WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 1 00:00:00.919 --> 00:00:09.880 Good morning, I'm Clara with the library in Michigan and it's my honor today to serve 2 00:00:09.880 --> 00:00:13.690 as moderator for early learning. 3 00:00:13.690 --> 00:00:20.670 We know it's the foundation for everything we're talking about today. 4 00:00:20.670 --> 00:00:26.840 Before I introduce the panel list, I would like to recognize the fact that since 2013, 5 00:00:26.840 --> 00:00:36.010 IMLS has invested $8.5  million in early learning projects! 6 00:00:36.010 --> 00:00:45.489 Yes which includes the development of the growing minds report which called upon our 7 00:00:45.489 --> 00:00:54.049 policymakers and educators to fully utilize public libraries in their early learning efforts. 8 00:00:54.049 --> 00:01:00.369 This investment is helping to build and sustain the capacity of our public libraries to not 9 00:01:00.369 --> 00:01:07.770 only offer research based early learning services and parent education programs incorporating 10 00:01:07.770 --> 00:01:15.909 best practices but to also encourage them to reach out to form and sustain partnerships 11 00:01:15.909 --> 00:01:24.299 and relationships at the local, regional, state, and national level around early learning. 12 00:01:24.299 --> 00:01:29.009 With an emphasis on reaching our high needs parents. 13 00:01:29.009 --> 00:01:35.240 It is through these partnerships and relationships that we will have success through collective 14 00:01:35.240 --> 00:01:37.280 impact. 15 00:01:37.280 --> 00:01:43.640 Out reach efforts continue around the country towards the goal of placing public libraries 16 00:01:43.640 --> 00:01:48.069 as a valued asset within the early learning eco system. 17 00:01:48.069 --> 00:01:55.630 That eco system includes families, communities, educators, early learning systems, social 18 00:01:55.630 --> 00:02:00.990 service providers, policymakers, funders and it goes on and on. 19 00:02:00.990 --> 00:02:05.149 At a time when early learning is a national priority. 20 00:02:05.149 --> 00:02:13.799 So our panelist today are all very well informed and have insights into these out reach efforts 21 00:02:13.799 --> 00:02:15.900 and will share them with all of you. 22 00:02:15.900 --> 00:02:24.140 As well as with when they're giving the presentations, they'll also provide recommendations for IMLS 23 00:02:24.140 --> 00:02:26.730 for future funding potential projects. 24 00:02:26.730 --> 00:02:32.459 I would like to introduce the panel in the order they are speaking. 25 00:02:32.459 --> 00:02:39.019 Diane Hutchins who is the consultant and project manager at the Washington state library. 26 00:02:39.019 --> 00:02:47.319 Best Crist at the youth and family services consultant at the Colorado state library and 27 00:02:47.319 --> 00:02:52.900 Kathleen Deerr who is the national coordinator for family place libraries. 28 00:02:52.900 --> 00:03:04.110 We'll start with Diane. 29 00:03:04.110 --> 00:03:06.549 >> I'm happy to share what Washington has been doing. 30 00:03:06.549 --> 00:03:11.329 I would like to speak off the top of my head but I'll go on for two hours so I'm going 31 00:03:11.329 --> 00:03:22.849 to stick to my script here. 32 00:03:22.849 --> 00:03:27.810 Telling funders and decision makers libraries matter is no longer enough. 33 00:03:27.810 --> 00:03:32.730 How can libraries prove their programs actually play a valuable role in the education of young 34 00:03:32.730 --> 00:03:34.840 children? 35 00:03:34.840 --> 00:03:41.550 Project views, I love this graphic was supported by two groups related to the eye school at 36 00:03:41.550 --> 00:03:43.890 the University of Washington. 37 00:03:43.890 --> 00:03:52.909 It was the first research project to see the successful impact of early learning to prove 38 00:03:52.909 --> 00:03:56.250 their value as community early learning partners. 39 00:03:56.250 --> 00:04:03.250 They used a portion of the grants to the state's funding to provide support for project views 40 00:04:03.250 --> 00:04:13.469 by covering the funding gap between the grant to continue research. 41 00:04:13.469 --> 00:04:21.630 It also provided support for boots on the ground that have participating in the study. 42 00:04:21.630 --> 00:04:29.550 Project view research was statewide and involved a cast of literally thousands. 43 00:04:29.550 --> 00:04:34.850 720 spread sheets were created in the process. 44 00:04:34.850 --> 00:04:38.610 There was 270 coding hours involved. 45 00:04:38.610 --> 00:04:43.590 There were faulty SD cards state of the libraries. 46 00:04:43.590 --> 00:04:48.060 There was 40 librarians randomly sampled. 47 00:04:48.060 --> 00:04:55.560 They involved multiple disciplines including not only library and information studies but 48 00:04:55.560 --> 00:05:00.150 also people from the field of education and developmental psychology. 49 00:05:00.150 --> 00:05:02.880 It used scientific methodology. 50 00:05:02.880 --> 00:05:07.220 It linked observed behaviors of librarians and childrens to the state's early learning 51 00:05:07.220 --> 00:05:16.130 standards which at the time were the benchmarks and they have been revised to be the guidelines. 52 00:05:16.130 --> 00:05:22.320 The study improved that children's early learning out comes were effective when delivering story 53 00:05:22.320 --> 00:05:23.810 times. 54 00:05:23.810 --> 00:05:30.630 There were great numbers and Washington state is a state library is a member of the early 55 00:05:30.630 --> 00:05:36.570 learning public library partnership, we call it ELPLP which receives support from thrive 56 00:05:36.570 --> 00:05:39.550 Washington, a public private partnership. 57 00:05:39.550 --> 00:05:45.660 The ELPLP provides a frame work that helps public libraries to be more visible as essential 58 00:05:45.660 --> 00:05:48.020 partners in early learning. 