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Bringing it Home:Taking ALA’s Every Child Ready to Read
program to your library
Presentation by:Every Child Ready To Read @ Dallas
Jo Giudice, Administrator of youth servicesJasmine Africawala, Program coordinator
2011 TLA Annual Conference
FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: ecrrtla2011
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History
What is ECRR?
ECRR @ DPL Art component Book giveaway
DALI Mayor’s Office Dallas Public Library
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Partnerships
Roll in existing partners
Dallas Museum of Art, Junior League of Dallas, Parks & Recreation
Crossing Boundaries
Getting out of theLibrary!Farmer’s Market
Parkland Hospital clinics WIC clinicsCity Arts Festival Health FairsFrank Crowley JailState Fair of Texas
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Listening to your community
Can children come to ECRR workshops? Do your facilitators speak Spanish? Does ECRR teach children to read? Does ECRR help school-aged children?
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Tailoring your program
ALA’s Design Early Talker workshop
(0 to 2 yr)
Talker workshop (2 and 3 yr)
Pre-Reader workshop (4 and 5 yr)
ECRR@D’s Design Born to Read Full workshop
(0-2 yr) Discovering Books
Print motivation & awareness Letters & Words
Letter knowledge & vocabulary Stories & Sounds
Narrative skills & phonological awareness
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The Evolution of a program
A Resource to the Community: ECRR website resources Early childhood professional development
trainings Emerging Reader workshop (August 2011) Home-instruction DVD (August 2011)
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Grant support - Sustainability
Get the money ball rolling
International City and County Managers Association (ICMA)
U. S. Department of Education
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Grant support - Sustainability
And the ball rolls forward
Junior League of Dallas
Better World Books/NCFL
Dollar General and Target
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Setting program goals
Outputs versus Outcomes “Feel-good” not good enough Be realistic in program goals
and objectives
Our program objectives
Encourage parents/caregivers: To be more aware of the importance of early
literacy To spend more book
sharing time with their
children To engage in more
literacy-based activities with their children To visit the library more
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Evaluation processes
Pre-workshop survey Post-workshop survey Follow-up evaluation phone calls
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Tracking results
Maintaining statistical database # of parents # of children Race/Ethnicity Customer satisfaction More aware of the importance Reading more with your children Engaging in more literacy-based activities Visiting the library more
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Measuring outcomes
Review data Assess outcomes Adapt program for success
Outcomes are evidence to defend continued funding AND to attract new funding
WARNING!
Bragging will commence in…
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Our Successes: March 2008-NOW 26,667 children affected through workshops 835 workshops conducted in community 15,021 parents and caregivers attended workshops 81% Hispanic or African-American 16,053 people attended State Fair program 99% are more aware of the importance 75% will read more with their children 84% engage in more literacy-based activities 23% attend libraries more than before
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Visit us online!www.dallaslibrary.org/ecrr
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Questions? Share your successes!
