Course Information
| Session |
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| Credits | 1.5 CEUs or 15 PDHs |
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| Registration dates | We accept registrations through the first week of classes, unless enrollment is full, and unless the class was canceled before it started due to low enrollment. |
Assessing, Fostering, and Advocating for Effective Early Childhood Services
$250.00
Credits: 1.5 CEUs or 15 PDHs
A commitment to helping adults inspire young children to learn is one of the best ways libraries can foster lasting connections with families across generations. The best way to serve our communities is through excellence.
In this class, we will examine several approaches that libraries can use—or adapt from their current practices—to assess the effectiveness of early literacy programs. These include self-assessments, verbal and survey feedback, observations, and informal and formal evaluations. In addition, hands-on practice will support the development of advocacy skills through the creation of an early literacy advocacy plan.
Note: All staff levels are encouraged to take this class to help strengthen your library’s ability to assess, foster, and advocate for early literacy and learning.
A goal of this course is to promote excellence in adult living—which begins in early childhood. One key objective is to help adults foster excellence within their family environments.
After taking this class, successful participants will be able to:
- Define library “in-reach”—a play on outreach—as a mindset of can-do-ism and explain how it supports learning and service improvement.
- Demonstrate the ability to ask key questions that assess what is working and what is not.
- Review examples and guidelines to develop methods for measuring program effectiveness and activating your library’s potential for early literacy success.
- Identify at least three actions that successful advocates take to gather feedback from families and community partners.
- Cite the top five sources of excellence within your library that can help adults foster excellence in their family environments.
- Develop an early literacy advocacy plan—including an elevator speech—to share with local policymakers.
Course Description
A commitment to helping adults inspire young children to learn is one of the best ways libraries can foster lasting connections with families across generations. The best way to serve our communities is through excellence.
In this class, we will examine several approaches that libraries can use—or adapt from their current practices—to assess the effectiveness of early literacy programs. These include self-assessments, verbal and survey feedback, observations, and informal and formal evaluations. In addition, hands-on practice will support the development of advocacy skills through the creation of an early literacy advocacy plan.
Note: All staff levels are encouraged to take this class to help strengthen your library’s ability to assess, foster, and advocate for early literacy and learning.
A goal of this course is to promote excellence in adult living—which begins in early childhood. One key objective is to help adults foster excellence within their family environments.
After taking this class, successful participants will be able to:
- Define library “in-reach”—a play on outreach—as a mindset of can-do-ism and explain how it supports learning and service improvement.
- Demonstrate the ability to ask key questions that assess what is working and what is not.
- Review examples and guidelines to develop methods for measuring program effectiveness and activating your library’s potential for early literacy success.
- Identify at least three actions that successful advocates take to gather feedback from families and community partners.
- Cite the top five sources of excellence within your library that can help adults foster excellence in their family environments.
- Develop an early literacy advocacy plan—including an elevator speech—to share with local policymakers.
Dorothy Stoltz
Dorothy Stoltz is a professional librarian, author, and consultant. She has served as programming and outreach manager and community engagement director. Dorothy advocates for the quality of our thinking and our love of learning as being incomplete without the support of each other. Dorothy retired with the Carroll County (MD) Public Library in 2021. She is author of six books for ALA Editions, and more with her own company, Waldo Publishers, which presents books inspired by the philosophy of Ralph Waldo Emerson to “activate from within.” She offers mentoring, consulting, and training services on creativity, advocacy, collaboration, and peer learning for libraries and other organizations, through Stoltz Creative Consulting.
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