Amplifying the voices of school libraries: Spotlight on Jonelle St. Aubyn
I am intrigued with the work of fabulous secondary teacher librarian, Jonelle St. Aubyn. Her practice is both familiar and innovative.
Amplifying the voices of school libraries: Spotlight on Jane Dennis-Moore
In this on-going series, we feature the work being done Canadian school library learning commons. This month spotlights the work of Jane Dennis-Moore, who works in the Peel District School Board. Jane is an incredible advocate for student voice and embedding creativity into her library practice.
Amplifying the voices of school libraries: Spotlight on Rabia Khokhar
This month features the work of Rabia Khokhar, a teacher-librarian with the Toronto District School Board. Rabi's focus is culturally relevant and responsive pedagogy.
Amplifying the voices of school libraries: Summer lending programs
During the 2020 OLA Super Conference, the voices of Canadian school libraries came together to share, discuss and celebrate the incredible work in K-12 school library learning commons in Canada. In the upcoming months, It's elementary will highlight authors and papers from the conference.
I won’t be levelling the library … and here’s why
I have a wealth of training and have done (and continue to do) a plethora of professional reading on learning to read ... the reality is that even the experts cannot quite agree on the “just right” approach.
Making room for diverse voices in our schools
It can be easy to say that our school library learning commons is a safe space [but] simply saying something out loud does not make it true.
Pekka Reinio
Welcome to The Library IT Crowd, a column brought to you by the Ontario Library and Information Technology Association (OLITA). We showcase some of…
Uncovering the “truth” about makerspace
When given the opportunity to return to the teacher librarian role in recent years, I knew that including a makerspace was on everybody's library…
Equity & Social Justice in the Library Learning Commons
I read an interesting tweet recently about transforming the perception of school libraries from a warehouse for books to houses of student learning. The…
The Case for Free Flow Book Exchange
In education we often use IF, THEN statements to guide changes to our programming and practice. IF I change this, THEN my students will……
Bravery in Collaboration
Working in libraries we must be brave. Bravery can come in many forms - the socially conscious books we add to our collection, the…
The School Library: Where vs. Who
If you asked someone to describe a school library, what would they say?