59 00:05:48.020 --> 00:05:53.840 They provide the pool for which library staff were drawn at random to be in the experimental 60 00:05:53.840 --> 00:05:56.900 groups. 61 00:05:56.900 --> 00:06:03.650 Without their participation, the field operations which scientifically demonstrated that public 62 00:06:03.650 --> 00:06:08.710 library story times do help children learn to read would not have been possible. 63 00:06:08.710 --> 00:06:15.660 As expressed by author of radical change and principle investigator for project views, 64 00:06:15.660 --> 00:06:20.110 partnership make views possible. 65 00:06:20.110 --> 00:06:24.830 Partnership with the ELPLP and the foundation of early learning now merged with thrive Washington 66 00:06:24.830 --> 00:06:34.030 continued as acting as a liaison as providing resources and valuable insight and ideas during 67 00:06:34.030 --> 00:06:35.880 the planning of the grant. 68 00:06:35.880 --> 00:06:40.381 The ELPLP and the foundation for early learning have committed themselves to the success of 69 00:06:40.381 --> 00:06:54.190 the grant and I love it was funny because she would give me reports I would have to 70 00:06:54.190 --> 00:06:58.150 submit for library development and I was sworn to secrecy there was certain things I could 71 00:06:58.150 --> 00:07:00.910 not reveal because it would taint the research. 72 00:07:00.910 --> 00:07:06.050 You may have heard of this. 73 00:07:06.050 --> 00:07:13.590 It's the project views and it began a phase national roll out in the state of Washington 74 00:07:13.590 --> 00:07:17.530 in April and it's going to add four more pilot states this fall. 75 00:07:17.530 --> 00:07:21.840 It should be announced oh, gee. 76 00:07:21.840 --> 00:07:27.400 I'm going to say that it's been made possible through a national leadership grope to OCLC 77 00:07:27.400 --> 00:07:32.500 which is the lead partner and the partners of Washington state library. 78 00:07:32.500 --> 00:07:40.200 We are also developing a new project all all aboard which is going to give a statewide 79 00:07:40.200 --> 00:07:45.640 program that they can incorporate to help ensure that all children are ready to learn 80 00:07:45.640 --> 00:07:46.980 when they enter school. 81 00:07:46.980 --> 00:07:51.990 The program that is going to be designed using input from early learning partners and the 82 00:07:51.990 --> 00:07:58.950 focus is going to be on 60  percent of the children cared for by family and neighbors. 83 00:07:58.950 --> 00:08:09.930 I do have three takeaways today. 84 00:08:09.930 --> 00:08:14.280 We want to encourage funding to support collaboration among libraries as well as collaboration with 85 00:08:14.280 --> 00:08:19.870 external non library early learning partners to maybe each state could have their own learning 86 00:08:19.870 --> 00:08:26.340 public partnerships and regional coalitions which has really helped Washington. 87 00:08:26.340 --> 00:08:30.430 Provide more grants for early learning research including the linkage of library best practices 88 00:08:30.430 --> 00:08:35.860 to state standards and also, mentorships through libraries on childhood development and the 89 00:08:35.860 --> 00:08:38.829 guidance of use of media by children. 90 00:08:38.829 --> 00:08:47.589 Expanding the body of proof will help elevate foundation and gain respect by the practitioners 91 00:08:47.589 --> 00:08:49.629 of equal effect. 92 00:08:49.629 --> 00:08:55.230 We also need to reach the non users. 93 00:08:55.230 --> 00:08:56.899 Ask communities how libraries can help them. 94 00:08:56.899 --> 00:08:59.540 Are current programs relevant to their needs. 95 00:08:59.540 --> 00:09:03.490 Support funding to market research to assess what the needs are for parents, caregivers 96 00:09:03.490 --> 00:09:08.149 and early learning provider and organizations and determine how the community's library 97 00:09:08.149 --> 00:09:09.350 can meet those needs. 98 00:09:09.350 --> 00:09:12.680 Take a look at early learning documents. 99 00:09:12.680 --> 00:09:13.959 Be critical. 100 00:09:13.959 --> 00:09:15.839 Look at early learning plan state standards. 101 00:09:15.839 --> 00:09:20.500 Also, look at conference announcements, early learning committee members. 102 00:09:20.500 --> 00:09:23.910 This happened in Washington. 103 00:09:23.910 --> 00:09:26.209 Look to see if there's libraries involved. 104 00:09:26.209 --> 00:09:29.439 Ask those involved in early learning programs and education if they're familiar with things 105 00:09:29.439 --> 00:09:33.860 like summer reading programs and library out reach activities. 106 00:09:33.860 --> 00:09:38.510 To quote a recent announcement and this came out a few weeks ago for an early learning 107 00:09:38.510 --> 00:09:41.279 conference, who should attend? 108 00:09:41.279 --> 00:09:44.519 Professionals who care for or work with young children and parents. 109 00:09:44.519 --> 00:09:48.829 Well, the list covered a wide spectrum of disciplines and providers. 110 00:09:48.829 --> 00:09:55.319 Guess which group was missing as usual? 111 00:09:55.319 --> 00:10:00.059 Librarians. 112 00:10:00.059 --> 00:10:13.629 >> Good morning, I'm so pleased to be here to share our project in which we're really 113 00:10:13.629 --> 00:10:17.839 trying to reach and serve low income families with young children. 114 00:10:17.839 --> 00:10:22.730 I'm going to start with a tiny bit of history about the project because I think it helps 115 00:10:22.730 --> 00:10:23.730 with context. 116 00:10:23.730 --> 00:10:30.939 A couple of years ago we had this idea to start a statewide baby library card program 117 00:10:30.939 --> 00:10:35.459 to get library cards in the hands of babies when their first born. 118 00:10:35.459 --> 00:10:41.529 We thought this was a great way to promote early literacy activities right from birth. 119 00:10:41.529 --> 00:10:46.279 The importance of reading to your children from birth and we especial wanted to reach 120 00:10:46.279 --> 00:10:48.579 low income families with this program. 