MSLA Podcast
by MSLA PodcastThe official podcast of the Massachusetts School Library Asssociation.
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Episodes
A Simmons Library Student Visits the Pod!
54m · PublishedMagenta Jasinski talks about work-life balance, being a Simmons student in two MA programs, and feeling awkward at the conference (not this one, the one we had in Amherst). They are self-described as “Your favorite Simmons student (who's drowning in research projects),” so Ella and Luke asked about those, plus their work at the Benjamin G. Brown Elementary School in Somerville and involvement in LOTS of different things. Topics discussed listed below, and congratulations to the recent graduates of library programs! Happy Spring!
Q/T library: https://www.qtlibrary.org/store
WBUR Q/T Library interview: https://www.wbur.org/radioboston/2023/08/28/boston-library-lgbtq-community-sober
Cape Cod Toy Library https://www.capecodtoylibrary.org/
Gholdy Muhammad’s Historically Responsive Literacy Framework https://hillpedagogies.com/about/
Wrinkle in Time, https://www.madeleinelengle.com/books/middle-grade-young-adult/a-wrinkle-in-time/
Harry Potter, https://www.wizardingworld.com/
Divergent, https://veronicarothbooks.com/books/divergent/
Moonflower, Kacen Callender https://www.kacencallender.com/
Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl, Virginia Hamilton, https://www.virginiahamilton.com/virginia-hamilton-books/the-magical-adventures-of-pretty-pearl/
Ghost in the Shell, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RF09G8Ymqg
Cross-stitch
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems, https://www.pigeonpresents.com/books/dont-let-the-pigeon-drive-the-bus/
Shackled, by Candy J. Cooper, https://astrapublishinghouse.com/product/shackled-9781662620133/
The Warm Hands of Ghosts, Katherine Arden, https://katherineardenbooks.com/
Simmons University Student’s Snippets Blog
Advocacy: “Naturally– without realizing it– creating an inequity..."
1h 1m · PublishedI’ts advocacy update time with Dr. Georgina Trebbe and Dr. Deborah Froggatt, school librarians, one current and one retired, who are working on statewide advocacy efforts through the MSLA and other organizations to provide each school with a “Licensed School Library teacher that earns certification”. Georgina and Deb talk to Luke and Ella about the different advocacy fronts– local, statewide, and federal– that impact our profession. And with so many different fronts, there are so many different ways to get involved: visit the Everyday Advocacy page on the MSLA website or check out the links below, all of which are mentioned in the ep:
H.3239: An Act empowering library access to electronic books and digital audiobook.
Censorship bills: HD.4389, HD.4443 and SD.2679
MBLC '25 Legislative Agenda: Top Five Reasons for a licensed School Library Teacher in Every School
Massachusetts School Library Study: Equity and Access for Students in the Commonwealth, 2018
Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education meeting and agendas
MA DESE livestream
Programing the Acceleration of Computing & Equity (PACE), Anne DeMallie, dir. Of STEM at DESE.
NEASC Standards
Pressley unveils bill to confront rise in book bans…
Ayanna Pressley Convenes Authors, Educators, & Advocates at Library of Congress to Discuss Book Bans (YouTube)
EveryLibrary Institute John Chrastka, Executive Director
Legislative Breakfast info: from MA Library Association or just email Debbie at [email protected]
We Must “Apprentice ourselves to turtles”
52m · PublishedTurtles can teach us about a sacred, cyclical renewing time that connects us to eternity, says science author (of 36 books!) Sy Montgomery. Sy talks process, experience, and, animals, with Librarian Luke Steere and Science Teacher Sarah Friswell Cotton from Wilson Middle School in Natick. Joining Montgomery is humble illustrator Matt Patterson, who truly is as Sy says-- a "turtle savant". Patterson's work is featured with Sy's on two recent books all about turtles, one for adults and one for children. Our discussion checks-in with how the book is being received, and delves into the nature of time, aging, falling in love with a research topic, and human-animal relationships.
