NCBLA Planning
In Search of Wonder:
Common Core and More
Common Core and More
Professional Development Day
October 17th, 2014 in Perry, Ohio
The National Children’s Book and Literacy Alliance is
launching a new education initiative—In Search of Wonder: Common Core and
More—in Northern Ohio this fall! This inspiring professional development day is designed for teachers, librarians, and caretakers—any
and all adults who live with and work for young people!
“In Search of Wonder: Common Core and More” will take place
on NEOEA Day, October 17th, at the Goodwin Theatre in Perry, Ohio
and will feature authors Katherine Paterson, Nikki Grimes, Tanya Lee Stone,
Steven Kellogg, and a soon-to-be named YA author!
For more information and
registration details, click here.
We are working with Perry, Ohio School’s chief media
specialist Jodi Rzeszotarski and the Cleveland Public Library’s Director of
Children’s Services Annisha Jeffries to plan the day’s schedule so we ensure In
Search of Wonder addresses the Common Core needs of all teachers and
librarians.
Recently, I spent time with Jodi at the Perry Schools
touring their beautiful facilities and had an inspiring afternoon working with
Annisha and her talented and energetic staff at the Cleveland Public Library
(CPL). 
As a teen working in downtown Cleveland, I spent most of my lunch hours
at the CPL, so it was with special joy that I saw all the remarkable changes
Annisha and her staff have created—a new teen room, the only safe harbor for
teens downtown, a beautiful arts center for creative activities, and the huge
reading rooms overflowing with books, looking out onto the city and the lake.
Annisha and her staff have accomplished so much in two short years!
Mary Brigid Barrett
President and Executive Director
The National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance
President and Executive Director
The National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance
