Congratulations to Jack Miner PS who won the intermediate Battle of the Books tonight.

Great job Intermediate Battle of the Books teams.

Great work Junior Battle of the Books teams. It was a fun night filled with enthusiasm!

Congratulations to Coronation PS, the winning team of Battle of the Books Junior.

Congratulations to all our battle of the books teams who battled it out tonight. It was a fantastic night, filled with so much excitement about books and reading!

Great article! We all need to remember this line “So, please, keep your eye out for picture books where the main characters are loved for who they are, where they don’t change, where the world changes around them”

.Shiva Delsooz is an Iranian-Canadian illustrator. She is the artist behind the new picture book, So Loud!, written by Sahar Golshan. For more of her work: shivadelsooz.com #IllustratorSpotlight

Our first school group event at #FOLD2024 is the Navigating Realist Fiction for Teens virtual panel featuring Sarah Mughal Rana, Emily Pohl-Weary, Maya Ameyaw 🍉 and moderated by educator Alyssa Gray-Tyghter! April 30 at 9:45AM ET.

Register today at thefoldcanada.org/register

So happy to be spending time learning from Jael Ealey Richardson in her keynote speech at DDSB Innovative Education - Libraries conference 'Joy and Possibility - Leadership, Literacy and Libraries.' Creating and belonging are so important in bringing joy to our classroom and library spaces. Durham District School Board (DDSB)

Registration for #FOLD2024 opens tomorrow (March 20)! Educators from the following school boards can register for free using a School Board code: HWDSB Peel District School Board Halton Catholic DSB Durham District School Board (DDSB) HDSB Waterloo Region DSB

Check out thefoldcanada.org/educators for more info on events & registration.

I'm so excited that secondary students in Durham District School Board (DDSB) as well as DDSB K-12 Literacy and DDSB Innovative Education - Libraries educators will have the opportunity to take part in #FOLD2024 ! Counting down the days...

Freedom to Read Week is Feb. 18-24! Check out this panel discussion about harm reduction, diversity, and the freedom to read! #ONSchoolLibraries #FTRWeek Freedom to Read Week OSLA Council OLA accessola.my.site.com/OLA/s/lt-event…

So as Colin Calhoun and I continue our writing project, we've been regularly updating our padlet of #MentorTexts for use in #ENL1W classes. We've made a pretty conscious effort to shake up the voices and modalities here. DDSB K-12 Literacy ELAN padlet.com/himsjaso1809/g…

Are you interested in contributing to 'The Teaching Librarian' magazine? Or do you know a school library professional who might be? Get in touch with us about submissions for our September '24 issue (Community @ Your Library). #SchoolLibraryJoy #ONSchoolLibraries OSLA Council

“Teacher Librarians are the [instructional] coaches that stay” ❤️ 🥹 DDSB Innovative Education - Libraries and Jason Himsl (he/him/his) @ #olasc

👀🤖 Starting Feb 2024, DDSB educators will be able sign out K8 Robots from the Media Library! If you’re looking for ways to further your coding skills and extend the use of your schools microbits, the missiononthemoon program from InkSmith is a great option. Register below ⬇️

On the eve of our presentation at #OLASC , I'm happy to share the slide deck I'll present alongside DDSB Innovative Education - Libraries with the #OntEd community. Our ongoing thesis is that teacher-librarians are Strand A superchargers. OLA 1/4 docs.google.com/presentation/d…

Both DDSB Innovative Education - Libraries and I are really proud of the work that Durham District School Board (DDSB) educators have engaged in. I hope that educators in ELAN and OSLA Council take inspiration from this work and find opportunities to collaborate in service of students in their learning spaces. 4/4