Join educators from all over the state in the online SPRING 2023  IRC BOOK CLUB that will begin on March 26, 2023!  Choose one or two books! Please feel free to share the Spring 2023 IRC Book Club flyer.

Read, reflect on, and respond to Being the Change:  Lessons and Strategies to Teach Social Comprehension by Sara K. Ahmed and/or Rebellious Read Alouds:  Inviting Conversations About Diversity With Children’s Books by Vera Ahiyya.  Beginning March 26, these seven-week online discussions will help your students develop skills of social comprehension to make sense of themselves and the world as they navigate relevant topics in today’s society and/or to spark meaningful conversations about race, identity, and social justice in your classroom using read alouds as an entry point.  Participants who complete all assignments will be eligible to receive 15 PD clock hours for each book club. 

Required for participation:

• Gmail address (free at https://mail.google.com/).  The Book Club uses Google Classroom, which does not work with Yahoo, AOL, Hotmail, etc.  
• Texts:  Being the Change:  Lessons and Strategies to Teach Social Comprehension by Sara K. Ahmed and/or Rebellious Read Alouds:  Inviting Conversations About Diversity With Children’s Books by Vera Ahiyya.  Books can be purchased from the bookseller of your choice. 

Register by March 15, 2023, to participate in the book club.  Registration is FREE for IRC Members.  The cost for non-members is $45, which includes IRC membership for one year.  

PLEASE NOTE:  The cost of book is not included.