Virtual Book Club

What do culturally-responsive practices look like in a school library, and how can we apply the National School Library Standards for Learners, School Librarians, and School Libraries to this work? Join us as we think about how our values, beliefs, and interests inform our work with our community, determine actionable steps to implement in our library spaces, consider external and internal factors that will affect how we apply culturally-responsive principles, and explore options for self- and administrative evaluation methods to guide our practice.
Participants can earn 4 SCECHs based on the activities you complete.

Who: school librarians, school library paraeducators, MLIS students, & school library administrators

Format: virtual, synchronous and asynchronous

Requirements include:

• 3 half-hour asynchronous activities included in Padlet discussions using guided questions about the book
• 1 full-hour asynchronous activity included in a Padlet discussion about the book
• 1 90-minute live, virtual book discussion and Q & A with the author and other book club members
• course exit survey

Attendance method: Padlet posts/discussions and live book discussion

Timeline:

March 1-14 - Registration

March 1 - Order book and begin reading! See next section for ordering information.

March 15 (and beyond) - registered participants will be contacted with specific instructions

March 25 - Padlet post on Part I + activity is due (1 SCECH)

April 8 - Padlet post on Part 2 is due (.5 SCECH)

April 22- Padlet post on Part 3 is due (.5 SCECH)

April 29 - Padlet post on Part 4 is due (.5 SCECH)

May 13 - 7-8:30 p.m., live, virtual discussion with book club and author (1.5 SCECH)

May 17 - course evaluation is due

Questions? Contact Cheri Dobbs cdobbs@mimasl.org

Vice President for Continuing Education, Michigan Association of School Librarians

The book is available from ALA Publishing or from Amazon.

ALA Publishing is offering a 20% discount to all participants, and you do not have to be an ALA member to take advantage of the discount.

ALA Publishing - https://alastore.ala.org/CRPSL
Enter discount code at checkout: ECRP224

Amazon - https://a.co/d/hpEZv21