By Carol Koechlin and Anita Brooks Kirkland
Advancing and Celebrating Learning
Spring is a time of renewal, growth and promise in nature but also in our work as educators. In this issue we are very pleased to bring to our readers many excellent articles by contributors from the west coast to the east who share with us their work to advance and celebrate learning in the library learning commons in Canada. We hope these success stories and professional learning pieces will inspire renewal, growth and promise for all those leading learning in school libraries.
CSL Feature Celebration: Discover what happens when a provincial Ministry of Education sets the bar, applying the principles of Leading Learning: Standards of Practice for School Library Learning Commons in Canada.
- Momentum is Building! The School Library Learning Commons Movement in Newfoundland and Labrador by Leigh Borden
Advancing and Celebrating making strategic connections to advance the school library learning commons.
- Le Marketing des carrefours d’apprentissage / Marketing the Library Learning Commons by Marjolaine Séguin
Advancing and Celebrating the design of learning to prepare students for post-secondary work.
- Library Learning Commons Literacies by Richard Beaudry
- Building Bridges by Kate Johnson-McGregor
Advancing and Celebrating student wellness and diversity.
- Fostering Wellness in the LLC by Enid Wray, Trish Drynan, Adrienne Kennedy and Caroline Schoales
- Designing an LLC through an Equity Lens and Ensuring Diverse Representation by Rabia Khokhar
- Author Spotlight: What happens when you create a culture of respect, trust, and innovation in school library spaces? By Dr. Jenny Kay Dupuis
Advancing and Celebrating strategies to empower learner growth.
- Feedback in Online Learning Environments by Deborah McCallum
- Tearing Down and Building Back Up: An Assessment of a Learning Experience by Melanie Mulcaster
- Assessment for, of and as Learning in the School Library Learning Commons. Professional resources curated by Judy Ameline and Jordan Graham
Advancing and Celebrating professional learning of school library professionals.
- When Political Penny-Pinchers Pilfer Your PD by Alanna King
- Plan to Participate: TMC6 Call for Papers
- International Corner: Teaching at an Independent International School by Melissa Jensen
Advancing and Celebrating ways the LLC helps close the summer achievement gap.
- Help Make 2019 a Learning Summer from the editors, with Derek Acorn & Janet MacLeod
- Summer Reading for Sports Enthusiasts Book reviews from Resource Links Magazine
- School is Out for the Summer (And your books should be too) by best-selling Canadian author Eric Walters
As you look back on this school year and document and celebrate successes in your school and district we hope the CSL Journal has helped to advance learning in the LLC as well as inspire goals for future growth next year. Here is a helpful section from the CSL Research Toolkit: Sharing and Learning which will also help you prepare a dynamic annual report connecting the work of the LLC to school goals.
Wishing everyone a wonderful summer!
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