Hello Halifax!
Thursday, March 12th, 2009Halifax! Day 3 of our public consultations and the contrast from the snowy greeting to the sunny blue sky day we have in front of us is stark!
Our distinguished panelists have already demonstrated their ability and interest in engaging with our presenters.
The first clear recommendation of the day from Dr. Victor Glickman involves using a framework of 14 questions to evaluate the efficacy of reading assessment tools across the country. Often reading assessment tools do not accurately measure what they profess to measure.
We were later reminded of the importance of the library system in early childhood literacy development with a passionate presentation from Angela Reynolds.
We are learning that progressive library systems have either become or are becoming community centres of literacy development and information. People use the library to learn, to attend programs, to seek information - which may have been tradiational. A more intriguing development is the number of individuals and families who seek out the library because they find a welcoming community in these progressive libraries.
