YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association) recently surveyed its members about how they see YALSA and use its resources. As a follow-up to that, the Presidential Implementation Task Force is holding focus groups
to better understand how non-members view YALSA and use its resources. You are invited to participate in a one hour Zoom focus group with your peers to discuss the current state of teen library services and how YALSA might support you in your work.
The world has changed in the last year, and this is a great opportunity to connect with others in similar roles and make a positive impact on the future of the profession. Insights shared during the focus group will be invaluable in helping
YALSA build programs and services, many of which are available to non-members, that better serve your needs and advance teen library services across the country.
To participate, please tell us about yourself
here and select the focus group time and day that works best for you.
Thank you in advance for participating in this important work!
Yvette Garcia
Chair, Presidential Implementation Task Force
CSLP Additional Materials – don’t forget to check for new uploads in the 2021 Online Manual! Need help navigating? Luke Kralik’s made some great tutorials:
https://www.cslpreads.org/2021-tutorials/.
Wednesday, April 28, 2021,
2pm ET/11am PT
National Summer Learning Association (NSLA)
Summer and extended learning programs play an important role in providing a safe space for student learning and exploration, especially for BIPOC students. This starts with a staff that is well-equipped with the social and emotional intelligence to support,
lead and navigate this work. This webinar examines how organizations can best equip summer program staff with tools & training on race, equity and inclusion in order to meet student needs and maximize program impact this summer. Breakthrough Collaborative
has assembled a Race Equity Diversity & Inclusion (REDI) Workgroup of program leaders, staff, former teaching fellows and instructional coaches to do just that.
Tuesday the USDA announced a series of nationwide child nutrition program waivers to support children, families, and schools through the 2021-2022 school year. These waivers will allow for flexible distribution of school meals and afterschool meals/snacks
for the entire school year. Several are similar to the waivers supporting the Summer Food Service Program through September 30, 2021, and effectively offer the same flexibilities during the school year, including:
These are just three of the 12 waivers announced today; most of the others address technical matters including reimbursement rates and monitoring.
What does this mean for libraries? Libraries that serve afterschool meals or snacks under the at-risk afterschool component of the USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) will be able to continue providing grab-and-go meals
and may give them to parents/guardians. Libraries that serve afterschool food in partnership with their school district; health, education, or recreation department; food bank; regional anti-hunger organization; etc. are most likely in this program.
Also, it will be helpful for library staff to know that these waivers will impact the child nutrition program at the schools in their community. According to a 4/20/2021 mailing from the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC), child nutrition
waivers “have been essential to ensuring that children have access to free meals through the federal child nutrition programs during a time of unprecedented food insecurity. As the pandemic continues to impact communities across the country, this extension
will give schools and child care providers the flexibility and stability necessary to maintain their meal service operations in the upcoming school year and through June 30, 2022.”
For more information:
Please note that libraries and other community entities participating in the Summer Food Service Program will have similar waivers for summer 2021. See the
CSLP Libraries and Summer Food guide for current basic info. Look for an article by CCWB member Shane Hoffman in the next CSLP newsletter for more news about child nutrition and food security!
In February’s Tails & Tales workshop it was mentioned that a supplemental packet might come in April from CSLP, but that has not yet materialized. Many crafts, program ideas, take-and-makes to be found though – some are
being added to “Additional Materials” in the online manual, lots shared in the
CSLP Facebook
group, and on CSLP Pinterest
page. @CSLPreads for all social media platforms, including the new Instagram!
Project READY is a three-year program funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services to create professional development for school librarians and other educators focused on racial equity and culturally sustaining pedagogy.
The Project READY curriculum aims to do the following:
You can access this critical self-reflecting, self-paced course at:
https://ready.web.unc.edu/.
Shake
Up Your Shelves: Diversify Your Book Collection!
Monday, May 3, 2021
4-5 PM ET, 1-2 PM PT
SHAKE UP YOUR SHELVES! Join award-winning teacher and author Donalyn Miller, educator Autumn Allen, and Newbery Award Medalist Erin Entrada Kelly for an hour-long FREE webinar and get practical tips and approaches for diversifying your book collection!
With diverse books, teachers and librarians can help young people better understand themselves and others. This hour-long FREE webinar will give you practical strategies for looking critically at the books you’re sharing with your students plus tips for SHAKING
UP YOUR SHELVES by retiring titles that are outdated and by adding titles that reflect the experiences of more underrepresented groups.
Presenters
Donalyn Miller, Award-winning teacher, Author, & Staff Developer
Autumn Allen , Educator and Children’s Literature Specialist
Erin Entrada Kelly, Newbery Award Medalist
Teaching Juneteenth webinar with Carole Boston Weatherford
Juneteenth is an annual celebration on June 19th commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. Lee & Low publishers is hosting a webinar that will explore the importance of the holiday, how and why it’s celebrated across the country,
as well as relevant books, teaching strategies, and more.
The panelists are Newbery and Caldecott Honor-winning author and poet Carole Boston Weatherford ( Juneteenth Jamboree), and educators Dr. Amanda Vickery, assistant professor of social studies at University of North Texas; and Dawnavyn
James, a Missouri-based early childhood and elementary educator. The one-hour webinar is on Wednesday, May 12 at 4 p.m. Eastern.
Registration is free, and there is an option to purchase Juneteenth Jamboree when registering.
White Kids Need Diverse Books, Too – by Dr. Nicole A. Cooke,
YALS Vol 17 No 4, Summer 2019.
Collaborate
with Positivity: Improv Superpowers to Improve Team Communication & Resilience –
Library of Michigan webinar
Thursday, April 29, 2021
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET
Back by popular demand! Two-Hour Remote Interactive Presentation with Pam Victor, President, Happier Valley Comedy.
We ask you attend live!
Shhhhh! Don't tell anyone this secret: In this remote interactive presentation, professional improviser Pam Victor shares the exclusive collaboration superpower that allows improvisers to create comedy out of thin air, so you can
use these trade secrets for building stronger collaboration, communication, and resilience at work. Through humorous stories and impactful exercises, you learn how to use improv superpowers to improve brainstorming, flexibility with change, team empowerment,
and creative problem solving.
This project is made possible by grant funds from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) administered by the State of Michigan through the Library of Michigan.
Nature Lesson Videos from the DNR
Our park interpreters have been busy creating these videos to teach you about Michigan's great outdoors! These playlists are updated often as new videos are released - keep checking back to see what comes next. You’ll also find nature experiments, projects,
and more!
Michigan expands mask requirement to children ages 2 to 4, extends gathering limits – M-Live,
4.17.21
Helping a Community Coping with Loss and Grief – Public Libraries Online, 3.11.21
We need a common understanding of the science of reading – EdNC, 4.12.21
State Representatives Darrin Camilleri (D-Trenton), Matt Koleszar (D-Plymouth), and Amos O'Neal(D-Saginaw)
introduced a package of bills that would require every public school in Michigan to have a library staffed by a certified media specialist.
Keep up your great work,
Cathy Lancaster
Youth Services Coordinator
Library of Michigan
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Lansing, MI 48915
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