BCTLA is challenging all students and teachers in British Columbia to Drop Everything and Read (DEAR) for 20 minutes.

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The DEAR challenge began officially in 2008 as an opportunity to celebrate literacy and education. BC teacher-librarians believe that access to good literature, literacy teaching and modeling of reading have contributed to British Columbia鈥檚 high rankings in international literacy. Seeing adults set aside work and business for a few minutes of pleasure reading has sent a powerful message to students – reading can be a priority for all of us!

Since its inception, the DEAR challenge has grown into an international event. Every year new far-flung locations have joined the DEAR challenge. Last year many students in BC participated in the DEAR challenge and were joined by many others. We had reports of a variety of workplaces participating and schools from as far as Kenya and Israel joined the challenge.

听听听听

BCTLA would like to invite you to join the DEAR challenge this year. On October 22, 2018 we would like you to set aside the busyness and business of your day for 20 minutes to 鈥淒rop Everything and Read!鈥�. Do you want to kick it up a notch? Here are some ideas for involving others in the DEAR challenge:

• Invite local MLAs or members of your local government to join the DEAR challenge.
• Make the DEAR challenge a family event. Invite parents/grandparents etc. to join.
• Collaborate with other classes to have older students model reading for younger students.
• Invite local 鈥渉eroes鈥� and 鈥渃elebrities鈥� to join your students in the DEAR challenge.
• Don鈥檛 forget to take pictures and share them out. We use the hashtag #BCTLA_DEAR to celebrate reading and literacy!

The University of British Columbia is hosting a seminar on Oct 22 to celebrate national school library day with a variety of partners for educators and librarians 鈥渢o share information and resources supporting the School Library Learning Commons movement in Canada鈥� and to 鈥渓earn about the Teacher Librarian Education program鈥�. to see information about the event.

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ARPDC through the Calgary Regional Consortium (CRC) is offering a new webinar series focused on the culturally relevant and responsive school library learning commons led by Judith Sykes and Linda Shantz-Keresztes: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action for Education: A Learning Commons Perspective. Webinars will air November 21, 2018 and January 9, February 27, and April 10, 2019. The webinars are free of cost as this learning opportunity is being offered through a grant from Alberta Education. Webinars will feature the CRC Education for Reconciliation Consultant and guests from TMC5 who are leading this work in schools or districts. for more information or to register.

Gaetan Hammond, SSLA President

In Saskatchewan, the Saskatchewan Library Association had a 鈥淟ibraries Transform鈥� campaign throughout the province. One activity held was a 鈥淏ook Spine Poetry鈥� contest. Several school libraries in the province held family literacy nights to celebrate both Education Week and school libraries.

Manitoba has the unique distinction of being the only province with a government proclamation to celebrate school libraries. In partnership with MSLA, the provincial government has once again declared the fourth Monday of October as Manitoba School Library Day.

In schools across the province students will drop everything and read at 11 am to celebrate the event. It is expected that more than 18,000 students across the province will participate in this fun event celebrating literacy and libraries.

MSLA is also proud to align Manitoba School Library Day with the national celebration of Canadian School Library Day.

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MSLA Update!

October 22, 2018 was a special day for school libraries in Manitoba and across Canada. 13,000 students and staff representing forty schools in Manitoba joined students from the entire country to celebrate the importance of school libraries learning commons in the educational lives of students by Dropping Everything and Reading.

Manitoba School Library Day was proclaimed by the Minister of Education and Training, Hon. Kevin Goertzen, on the fourth Monday in October.听 Initiated by the Manitoba School Library Association, this year鈥檚 theme coincided with the MSLA SAGE conference theme, 鈥淢oving Students from Digital Citizenship to Digital Leadership.鈥� 听The proclamation reinforces the role qualified library learning commons staff play in the information rich age supporting a host of learning in schools including inquiry, literacy, technology and information literacy.听 The government recognizes libraries as active learning centres where access to information, quality resources and innovation are a part of the daily educational practice initiated by school library staffs.

The MSLA would like to thank all schools who registered for their Drop Everything and Read Challenge to celebrate this day.听 The MSLA has been supporting students and educators for over 80 years in the province of Manitoba. Let鈥檚 all work together to ensure that the library learning commons remains at the centre of learning in all schools across Manitoba and Canada.

Kate Johnson-McGregor, OSLA Past-President

This year, OSLA is again encouraging students (and teachers, administrators, parents and other members of the school community) to raise their voices in celebration of school libraries! Responses ask for a first name and last initial and school name, so student privacy is protected and replies are vetted before they are posted online. Some of our favourites include:

• My school library rocks, because of the comfy chairs and quiet areas to work on assignments and picking out great books. Haddissa N. Grade 6 Brant Avenue Public School
• Because it’s big and open and awesome. There is a bunch of computers and laptops and mangas and comics. The librarian rocks and is awesome. Also she provides awesome snacks. There is a garden, and half the wall is windows so there is a lot of sunlight! Also security beeps for unchecked out books. That’s why I think our library rocks. Jimmy X. Grade 9 Monarch Park Collegiate Institute
• We have an annual Battle of the Books between all the neighboring middle schools, organized by the teacher-librarians. Leslie W. Teacher Cedar Hill Middle School
• It’s basically my escape from reality. You can read, dream and nobody minds. Karyssa G. Grade 4 St. Peter and Paul CS
• There is always someone there to help in any way and they have really good resources for research and projects in various subjects. I like the sense of community in the library. Emily R. Grade 12 BCI Library
• It’s a kind place. AJ G. Grade 3 Wilshire Elementary School

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We welcome input from school libraries around the province and across Canada! The Ontario School Library Association can鈥檛 wait to hear why YOUR School Library Rocks!