121 00:10:48.579 --> 00:10:50.940 I started to do research with this. 122 00:10:50.940 --> 00:10:55.699 What are the best ways to go about reaching low income families? 123 00:10:55.699 --> 00:10:57.100 I found very little. 124 00:10:57.100 --> 00:11:03.190 There's very little in the research about how to best serve this particular audience. 125 00:11:03.190 --> 00:11:11.139 So we decided to take a step back, not pursue the statewide library program and instead 126 00:11:11.139 --> 00:11:18.100 apply for a national leadership program and fill the gap. 127 00:11:18.100 --> 00:11:25.089 We did a program called spell, supporting parents through early literacy through libraries. 128 00:11:25.089 --> 00:11:32.480 In the application for that grant, we introduced Joan and Emily who are fictional parents both 129 00:11:32.480 --> 00:11:39.040 of two month old baby bows and we said that Joan lives in a low income household neighborhood 130 00:11:39.040 --> 00:11:45.129 and Emily is in a professional middle class neighborhood and while the research shows 131 00:11:45.129 --> 00:11:52.860 that Joan and Emily are likely to be both good parents, the research demonstrates that 132 00:11:52.860 --> 00:11:58.620 Emily is much more likely than Joan to talk at length to and with her baby. 133 00:11:58.620 --> 00:12:01.670 Read to him more frequently and for a longer period of time. 134 00:12:01.670 --> 00:12:09.410 Take him more often to the library and have more books at home and that would make him 135 00:12:09.410 --> 00:12:15.509 more likely to succeed in kindergarten, throughout school and life. 136 00:12:15.509 --> 00:12:24.240 So we wanted a project that would engage both the parents and really empower them to engage 137 00:12:24.240 --> 00:12:31.040 in early literacy activities everyday so that both of the sons would be equally likely to 138 00:12:31.040 --> 00:12:32.670 succeed. 139 00:12:32.670 --> 00:12:39.870 So with that we had an excellent partner, Mary who is with us here today and her colleague, 140 00:12:39.870 --> 00:12:44.350 Don both from the University of Denver and we did research. 141 00:12:44.350 --> 00:12:53.620 We did a literature review and scan of reaching the audience both within and outside of the 142 00:12:53.620 --> 00:12:58.040 library community and then we conducted some original research with surveys and focus groups 143 00:12:58.040 --> 00:13:03.139 with these low income parents and we're really focusing on parents with children birth through 144 00:13:03.139 --> 00:13:08.300 three to really target those first critical years. 145 00:13:08.300 --> 00:13:15.059 What we did with each finding is we turned it into a really practical recommendation 146 00:13:15.059 --> 00:13:16.749 that library staff can easily follow. 147 00:13:16.749 --> 00:13:23.509 So this is what we call our blueprint and it is blue. 148 00:13:23.509 --> 00:13:27.370 This is just the front page but I just wanted you to see the categories that we came up 149 00:13:27.370 --> 00:13:28.829 with here. 150 00:13:28.829 --> 00:13:36.879 On the left these are things that libraries and really other organizations too as we found 151 00:13:36.879 --> 00:13:41.130 out can accomplish within their facility. 152 00:13:41.130 --> 00:13:47.649 So these are things like train your staff in cultural proficiency. 153 00:13:47.649 --> 00:13:56.250 There's one, this is a big one but we're having a lot of success with it is ending fines and 154 00:13:56.250 --> 00:13:59.930 fees on picture books. 155 00:13:59.930 --> 00:14:01.209 This is hard to accomplish. 156 00:14:01.209 --> 00:14:03.910 We have seen a lot of movement in this. 157 00:14:03.910 --> 00:14:05.350 This is very exciting. 158 00:14:05.350 --> 00:14:08.379 The middle section is really on out reach. 159 00:14:08.379 --> 00:14:13.129 We know that not all parents will ever be able to come to the library, right? 160 00:14:13.129 --> 00:14:20.389 So we have to do a better job of promoting and getting out working with organizations 161 00:14:20.389 --> 00:14:23.631 to partner and collaborate. 162 00:14:23.631 --> 00:14:26.290 And then the column on the right is home practice. 163 00:14:26.290 --> 00:14:33.860 This is what we hope the first two columns will achieve, these everyday early literacy 164 00:14:33.860 --> 00:14:34.970 activities. 165 00:14:34.970 --> 00:14:39.829 So then we're able to get our second national leadership grant this October. 166 00:14:39.829 --> 00:14:46.100 This two year grant will allow us to test our findings in eight libraries and also train 167 00:14:46.100 --> 00:14:48.860 library staff across Colorado. 168 00:14:48.860 --> 00:14:56.389 The libraries have had the ability to create a program that is applicable for their libraries 169 00:14:56.389 --> 00:15:00.010 specifically and their communities. 170 00:15:00.010 --> 00:15:06.930 We gave them some grant and matching funds to equal $15,000 each and with this small 171 00:15:06.930 --> 00:15:11.640 amount of money and training and our research findings, they have been able to come up with 172 00:15:11.640 --> 00:15:17.470 great programs that are really already, they just started them in February and they're 173 00:15:17.470 --> 00:15:21.009 already having some really significant impacts. 174 00:15:21.009 --> 00:15:26.249 So through the process of both of these spell grants, we do have some takeaways. 175 00:15:26.249 --> 00:15:33.439 One is that more research is needed in reaching low income families. 176 00:15:33.439 --> 00:15:36.000 Spell was a great start. 177 00:15:36.000 --> 00:15:41.559 We could not address all of the questions, of course, and we actually raised more questions. 178 00:15:41.559 --> 00:15:50.759 And then training, the second part is training library staff on those findings, very important. 