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2015/2016 selection Inquiry and the Common Core: Librarians and Teachers Designing Teaching for Learning Edited by Violet Harada and Sharon Coatney  The first 40 registrants will receive a free copy of the professional book "Inquiry and the Common Core: Librarians and Teachers Designing Teaching for Learning" edited by Violet Harada and Sharon Coatney,through their school mail run. Book Club members will be asked to reflect on chapters within the book and share their reflections and ideas with colleagues participating in the professional book club. This book club will be run as a hybrid activity with chapters being read and discussed asynchronously, using Google Classroom to interact with club members online, and a culminating face-to-face event.
 * CPS Librarian's Professional Book Club **

Chapter reflection prompts will spark collaborative conversations about topics such as:
 * Defining and elaborating on the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) as they relate to inquiry learning
 * Describing the role of the school librarian in implementing the CCSS and inquiry learning in the school
 * Introducing examples of inquiry-focused learning approaches, including guided inquiry design and project-based learning
 * Providing lesson plans that will spark more practical ideas for inquiry-based instruction that address the CCSS

 Practicing librarians and library educators demonstrate the power of inquiry to achieve the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and promote school librarians as key partners in implementing this type of critical teaching and learning in K–12 schools.

Registration is closed, but participants may still participate if they are not one of the first 40 registrants, but they will need to purchase their own book. (The paperback may be purchased for $42.75. The eBook may be purchased for $45.)
 * Logging in to Google Classroom Collaborative Book Discussion **
 * Log in to cps.edu with your CPS credentials
 * In your Chrome browser, go to Classroom.Google.com
 * Select "2016 Librarian's Professional Book Club" by entering class code: prbui5

[|Instructions to mark your work "Done"]

chapter reflections and respond to colleagues || February 25th || chapter reflections and respond to colleagues || April 1st || “I enjoyed reading everyone's thoughts and experiences. It was refreshing to know I am not alone in my thinking of how Library Science should be the heart of a school.” - 2015 Book Club Member​ “First I totally loved the book and its relevance to me. Second, I loved reading all the posts and comments made by my awesome fellow librarians. The ideas, support and encouragement were meaningful to me. Finally, sharing it via Google Classroom was genius and so 21st century. I imagine Doug [Johnson] would be proud." - 2015 Book Club Member​
 * Reflection Due Dates**
 * **Reading and Reflections** || **Date Due** ||
 * Chapter 1 || October 16th ||
 * Chapter 2 || October 30th ||
 * Chapter 3 || November 13th ||
 * Chapter 4 || November 30th ||
 * Lesson Plans 1-4 pp. 135-162 || December 11th ||
 * Chapter 5 || January 8th ||
 * Chapter 6 || January 22nd ||
 * Chapter 7 || February 15th ||
 * Take some time to go back to previous
 * Chapter 8 || March 12th ||
 * Chapter 9 || March 21st ||
 * Take some time to go back to previous
 * FINAL EVENT ||  ||