ASSOCIATION POUR LA PROMOTION DES SERVICES DOCUMENTAIRES SCOLAIRES (APSDS)

Pierre Van Eeckout, APSDS President

The library technicians and librarians of Association pour la promotion des services documentaires scolaires (APSDS) have at heart, among other projects, the transition of Quebec’s French libraries to the new learning commons approach. Slowly, but surely, we are renovating and transforming libraries into more flexible, more inclusive spaces with services geared toward the needs of tomorrow. In this respect, and in the context of the Universal Design for Learning (UDL), our members are keen to give their opinion to the important that is developing in Quebec to help renovate schools buildings by using the highest architectural and design standards to ensure that students surroundings are as enriching as possible. Also, APSDS would like to partner in the future with researchers from Laval University in beautiful Quebec City to help and facilitate the development of a guide to promote inclusive and accessible libraries for all.

In another area, this year many schools took advantage of special budgets from the Education Department to buy robots to introduce students to the joy of programming with Scratch, an initiative that is part of program.

As for Canadian School Library Day, it deserves more promotion and visibility in the province of Quebec French Libraries. It would be in everyone interest to celebrate school libraries once a year as a key tool in student academic success. APSDS will devote more energy in the future to this endeavour.

Allison Giggey, P.E.I.T.L.A Secretary/Treasurer

Schools across Prince Edward Island will not only be celebrating Canadian School Library Day on October 22, but will be participating in School Library Week from October 22-26! Teacher-librarians have been working hard to plan various activities that support traditional literacy, digital literacy, and 21st century learning skills. Many school libraries will be hosting local authors to share their work, and others will be hosting full day “curl up and read!” events! There are also all sorts of contests being held, from book-character pumpkin carving to library scavenger hunts. It’s going to be a great week! Follow on Twitter for updates.

Leigh Borden, President, Teacher Librarians of Newfoundland and Labrador (TLNL)

2018-19 is shaping up to be an exciting year for school library learning commons across Newfoundland and Labrador. Following recommendations from the Premier鈥檚 Task Force on Improving Educational Outcomes, the NL government in July released its Education Action Plan which included investments in school libraries and teacher librarians in 40 鈥榩hase 1鈥� K-6 schools, with remaining schools coming on stream over the next three years. Specifically, in schools with over 200 students, a full-time teacher librarian is now in place; in those with 51-200, a half-time position now exists; and, in schools with fewer than 50 students, the teacher librarian allocation remains the same but with added support to ensure optimal utilization of the teacher librarian鈥檚 time. These developments are cause for great optimism and after our first two days of successful professional learning, these teacher librarians are feeling enthusiastic about the year ahead. The Education Action Plan at this point does not address needs related to school libraries in our grade 7-12 schools; it is our hope that this will be addressed in a subsequent phase of the plan.

Teacher librarians across Newfoundland and Labrador are also celebrating this fall the release of our long-awaited curriculum support document. After many years of writing, rewriting, and piloting, the NL Department of Education and Early Childhood Development has published . This document provides guidance for teacher librarians in all schools K-12 and emphasizes many of the elements of the school library learning commons as reflected in Leading Learning. Executive members of Teacher-Librarians of Newfoundland and Labrador (TLNL) have been involved from the start in the development of this important resource and we are very pleased with the finished product. (See the announcement, below.)

In order to grow our membership and to promote school libraries and teacher librarianship in Newfoundland and Labrador, TLNL has announced a 鈥淔ollow Us On Twitter鈥� contest for School Library Month. We have invited NL teacher librarians to follow our Twitter account @TeacherLibNL and tweet pictures of fun and innovative school library learning commons activities to win a tote bag of librarian swag! Additionally, we are planning to organize a series of Skype professional learning sessions over the course of this year so that regardless of location, TLs who want to improve their teaching practice are able to do so! We have an active Twitter community and share lots of great student learning! Follow us for more!

Newfoundland and Labrador Announcement: The Library Learning Commons

The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development published, in English, a support document entitled 鈥淓xtending the Classroom: The Library听Learning Commons鈥�. It is with pleasure that we announce that the French translation of this document 鈥淓nrichir la salle de classe : Les carrefours d’apprentissage鈥� is now online on our Ministry website.

You can access this French translation online .

The English document can be accessed on our website .

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Have a wonderful day celebrating the positive contribution of school library programs, everyone, and please share your stories on social media with the hashtag #91精选Day2018

Every child in Canada deserves an excellent school library.

October 2018

In this edition:

91精选 announces new resources to support the Culturally Relevant and Responsive School Library Learning Commons

Canadian School Library Day / Journ茅e nationale des biblioth猫ques scolaires is on Monday October 22!听 Share your events and ideas on social media with the hashtag #91精选Day2018

Monday October 22 is Canadian School Library Day / Journ茅e nationale des biblioth猫ques scolaires

91精选 applauds the brilliant work that school libraries accomplish every single day across Canada. We invite everyone to shine a light on how learning in the Library Learning Commons is making a difference in their school on Monday October 22 and capture and share the joy of Reading – Researching – Browsing – Playing – Making – Tinkering – Creating – Designing.

Ideas For You To Build On:

• Download the Canadian School Library Day badge. Use it in your website, posters, bookmarks and communications.
• Visit the 91精选 Showcase and share with your school learning community. Create your own showcase video.
• Print and share to inform others of national school libraries work. Make use of graphics and badges on the 91精选 website to customize your own information postcards.
• Print the PDF handout and share with staff and parents. Design your own.
• Print the PDF and share with school leaders. Create a handout specific to your school goals.
• Find out how Canadian School Library Day 2017 was celebrated last year right across the country. Build on those ideas.

However you and your students and teachers decide to celebrate have fun!

Lastly – Celebrate and share your shift stories with us on social media.

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Leading Learning / L’Apprentissage en t锚te

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