Read Into This

The episode starts with all three educators talking about early years education and the reflection/intentionality behind our practices before getting into the discussion of mentor texts in the classroom and school library. Klara and Michelle provided this prompt on their IG account as they engaged in sharing a variety of mentor texts at the start of this school year: How might mentor texts provide opportunities for our Ss to feel seen, acknowledged, and important? In this episode we discuss how Klara and Michelle started this project of highlighting mentor text and how they began to plan and pick topics and the joy of using mentor texts with students.

Texts Mentioned In This Episode:
The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson
Be A Good Ancestor by Gabriella Prince and Lorena Prince
I Promise by LeBron James
Wayi Wah! Indigenous Pedagogies: An Act For Reconciliation And Anti-Racist Education By Jo Chrona
Atlas Of The Heart By Brene Brown
The Walking Curriculum by Gillian Judson
Walking Forward by Gillian Judson and Heidi Wood- https://noiie.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Walking-Forward-Wood-Judson-2022updated.pdf
Imaginative Arts Activities for the Walking Curriculum- https://www.educationthatinspires.ca/2018/05/16/imaginative-art-activities-for-the-walking-curriculum/
The Innovator’s Mindset by George Couros
Empower and Launch by AJ Juliani and John Spencer
Inquiry Mindset by Trevor Mackenzie

Trevor Mackenzie returns to Read Into This to chat more about #InquiryMindset and his book Inquiry Mindset: Assessment Edition, Scaffolding a Partnership for Equity and Agency in Learning with host Beth Lyons. The conversation starts by looking at their previous conversation at the start of the pandemic and their observations about the learning that has happened due to crisis education. Trevor explores what prompted the journey from Inquiry Mindset (and Dive Into Inquiry) to this assessment edition and his ongoing learning connected to inquiry based learning and teaching. Beth shares her thoughts on the younger year’s companion resource, written by Rebecca Bathurst-Hunt, especially as it relates to Chapter 3- Co-Design and Co-Construct and asks Trevor about the biggest stumbling block for educators when they start the process of nurturing assessment ownership, especially with younger students. The conversation also explores the idea of soft starts, self-regulation, co-regulation and a culture of performance compared with routines that support a feedback based community of learners. Lastly, the discussion turns to books and other learning texts that Trevor and Beth have been reading lately and using for their own learning.

Texts mentioned in this episode:
Inquiry Mindset and Inquiry Mindset: Assessment Edition Companion resources- https://www.trevormackenzie.com/companionresources
Cultivating Mindset- Gholdy Muhammad
Textured Teaching by Lorena Escoto Germàn
Armchair Expert Podcast- https://armchairexpertpod.com/
EduCrush Podcast- https://educrushpod.libsyn.com/
Identity Talk 4 Educators podcast- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/identity-talk-4-educators-live/id1509599570
Revisionist History podcast- https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/revisionist-history
Resurgence: Engaging with Indigenous Narratives and Cultural Expressions In and Beyond the Classroom by Katya Adamov Ferguson and Christine M'Lot
Wayi Wah! Indigenous Pedagogies : An Act for Reconciliation and Anti-Racist Education by Jo Chrona
Woke Kindergarten- https://www.wokekindergarten.org/
Serial podcast- https://serialpodcast.org/
Educating Ruby by Guy Claxton
At What Cost? Defending Adolescent Development in Fiercely Competitive Schools by David Gleason
The Self Driven Child: The Science and Sense of Giving Your Kids More Control Over Their Lives by William Stixrud and Ned Johnson
The Intellectual Lives of Children by Susan Engel
Challenging Mindset: Why a Growth Mindset Makes a Difference in Learning – and What to Do When It Doesn’t by James Nottingham and Bosse Larsson
You Got This by Cornelius Minor
The Danish Way of Parenting: What the Happiest People in the World Know About Raising Confident, Capable Kids by Jessica Joelle Alexander and Iben Sandhal
Yoga for a World Out of Balance by Michael Stone
Only Murders In the Building- Disney+

Read Into This host, Beth Lyons, welcomes Stephen Hurley from VoicEd Radio yo co-host as they discuss Dyslexia Awareness Month with Alicia Smith, the Executive Director of Dyslexia Canada, and Stacey Morrison Hadden, a literacy consultant with the Durham Catholic District School Board. The conversation starts with unpacking dyslexia, a complex term that’s important for educators to understand.
The panel looks at some of the common misconceptions about dyslexia and learning to read and the assumptions about learning to read that current research challenges and pushes back against. Alicia and Stacey share how teacher librarians and educators can support students with dyslexia, how the Right to Read inquiry shifted awareness in the education system about dyslexia, and which resources do they recommend educators look into to learn more about teaching all children to read.

