Course Information
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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
Dates: July 7 - August 3Credits: 1.5 CEUs or 15 PDHs
A commitment to helping adults inspire young children to learn is the best way for libraries to foster an unbreakable connection with families for generation after generation. The best way to serve our communities is through excellence.
In this class, we will examine several approaches libraries can use – or adapt to what they are already doing – to assess program effectiveness, such as, self-assessments, verbal and survey feedback, observations, and evaluations. A keynote will be to build skill and knowledge to activate top-notch early childhood programming no matter your library’s size, staffing, or budget.
A goal of this course will be to promote excellence in adult living – which begins in early childhood. An objective will be to help adults encourage excellence in their family environment. In addition, hands-on practice will help develop advocacy skills through the creation of an early childhood services advocacy plan.
After taking this class, successful participants will be able to:
- Define library “in-reach” as a thinking skill (can-do-ism) and tell how it prepares us to learn something useful to improve services
- Demonstrate an ability to ask the right questions to examine what’s working and what’s not
- Examine examples and key guidelines to develop methods to measure program effectiveness and activate your library’s potential for success
- Cite at least three actions successful advocates take to garner feedback from families and community partners
- Create an action outline to foster family well-being and help increase program effectiveness based on feedback
- Cite the top five sources of excellence in your library to help adults encourage excellence in their family environment
- Create an advocacy plan, including an elevator speech, to share with library administration and local policy makers
Course Description
A commitment to helping adults inspire young children to learn is the best way for libraries to foster an unbreakable connection with families for generation after generation. The best way to serve our communities is through excellence.
In this class, we will examine several approaches libraries can use – or adapt to what they are already doing – to assess program effectiveness, such as, self-assessments, verbal and survey feedback, observations, and evaluations. A keynote will be to build skill and knowledge to activate top-notch early childhood programming no matter your library’s size, staffing, or budget.
A goal of this course will be to promote excellence in adult living – which begins in early childhood. An objective will be to help adults encourage excellence in their family environment. In addition, hands-on practice will help develop advocacy skills through the creation of an early childhood services advocacy plan.
After taking this class, successful participants will be able to:
- Define library “in-reach” as a thinking skill (can-do-ism) and tell how it prepares us to learn something useful to improve services
- Demonstrate an ability to ask the right questions to examine what’s working and what’s not
- Examine examples and key guidelines to develop methods to measure program effectiveness and activate your library’s potential for success
- Cite at least three actions successful advocates take to garner feedback from families and community partners
- Create an action outline to foster family well-being and help increase program effectiveness based on feedback
- Cite the top five sources of excellence in your library to help adults encourage excellence in their family environment
- Create an advocacy plan, including an elevator speech, to share with library administration and local policy makers
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. https://www.instagram.com/stoltzcreative/
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