By Diana Maliszewski, Dawn Legrow, and Sarah Wheatley
Riffing on OSLIP: A Conversation
Abstract
How can elementary and secondary teacher-librarians “combine forces” to better serve their students? Impressed by a recent Ontario Library Association study of transitions between secondary and post secondary, the writers embarked on a quest themselves. In their research and conversations, they explored the challenges facing both panels in preparing students for successful transitions. The writers invite you to share strategies and approaches you use to address this critical problem.
Diana Maliszewski OCT, BA, BEd, MEd (she/her) is a teacher-librarian in the Toronto District School Board in Scarborough, Ontario. This is her twenty-fifth year in teaching, with twenty-four of those years working in a school library learning commons. Diana is the one of the vice-presidents of the Association for Media Literacy. She was the editor-in-chief of The Teaching Librarian, the award-winning official publication of the Ontario School Library Association, from 2006-2018 and now is a course instructor for the Teacher Librarianship Additional Qualification courses for York University and Queen’s University. She has presented workshops at conferences all over North America on topics such as gaming in education, graphic novels, popular culture, professional learning communities, and children’s literature. She has written five Treasure Mountain Canada papers, with two more planned for 2022.You can read her blog, Monday Molly Musings, or catch her on Twitter as @MzMollyTL.
Dawn LeGrow, BA. Honours, B.Ed, Librarian Specialist at Marc Garneau C.I. TDSB. This is her 23rd year of teaching. She has come to the library through the Social Sciences. Dawn enjoys being an early adopter of technology and learning new things through MOOCs. This is her first publication for Treasure Mountain. You can find her on IG teachlibrarianlegrow.
Sarah Wheatley is the teacher-librarian at Westmount Collegiate Institute in the York Region District School Board. She has been in education for 27 years. Her passions include knitting, reading, binging Marvel tv shows and spoiling her cats. She is passionate about expanding the canon, creating a resource centre that moves beyond the traditional library and helping teachers incorporate Indigenous material in all subject areas. This is her first publication for Treasure Mountain Canada. You can find her on Twitter @ksarahwheatley and on Instagram @wheatabix.