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ALSC now accepting applications for the Baker & Taylor Summer Reading Grant

ALSC and the Programs and Services Recognition Committee are now accepting online applications for the ALSC/Baker & Taylor Summer Reading Grant. This $3,000 grant is designed to encourage reading programs for children in public libraries, while recognizing ALSC members for outstanding program development.
Due to COVID-19, the committee will consider proposals for virtual programming, as well as in-person programs which can take into account public health and safety measures
Each application will be judged on the following:

• The plan and outline submitted for a theme-based summer reading program in a public library
• Program ideas that are open to all children (birth – 14 years)
• The committee encourages innovative proposals involving children with physical or mental disabilities

Applicants must be personal members of ALSC, as well as ALA members, to apply. Deadline for submissions is Nov. 15, 2020. For more information about the award and to find the online application, please visit the ALSC/Baker & Taylor Summer Reading Grant website.

Storytime Starters: New Pandemic Skills Coming to a Website Near You – ALSC Blog, 10.15.20

ALSC Championing Children’s Services Toolkit
The Championing Children’s Services Toolkit encompasses a variety of easy to use advocacy resources to empower Children’s staff to engage their communities to build healthy successful futures for children.

Resources

MDHHS Order of October 9, 2020: Gathering Prohibition and Face Covering Order information sheet from the Library of Michigan – 10/12/20.

Who Was? Printables & Activities from Brightly

“Choose Your Own Adventure: Read-Aloud Book Club:” https://www.cyoa.com/pages/bookclub
The club is for adventurers of all ages and works best with groups of 5-20 club members at each meeting. The club can run for 9 months or 9 weeks; a total of 9 books will be read throughout the course of the club. The librarian or library staff member will select a Choose Your Own Adventure® book to read each session, and the adventurers decide which path the group should take. If the group can’t agree, roll a die! 

Free Virtual Music Workshops
Bridging Education & Art Together (BEAT) is an NYC based non-profit that provides unique Hip-Hop based arts education programs to youth in schools and public institutions -- including students with disabilities. BEAT is offering free Virtual Music Production & Lyricism workshops to libraries across the country. If you are interested in bringing this program to the youth you serve, please contact the Program Director, Brittany Wilson, at brittany@beatglobal.org to learn more.

Webinar

Mental Health, Mindfulness, Self-Care: What We Can Do During a Pandemic

Monday, October 19, 2020 @ 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT
Free from edWeb.net

If there is a silver lining to COVID-19 it is the increased awareness and importance of mental health for our teachers, students, and their families/caregivers. The tension created between new social distance protocols and the need to connect and build relationships is heightened, with many not equipped to lower the stress for meaningful teaching and learning to occur in school or in a remote environment. At the same time, school communities and society at large are facing the pandemic of centuries of racism that is harmful to students, particularly Black, Indigenous and students of Color.

What are the strategies that need to be put in place to nurture the growth of each student, their family/caregivers, and teachers during these times? How can we evolve to be culturally responsive in our schools and communities? In this edWebinar, we will:

• Learn about key self-care tips not only for students, but adults, too
• Discover how school districts can encourage self-care and mindfulness in their communities of teachers and learners
• Hear what parents can do at home to foster self-care and mindfulness
• Examine how being student centered can promote culturally responsive teaching

This edWebinar will be of interest to teachers, librarians, and school and district leaders of all levels. There will be time for questions at the end of the presentation.

Presented by Dena Simmons, Ed.D., Assistant Director, Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, Yale University, CT; Dr. Baron R. Davis, Superintendent, Richland School District Two, SC; Doris Corporan, Counselor, New York City; and Dewayne J. McClary, Director, League of Innovative Schools, Digital Promise

The recording will be posted on this page after the live session and closed captioning will be added within 2 weeks. 

In the News…

Author Jacqueline Woodson has won a MacArthur Fellowship

Librarianship in 2020: Year of the Go-Getter – SLJ, 10.14.20

Have a good weekend,

Cathy Lancaster

Youth Services Coordinator

Library of Michigan
702 W. Kalamazoo St.
Lansing, MI 48915
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LancasterC5@michigan.gov | 517-335-8129 | www.mi.gov/libraryofmichigan
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