New to school libraries support
I provide training and support for new school library staff in all aspects of running a successful and engaging library. This can include advice on resources, help with maintaining the library as a calm but busy space, weeding out of date titles, running book events, creating a library policy, attractive displays to encourage reading for pleasure and advice on motivating factors to encourage young people to read for pleasure. Support can be in person or virtual and will include limitless emails along with some free books for your school.
This support can be totally bespoke, and timing is completely up to you. I have one rate for individual hours or we can organist a terms worth of support with virtual sessions each week.
Social networking – promotion, forming links and free stuff!
The internet has had the effect of shrinking our world and no one need feel alone or isolated with thousands of virtual friends online at any one time, but how do you make those initial contacts? X can be a very powerful tool but is it the right platform for you and your library? There is a vast global community of people that will share your interests but posting for the first time can be daunting , it appears to be complicated and really is it worth your while making the effort?! The answer to this is a resounding ‘yes’ . There is so much value in being able to interact with inspiring people and be kept up to date with developments from authors, organisations and companies. This course will tell you all you need to know about using social networking to your school’s best advantage, and inform you about new applications and their use, for example TikTok and Bluesky.
"Your course/training was the most informative and enjoyable library session I have attended in a long time. You were so engaging and knowledgeable. I have come away knowing far more about e-readers and useful apps/platforms and have lots of ideas I can use in the library."
Canva - your most useful tool
Canva is the one tool that I use just about every day for a myriad of purposes and it makes creating social media content, producing resources, editing photos and just about everything else I want to do digitally an absolute breeze. It has very powerful and useful AI elements too that can help save time in your busy days. I am a Canva certified trainer as well as being a Community Canvassador. Whether you want to create video content to engage your students, jazz up your yearly report, mass produce certificates or design banging bookmarks Canva is definitely your digital friend.
"My colleague took your course and was so impressed and has been sharing her newfound knowledge with us. Thanks so much – it’s brilliant and we have discovered all kinds of tools (including some of the older ones, presumably) which we had no idea about before!"
Promoting reading in the digital age
This course focusses on ways to encourage reluctant readers, build reading stamina and make reading ‘cool’ by using exciting online resources and apps to create a buzz around books in your school. All resources shown are provided in a handout to keep, with great video content, fantastic display suggestions and motivating electronic ideas you can use to really get your pupils switched on to reading for pleasure. Advice on how to use ebooks, QR codes and take part in live author events included.
“Excellent communicator, great, informal, collaborative style to running workshop.”
Picture books for all (primary/secondary)
Picture books are not just attractive for younger children, there are so many fantastic beautifully illustrated books published each year that are suitable for use with kids of all ages and for all topics. Looking for a way to discuss gender identity with your pupils? There are picture books for that. Working on inclusion or empathy - there are picture books for that! It’s not just classic picture books that can fit in with your curriculum aims either , graphic novels and comics have their place too and can be both engaging and informative. A book list will be provided and digital picture books will be covered as well as paper books. Suggestions for classroom use will be given for a toolkit of titles.
"The feedback was wonderful. You received 5's (the top rating!) for each session. I enjoyed the whole course, so many thanks, once again."
“Bev is most definitely an expert in her field, with an approachable & friendly manner.”
Any of the above training courses can be adjusted, adapted or combined to suit your training needs and I am happy training small groups or hundreds of delegates online or in person , whatever works best for your training aims.
I provide training and support for new school library staff in all aspects of running a successful and engaging library. This can include advice on resources, help with maintaining the library as a calm but busy space, weeding out of date titles, running book events, creating a library policy, attractive displays to encourage reading for pleasure and advice on motivating factors to encourage young people to read for pleasure. Support can be in person or virtual and will include limitless emails along with some free books for your school.
This support can be totally bespoke, and timing is completely up to you. I have one rate for individual hours or we can organist a terms worth of support with virtual sessions each week.
Social networking – promotion, forming links and free stuff!
The internet has had the effect of shrinking our world and no one need feel alone or isolated with thousands of virtual friends online at any one time, but how do you make those initial contacts? X can be a very powerful tool but is it the right platform for you and your library? There is a vast global community of people that will share your interests but posting for the first time can be daunting , it appears to be complicated and really is it worth your while making the effort?! The answer to this is a resounding ‘yes’ . There is so much value in being able to interact with inspiring people and be kept up to date with developments from authors, organisations and companies. This course will tell you all you need to know about using social networking to your school’s best advantage, and inform you about new applications and their use, for example TikTok and Bluesky.
"Your course/training was the most informative and enjoyable library session I have attended in a long time. You were so engaging and knowledgeable. I have come away knowing far more about e-readers and useful apps/platforms and have lots of ideas I can use in the library."
Canva - your most useful tool
Canva is the one tool that I use just about every day for a myriad of purposes and it makes creating social media content, producing resources, editing photos and just about everything else I want to do digitally an absolute breeze. It has very powerful and useful AI elements too that can help save time in your busy days. I am a Canva certified trainer as well as being a Community Canvassador. Whether you want to create video content to engage your students, jazz up your yearly report, mass produce certificates or design banging bookmarks Canva is definitely your digital friend.
"My colleague took your course and was so impressed and has been sharing her newfound knowledge with us. Thanks so much – it’s brilliant and we have discovered all kinds of tools (including some of the older ones, presumably) which we had no idea about before!"
Promoting reading in the digital age
This course focusses on ways to encourage reluctant readers, build reading stamina and make reading ‘cool’ by using exciting online resources and apps to create a buzz around books in your school. All resources shown are provided in a handout to keep, with great video content, fantastic display suggestions and motivating electronic ideas you can use to really get your pupils switched on to reading for pleasure. Advice on how to use ebooks, QR codes and take part in live author events included.
“Excellent communicator, great, informal, collaborative style to running workshop.”
Picture books for all (primary/secondary)
Picture books are not just attractive for younger children, there are so many fantastic beautifully illustrated books published each year that are suitable for use with kids of all ages and for all topics. Looking for a way to discuss gender identity with your pupils? There are picture books for that. Working on inclusion or empathy - there are picture books for that! It’s not just classic picture books that can fit in with your curriculum aims either , graphic novels and comics have their place too and can be both engaging and informative. A book list will be provided and digital picture books will be covered as well as paper books. Suggestions for classroom use will be given for a toolkit of titles.
"The feedback was wonderful. You received 5's (the top rating!) for each session. I enjoyed the whole course, so many thanks, once again."
“Bev is most definitely an expert in her field, with an approachable & friendly manner.”
Any of the above training courses can be adjusted, adapted or combined to suit your training needs and I am happy training small groups or hundreds of delegates online or in person , whatever works best for your training aims.
