Shared Practice: Staff as readers (November 2024 recording)

This is a collection of one presentation and two interviews from a live webinar event held in November 2024, showcasing the importance of staff readership in schools, together with great practice examples, top tips and pointers.

The recordings feature a presentation from the University of Glasgow's Dr Jennifer Farrar, together with interviews with award-winning author and Reading Schools ambassador Brian Conaghan, and Marr College's Sarah Keirs.

This content directly relates to key areas 1.2.3 Staff being seen as readers themselves(this will open in a new window), 1.2.4 Staff Development(this will open in a new window) and 1.2.5 Staff knowledge of contemporary children's literature(this will open in a new window).

We recommend watching these recordings and downloading the presentation below if you are interested in exploring ways to promote and support staff readership in your school.

Please visit our CLPL calendar(this will open in a new window) for other upcoming and recorded sessions.

Shared Practice: Staff as readers

Presentation: Dr Jennifer Farrar

Joining us from the University of Glasgow, Dr Jennifer Farrar delivers a presentation on what it means to be a reading role model and why it is so important.

Interview: Brian Conaghan

Award-winning YA and middle-grade author Brian Conaghan shares his experiences as a both a teacher and author, discussing the creation of his resource for teachers and how adults in school can support readership through nourishing their own reading habits.

Interview: Sarah Keirs

Marr College's librarian Sarah Keirs shares her school's journey to accreditation and how staff across the school have been involved in promoting reading for pleasure as well as sharing their reading identities.

Related resources

There are other resources that you may also find of interest to support the key areas outlined above:

• Use our 'ready to go' presentation templates, like our Introducing Reading Schools to your colleagues template(this will open in a new window)
• Explore our resources to facilitate discussions and activities around reading identities(this will open in a new window)
• Brian Conaghan's Teachers as readers guide and staffroom resource (this will open in a new window)
• Article: Running a staff book club(this will open in a new window)
• Article: Staff development at Barsail Primary School(this will open in a new window)