CLA 2014: Year Round Collaboration

Thanks for all who came to our Connecticut Library Association seminar on Year Round Collaboration! If you weren’t able to attend, I’ve attached our presentation below.

I will be doing more in-depth workshops, check them out:

• “Get After-Schooled”: May 19 9 a.m.-noon @ Oliver Wolcott Library (Litchfield, CT)
• “12 Months of Programs”: May 30 9 a.m.-noon: Connecticut State Library Program @ Middletown Library Service Center Meeting Room (Middletown, CT)
• “Storytime Tools”: Online class beginning July 14 with ALSC (online worldwide!)

Here are additional resources you may find useful to inspire a professional relationship that will be beneficial to your community:

Program Ideas

• Book vs. Movie Programs
• Books and Smores
• Rethinking Book Clubs for the School Age
• Battle of the Books
• Thrive Thursday School Age Blog Hop

Professional Ideas

• Setting Goals for Your Children’s Department
• Setting Up a Bus Stop
• Summer Reading Book Share Collaborative Program

Get Involved and Find Ideas

• Get school age ideas every month with the blog hop, Thrive Thursday. Check out the schedule here, the Pinterest board, and join in on the after school fun with the Facebook Group.
• Take the School Age Programming Survey
• Even more ideas in my book: After School Clubs for Kids