This podcast is focused on content within Module 7: Teaching and Promotion Strategies for Using Literature
Recorded 7 June 2023
Download the transcript in PDF format here.
Our guest
Our guest for this episode is Dr Helen Weston.
Dr. Helen Weston is currently Program Leader Library and Research at Loreto College Coorparoo, Queensland. Helen has worked in school and tertiary libraries across Queensland and overseas where she completed extensive research on culture and information use. Her current research is grounded in the student experience of High Impact Teaching Strategies and the role of Libraries in the Citizen Science movement. She is currently piloting a reading initiative – Atomic Reading. Her GARC Fellowship work will explore the effects of using collaboration and reading for enjoyment within the Atomic Reading program. Helen is delighted to be working alongside other committed school library professionals as the convener of ALIA schools Special Interest Group.
Podcast highlights
Helen’s current role and school context. At 0.51 Helen introduces her role and tells us about the library at Loreto College Coorparoo.
Helen’s career leading her to Teacher Librarianship. Helen shares her extensive experience in education and teacher librarianship at 3.26.
The whole school reading program at Loreto led by Helen. At 6.46 Helen introduces listeners to the Atomic Reading program she is leading at her school.
Strategies to overcome obstacles. At 11.26 Helen shares the strategies she has put in place to plan and develop the reading program.
Benefits of the whole school reading program. Helen shares her observations of the benefits she has witnessed as a result of the Atomic Reading program 16.41.
Advice for new TLs. At 22.53 Helen gives advice about the importance of relationship building and the steps to prepare for the introduction of new programs from the school library.
Further resources:
Read more about Atomic Habits – the book that inspired Helen’s reading program.
Learn about Helen’s other school wide program led from the library – the Citizen Science Corner.