Events & Pd

With the pandemic and Black Lives Matter center stage in our lives, effective teaching must keep evolving. These six professional reading recommendations will help.

Tae Keller and Michaela Goade win prestigious Newbery and Caldecott medals, respectively, while Daniel Nayeri takes the Printz Award for Everything Sad is Untrue (a true story) on a day when women dominated, sweeping the Newbery and Caldecott awards.

During the "Trauma-Informed Teaching and COVID" session of the SLJ Summit, panelists discussed students' response to trauma and the importance of educators taking a trauma-informed approach to teaching, especially right now.

Tackling a variety of topics important to school librarians and all educators, these presentations, discussions, and panels are available for viewing. 

Artist, activist, and educator Cullors will join Nashville school librarian Erika Long in conversation as the final session of the 2020 SLJ Summit. The event theme: "Culture Shift."

At the SLJ Summit, attendees can convene in smaller groups after select panels to further ideas, discuss practical applications, and enjoy the kind of conversations that have been typically lost in virtual events.

Check out our reviews of the books featured at the SLJ Summit 2020's graphic novel panel "I Guess This Is Growing Up: Coming-of-Age Stories in Graphic Novel Format."

Keynote addresses by James McBride, Tommy Orange, and Ijeoma Oluo, and sessions on reimagining school, next steps in antiracist teaching, and challenging the classics are just a few of the highlights of the 2020 SLJ Summit.

Many of the education and publishing events scheduled for the rest of  the year have moved online, allowing those who couldn't attend in the past a chance to experience the programs.