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Host a Parent Book Club. MASL 2011 Spring Conference “focus on the future” Laurie Seibel, Librarian Kirkwood High School Kirkwood School District. The real inspiration…. Parent Book Club 2014. Connect with great books. Connect with our teens. Connect with each other. It’s a good thing….
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Host a Parent Book Club MASL 2011 Spring Conference “focus on the future” Laurie Seibel, Librarian Kirkwood High School Kirkwood School District
Parent Book Club 2014 Connect with great books. Connect with our teens. Connect with each other.
It’s a good thing… • Connections • Only cost = time • Parents “in the know”
Librarian’s Role Group Member/Organizer
Getting Started Background Preparation Advertising Monthly Duties
Background Preparation: Do Your Homework! • Use current course description book (required/teacher option readings). • Email Freshman English teachers for input. • Create yearly schedule with titles by month. (Handout 1)
Background Preparation: Do Your Homework! • Create Author/Time Period Studies chart. (Handout 2) • Ask volunteers to sign up at first meeting.
Advertising:Spread the Word! Freshman Day/Freshman Coffee Newsletter School website/library webpage
Monthly Duties: Those Pesky Details! Send email reminders. Include links on monthly agenda. Provide themed snacks – volunteers?
Monthly Agenda: October 6, 2010 December 1, 2010 January 5, 2011 March 2, 2011 April 6, 2011 (Handouts 3-7)
Resources • Google Images – authors • You Tube – author interviews; movie clips • 60 Second Recap – plots, themes, symbols, summaries • KHS Library business card (databases/usernames/passwords) • JSTOR • Gale Databases (MOREnet) • World Book
Resources - Hyperlinks • www.youtube.com • www.60secondrecap.com • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glPMCjD3MAA
Host a Parent Book ClubMASL 2011 Spring Conference“focus on the future” Laurie Seibel, Librarian Kirkwood High School 801 W. Essex Ave. Kirkwood, MO 63122 314-213-6100, x. 1060 laurie.seibel@kirkwoodschools.org