Resources for Educators:
Made by Dyslexia
https://www.madebydyslexia.org/
University of Florida Literacy Institute
https://ufli.education.ufl.edu/
The Big Dippers
https://www.thebigdippers.org/
International Dyslexia Association Ontario- Basics of Decoding and Spelling Instruction
https://vps.idaontario.com/mod/page/view.php?id=312
Top Ten Tools
https://readingteacherstoptentools.com/product/ida-course/

Texts:
Reversed by Lois Letchford

Read Into This host, Beth Lyons talks with teacher-librarian Matthew Shchukovsky about what led to the decision to genrify the fiction/chapter book section in the K-5 library where he works.

Texts mentioned in this episode:
A shout-out to Kelsey Bogan (@kelseybogan) for sharing her process on her blog:

https://dontyoushushme.com/2018/11/08/10-steps-to-genre-fy-your-library/

https://dontyoushushme.com/2021/10/12/genrefication-3-years-later/

Cultivating Genius by Gholdy Muhammad
The War Room- The Legacy of Bill Belichick and the Art of Building the Perfect Team by Michael Holley

Thanks to Paula Hrycenko and Sarah Little for joining host, Beth Lyons, to discuss school libraries within the HWDSB during the 2021-2022 school year. The group discussed what their schedule as the TL looks like and what they are responsible for in their role. Sarah and Paul share how they are working to connect with other TLs within the HWDSB board and support each other’s learning, including collaborating for the Forest of Reading. Beth posed the question, “where are you finding school library joy?” to both guests to celebrate the joy that is #ONSchoolLibraries.

Beth would like to extend a huge thank you to Paula and Sarah for their patience and understanding with the time it took to edit and publish this episode as this was recorded back in May 2022.

Guests
Paula Hrycenko
Role-Teacher Librarian/Remote FDK/Prep Coverage
Twitter @PaulaHrycenko
Email [email protected]
Sarah Little
Role-Teacher Librarian/primary prep coverage
Twitter: @salittle98
Email [email protected]

Texts mentioned in this episode:
The Bridgerton series by Julia Quinn
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
The Vanishing Half by Britt Bennett
Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone by Diana Gabaldon
The Outlandish Companion by Diana Gabaldon
How to Stop Time by Matt Haig
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins

Co-host Beth Lyons welcomes PDSB Teacher-Librarian Jonelle St. Aubyn to the podcast. The two talk about their connection as TLs within a family of schools and the joy and support that comes from meeting together as a teacher-librarian collective. Beth and Jonelle talk about the opportunity they had to present at the superintendent meeting for their family of schools about their journeys within the LLC and how a library learning commons can support the school community. The library and the work done within the library can act as a driving force within a school to help improve pedagogical practices in relation to inclusion, equity and culturally relevant and responsive teaching. Both teacher-librarians discuss the intentional and goal-driven journey that has guided the transition of their LLC space and the co-planning and co-teaching with their fellow educators that has evolved due to the ongoing pandemic and drive to serve the community and its needs. As Jonelle and Beth looked back at their journey within the LLC and worked to create their presentation for the superintendent meeting, they both highlighted four guiding principles they felt spoke to the vision of their space. While the four guiding principles chosen for each LLC may be different, the two discuss their interwoven nature and ongoing learning as they continue to curate a space that evolves with the needs of the school community.

Guest- Jonelle St Aubyn
Role - Teacher librarian at Louise Arbour Secondary School in the Peel District School Board. 7 years as a teacher librarian and 21 years as an educator in Peel.
Twitter - @Ms_St_Aubyn

Texts Mentioned in This Episode:

Cultivating Genius by Gholdy Muhammad
Diversity Audit of a Middle School Library by Toni Duval
https://journal.canadianschoollibraries.ca/diversity-audit-of-a-middle-school-library/
Tom Schimmer Podcast- Passions or Strengths | Chey Cheney | Concise Answers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-inYGg5C7Y

Co-host Beth Lyons welcomes three teacher-librarians from the TDSB 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.)

Guests-
Diana Maliszewski
Role: K-8 TDSB teacher-librarian
Twitter: @MzMollyTL

Lisa Lewis
Role: K-6 TDSB teacher-librarian (.5) + Core French (.5)
Twitter: @MmeLisa_Lewis

Valia Reinsalu
Role: K-8 TDSB teacher-librarian (.5) JK-8 + Intermediate Resource (inclusion teacher) 7&8
Twitter: @valiareinsalu

Texts mentioned in this episode:
Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain by Zaretta Hammond
Is Everyone Really Equal? by Ozlem Sensoy
Cultivating Genius by Gholdy Muhammad
Like a Duck by Deborah Kerbell
Open by Andre Agassi
Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci
White Tears, Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color by Ruby Hamad