179 00:15:50.759 --> 00:15:56.860 Another take away is that libraries need some additional funding for removing barriers. 180 00:15:56.860 --> 00:16:01.310 That is one of the important findings of our research. 181 00:16:01.310 --> 00:16:07.670 These low income parents have a lot of barriers to using the library so funding for things 182 00:16:07.670 --> 00:16:11.119 like training and cultural proficiency. 183 00:16:11.119 --> 00:16:15.470 Improving their collections with wordless books and materials and language common in 184 00:16:15.470 --> 00:16:16.959 the community. 185 00:16:16.959 --> 00:16:19.709 They need to be able to promote their services. 186 00:16:19.709 --> 00:16:26.640 We found so many parents didn't know what the library had to offer so that is important. 187 00:16:26.640 --> 00:16:33.470 A bigger materials budget to allow them to end fines and fees on boards and picture books 188 00:16:33.470 --> 00:16:38.720 and staffing to provide programs and times that are more convenient to working parents. 189 00:16:38.720 --> 00:16:46.399 You know, the 10:30 story time is great but so many parents can't get there if they're 190 00:16:46.399 --> 00:16:49.279 working and it's not conducive to them. 191 00:16:49.279 --> 00:16:54.149 Along with that, of course, some families will never be able to come to the library 192 00:16:54.149 --> 00:16:59.470 so libraries really need more funding to do out reach to this audience. 193 00:16:59.470 --> 00:17:03.699 Funding for staffing, training, travel, and materials for out reach. 194 00:17:03.699 --> 00:17:12.510 But the third take away is quickly here, again, to reiterate what Dianne said, we really need 195 00:17:12.510 --> 00:17:15.010 more collaboration. 196 00:17:15.010 --> 00:17:19.950 Some of the partners these eight libraries are working with are a native American tribe, 197 00:17:19.950 --> 00:17:30.290 a migrant program, subsidized child care centers, local United Way and parenting grouping and 198 00:17:30.290 --> 00:17:32.240 these are having significant impacts. 199 00:17:32.240 --> 00:17:35.530 These groups already work with the low income populations. 200 00:17:35.530 --> 00:17:36.980 Some of them are doing home visits. 201 00:17:36.980 --> 00:17:43.540 When the library connects, it makes such a difference. 202 00:17:43.540 --> 00:17:47.070 So I see my time is up. 203 00:17:47.070 --> 00:17:48.070 Thank you! 204 00:17:48.070 --> 00:17:51.080 Please, the website is www. 205 00:17:51.080 --> 00:17:52.080 Spellproject.weebly.com. 206 00:17:52.080 --> 00:18:02.890 I invite you to see the project. 207 00:18:02.890 --> 00:18:09.410 Thank you! 208 00:18:09.410 --> 00:18:15.930 >> Good morning. 209 00:18:15.930 --> 00:18:20.430 I'm very honored to be here today and I'm going to conclude this panel by focusing on 210 00:18:20.430 --> 00:18:24.620 early learning of babies and toddlers which is what Beth was just talking about but I'm 211 00:18:24.620 --> 00:18:28.140 going to do it through the lens of a family placed library. 212 00:18:28.140 --> 00:18:32.650 Family placed libraries model has been in existence for over 15  years. 213 00:18:32.650 --> 00:18:38.440 We have about 400 sites in 29 states and it's rooted in research in early brain development 214 00:18:38.440 --> 00:18:41.390 and a family centered philosophy of service. 215 00:18:41.390 --> 00:18:45.750 Mainly that the family is the constant in the young child's life and has the most impact 216 00:18:45.750 --> 00:18:47.990 on early development. 217 00:18:47.990 --> 00:18:56.330 Much can be achieved in a climate of mutual respect and, working in collaboration with 218 00:18:56.330 --> 00:19:01.490 other family serving agencies to create a strong network of community support. 219 00:19:01.490 --> 00:19:03.120 Parents need support. 220 00:19:03.120 --> 00:19:08.420 Whether the parent is coming from a high income family or middle income family and especially 221 00:19:08.420 --> 00:19:12.210 low income families, every parent needs support. 222 00:19:12.210 --> 00:19:17.080 So as this child shows, the architecture or the wiring of a developing brain happens at 223 00:19:17.080 --> 00:19:19.160 an astonishing quickly developing brain. 224 00:19:19.160 --> 00:19:26.880 This is done in the first few years of life. 225 00:19:26.880 --> 00:19:34.880 At Harvard states, scientific knowledge on this issue is crystal clear. 226 00:19:34.880 --> 00:19:40.690 Cognitive, physical, emotional competence evolve hand in hand. 227 00:19:40.690 --> 00:19:42.090 They are inter dependent. 228 00:19:42.090 --> 00:19:46.200 One doesn't happen and one happens here which is what happened when I went to school in 229 00:19:46.200 --> 00:19:48.030 the 70s. 230 00:19:48.030 --> 00:19:52.650 Don't worry about the emotional but the academic achievement. 231 00:19:52.650 --> 00:19:57.290 So when the supportive environment is provided, the emerging structure is sound and all parts 232 00:19:57.290 --> 00:19:59.310 work together. 233 00:19:59.310 --> 00:20:05.940 So we need to recognize that school redness is more than just academic skills. 234 00:20:05.940 --> 00:20:11.230 Children need to come together with certain self regulation, skills already, so they can 235 00:20:11.230 --> 00:20:16.380 develop executive function and they start out as babies and toddlers being curious and 236 00:20:16.380 --> 00:20:18.420 they want to solve problems. 237 00:20:18.420 --> 00:20:23.960 That little kid that is seven month old who keeps throws the cereal off their highchair 238 00:20:23.960 --> 00:20:28.980 tray is not doing it on purpose. 239 00:20:28.980 --> 00:20:32.530 It's doing because they learn something about object permanence. 240 00:20:32.530 --> 00:20:36.420 Something can be out of my line of vision but they still exist. 241 00:20:36.420 --> 00:20:44.630 So I also want to say I'm using the word parent this morning to talking about all of the caregivers 242 00:20:44.630 --> 00:20:50.060 and not just the parent because we know so many children are in child care situations. 