Children and YA Newsletter
March 2022
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Spring forward!
It's still March, but spring is coming - we even inched our clocks up an hour to chase it down. As always, we have things for you. GELS continues all spring long, there's Reimagining School Readiness and Literacy Basics with Mother Goose on the Loose, more T3 is coming soon, and we have a tiny Summer Reading nudge. Read on to learn all about it.
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Kymberlee Powe | Children and YA Consultant |
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Growing Equitable Library Services |
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Growing Equitable Library Services (GELS) is a workshop series that strives to build all of our understandings as library staff, that much of our library work has a strong common thread; we all need to consider how to create more accessible, DEI-conscious libraries with services rooted in social justice.
With each GELS program, we will follow with GELS Postscript sessions for small group processing, engagement, and action.
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Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the Library: An Introduction to Trauma-informed Library Service
Friday, March 18 | 10-11:30 am
Presented by Patrick Lloyd: Library Social Worker at the Texas State Library Archives and Commission as part of a 4-part series.
This session will provide an overview of research into adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and the lifelong consequences of trauma. Special attention will be paid to the behavioral responses to trauma commonly observed among public library patrons.
We will explore ways that libraries can move to become trauma-informed, providing customer service that addresses the needs of the whole person.
Please note that while ACEs occur during childhood, the repercussions are felt throughout our lives; this session is not specific to children and youth.
GELS Postscript
Monday, March 21 | 2-3 pm
This GELS Postscript session follows the workshop titled, Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the Library: An Introduction to Trauma-informed Library Service, held on Friday, March 18. If you did not attend this program, your ability to participate in this conversation will be limited.
Growing Equitable Library Services Postscript sessions create a space for processing, discussion, engagement, and determining action after a GELS program. It is not a training or a presentation, but rather a space for reflection, processing, and thinking about action within the library. They are participatory and facilitated.
Please note, as these small group virtual sessions are interactive, we ask that you be prepared with camera and audio capabilities.
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The remaining sessions of a 4-part series with Patrick Llyod, Library Social Worker at the Texas State Library Archives and Commission:
The Public Library as a Protective Factor
Tuesday, April 19 | 11 am-12:30 pm
Approaching Patrons Who Have Experienced Trauma
Monday, May 16 | 2-3:30 pm
The Connected Library: Vetting and Partnering with Social Service Providers
Tuesday, June 7 | 11 am-12:30 pm
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GELS: Inclusive Story Time – Strategies and Implementation Tips
Thursday, March 24 | 2-3:30 pm
The Connecticut State Library (CSL) and the Connecticut State Education Resource Center (SERC) have partnered to bring you a workshop on Inclusive Story Time.
Inclusion is essential to creating a high-quality experience for all young patrons who visit the library. How do we ensure that all who attend our story times can fully engage in and enjoy the experience? One way to do this is by implementing a Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and its respective networks: Engagement, Representation, and Expression. We will cover the brain science of UDL and link it to what the science of reading tells us happens in a developing reading brain. We will discuss why and how story time can be accessible to all. Participants will learn assistive technology strategies to implement inclusive story time.
Audience:
- Public library workers who work with young children and their caregivers
Topics Covered:
- Universal Design for Learning
- Science of Reading
- Assistive Technology
GELS Postscript
Friday, March 25 | 2-3 pm
This GELS Postscript session follows the workshop titled, Inclusive Story Time – Strategies and Implementation Tips, held on Thursday, March 24. If you did not attend this program, your ability to participate in this conversation will be limited.
Growing Equitable Library Services Postscript sessions create a space for processing, discussion, engagement, and determining action after a GELS program. It is not a training or a presentation, but rather a space for reflection, processing, and thinking about action within the library. They are participatory and facilitated.
Please note, as these small group virtual sessions are interactive, we ask that you be prepared with camera and audio capabilities.
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Reimagining School Readiness Training |
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Do you wonder what research really says about how to support school readiness?
The Reimagining School Readiness Toolkit is a suite of research-backed activities and these upcoming trainings will introduce library staff to help families prepare children ages 0 to 8 for success in school and in life.
We are offering this 2-part program twice, once in April and once in May.
