PLA @ ALAAdult Learners: Helping Libraries Make MAGIC !
Sunday, June 29, 1:30-5:30pm
ALA President Loriene Roy and California State Librarian Susan Hildreth will set the stage for this engaging and dynamic presentation on the added value of literacy and adult learners in your public library. Panel presentations from librarians, literacy coordinators, and adult learners will describe several national adult learner projects. This session is for libraries who partner with adult education providers as well as for those managing literacy programs.
Teen Parents Raising Readers: Teen Staff Making It Happen
Sat: June 28, 1:30 pm - 5:30 pm
This program provides information, hands-on activities, and techniques that will enable teen staff to share early literacy information from the Every Child Ready to Read @ your library project in pregnant/parenting teen programs. Learn how to conduct programs that not only empower teens with a better understanding of reading, but also leave them with new ways to interact with their children that support later reading development.
Early Literacy Training for Child Care Providers: A Proven Program for Success
Sun: June 29, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Using Carroll County (Md.) Public Library’s ground-breaking, scientifically-based initiative, learn about ways to train child care providers to foster early literacy skills in young children.
Read Between the Lions: Public Television and Public Libraries Join Forces to Improve Literacy
Mon: June 30, 10:30 am - Noon
Hear how three public libraries in different communities utilized entertaining, research-based episodes of the award-winning educational program, Between the Lions to create engaging, hands-on, library-based Reading Dens to increase and improve the literacy practices and skills of kindergarteners and their parents.
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