243 00:20:50.060 --> 00:20:56.200 So what we did is look at the essential role in parents of providing secured bonding relationships 244 00:20:56.200 --> 00:21:00.370 and the full range of experiences that produce well wired brains. 245 00:21:00.370 --> 00:21:08.310 We looked at what individuals can do to support, and engage parents as the child's first primary 246 00:21:08.310 --> 00:21:10.430 teacher. 247 00:21:10.430 --> 00:21:15.030 We wanted to provide a holistic frame work for library services that addresses the early 248 00:21:15.030 --> 00:21:19.880 development of the whole child starting at parent and the parents. 249 00:21:19.880 --> 00:21:24.400 So meeting with parents and working with child development, family support and education 250 00:21:24.400 --> 00:21:28.350 experts, some key components emerged. 251 00:21:28.350 --> 00:21:35.700 The first is libraries need to develop non judgmental welcoming permanence spaces within 252 00:21:35.700 --> 00:21:40.990 the children area designed specifically for parents and the youngsters which includes 253 00:21:40.990 --> 00:21:47.630 toys, books and resources for babies and toddlers and comfortable seating and things for parents. 254 00:21:47.630 --> 00:21:50.290 We want everybody to be there. 255 00:21:50.290 --> 00:21:55.370 So it's a place they can come and they can feel welcome and those who have or have had 256 00:21:55.370 --> 00:21:59.950 young children know there's not a lot of places in our society where that is absolutely a 257 00:21:59.950 --> 00:22:01.990 welcoming place. 258 00:22:01.990 --> 00:22:07.560 The second thing is, you want programs that are engaging and developmentally appropriate 259 00:22:07.560 --> 00:22:12.830 and meet the needs and interests of parents as well as their little ones. 260 00:22:12.830 --> 00:22:17.980 Programs in which parents get to meet and form relationships with other parents. 261 00:22:17.980 --> 00:22:22.480 And the librarian and librarians not only model great practices but can connect with 262 00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:29.640 the individuals and connect them with the services available in the library and the 263 00:22:29.640 --> 00:22:34.510 broader community that can help strengthen their family. 264 00:22:34.510 --> 00:22:41.190 And the part of this, part of this is partnering with the social health and museums. 265 00:22:41.190 --> 00:22:46.670 Museums are doing a lot in this area so we just partnered with about two years ago with 266 00:22:46.670 --> 00:22:48.490 the childrens museum in Manhattan. 267 00:22:48.490 --> 00:22:54.380 We have the play and grow. 268 00:22:54.380 --> 00:22:58.310 We tested transmedium math program and we have done all of that together. 269 00:22:58.310 --> 00:23:01.400 There's a lot going on that we can work collaboratively with. 270 00:23:01.400 --> 00:23:06.380 I would like to think of libraries as being a fabric of community support. 271 00:23:06.380 --> 00:23:09.640 You have all of these different agencies and organizations with threads running through 272 00:23:09.640 --> 00:23:12.620 it and libraries are the golden thread. 273 00:23:12.620 --> 00:23:17.261 So compared to traditionally library offerings, this is a major paradigm shift and what we 274 00:23:17.261 --> 00:23:22.730 have been able to see is that even though, many many libraries and people who work in 275 00:23:22.730 --> 00:23:27.670 libraries are still not comfortable with very young children and they think it's okay to 276 00:23:27.670 --> 00:23:32.750 have a baby toddler program in this room over here, but we don't want it on the public floor, 277 00:23:32.750 --> 00:23:35.340 that's a little bit too noisy and messy. 278 00:23:35.340 --> 00:23:40.390 So we're in the third year of our grant and we wanted to look at a comprehensive frame 279 00:23:40.390 --> 00:23:45.810 work for library and services and parents and young children and looking at the key 280 00:23:45.810 --> 00:23:48.310 library as an institution and partner. 281 00:23:48.310 --> 00:23:55.490 The observation of our 25 partner libraries support the findings of all of or past regional 282 00:23:55.490 --> 00:24:00.820 evaluations and it's really transformative. 283 00:24:00.820 --> 00:24:04.470 Between the comprehensive training follow up Webinars and ongoing technical assistance, 284 00:24:04.470 --> 00:24:10.400 we have seen changes not only in spaces and programs and collections, but instead in attitudes, 285 00:24:10.400 --> 00:24:15.130 skills and behaviors in regard to working with parents and very young children and partnering 286 00:24:15.130 --> 00:24:17.470 with all of the other agencies that serve them. 287 00:24:17.470 --> 00:24:23.060 If we look at what parents are doing very quickly and I'm not going to read all of this, 288 00:24:23.060 --> 00:24:28.110 people are coming, they're staying longer, they are including and filling less isolated 289 00:24:28.110 --> 00:24:33.090 and they feel better informed, they feel more confident in their role and they're actually 290 00:24:33.090 --> 00:24:38.580 spending more time talking and playing, reading and singing. 291 00:24:38.580 --> 00:24:45.390 So we want to fund supportive collaborations among libraries, health and human services 292 00:24:45.390 --> 00:24:51.470 organizations and museums and then we also want to provide funding to library staff to 293 00:24:51.470 --> 00:24:55.240 they can increase their capacity in key areas. 294 00:24:55.240 --> 00:25:00.920 Play is vital for adults and young children. 295 00:25:00.920 --> 00:25:02.080 That's how they learn. 296 00:25:02.080 --> 00:25:07.340 So we really want them to understand the connection between play and learning to understand how 297 00:25:07.340 --> 00:25:12.350 they can share this with parents and actual incorporate it into their programs and also 298 00:25:12.350 --> 00:25:17.420 incorporate it on their floor engagements with parents. 