Mentioned media:
Sy Montgomery: https://symontgomery.com/books/
Matt Patterson: https://www.mpattersonart.com/
From Head and Heart conference page https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/education/teachers/professional-development/from-head-and-heart-caring-for-the-environment-through-science-stories-and-action
Freshwater Fish of the Northeast, illus. by Matt Patterson
The Book of Turtles, Sy Montgomery, illus. by Matt Patterson
The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery
From Head and Heart conference page https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/education/teachers/professional-development/from-head-and-heart-caring-for-the-environment-through-science-stories-and-action
Becoming a Good Creature, Sy Montgomery, illus. by Rebecca Green
Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell by Sy Montgomery, Matt Patterson (Illustrator)
“Endangered Turtles Offer Hope In an Era of Despair A look at Sy Montgomery's compassionate portrait of turtles,” https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/animal-emotions/202311/endangered-turtles-offer-hope-in-an-era-of-despair
Artists for Conservation, https://www.artistsforconservation.org/
“Sy and her buddy Fire Chief, a snapping turtle,” https://symontgomery.com/sy-and-her-buddy-fire-chief-a-snapping-turtle/
Dog Smart, Jennifer S. Holland https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/739453/dog-smart-by-jennifer-s-holland/
An Immense World, Ed Young https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/616914/an-immense-world-by-ed-yong/
Turtle Survival Alliance, https://turtlesurvival.org/
Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer, https://www.robinwallkimmerer.com/
Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben https://www.peterwohllebenbooks.com/about
Finding the Mother Tree, Susan Simard, https://suzannesimard.com/finding-the-mother-tree-book/
MSLA Conference '23
46m · PublishedA bunch of us went to the conference in Amherst, MA on March 19th and 20th of this year. It was our organization’s first in-person conference in four years. Ella and I captured a few on-the-floor interviews during our time there, and then had Conference Committee Co-Chair Alix Woznick speak to some of the reactions members had to the conference, including about locations, days, keynote speakers, food, and next year’s planning schedule.
Get involved with the conference comm: [email protected]
Conference Committees Final Report: in a Google Slides doc
Official Conference Page: https://www.maschoolibraries.org/conference.html
Reach out to the podcast: [email protected]
Project SLIDE: The School Librarian Investigation—Decline or Evolution?
1h 17m · Published“I think the dirty little secret here is that parents are assuming that kids have access to libraries and school librarians and districts are not telling them otherwise, but the data speaks for itself,” says Project SLIDE Director Debra E. Kachel, a faculty member at the School Library Media Endorsement Program at Antioch University Seattle. She joins us from Pennsylvania along with SLIDE Principal Investigator Dr. Keith Curry Lance, a consultant at the RSL Research Group, joining us from Colorado. Co-host Deeth Ellis is the Head Librarian at Boston Latin School and a doctoral student at Simmons University who volunteered on Project SLIDE. Deeth joins Luke for a look at data and possible avenues for addressing uneven development and equity around school librarians in Massachusetts. We begin with background and a discussion of the health of data reported to the National Center for Education Statistics, and move into Massachusetts-specific elements of the study and resources to access them, and, finally, possibilities for advocacy. We hope the episode provides some talking points for you in your district, and use the links below for additional context:
Project SLIDE website
Project SLIDE Massachusetts Data
Deeth's Academic Column on SLIDE (MSLA Forum)
National Center for Education Statistics
Why school librarians matter: What years of research tell us: When schools have high-quality library programs and librarians who share their expertise with the entire school community, student achievement gets a boost Apr. 2018, Phi Delta Kappan (Vol. 99, Issue 7)
The Sower: Interview with Keith Curry Lance, 2007, SLJ
Triage: Libraries and School Refusal and Reluctance
1h 2m · PublishedSchool is stressful for kids and adults and the phenomenon of school refusal, which is often caused by that stress, is nothing new. But has it been kicking up more dust in our post-lock down educational rebound? What can libraries do? Well, we discuss relationships and collaboration as a way forward with Ariel Dagan, from Tri County Regional Vocational Technical High school in Franklin; Bonnie McBride, Fenway High School in Boston; and Laura Gardner, Dartmouth Middle School. What do we mean by triage? How can books help? How are libraries complicit in refusal? Listen and find the balance...
Discussed:
Sign up for the MSLA Conference here!
Sparks, Sarah D. "Addressing the Link Between Anxiety, Depression, and Student Attendance." Education Week, vol. 42, no. 11, 26 Oct. 2022, p. NA. Gale In Context: Biography, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A724329114/GPS?u=mlin_m_wil&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=b949767b. Accessed 2 Feb. 2023.
Bridge for Resilient Youth in Transition program (BRYT)
Laura’s Little Green News and here is the link to the October 2022 issue.
Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice by Tommie Smith, Derrick Barnes and Dawud Anyabwile.
