Culturally Responsive Approaches to Family and Community Engagement with School Libraries

Session 2: Tuesday, July 26, 2022, 5pm – 6:30pm

Ch 5. Caring for Students Within their Sociopolitical Context

Ch 6. Forging Reciprocal Relationships with Families and Communities

Part of chapter 7 Developing Equity-Mindedness

Session Description: There are many components of teaching students information literacy that can be reimagined to leverage their strengths, while providing diverse opportunities for students to demonstrate their knowledge. In this interactive 90-minute session, school librarians will be able to build their capacity to draw on students’ assets and cultural capital, and co-construct authentic assessments related to demonstrating understanding of information literacy.