Sarah joins us all the way from Mumbai, India! And she brings some great ideas for building reading culture with active and engaged students.

Guest: Sarah Ducharme, Head of Secondary Library

Grade(s) Taught: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Resources: 

• Creating a Culture of Reading: Booktalks & more Lesson: Various activities: https://oberoi-is.libguides.com/OGC-Secondary/OISReads  

Book Break: 

• Everything We Never Had by Randy Ribay

 

Where to find Head of Secondary Library: 

• Website: https://trycuriosity.blogspot.com/

• I can most regularly be found on: Bluesky, LinkedIn

• Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sducharme.com

• Other Social Media: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scducharme/

 

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Some Bluesky Resources

Starter Packs - These give you a list of accounts you might be interested in following. You can selectively choose among the accounts, or "Follow all" with one click!

• School Librarians by @techielibgrl.com

• UK School Librarians by @ljwattswales.bsky.social

• K-12 School Library Professionals in Canada by @dnevillebooks.bsky.social

Feeds - These are collections of posts that meet certain search criteria. They're a great way to see topics you're interested in! You can add feeds to your account for easy repeat viewing. 

• School Librarians Feed by ‪@davidbfox.com‬: Follow the feed to see posts that include "schoollibrarian," "schoollibrary," "School Library Journal," "LMTS," "AASL"

• School Libraries Feed by ‪@tljamesa.com‬:  This is a feed of posts from and for school librarians, teacher librarians, library media specialists, etc. #TLChat #FutureReadyLibs #SchoolLibrary #SchoolLibrarian #TLsky

• School Libraries Feed by ‪@debbieohi.com‬: Picks up posts that include hashtags related to school libraries and school librarians. Search parameters still being tweaked.

TLSky Feed by ‪@techielibgrl.com‬:  - TLSky is a feed for Librarians. Share by using #tlsky