The Read Into This podcast is sponsored by Canadian School Libraries and voicEd Radio.
Your hosts connect with authors, experts, and colleagues about books, articles, fiction, non-fiction, graphic novels, media texts, cookbooks, and everything in between. They explore how we read and how what we read makes us who we are and helps us learn about those around us.
Here’s a taste of some recent episodes!
Re-Opening the Secondary LLC
Host Beth Lyons speaks with Alanna King, Jonelle St. Aubyn, and Adrienne Kennedy. The group discussed the closures/reductions/limitations that were in place for their LLCs last year. Coming from three different Ontario school boards there was a lot to discuss as to how each board approached staffing during the 2020-2021 school year. All three TLs share how their libraries have re-opened for student and educator use this year. How are we ensuring that students have access to culturally relevant and diverse texts as well as a variety of text formats (ebooks, audiobooks, etc)? Given the transition that’s happening for Ontario Ministry of Education mandated tests (OSSLT & EQAO) there also needs to be a shift in how students are able to access texts within their classroom and school library. As school library professionals what steps can we take to help push this transition forward and advocate for the needs of our students? The panel also discusses goals for this year in the LLC while balancing their own energy and mental health needs.
Introducing Beatrice and Croc Harry, with the author Lawrence Hill
Co-hosts Lisa Noble and Beth Lyons sit down with author Lawrence Hill to discuss his new book, Beatrice and Croc Harry. Lawrence Hill is a writer whose novels and works of non-fiction have been widely read in Canada, translated into many languages and published around the world. He is a professor of creative writing at the University of Guelph and has served as a teacher or mentor to developing writers for thirty years.
Re-opening the Elementary LLC
Co-host Beth Lyons welcomes three teacher-librarians from the TDSB, Diana Maliszewski, Lisa Lewis, and Value Reinsalu, to talk about the closures/reductions/limitations that were in place in the LLC last year and how the LLC re-opened for students this year. The panel discussed what they are noticing or wondering as students return to the LLC and how that has impacted their goals or plans for this year. (This was recorded in November of 2021 and some of the protocols and policies may have changed in the interim.)
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