The San Jose Public Library has a cooperative venture with the National Association of Social Workers and San José State University’s School of Social Work – Social Workers in the Library. Through this venture, the Library presents "Social Worker in the Library" on the fourth Monday of every month from 6-8 p.m. Patrons can sign up for appointments for a free 20 minute consultation.
- Deborah Estreicher, San Jose
Showing posts with label FFL Staff. Show all posts
Showing posts with label FFL Staff. Show all posts
Monday, May 17, 2010
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Holiday Book Event and Barnes & Noble
Once again the good people at Barnes & Noble at Oakland's Jack London Square are generously hosting us for a holiday book-buying extravaganza!
I invite all FFL students who have come to two or more programs over the past calendar year. We meet in the children's book section, where I read aloud several of the books on display. Promptly at the appointed hour I give everyone a shopping budget from a purchase order. Then everyone shops!
Barnes & Noble provides us a 20% discount, goodies from their cafe, a staff person to answer questions and help our families find books, a book truck to stack purchases while people are shopping, and a dedicated register for our families.
Over time, I've developed several rules. (1) No latecomers: Once I've done the math to divide up the purchase order among those present, there is no money left, and that's that. (2) No outsiders: although anyone is welcome to bring friends, family members, etc. to regular programs, this is just for students and the children I give them books for. (3) Math lesson: people are expected to keep track of their own purchases, although I'll help them before they check out to make sure that they are within their budget. (4) Watch your own children!
Sadly, Barnes & Noble is closing its Oakland store at the end of this year. But if you have a store near you, you might consider asking them to host an event like this. I'm thinking of trying Borders next year.
I invite all FFL students who have come to two or more programs over the past calendar year. We meet in the children's book section, where I read aloud several of the books on display. Promptly at the appointed hour I give everyone a shopping budget from a purchase order. Then everyone shops!
Barnes & Noble provides us a 20% discount, goodies from their cafe, a staff person to answer questions and help our families find books, a book truck to stack purchases while people are shopping, and a dedicated register for our families.
Over time, I've developed several rules. (1) No latecomers: Once I've done the math to divide up the purchase order among those present, there is no money left, and that's that. (2) No outsiders: although anyone is welcome to bring friends, family members, etc. to regular programs, this is just for students and the children I give them books for. (3) Math lesson: people are expected to keep track of their own purchases, although I'll help them before they check out to make sure that they are within their budget. (4) Watch your own children!
Sadly, Barnes & Noble is closing its Oakland store at the end of this year. But if you have a store near you, you might consider asking them to host an event like this. I'm thinking of trying Borders next year.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Outreach
Hello fellow FFL-ers,
Let's talk about outreach.
I've been doing a lot of semi-regular outreach through our library: guest-teaching at a parents' ESL class that the Bookmobile visits, presenting family literacy materials and activities; helping out at library story times for parents & kids who live in a residential rehab/alternative incarceration facility near our office. The events and classes are a big hit, I've gotten to know the parents, they always want to talk to me - but I have yet to have anyone become a student here.
I'm thinking of focusing my attention instead on having our current FFL students bring in friends and family.
What do you think? What are you doing that is working/not working? Post a comment to this post, or email me (click on that link and you'll see my profile with my email address) and I will turn your email into a post.
Cheers,
Ann.
Let's talk about outreach.
I've been doing a lot of semi-regular outreach through our library: guest-teaching at a parents' ESL class that the Bookmobile visits, presenting family literacy materials and activities; helping out at library story times for parents & kids who live in a residential rehab/alternative incarceration facility near our office. The events and classes are a big hit, I've gotten to know the parents, they always want to talk to me - but I have yet to have anyone become a student here.
I'm thinking of focusing my attention instead on having our current FFL students bring in friends and family.
What do you think? What are you doing that is working/not working? Post a comment to this post, or email me (click on that link and you'll see my profile with my email address) and I will turn your email into a post.
Cheers,
Ann.
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Why Babies Need Books
This is a handout prepared by Sandi Cohn, Marin Literacy Project. For the complete document, please contact Deborah at Partners in Reading.
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