299 00:25:17.420 --> 00:25:24.370 The other thing librarians need to have is parent out reach and engagement activities. 300 00:25:24.370 --> 00:25:28.460 So many people don't know how to do this yet. 301 00:25:28.460 --> 00:25:33.510 One last thing and I know my time is up but we really need to look at funding projects 302 00:25:33.510 --> 00:25:39.630 with successful home visiting programs such as the parent child program and family nurse 303 00:25:39.630 --> 00:25:40.630 partnerships. 304 00:25:40.630 --> 00:25:44.370 They're already working with families that are very very at risk and we can work together 305 00:25:44.370 --> 00:25:51.700 with them to reach those families so thank you very much! 306 00:25:51.700 --> 00:25:59.430 So now after those wonderful presentations we're going to open this up to questions from 307 00:25:59.430 --> 00:26:00.530 the audience. 308 00:26:00.530 --> 00:26:06.030 Are there any questions for our panelists? 309 00:26:06.030 --> 00:26:10.720 >> Hi, Ruth from Syracuse University. 310 00:26:10.720 --> 00:26:15.900 I'd like to first commend the panel for a wonderful presentation in a very critical 311 00:26:15.900 --> 00:26:22.800 area but I would like to hear you expand a little bit more on how you are addressing 312 00:26:22.800 --> 00:26:28.480 the needs of children with disabilities who may come to your programs or are you? 313 00:26:28.480 --> 00:26:32.280 >> Okay, maybe I can get started. 314 00:26:32.280 --> 00:26:34.820 Can you hear me? 315 00:26:34.820 --> 00:26:39.980 When we have looked at setting up environments and spaces, we make sure that it is really 316 00:26:39.980 --> 00:26:44.670 available to everybody so we will have things that are specific for children with disabilities, 317 00:26:44.670 --> 00:26:50.120 we have toys with different kinds of switches, we have a whole toy lending library for children 318 00:26:50.120 --> 00:26:59.940 with disabilities so we sometimes have PT and OT services done right in the library 319 00:26:59.940 --> 00:27:04.310 or they have someone accompany them when they come to the child workshops. 320 00:27:04.310 --> 00:27:12.090 So we find that the parents are really very very supportive and they think this is wonderful 321 00:27:12.090 --> 00:27:17.040 because there's very few places in their communities where they can go and feel their children 322 00:27:17.040 --> 00:27:21.470 are welcomed and they're welcomed and they don't have to worry about an autistic child 323 00:27:21.470 --> 00:27:22.760 acting out. 324 00:27:22.760 --> 00:27:32.580 We have so many people on the autism spectrum who are identified and they're sitting one 325 00:27:32.580 --> 00:27:37.780 on one, playing with the train, building blocks and their parents see all of the other kids 326 00:27:37.780 --> 00:27:42.430 in the room and say, wow, that really is something that is not quite right here. 327 00:27:42.430 --> 00:27:46.920 They meet somebody from that organization and they're on the floor playing and talking 328 00:27:46.920 --> 00:27:51.180 and just generally, like you would at home in your living room and then they're more 329 00:27:51.180 --> 00:27:55.250 open to go and get their child evaluated and find out what the services are because they're 330 00:27:55.250 --> 00:27:59.300 comfortable because they have already met this person from that organization. 331 00:27:59.300 --> 00:28:09.270 >> As for spell, I would say that is definitely another need in the research area. 332 00:28:09.270 --> 00:28:10.390 We did not address that. 333 00:28:10.390 --> 00:28:17.420 Our research was more general into how to reach just families that are low income. 334 00:28:17.420 --> 00:28:24.590 We did not delve into the disabilities question and I think that's an excellent need for research. 335 00:28:24.590 --> 00:28:31.030 >> This is Dianne from the Washington state library in talking to doctor, when she was 336 00:28:31.030 --> 00:28:35.860 talking about the future of project views, she mentioned A typical population as the 337 00:28:35.860 --> 00:28:37.840 next phase of her work. 338 00:28:37.840 --> 00:28:40.250 I don't know where that is right now. 339 00:28:40.250 --> 00:28:46.940 People are kind of regrouping since her demise last year but one thing, again, a partnership 340 00:28:46.940 --> 00:28:52.730 we can use is the Washington state library and I had suggested to her that part of our 341 00:28:52.730 --> 00:28:59.210 library is the Washington state, talking book and braille library and using the children's 342 00:28:59.210 --> 00:29:07.210 services librarian as part of the project partners and again, using the social services 343 00:29:07.210 --> 00:29:09.210 organizations within Washington. 344 00:29:09.210 --> 00:29:12.440 We could utilize those early learning coalitions too. 345 00:29:12.440 --> 00:29:17.740 It's a nice thing we have in Washington where we partner with the head start people and 346 00:29:17.740 --> 00:29:23.870 others who are serving diverse communities and hope to use them to also reach out for 347 00:29:23.870 --> 00:29:25.900 that matter. 348 00:29:25.900 --> 00:29:27.930 Thank you! 349 00:29:27.930 --> 00:29:32.700 >> Any other questions? 350 00:29:32.700 --> 00:29:35.080 >> Hello. 351 00:29:35.080 --> 00:29:49.110 Greg Michaels, I'm with Madison public library. 352 00:29:49.110 --> 00:29:56.630 We're doing a lot of study into getting literacy into the homes. 353 00:29:56.630 --> 00:30:00.310 That's where we see for undeserved populations, low income. 354 00:30:00.310 --> 00:30:08.010 How do you deal with the challenges of the parent or the caregiver having literacy issues 355 00:30:08.010 --> 00:30:12.400 and how do you implement an early literacy program with that element? 356 00:30:12.400 --> 00:30:17.380 >> Okay, I'll jump in first. 357 00:30:17.380 --> 00:30:21.370 That's a great question. 