Bright futures Outreach Programs 2016 - PowerPoint Presentation

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Bright futures

Outreach Programs 2016Idaho Commission for LibrariesSlide2

Icfl

summer reading coordinators:Staci Shaw

Stephanie Bailey-WhiteSlide3

Bright Futures outreach programs

:School VisitsReaching Underserved Children

School PartnershipsSlide4

Big Picture

National focus

Best practices

Use of federal dollars

Evaluation and research

State needs

ImpactSlide5

Outcome

for ICfL Summer Reading:Children will maintain reading achievement skills over the summer with support from Idaho libraries.Slide6

How many Idaho children participate in library summer programs?

~Need for consistent baseline data~

Registration vs. Participation vs. Completion

Pages

Minutes

Hours

Books

Attendance

ActivitiesSlide7

Desired Output

: Children will read a minimum of 10 hours or read a minimum of 10 books during their summer break.*

*Read= reading independently and/or being read to (read alouds, audiobooks, online books)Slide8

Desired Output: 10 books/10 hours

Not mandatory!Libraries that agree to track this information will be given priority in Bright Futures applicationsMany libraries already tracking

Adaptable (days, contracts, different minimum, we can help make your system work)Summer reading coordinators available to answer questionsSlide9

evaluation

If you do not formally evaluate your summer reading program others will do so for you. Slide10

Formal Evaluation:

All libraries wishing to participate in any Bright Futures program must formally evaluate its summer reading program.Slide11

Formal Evaluation

Questions are planned and deliberateCustomized, based on what the library needs to know about its SRP

Data can be compiled and evaluatedSurveys, focus groups, comment cards in-house and at outreach, partnership with schools to collect test data, etc.Formal evaluation is NOT:Verbal feedback from participants or parents Conversations with participants or parents

Comments overheard during programs, etc.Slide12

ICfL Website:Slide13

Ready to apply?

Step 1: Talk to others in your library first (director, other youth services librarians or outreach programmers, or other branch librarians)

Agree on which programs to applyAssign point personDetermine who will be filling out summer reading reportSlide14

Chart of Applicants

Chart of BF Applicants (to date)

Step

2:

See what has already been submitted for your areaSlide15

School visits

NOTE: For 2016 we have received private funding for this program. This allows us some flexibility in choosing and distributing materials.Slide16

School Visits Objectives

Through face-to-face contact with elementary school children, public library staff communicate the importance of maintaining a consistent reading routine over the summer months.

inform students, teachers, and parents about how to participate in the library’s summer reading program. Slide17

School Visits Requirements

Face to face contact with students, either by visiting the school or hosting school field trips to the library, in which library communicates why they must continue reading over the summer.

Students take home branded educational materials and information about how to participate in library’s summer reading program. Only elementary schools (grades K-6) are eligible.For 2016 only: Elementary and Middle Schools are eligible

Track number of schools and children for summer reading report.

Public library must formally evaluate the effectiveness of its summer reading program

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Priority will be given to libraries that agree to track the number of children who read at least 10 hours during the course of the SRP.Slide18

School Visits Materials:

Special thanks to the

JA and Katherine Albertson Family Foundation

for providing drawstring backpacks

Summer of CodeSlide19

Face-to-face communication with parents:

http://

libraries.idaho.gov/page/summer-reading-resources

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Application: due by March 31

List each school and number of children in target grades of each schoolSlide21

Data Tracking

Summer Reading Report due: September 15Slide22

Reaching underserved childrenSlide23

Reaching Underserved Children Objectives:

Public library staff collaborate with community partners to engage hard-to-reach students in reading activities that occur out in the community.

Public library staff communicate the importance of maintaining a consistent reading routine over the summer months.Slide24

RUSC Requirements:

Collaborate with community partnerFace to face contact with children and families off-site of library grounds, in which library distributes books

and communicates importance of reading over the summer.Track sites and attendance Public library must formally evaluate the effectiveness of its summer reading program

* Priority will be given to libraries that agree to track the number of children who read at least 10 hours during the course of the SRP

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RUSC Materials

Paperback books for age group(s) requestedBookmarks to go with books

Yard sign to announce visit and/or schedule of visitsSlide26

Little Libraries (optional component)

Weekly program offsite for at least five weeks in a

row (park, summer school lunch program, community center, Farmer’s Market, etc.).Rotate bin

of “Read and Return” books

each week (If needed ICfL

can

supply bin, starter collection,

and Read and Return

stickers).

Track number

of books distributed (generally one per child)

Survey children

and parents during

last

two weeks of your

program (ICfL

provides survey). Return surveys to ICfL and submit statistics in Summer Reading Report, due September 15.

Optional – but highly encouraged! Weekly activities: Summer Reading Outreach GuidebookSlide27

Application: due by March 31

Community Partner

Sites, DatesNumber of childrenAge rangeLittle Libraries: Site, FrequencySlide28

Data Tracking

Summer Reading Report due

September 15Slide29

School PartnershipsSlide30

Qualifications:

Publicly-funded public libraries may apply. Public library must provide regularly scheduled summer programs for the targeted school-age students during the application year. If your library is planning construction or remodeling this summer, and regularly scheduled programs will not be held in an alternate location, the library does not qualify for this program.

Public libraries must partner with public elementary schools. The following schools do not qualify: private, parochial, preschools, middle/junior high schools, daycares, or homeschool organizations.

"Participation" in the library's summer reading program must not be dependent solely on physical attendance at on-site library programs.

Libraries that agree to track the number of students who read a minimum of 10 books or 10 hours will be given priority. Slide31

School Partnerships Objectives:

The public library and elementary school collaborate to minimize summer learning loss.Public library staff, the principal, and the school librarian collaborate to increase student participation in the public library's summer reading program.

Parents of elementary school children understand the importance of maintaining a consistent reading routine over the summer months.Slide32

Components of Successful Programs:

Level of involvement of principal or key staffMeasureable GoalPersonal communication with parents

Access to books over summer monthsSummer monitoring by schoolFollow-UpSlide33
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School Partnerships Requirements:

1) Libraries

can partner with up to five schools. 2) Meet with each school’s principal and librarian in person. Develop a Summer Reading Challenge

that involves the whole school or that targets specific grades. Slide35

Reading Challenge must include:

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goal for the number/percentage of children participating in the public library’s summer reading program.A reading output goal for the school (total minutes read, books read, books per child, etc

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plan for promoting the Challenge to students and parents, as well as teachers and

staff.

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plan for increasing students’ access to books and other print materials over the

summer.

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plan for monitoring student/school progress during the

summer.

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recognition/celebration event when school resumes in the fall.Slide36

Requirements, continued:

3) Track school’s student participation in Summer Library Programs.

4) Design and administer an evaluation of the library’s summer reading program.5) Submit participation statistics in Summer Reading Report, due September 15. Slide37

School Partnerships Materials

Public library and school library each receive in spring: 10 hardcover books50 paperback books

vinyl summer reading bannerPartnerships that achieve participation goal receive an additional 5 hardcover books in the fallSlide38

Resources

Planning worksheets for Reading ChallengeLibrary Toolkit School Toolkit

WebsiteSlide39

Application: due by Feb 1

Completed Reading Challenge worksheet for each schoolSlide40

Data Tracking

Summer Reading Report due

September 15Slide41

Contacts

Staci Shaw staci.shaw@libraries.Idaho.govStephanie Bailey-White

Stephanie.bailey-white@libraries.Idaho.govSlide42

Bright futures begin with summer reading!