SLANSW Professional Learning Summit - Change the Narrative
Workshop Presenter – Friday 21stMarch 2025
Gail Erskine – CBCA
The SUN Project - CBCA Shadow Judging - illuminating children's literature
CBCA knows the importance of reading; it grows empathy, emotional intelligence, connections to others, critical and creative thinking, and knowledge acquisition. To build a strong reading culture we must provide young Australians with opportunities to be engaged, critical and creative readers. Participants will engage with quality texts using the CBCA Book of the Year Awards judging criteria.
Presenter Bio
Gail is a former primary school teacher, teacher-librarian, mentor to practising teachers and a university tutor in Children’s Literature. She is passionate about the rights of all children to access quality literature, be inspired by authors and illustrators and be informed by qualified teacher-librarians. She is convinced of the transformative power of children’s books and the importance of connecting kids and books. Building lifelong readers is her passion. Gail has been a member of the CBCA NSW Branch since 1991 and is the 2022-23 Lady Cutler Award recipient.
Registrations open at https://www.slansw.net.au/events