Shared Practice: Supporting Reader Identities

Professional  learning sessions designed and delivered by our School Communities Team at Scottish Book Trust.  Our free offering  is for student teachers, teachers, school leadership teams, librarians and other learning professionals.

Scottish Book Trust

Join Scottish Book Trust to discover more about how to support pupils’ reader identities.

Scottish Book Trust CLPL April - June 2026

Children and young people’s understanding of what it means to be a reader are formed at a young age through their interactions with others at home and school (Bourne, 2002; Levy 2009). Through these interactions, they learn what counts as reading and what it means to be a reader. They experience the positive and negative outcomes (depending on how they are positioned) linked to different literacy identities. We know that school literacy practices strongly influence children’s developing reader identities. These practices create opportunities for pupils to see themselves as readers.<a href="https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/" title="https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Scottish Book Trust</a> encourage all reading to be seen as ‘good reading’. In this webinar, the Scottish Book Trust team will share practical and inspiring ways in which our programmes and resources can help support staff to nurture children and young people’s emerging and evolving reader identities. As well as sharing examples of good practice from Reading Schools, we are also delighted to be hearing from three guest speakers:Nadine Aisha Jassat is an award-winning poet and children's writer and the current Reading Schools ambassador for secondary schools. Becca McHugh is a pupil support worker at Meadowpark Communication Provision and Jacqueline Baird is the school librarian at Kirkintilloch High School. They will share some of their insights fom their wide-ranging experiences and top tips on how to easily integrate practical ideas into your setting to encourage all learners to see themselves as readers.If you are working towards Reading Schools accreditation, this will support fulfilment of key areas 1.2.2 Learner role modelling, 1.2.4 Staff development, 2.3.2 Staff-led meaningful conversations about books, and 2.3.3 Creating learner social networks.This session is aimed at staff working in primary or secondary settings in Scotland. It will be held as a meeting on Microsoft Teams. For the best experience, we recommend joining the webinar using the Microsoft Teams app rather than using the browser.<a href="https://www.readingschools.scot/" title="https://www.readingschools.scot/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Reading Schools</a> is a national accreditation programme for schools which are committed to building a reading culture with and for their learners and communities. Research indicates that reading for pleasure positively impacts on learners' attainment across the curriculum, supports wellbeing, critical thinking, creativity, empathy and resilience.NB: We have two self-directed e-learning modules containing curated elements to help give programme participants the relevant knowledge to commence and achieve their Reading Schools accreditation. These can be found <a href="https://www.readingschools.scot/clpl" title="https://www.readingschools.scot/clpl" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a>.

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