The Great Escape: A True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America by Saket Soni
Dead End Girls by Wendy Heard
Fall in Love with the Problem, Not the Solution by Uri Levine
24/6: Giving Up Screens One Day a Week to Get More Time, Creativity, and Connection by Tiffany Shlain
Tiffany Schlain “Dear Student” (YouTube video)
Moonflower by Kacen Callender
Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts by Kate Racculia
A Heart That Works by Rob Delaney
Supporting Independent Reading
46m · PublishedFor 2023’s first episode, we discuss independent reading and school library support. Joining the pod are Nancy Stenberg, who is the librarian at Dorman Elementary School in Springfield; Sarah Murphy, Kennedy Middle School librarian in Natick; and Laura Harrington, the high school librarian in North Andover. Independent reading and school libraries is a vast topic, connecting to many things we all do everyday, yet the culmination of Emily Hanford’s reporting into the Sold a Story podcast and Wayne D'Orio's recent SLJ article, which outlines the scope of the problem and how some libraries are responding, has put it back into the spotlight.
Media discussed:
- Brian Selznick Wonderstruck
- Brian Selnick The Invention of Hugo Cabret
- Pam Smy, Thornhill
- Lincoln Peirce, Big Nate series
- Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X
- Jason Reynolds & Jason Griffin, Ain’t Burned all the Bright
- Jason Reynolds, Long Way Down
- Jason Reynolds & Danica Novgorodoff, Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel
- Laura's Article "Independent Reading: One Town's Process to Support Choice"
- Brenna Maloney, Buzzkill: A Wild Wander Through the Weird and Threatened World of Bugs
- Pierre Bayard, How to Talk About Books You Haven’t Read
- Deborah Moyer, The Readers’ Advisory Handbook
Laura is Reading:
- Carolyn Hays, A Girlhood: A Letter to My Transgender Daughter Book by Carolyn Hays
- Tracy Deonn, Bloodmarked
Nancy is reading:
- Kwame Alexander, illus. by Dare Coulter, An American Story
Sarah is reading:
- Rebecca Caprara, Worst-Case Collin
- Christina Lauren, The Honey-Don't List
“How can we build this culture every day:” Ariel Dagan and Vocational Media Literacy
48m · PublishedAriel Dagan asks his students: “What are you gonna access next?” as part of his lessons on mobile phone addictions, where he colalborates with the health department; and with gamifying discovery of the various career departments offered at Tri County Regional Vocational Technical High school in Franklin. He was awarded the first annual Carolyn Markuson School Library Innovation Grant Fund from the New England Library Association. Ariel talks about TC PRIDE and the school's motto, “Work Hard, Today Counts'; also his philosophy around collaboration and the role the various media available in the library has in that collaboration.
Tri-County Regional website and the media center’s Healthy You Libguide
Digital and Media Literacy: A white paper, by Renee Hobbs
NE Library Association and the Carolyn Markuson School Library Innovation Grant Fund
AASL National Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, Oct. 21-23, 2021
Grit: the power and passion of perseverance, Angela Duckworth
24/6: The power of unplugging one day a week, Tiffany Shlain
The Social Dilemma, Tristan Harris
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen Book by Christopher McDougall
The Startup Owner's Manual: The Step-By-Step Guide for Building a Great Company by Bob Dorf and Steve Blank
How I Built This: The Unexpected Paths to Success from the World's Most Inspiring Entrepreneurs by Guy Raz
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
MCTBA Minicast 5: Friendship
16m · PublishedSuzanne Larson and Felicia O’Keefe discuss two other MA Teen choice Book Award nominees, books which rewire the heist genre and the self-help genre and teach us a lot about friendship.
Visit https://www.mateenchoicebook.org/ or email the 'cast at [email protected]
Titles discussed:
The Girls I’ve Been by Tess Sharpe
Not My Problem by Ciara Smyth
“The space they deserve:” PA Shaw’s Summer Makespace
51m · PublishedMorgan Keohane secured a maker space for her library at PA Shaw Elementary in Dorchester. Heart of America provided the grant and the volunteer-led upgrades went in this June. Before it happened, Morgan came on to discuss the grant process, how she plans to apply the new resources to her Guided Inquiry Design curriculum next year, and what the maker space means for a culturally responsive educational institution.
Heart of America on Facebook (check the photos)
PA Shaw Library
Books Discussed:
The Promise of Access, Daniel Greene
The Wild Robot, Peter Brown
Violet the Pilot, by Steve Breen
The Girl With a Mind for Math: The Story of Raye Montague, by Julia Finley Mosca, illus. by Daniel Rieley
How to Code a Sandcastle, by Josh Funk
Tek the Modern Caveboy, by Patrick McDonnell
Doll-E 2.0, by Shanda McCloskey
Unplugged, by Steve Antony
Minx, HBO comedy
The Sopranos, HBO drama
Normal People, Sally Rooney
MSLA Podcast has 24 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 17:39:38. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on August 9th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on May 19th, 2024 22:12.