CSL recommended teaching resources can help teachers and teacher-librarians support all students growth as literate individuals in an increasingly complex global society. These resources facilitate co-planning, teaching and assessing of learning experiences in the learning commons and although may be developed in a particular area, they align with most provincial and territorial curricular mandates and will have broad appeal. Teaching resources are recommended on the basis of accuracy, currency, accessibility/ease of use or adaptation, relevance, pertinence and merit of research base. Why “reinvent the wheel”? Use or adapt these teaching resources to enhance and support learning and teaching in the school library learning commons.
Media Smarts is a Canadian not-for-profit charitable organization for digital and media literacy providing many teacher resources. Teach teachers to use resources from Media Smarts to explore digital and media literacy. Teacher resources on this site include Digital and Media Literacy Outcomes by Province & Territory.
A Guide to the Selection and Deselection of School Library Resources (2023)
This resource is for school library professionals, educators, staff, administrators, school boards, students, and families. The guide was developed with the general public in mind, for anyone interested in understanding how resources are curated for a School Library Learning Commons (SLLC).
This joint project between the Ontario School Library Association (OSLA) and TALCO includes examples about the role of the teacher-librarian in supporting the student and teacher in the curriculum-based student inquiry process. The print poster reflects an online graphic with hyperlinks to supporting resources appropriate for teachers and teacher-librarians, Grades 1-8. (English and French.)
OSLA Helping Students with Financial Literacy
In an OSLA financial literacy project funded by the Ontario Ministry of Education, students receive support for spending wisely.
The British Columbia Teacher-Librarians’ Association (BCTLA) provides a model of inquiry based learning for classrooms and school libraries plus integration tips and planning guides. Posters in English and French and other supports are available to download from the BCTLA website.
BCTLA Posters: Honesty: The Ethics of Information Use / Correct: L’emploi éthique de l’information
Using the value of “honesty” as an acrostic, this BCTLA poster summarizes key points of ethical information use for students and was designed to be used with BCTLA’s The Points of Inquiry.
Alberta School District 76 (Medicine Hat): Inquiry Skills and Search Help LiveBinder
Teacher-librarians in this school district created support resources for inquiry.
ECOO: #ECOOcodes
The Educational Computing Organization of Ontario (ECOO) shares a collection of resources in support of Computational Thinking and Coding within Ontario schools. Also available is ‘A Constructionist Approach to Computational Thinking’, as well as resources related to Hour of Code