358 00:30:21.370 --> 00:30:26.510 It's definitely one that needs to be addressed. 359 00:30:26.510 --> 00:30:31.080 The spell libraries that we're working with are eight partner libraries have come across 360 00:30:31.080 --> 00:30:36.630 this issue and they stress all of the ways in which you can share early literacy activities 361 00:30:36.630 --> 00:30:37.630 with parents with low literacy. 362 00:30:37.630 --> 00:30:44.460 For instance, sharing word list picture books with your child or reading a picture book, 363 00:30:44.460 --> 00:30:48.870 even if you can't read the words, you can read it through the pictures and tell the 364 00:30:48.870 --> 00:30:50.690 story in your own words. 365 00:30:50.690 --> 00:30:57.600 Singing is a great way to share early literacy activities with a child that doesn't require 366 00:30:57.600 --> 00:30:58.600 reading. 367 00:30:58.600 --> 00:31:02.190 So there are lots of ways still to do that. 368 00:31:02.190 --> 00:31:07.760 That is really a key component of our spell project is to teach parents and point out 369 00:31:07.760 --> 00:31:09.300 things they're already doing in their daily lives and how they can do them a little more 370 00:31:09.300 --> 00:31:19.820 proactively in order to engage them in these great early literacy building skills. 371 00:31:19.820 --> 00:31:22.470 >> I'd like to add to that. 372 00:31:22.470 --> 00:31:26.630 We need to help parents learn to play with their kids. 373 00:31:26.630 --> 00:31:27.630 Adults don't play. 374 00:31:27.630 --> 00:31:30.620 They don't even play with the one year olds and the infants. 375 00:31:30.620 --> 00:31:37.670 The back and forth with the gaga and you're looking right in their eyes, that's the beginning 376 00:31:37.670 --> 00:31:44.260 of language and literacy and you don't have to be able to read fluently to be able to 377 00:31:44.260 --> 00:31:48.650 do that so we want to talk about the things that I are doing and hopefully encourage them 378 00:31:48.650 --> 00:31:50.150 to do more. 379 00:31:50.150 --> 00:31:54.490 And when we get them into the library for a play base program, they don't feel intimidated 380 00:31:54.490 --> 00:31:56.570 because oh, it's just, I can play. 381 00:31:56.570 --> 00:32:01.030 I can let me kid play with the blocks and then they find out, you know what? 382 00:32:01.030 --> 00:32:02.990 I can't just sit back here and watch them play. 383 00:32:02.990 --> 00:32:04.620 I'm supposed to be engaged with them. 384 00:32:04.620 --> 00:32:08.810 There's no chairs in the room. 385 00:32:08.810 --> 00:32:11.160 Finally get down on the floor and play. 386 00:32:11.160 --> 00:32:15.660 When we get to know the families and we find it out because they tell you more than you 387 00:32:15.660 --> 00:32:22.520 want to know once you get to know them, over the weeks, they can trust you and know you 388 00:32:22.520 --> 00:32:30.430 and then you can say, we have an ESL program or a GED program or resume writing because 389 00:32:30.430 --> 00:32:35.530 we can make the family stronger if we can build up their ability to be economically 390 00:32:35.530 --> 00:32:41.440 self sufficient, get them their skills and then we can see better outcomes for the children. 391 00:32:41.440 --> 00:32:46.331 This is not just about what we do in the programs and the kids but it's connecting them to all 392 00:32:46.331 --> 00:32:52.250 of the other services so holistically, we're trying to help the family. 393 00:32:52.250 --> 00:32:54.590 >> I'll one more thing. 394 00:32:54.590 --> 00:33:00.050 It's funny Beth talked about using pictures for parents who have low literacy skills and 395 00:33:00.050 --> 00:33:08.120 this is a topic of discussion in the super charged story sessions where the orientation 396 00:33:08.120 --> 00:33:14.730 people were not training suggested using pictures if parents have literacy problems. 397 00:33:14.730 --> 00:33:19.980 One project that thrived Washington has come up with is called, love, talk, play, where 398 00:33:19.980 --> 00:33:25.320 you do playful things your children to help them learn and all aboard for kindergarten, 399 00:33:25.320 --> 00:33:36.590 we're looking at little bite size bits via texting and make it very user friendly for 400 00:33:36.590 --> 00:33:42.270 parents because right now, they're really daunting. 401 00:33:42.270 --> 00:33:45.680 >> Helen with the partnership with 21st century learning. 402 00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:54.390 Are you looking at ways these great programs are developing some of the students or children's 403 00:33:54.390 --> 00:34:01.070 skills in terms of like creative, critical thinking, kind of executive function, you 404 00:34:01.070 --> 00:34:07.210 know, just self discipline and management, any of those kinds of skills? 405 00:34:07.210 --> 00:34:15.820 >> Well, the state libraries all aboard for kindergarten is looking at the project views, 406 00:34:15.820 --> 00:34:21.770 looking the data that looks at where kids are before they enter kindergarten and it 407 00:34:21.770 --> 00:34:28.839 addresses the six domains of language, literacy, mathematics, cognitive, social emotional and 408 00:34:28.839 --> 00:34:30.019 physical. 409 00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:37.139 So looking at the whole child and addressing where are there gaps in the skills and hopefully 410 00:34:37.139 --> 00:34:42.480 to customize things so we can develop these tools for families by the community where 411 00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:46.139 those learning gaps are. 412 00:34:46.139 --> 00:34:53.029 >> In our spell project, we're focused more on parent behavior so that's going to be the 413 00:34:53.029 --> 00:34:58.740 focus of our evaluation rather than actual child outcomes. 414 00:34:58.740 --> 00:35:01.440 >> And the same is true for family place. 