Calling all youth services and school librarians!

Want to increase youth engagement?

Join us for our two new courses and learn equity-centered, innovative,

and fun ways to build programs and facilitate instruction! 

Course Overview: Equity-Centered Instruction: Strategies for the Library or Classroom

Learn innovative and equity-centered instructional strategies for engaging learners, teaching sensitive topics, and handling censorship. Equity-centered instruction is not just about the books or materials you teach, it’s about how you teach them.

After you attend this interactive online course and workshop, you’ll be able to:

• Proactively apply what you have learned about race/equity to your daily practice in the library/classroom 

• Teach sensitive topics in your library/classroom with confidence, sensitivity, and cultural humility

• Advocate for shifting policies, mindsets, and culture within your library/classroom    

• Help build productive relationships with students, peers, parents, and your community

• Engage in vigorous, culturally responsive teaching and facilitation 

• Incorporate trauma-informed, healing-centered practices into your teaching and facilitation

• Use data acquired from this course to effectively impact change within your learning community

Teaching Sensitive Topics Pt. 1: Tools and Strategies led by: Donna Gray

Teaching Sensitive Topics Pt. 2: Digging Deeper led by: Matthew R. Kay

 Culturally Responsive Facilitation: Foundations and Practices led by: Shamika J. Simpson

Check out the full program here.

Course Overview: Manga Crash Course for Your Library or Classroom

Manga has exploded in popularity across the U.S. over the past several years. More and more young people are looking for new manga titles in their libraries, and manga is proving to be an exciting opportunity to get young people engaged in libraries and classrooms. The problem is that many teachers and librarians don’t know how to incorporate manga into their programs and curricula. This crash course is here to help.

In this 2-hour crash course, you will learn how to use manga effectively in your library or classroom to increase student engagement. You will leave with tips on how to read, analyze, and teach manga, as well as ideas for manga-based programs and activities.

Group Discounts 

Our courses are perfect for your team!

Group rates available now!

Request a discount for groups of 3 or more 

and work with your colleagues on a project for your library.

Purchase 15 or more registrations and apply them across multiple courses.

Coming Up 

Spring Courses