April
Part 1: Wednesday, April 13 | 2-4 pm
Part 2: Wednesday, April 20 | 2-4 pm
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May
Part 1: Wednesday, May 18 | 2-4 pm
Part 2: Wednesday, May 25 | 2-4 pm
*By registering for the program, you are confirming that you can attend Part 1 and Part 2.
NOTE: These sessions will NOT be recorded.
Through an interactive presentation with hands-on activities, this training will introduce library staff to the research, practical implications, and resources offered in the toolkit, which is available in its entirety for free online.
Participants will understand key findings from current cognitive and developmental psychology research, reflect on the implications of those findings for their daily work, and gain practical ready-to-implement ideas for activities, as well as resources for staff trainings and for parents/caregivers.
You will benefit from this workshop if you work with children ages 0 to 8 and their families, and would like to learn more about how to offer research-backed programming in your library!
This training is offered free of charge through a generous grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as a part of a broader effort to disseminate the Reimagining School Readiness Toolkit nationally. The toolkit was developed by the Bay Area Discovery Museum in collaboration with the California State Library and the Pacific Library Partnership.
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Literacy Basics and the Mother Goose on the Loose Philosophy
Wednesday, April 27 | 2-3:30 pm
A brief introduction to brain development in the early years and a review of ages and stages is accompanied by examples that show how to use this knowledge to build children’s skills and enhance parenting through library programming. A section on flannel boards will include ways to use felt pieces as visual representations for songs and rhymes, for telling stories, for playing games, and for sharing tips with parents during virtual storytimes. Presented by Betsy Diamant-Cohen.
NOTE: This session will NOT be recorded.
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Transforming Teen Services | Train the Trainer (T3)
Transforming Teen Services (T3) offers tools and approaches to engage and provide for your teens in both school or public library settings. T3 is a 4-course series of trainings designed to help improve library services for teens across four basic content areas:
- Connected Learning
- Computational Thinking
- Child and Youth Development
- The Pursuit of Equity
In the winter of 2020, state and local library staff from around the country were trained to implement Transforming Teen Services trainings in their home states. Kymberlee Powe, Children’s and Youth Adult Consultant at the CT State Library Division of Library Development, and Mia Orobona, Teen Services Librarian from Darien Library, were trained to facilitate T3 in Connecticut.
Join Kym and Mia along with your teen librarian colleagues from around Connecticut, to learn, build, and develop services for and with teens that will guarantee the adolescents you support have what they need now, and for future success.
Please note, even if you have done some of the T3 trainings before we will always welcome you again - we all need refreshers. And you are not required to do all of them, but you’ll gain the most benefit if you do!
More coming this year - stay tuned!
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Summer Reading is Coming!
We know our program may not work for everyone and encourage libraries to design summer reading programs that fit their communities and fully support that this may mean choosing your own theme, programs, books, visuals and more. We welcome this creativity!
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All books.
All people.
All CT Reads.
How is your library engaging with All CT Reads?
Tell us all about how you, your library, school, book club, or any group are participating in All CT Reads this year. Which books are you reading? Are you leading book discussions or creating your own programming? We want to hear from you!
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About All CT Reads
All CT Reads is a year-long initiative to promote lifelong reading, learning, and connection that uses a rotating community committee structure to select one main book title and 3 shortlist book titles, each calendar year for three age groups: children (ages 8-12), teens (ages 13-18), and adults. In addition to the books, All CT Reads provides a supported programmatic structure built around the titles with room for individuality and creativity.
Why All CT Reads?
We want a way to read together. We want continuous conversations across Connecticut. We want to offer avenues of participation for spaces big and small to talk about inclusivity, cultures, acceptance, mirrors, windows, and sliding glass doors. We want adventure, mystery, and relationships, too. We wanted a line-up of books that looks just like this one.
Our Partners and Sponsors
All CT Reads is an initiative of the Connecticut State Library Division of Library Development and partners with the Connecticut Center for the Book at Connecticut Humanities, the Connecticut Association for School Librarians (CASL), and the Connecticut Library Consortium (CLC). All CT Reads is supported by a generous grant from EBSCO Information Services to the Connecticut Heritage Foundation.
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Kymberlee Powe
Children and YA Consultant
Connecticut State Library | Division of Library Development
Middletown Library Service Center
786 South Main Street | Middletown, CT 06457
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