READsquared is offering a statewide spring training to showcase the new 2021 CSLP theme, how to do a theme update/import programs, and allow for open Q & A.
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Tuesday, March 9 @ 2 PM
Register to be emailed a meeting link. https://forms.gle/uK5UhUc45eKRwYFq7 Tuesday, March 9 @ 2 PM Join a discussion with other NH Librarians on how they use READsquared at their libraries, with patrons and volunteers.
READsquared is offering a statewide spring training to showcase the new 2021 CSLP theme, how to do a theme update/import programs, and allow for open Q & A.
Last year a series of library management webinars were crafted by representatives from NH, ME, VT and MA State Library systems with ALA. In NH, the webinar series was funded by the NH Charitable Foundation, making it FREE to all NH library staff & volunteers.
At the time of the webinars, ALA Essentials for Library Workers was also purchased but not issued as ALA was updating the suite. The ALA Essentials for Library Workers – updated is NOW AVAILABLE for all NH Librarians. To request a pdf of instructions to access the FREE trainings please email deborah.l.dutcher@dncr.nh.gov.
About ALA Essentials for Library Workers:
Library employees at all levels can be more effective and engaged when they are familiar with the basic principles and core values of librarianship, as well as the role of their library within the community. Leveraging unique expertise across the American Library Association and beyond, ALA Essentials for Library Workers is a series of prerecorded training and informational sessions in these areas that can help both onboard new employees and provide important refreshers for current staff.
In four training sessions, your staff can enhance their knowledge and understanding of these crucial library concerns as they learn from experts about:
Creating a welcoming environment for patrons with disabilities, presented by the Association of Specialized, Government and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASGCLA)
The fundamentals of diversity and tools for creating inclusive environments, presented by the ALA Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services (ODLOS)
The essential principles of intellectual freedom and the Library Bill of Rights, plus resources and support, presented by the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedomm (OIF)
How to provide excellent customer service—from welcoming new users to the library to tips for handling difficult conversations, presented by Laurie Brown, a customer service expert for more than 20 years
Equip your staff with the essentials that may not yet be part of your HR orientation or ongoing professional development but that can help library employees more fully integrate the unique responsibilities that come with working in a library.
Sign up for a zoom link to join other Mindful Librarians on 2/17/21 at 1 PM EST to talk about what is keeping us well as we continue to operate personally and professionally in a pandemic. Come to listen–come to share (a book, website, practice that you resonate with)..All are welcome. Sign Up: https://forms.gle/eCMbEdRxRmx8UMyf9
Check out the new Bibliotherapy page on my website:
If you’re looking for resources to support your youth in the Engineering Mindset, you may want to check out this collection from Million Girls Moonshot, shared by the Afterschool Alliance.
If you’d like to learn more about Engineering Mindsets, an ACRES module about Engineering Practices would be perfect. Check out cohort RT32EP, which meets April 7th, April 21st, and May 5th from 3:00 – 5:00 PM EST. Stipends are still available. Register at https://mmsa.org/projects/acres/join-a-cohort/ and use code RT32EP.
Thank you to Cellissa Hoyt of Early Learning NH for presenting at today’s Tuesday Together Talk. If you were unable to join us, here are the slides and recorded presentation. More information about receiving the free resources/handouts mentioned will be coming very soon.
Hello NH Librarians. There is not a single one of us operating in the same way we were at the beginning of this year. I am so proud to be part of a profession that despite all its difficulties, has quickly risen to the challenge and been very creative in continuing to meet their communities needs. Just because it is Not business as usual,we can still continue to train and deliver research based programs to our families.
I am happy to announce the sign-up to join one of the Reimagining School Readiness cohorts starting next spring. In 2021 NH joins 12 other states in Year 2 of the The Bay Area Discovery Museum (BADM), in collaboration with the Pacific Library Partnership (PLP) and the California State Library (CSL), in a train-the-trainer program to equip librarians with the resources to help families and children ages 0-8 prepare for success in school and inlife. The Reimagining School Readiness Toolkit is a set of free, online research-backed school readiness activities and resources designed to provide librarians with strategies and downloadable content for caregivers to prepare children for school.
This research based program aligns with NH’s play-based model of learning for Kindergarten adopted in 2018. Our goal in offering this program to NH Librarians is to: •provide training in current school readiness research and strategies to modify programming to align with research • Supply free research-backed activities and tools online that can be adapted by any community • Provide ongoing professional development opportunities for library staff
Our first cohort of NH Librarians will begin around March/April 2021. We are being granted some funds to help us provide participating libraries with some resources and would like an estimate of interested libraries to enable us to order enough supplies. The training for NH Librarians is estimated to be a half-day training (offered virtually) and actual participation will be required. May more than one person participate in the training from one library? Absolutely! We also anticipate offering a second cohort in May/June. Sign up HERE
Don’t forget to sign up for the special Youth Services Tuesday Together Talk with Cellissa Hoyt, State Director, State Early Learning Alliance of New Hampshire & State Director, Vroom and Mind in the Making on January 12, 2021@ 10 am. Fill out this Registration Form and shortly before the event you will be sent the zoom log in. Sign up HERE
I have enjoyed our Together Talks this past year but next year starting in March I will be holding an every other month YACHT (Young Adult/Children Hot Topics) club. The idea comes from my counterpart in Iowa and is being now used in Washington with great success. Participants will read/listen to/watch the resources, then we’ll get together to discuss them and how they can apply to our work as Children & Youth Librarians in New Hampshire. On the opposite month will be a similar group for Adult & Senior Librarians. I do not have a catchy name for this group yet–suggestions appreciated.
Now that living in a virtual world seems to be a part of this so called new normal–media literacy is even more important to even our youngest.
Executive Summary
The TEC (Technology in Early Childhood) Center at Erikson Institute in partnership with the National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE), the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), and the Association of Children’s Museums (ACM) was awarded a grant by the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences (IMLS) in 2018 to host two national forum meetings to discuss media literacy in early childhood with experts and practitioners with the objective of developing materials to support the understanding and teaching of media literacy in early childhood.
This report recognizes and builds upon the extensive media literacy educational materials, books, research, and policies that have been developed to date. The framework builds upon many existing media literacy-focused frameworks including Teaching Tolerance’s Digital Literacy Framework (2017) and Project Look Sharp’s Process of Media Literacy (2018). The child development and children’s media use findings bring together decades of research from various fields in order to understand media literacy in early childhood. The cultural considerations, activities, and tips highlight existing educational materials and concerns raised by practitioners who serve children in a variety of settings. The barriers and solutions to sustaining this work shed light on the challenges practitioners and caregivers face daily. The intention of this Media Literacy in Early Childhood Report is to utilize media literacy, child development, and early education knowledge to develop educational materials and advocate for support for media literacy education in early childhood.
This report provides:
1. an updated definition of media literacy in early childhood;
2. an explanation of developmentally appropriate media literacy education for children under age 8;
3. background on the developmental abilities and expectations of young children with regards to media use and media literacy; and
4. guidelines to support media literacy in early childhood.
