Sign Up by Noon for this Free Program Management Workshop in Quincy

Sign up by noon today, if you plan to attend.

I am pleased to let you know that Sandy Newell will be providing a free program management workshop for adult volunteer literacy programs in the panhandle. It will be in Quincy next Thursday, July 31, and Friday, August 1.  The service is being provided by Volunteers for Adult Literacy in Florida (VALF).

Please share this announcement with anyone in your area running an adult volunteer literacy program or considering starting a program.

The Gadsden County Public Library Literacy Volunteers program is hosting a two-day workshop. Ideally you would attend both days, but you are welcome to attend one day. Please email me by Noon on Wednesday, July 30, if you plan to attend. Include your name, name of program, title if you are working with a program or in a library and your email address. Include why you would like to attend this training.

Here are objectives, times and location:  The workshop will be at the Gadsden County Public Library at the downtown library in Quincy at

732 South Pat Thomas Pky. Quincy, FL 32351-4210 Phone: 850-627-7106

Objectives:

·         Understand elements necessary to run an effective program

·         Have strategies to evaluate the effectiveness of a volunteer literacy program

·         Know how a volunteer literacy program helps brand a library as an educational institution

·         Know the importance of balancing the intake and support focus of a volunteer literacy program

·         Know how to plan and manage growth of a program

·         Better understand the external and internal factors that impact an adult literacy program

·         Know the stages of organizational growth

·         Explore the roles of key players in a volunteer literacy program housed in a library. (Players include: a literacy board; a library board; library Friends groups; the literacy coordinator and key library staff)

Agenda: Day 1

July 31, Thursday

10:00 am – 4:00 pm ET

Start-up Activities

50/50 Management System

Intake and Support of Tutors and Students

Growth

August 1, Friday

10:00 am – 4:00 pm ET

Applying 50/50 to Board Members, Literacy Staff and Library Staff

Planning a literacy program in the context of a public library

Packaging your program for funders

Next Steps

If you would like to arrange a similar training in your area, contact Sandy Newell. She is President of Volunteers for Adult Literacy in Florida. She has started up and managed volunteer literacy programs in Florida and has provided adult literacy training and spoken at local, state and national levels. You may contact her at 850.245.6624 or sandy.newell@dos.myflorida.com. She is representing the State Library of Florida on a national task force appointed through a partnership of the American Library Association and ProLiteracy. The task force has produced a Library Literacy Action Agenda.