Wednesday July 26 @ 8:00 - 9:30 PM EST | Online via Zoom
Free. Suggested donation of $10.
Jillian Heise, NBCT & MLIS, has been an elementary Library Media Specialist in southeastern Wisconsin since 2017. She previously taught 7th & 8th grade ELA in the Milwaukee area for eleven years.
As founder of #ClassroomBookADay (inspired by Donalyn Miller’s #bookaday), Jillian is a passionate advocate for the power of shared stories and is dedicated to supporting all students by honoring their identities and lived experiences through access to inclusive literature to build classroom and school community and engagement.
She presents at conferences and provides workshops at the local, state, regional, national, and international level to share her literacy expertise and knowledge to inspire other educators.
You can find Jillian online at Heise Reads & Recommends and @heisereads.
During a time when book choices are being questioned and challenged and banned, it is more important than ever to ensure that our read aloud selections are authentic, accurate, current, inclusive, and supportive.
Children deserve to be seen, recognized, and loved for their full humanity, and kids and families of all identities deserve to have their lived experiences affirmed on the pages of the books that we feature in our classrooms/libraries as we help young people develop into empathetic members of a global society.
Using books and resources from Pride & Less Prejudice can help us meet these needs for our students and communities. Join Jillian Heise for a sneak peek of the new PLP titles for the 2023-24 school year. Titles, book talks, uses, and thematic sets will be shared.
Learn about the #ClassroomBookADay initiative and ways you can incorporate these titles into your read alouds along with the policies & language that can help support educators in using diverse books in their classrooms.