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Host a Parent Book Club
MASL 2011 Spring Conference
“focus on the future”
Laurie Seibel, LibrarianKirkwood High School
Kirkwood School District
The real inspiration…
Parent Book Club 2014
Connect with great books.Connect with our teens.
Connect with each other.
It’s a good thing…•Connections •Only cost = time
•Parents “in the know”
Librarian’s RoleGroup Member/Organizer
Getting Started• Background Preparation
• Advertising• Monthly Duties
Background Preparation:
Do Your Homework!• Use current course description book
(required/teacher option readings).• Email Freshman English teachers for
input.• Create yearly schedule with titles by
month. (Handout 1)
Required Readings
Teacher Option Readings
Background Preparation:
Do Your Homework!• Create Author/Time Period Studies chart.
(Handout 2)• Ask volunteers to sign up at first
meeting.
Advertising:Spread the Word!
•Freshman Day/Freshman Coffee•Newsletter
•School website/library webpage
Create Members List/Email Group
Parents Student(s) Email
Bibbs, Yvonne Barry & Mary (twins)
Cleaver, Ward and June Theodore [email protected]
Healey, Julie Pearce [email protected]
Heyl, Kim Alex (daughter)
Seibel, Laurie Joey [email protected]
Monthly Duties: Those Pesky Details!
•Send email reminders.•Include links on monthly agenda.•Provide themed snacks – volunteers?
Monthly Agenda:October 6, 2010
December 1, 2010January 5, 2011March 2, 2011April 6, 2011
(Handouts 3-7)
Resources Google Images – authors You Tube – author interviews; movie clips 60 Second Recap – plots, themes, symbols, summaries KHS Library business card
(databases/usernames/passwords) JSTOR Gale Databases (MOREnet) World Book
Resources - Hyperlinks• www.youtube.com
• www.60secondrecap.com
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glPMCjD3MAA
Questions?
Time to Share…
Host a Parent Book ClubMASL 2011 Spring Conference
“focus on the future”
Laurie Seibel, LibrarianKirkwood High School
801 W. Essex Ave.Kirkwood, MO 63122314-213-6100, x. 1060
