All posts by YouthServices Consultant

2025 Using TeachingBooks at the Public Library – 1 LEU

February 26, 2025INSPIRE, Youth ServicesCollection Development, Early Literacy, General LEU, Programming, Public Libraries, Readers' Advisory, Teen Services, Youth ServicesYouthServices Consultant

Engage and inspire readers with TeachingBooks resources that can be used both with patrons and behind the scenes. In this webinar, we will highlight ways to implement resources in your youth services library programming as well as new tools to complement your work. Learn about the Collection Analysis and other toolkits, ready-to-use resources for your book clubs and story times, homework help features, and more.

Date Recorded: 2/19/2025

Format: Archived YouTube Video

Presenters: TeachingBooks staff

CSLP 2025: Color Our World – 1 LEU

January 14, 2025Uncategorized, Youth ServicesAdult Services, Community, General LEU, Programming, Public Libraries, Teen Services, Youth ServicesYouthServices Consultant

Kick-off summer reading 2025 with this presentation about the Collaborative Summer Library Program’s Color Our World “art” theme, including suggested resources for planning and other general information.

Date Recorded: 1/7/2025

Format: Archived YouTube Video

Presenters: Beth Yates, Children’s Consultant at Indiana State Library

Resources:
Resources for Summer Program Planning
Summer Program Ideas for Current Year

Public Libraries & the Science of Reading – 1 LEU

November 18, 2024Youth ServicesCollection Development, Early Literacy, Education, Public Libraries, Readers' Advisory, TrendsYouthServices Consultant

As Indiana public schools adopt state-mandated curriculums aligned with the Science of Reading (SoR), what can public libraries do to support parents and teachers? What resources might they be looking for? In this session, we’ll talk about the ways libraries already support SoR through Every Child Ready to Read, and then share the adjustments we’ve made to our collections to complement the Fundations curriculum adopted by Carmel Clay Schools in 2021.

Date Recorded: 11/14/2024

Format: Archived YouTube Video

Presenters: Jennifer Humphrey, Carmel Clay Public Library

Resources:
Libraries and SoR slides – presentation slides
SoR Indiana Resources – resource document

New Escape Room Kits from ISL! – 1 LEU

October 16, 2024Uncategorized, Youth ServicesEducation, History, Indiana, Programming, Public Libraries, Teen Services, Youth ServicesYouthServices Consultant

The Indiana Young Readers Center is proud to announce new kits coming in 2025 for check-out to Indiana’s teachers and librarians. Indiana Escape Rooms (in a box!) focus on Indiana history, build on primary resources from the Library of Congress, and were developed with the help of a Teaching with Primary Sources grant. Join this one hour webinar to learn all about the kits and the TPS Grant.

Date Recorded: 10/9/2024

Format: Archived YouTube Video

Presenters: Suzanne Walker, Indiana State Library

Resources:
New Escape Room Kits from ISL slides (pdf)
Library of Congress: Teaching with Primary Sources
Teaching with Primary Sources Midwest Region
Breakout EDU

Science of Reading Implementation: Indiana’s Priorities for Early Literacy – 1 LEU

September 25, 2024Uncategorized, Youth ServicesEarly Literacy, Education, Public Libraries, Youth ServicesYouthServices Consultant

Participants will gain a foundational understanding of the Science of Reading and the theoretical models aligned with the Science of Reading. Presented by Shaiya Badgley and Paulina Jarrett, literacy specialists from the Indiana Department of Education Literacy Center.

Date Recorded: 9/18/2024

Format: Archived YouTube Video

Presenters: Paulina Jarrett, Literacy Specialist, IDOE & Shaiya Badgley, Literacy Specialist, IDOE

Resources: IDOE SoR Presentation slides

Reporting Abuse and Neglect – DCS self-paced course – 1 LEU

September 19, 2024Admin/ManagementAdministration, Adult Services, Customer Service, Public Libraries, Staff Development, Youth ServicesYouthServices Consultant

This self-paced course from the Indiana Department of Child Services focuses on how to identify different types of abuse, as well as how to report it to DCS.

Access the course via this link.

About LEUs for this self-paced course:

Library staff may only claim 1 LEU if it takes them at least 31 minutes to finish the course, so please take your time and progress through the course carefully. Currently, this course auto-generates a Continuing Education certificate, created by DCS, upon completion. To use this for your LEU certificate, please hand-write the time (minutes) it took to complete and the number of LEUs on the certificate, or have someone in administration create a new certificate for you following the rules set forth on the LEU Policies website.

Resources: Visit Indiana’s Child Abuse and Neglect Hotline website for more information and resources on mandatory reporting.

This is a courtesy re-posting of DCS’s Reporting Abuse and Neglect self-paced course. This training can also be reached via this website; scroll down to “Public Online Training and Information Course.”

Supplementing Science of Reading from the Library & TeachingBooks – 1 LEU

September 5, 2024Youth ServicesEarly Literacy, Education, Public Libraries, Reference, Youth ServicesYouthServices Consultant

Learn how to discover exceptional texts to support and supplement science of reading instruction. While underscoring phonics, phonological awareness, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension, Indiana residents can now use the Indiana State Library INSPIRE-licensed TeachingBooks to identify popular picture books by more than a dozen phonics and phonetical awareness classifications (vowel and consonant sounds, alliteration, rhyming, and more). Additionally, you’ll have worksheets for each book to extend reading instruction in the library, home, or classroom.

Date Recorded: 8/21/2024

Format: Archived YouTube Video

Presenters: Kym Davick and Mary Ellen Graf, TeachingBooks