<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">There is a very helpful resource from Teaching Tolerance that helps teachers prepare themselves and their students for critical conversations:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.tolerance.org/sites/default/files/2019-12/TT-Lets-Talk-December-2019.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.tolerance.org/sites/default/files/2019-12/TT-Lets-Talk-December-2019.pdf</a><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="1">Beverly Zbinden</font></div>
<div><font size="1">Head Librarian @ Niles North High School</font></div>
<div><font size="1">9800 N. Lawler Avenue</font></div>
<div><font size="1">Skokie, IL 60077</font></div>
<div><font size="1">(847)626-2183<br><br>"What a school thinks about its library is a measure of what it thinks about education."<br> 
- Harold Howe, former U.S. Commissioner of Education</font><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Dec 7, 2020 at 6:52 PM Karen Doyle via AISLE <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info" target="_blank">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Another resource might be the Great Lakes Equity Center.  <div><a href="https://greatlakesequity.org/" target="_blank">https://greatlakesequity.org/</a><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2">Karen Doyle</font><div><font size="2">Library Media Specialist</font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">Komarek School</font></div><div>8940 W. 24th St</div><div>North Riverside, IL 60546</div><div>708-447-8030</div><div><a href="http://www.komarekschool.org" target="_blank">www.komarekschool.org</a></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Dec 7, 2020 at 8:38 AM Andrea Perrin via AISLE <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info" target="_blank">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif">The language arts teachers in my building are interested in attending professional development sessions regarding teaching diverse materials in the classroom.  They are NOT interested in the selection of these materials (they are leaving that to me). They want strategies for handling discussions about sensitive topics.  </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif">Has anyone attended anything like this or know where I can find good sessions?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif">Thanks.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif">Andrea</div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Andrea Perrin</div><div dir="ltr">LRC Director</div><div dir="ltr">Woodland Middle School - Gurnee, IL.</div><div dir="ltr"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B1UhVSm5DYFVMGVmZkNIeXBiRnc&revid=0B1UhVSm5DYFVZnc5RWFMRG1DZGpsYXhRSDVMdWY1Y1Aybmk0PQ" width="95" height="96"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1-mthzHf3AYzFDkyc8Lp2Ar5Ixr3GGBrc&revid=0B1UhVSm5DYFVUGo1bEM1NWQzd3BocDlaVVZTT0E4RGROL0JNPQ" width="60" height="96"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=10T3u-6qAnqOLfbDO4Rr1s44Rs_TBUfX2&revid=0B1UhVSm5DYFVMWw0ZlFJK3NNKzVKR2tTc1NEejY5RDVORGp3PQ" width="96" height="90"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1IuX02gtrAPPrKtaOsoflZaaXtkhT0lOV&revid=0B1UhVSm5DYFVcEtVdXRISFFua1J4ZWMwVXNiRENkeVZNelJJPQ" width="96" height="96"><br><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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