SLANZA School Libraries Module 17 Registrations open

Registrations for the SLANZA Module #17: Gender and Sexuality in School Libraries module of the Connected Librarians course are open from today Monday 17 May 2021 and will close on Friday 28 May 2021. ​

Here is the link on the SLANZA website to register: 

This course is for anyone who would like to explore gender issues as they relate to our school library practice. In a librarian workforce that is predominantly female in Aotearoa schools, we have a responsibility to be informed about all gender issues and how we can ensure our collections and reading advisory are diverse and appropriate for all our students and staff.

What to expect in this course?
On successful course completion, learners will be able to:

• understand what gender is and what this means for our students and our practice
• investigate examples of gender stereotyping by looking at book covers, book genres and our own reading advisory expectations
• recognise sexism by looking at our own biases, dealing with others biases and gendering of books 
• evaluate the diversity in our collections and collection management practice
• understand our role in providing sexuality and puberty information
• understand our role in ensuring age appropriate material and how we feel about censorship

The course will be starting on Monday 31 May and finishes on Sunday 27 June 2021.

This course is designed by New Zealand school librarians, for school librarians - for anyone who is ready and willing to learn and try new things and share their thoughts and learning with others. You can work at your own pace, in your own time and network with other school librarians. For those school librarians working in schools on their own, this is invaluable.

The course is only available and free for SLANZA members. 

Please visit the Online PD page on our SLANZA website for further information and to register. Or register here.