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| About the Initiative |
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- Project advisors
- Regional Early Literacy meetings
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| Regional Early Literacy meetings |
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In an effort to involve early childhood educators from around the state, project advisors invited public library staff and community partners to nine meetings in key regions of the state from August to October 2005. Attendees were asked to share ideas on how promote and support the crucial role public libraries play in improving early literacy. Specifically, participants offered suggestions on how to accomplish the following:
- Offer opportunities for families and child care providers to learn best practices in early learning techniques for infants and toddlers;
- Help our local communities identify gaps in early literacy readiness and determine the most effective ways to address them;
- Help increase access to exemplary “ready to learn” programs;
- Provide continuing education for caregivers who need licensing or re-licensing; and
- Offer programs to parents that reaffirm messages delivered by caregivers, develop booklists, plan opportunities to learn about and visit the library, explicitly model early literacy behaviors, and provide easy strategies for parents to use at home.
In addition to helping plan a statewide Early Literacy initiative, participants shared ideas on best practices for improving literacy within libraries, including many practical ideas and suggestions of how libraries are already working with preschool children, their parents and care providers, and other community partners.
Below, we have included the original invitation and agenda for these regional meetings as well as the notes from the brainstorming sessions. Many participants also found the handouts of the meetings - also included below - very helpful in establishing support for Early Literacy programs. We hope that these documents help you generate further ideas for promoting early literacy in your library. We also encourage you to use the contact information provided to form partnerships and collaborate with other early childhood educators.
You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader or a similar PDF viewer in order to open some of these documents. Some of the documents, including the meeting notes and contact information, are in Rich Text Format (RTF), which can be opened by a word processor such as Word or Wordpad.
Handouts from the regional meetings:
Notes and contact information from the regional meetings:
- Beaverton (October 20, 2005)
Included participants from Multnomah, Columbia, Yamhill, and Washington counties.
-Notes - Contact information (includes West Linn)
- Bend (September 13, 2005)
Included participants from Jefferson, Wheeler, Crook, Deschutes, Harney, Lake, and Klamath counties.
-Notes - Contact information
- Eugene (October 6, 2005)
Included participants from Linn, Benton, Lane, and Marion counties.
-Notes - Contact information
- Newport (September 27, 2005)
Included participants from Benton, Polk, and Lincoln counties.
-Notes - Contact information (includes Tillamook)
- Pendleton & Baker City (August 16 & 17, 2005)
Included participants from Morrow, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, Baker, Grant, Malheur counties.
-Notes - Contact information
- Roseburg (September 15, 2005)
Included participants from Douglas, Jackson, Klamath, Coos, Josephine, and Curry counties.
-Notes - Contact information
- Tillamook (September 26, 2005)
Included participants from Clatsop, Tillamook, and Yamhill counties.
-Notes - Contact information (includes Newport)
- West Linn (October 18, 2005)
Included participants from Clackamas, Hood River, Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam, Multnomah, Washington, and parts of Marion counties.
-Notes - Contact information (includes Beaverton)
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