Hello librarians,
As many of you may know I stepped into the position of Youth Consultant back in August and have spent my time learning my new role, traveling, and trying to find my place.
After attending the 2019 CSLP Annual meeting, I began to think long and hard about the Summer Reading program. My thoughts continued to churn after reading these two articles
https://www.educationnext.org/is-summer-learning-loss-real-how-i-lost-faith-education-research-results/ and
https://jbrary.com/early-literacy-research-is-not-neutral-a-critique-of-every-child-ready-to-read/. Finally when two fellow youth consultants shared information about state wide sessions they facilitated on summer reading in their states I thought it might
be time for Connecticut to have a conversation as well.
I would like to put together a committee of people to help me organize a Summer Summit (early 2020). Volunteers would meet with me (either in person or virtually) and we would organize a day of presentations, discussions, panels, and whatever
else we deemed necessary. This summit would allow Connecticut youth librarians to dedicate time and space to evaluate our goals for the summer reading program as a state, and how to turn those goals into tangible programs that are appropriate for our communities.
If anyone is interested in participating on this committee please fill out this Google form by November 1.
Best,
Kym
Kymberlee Powe | Children and YA Consultant
| Kymberlee.Powe@ct.gov
| Office: (860) 704-2207 |
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