Course Information

This course is designed to expose teachers, librarians and other community partners to the rich resources for teaching and learning to be found in children's picture books. The institute consists of keynote speeches by well-known and up-and-coming writers and illustrators of children's picture books, as well as juried break-out sessions featuring a variety of related topics. Since the Mazza Institute's agenda changes each year, participants may take the institute twice at the graduate level as part of the elective strand of their Master of Arts in Education degree. Candidates in the advanced institute will also prepare a break-out session for the following year's institute, allowing them to become educational leaders. This is a repeatable course.