Program: Mid East Suffolk Teacher Resource and Computer Training Center
Audience: School librarians, ELA teachers, Guidance Counselors, Social Workers and Psychologists
Dates: 2/6/2024 to 3/12/2024
In this course, we will study Maryann Harlan's book The Girl Positive Library: Inspiring Confidence, Creativity, and Curiosity in Young Women. This well-researched, straightforward work offers librarians and educators guidance in reading, critiquing, and recommending YA books that advance positive and accurate representation of girls and young women. Harlan's book discusses complex issues like character archetypes that define norms of adolescent behavior, body autonomy and sex positivity, and the importance of reading YA fiction through a lens of intersectional feminism. The text provides an accessible and thorough foundation for meaningful conversations surrounding representations of girlhood in media, particularly novels and film. About half of the work consists of in-depth reviews of YA fiction and the other half is practical suggestions for how to use and implement a feminist lens while reading, discussing, and reviewing titles.
A digital copy of the book will be provided through MESTRACT's Gale eBook library.
Please note: Course delivery will be through a combination of required synchronous meetings and asynchronous work in Google Classroom. District approval is required for in-service credit.
(15 CTLE hours)