415 00:35:01.440 --> 00:35:06.730 We're really looking at transformation within the libraries, within the library staff and 416 00:35:06.730 --> 00:35:09.839 just having the administration be on board. 417 00:35:09.839 --> 00:35:13.859 We require that an administrator now come with the children's librarian to a comprehensive 418 00:35:13.859 --> 00:35:20.049 four day training and I know they don't participate in the seven hours of follow up, they probably 419 00:35:20.049 --> 00:35:27.339 don't do that but we want them to really understand it and see that this is really economic development. 420 00:35:27.339 --> 00:35:31.270 If you look at what's going on, if you want to have a good workforce 25  years from now 421 00:35:31.270 --> 00:35:36.680 or 20  years from now, you need to be investing in investment because it is a pittance when 422 00:35:36.680 --> 00:35:41.369 it becomes to when they need more service. 423 00:35:41.369 --> 00:35:48.299 >> If you want to see the good math for that, there's a website for that, an economist from 424 00:35:48.299 --> 00:35:51.220 Chicago who has done wonderful articles. 425 00:35:51.220 --> 00:36:06.880 >> Laura Damon, libraries and community project and a youth librarian in my day job so I'm 426 00:36:06.880 --> 00:36:14.730 just curious about prenatal classes and sort of childbirth classes and whether there are 427 00:36:14.730 --> 00:36:19.509 partnerships that you know of between libraries and those classes and if you could speak to 428 00:36:19.509 --> 00:36:24.650 that whether that's through hospitals or for low income families as well. 429 00:36:24.650 --> 00:36:27.260 >> Well, we run a program at middle country. 430 00:36:27.260 --> 00:36:31.070 It's not something that's across all of the libraries that are family placed libraries 431 00:36:31.070 --> 00:36:32.819 but a lot of them do this. 432 00:36:32.819 --> 00:36:36.349 We talk about it and they get to see it live. 433 00:36:36.349 --> 00:36:38.950 It's called baby bump. 434 00:36:38.950 --> 00:36:45.559 It literally is for pregnant women and we coordinate with the hospital where they have 435 00:36:45.559 --> 00:36:49.859 a nurse come in and talk about what is going on. 436 00:36:49.859 --> 00:36:54.119 A lot of times they make arrangements so they can do the preview of the hospital and the 437 00:36:54.119 --> 00:36:59.130 birthing rooms and all of those kinds of things and then we talk about siblings and how you 438 00:36:59.130 --> 00:37:03.440 can get the sibling ready for the new baby that's coming. 439 00:37:03.440 --> 00:37:07.789 So yeah, there's a little bit of that that's starting to go on. 440 00:37:07.789 --> 00:37:16.180 >> In our spell research, we found that probably the best time to reach parents is actually 441 00:37:16.180 --> 00:37:22.140 before they become parents when they're expecting parents with an early literacy message and 442 00:37:22.140 --> 00:37:25.049 the message about the library. 443 00:37:25.049 --> 00:37:31.009 So that end, there's a public library in Colorado that is partnering now with a reach out and 444 00:37:31.009 --> 00:37:34.170 read clinic ha is doing prenatal classes. 445 00:37:34.170 --> 00:37:39.160 Talking to them about the library services and the importance over early literacy and 446 00:37:39.160 --> 00:37:43.930 there's several libraries in Colorado and I know around the country who do a community 447 00:37:43.930 --> 00:37:47.309 baby shower once a year. 448 00:37:47.309 --> 00:37:51.940 This is an excellent program where they invite all of the expectant parents to the library 449 00:37:51.940 --> 00:37:54.770 and they actually have a baby shower. 450 00:37:54.770 --> 00:38:01.410 Often they will invite community organizations to come and have tables so that the expectant 451 00:38:01.410 --> 00:38:06.650 parents can see all of the other services that are available to them. 452 00:38:06.650 --> 00:38:11.509 And often, we know we have heard from these programs that this is the only baby shower 453 00:38:11.509 --> 00:38:18.400 that some low income parents attend and it usually, depend on the library's funding, 454 00:38:18.400 --> 00:38:25.700 it might come with a little bib or some gift, hopefully a board book but I would love to 455 00:38:25.700 --> 00:38:28.589 see more in that arena for sure. 456 00:38:28.589 --> 00:38:31.970 >> And I know there's libraries in Washington that have done the community baby showers 457 00:38:31.970 --> 00:38:47.150 so businesses got come from activities and at the library had a minimal investment which 458 00:38:47.150 --> 00:38:52.910 is a win to win for everybody. 459 00:38:52.910 --> 00:39:00.359 >> I was curious if any of you would want to speak to the issue of early learning and 460 00:39:00.359 --> 00:39:02.740 digital production and digital tools. 461 00:39:02.740 --> 00:39:04.390 There's a lot of approaches. 462 00:39:04.390 --> 00:39:06.140 There's some controversy. 463 00:39:06.140 --> 00:39:14.460 Libraries are a great place to work with digital tools but the cross over to early learning 464 00:39:14.460 --> 00:39:18.089 is sometimes an interesting complexity for people. 465 00:39:18.089 --> 00:39:21.469 I'm just wondering where your programs fit around that issue. 466 00:39:21.469 --> 00:39:27.749 >> I think the panelist had this discussion over dinner. 467 00:39:27.749 --> 00:39:34.799 There's a prevalent notion that children under the age of two shouldn't have media screen, 468 00:39:34.799 --> 00:39:36.839 tablets and I phones what have you. 469 00:39:36.839 --> 00:39:42.160 I'm leaning in that direction from the research I have seen coming out of the University of 470 00:39:42.160 --> 00:39:47.720 Washington and the eye labs, that there's a lot more learning going on when you have 471 00:39:47.720 --> 00:39:51.960 the human being, I don't know if it's body language or eye contact. 472 00:39:51.960 --> 00:39:57.230 I think they say eye contact but you can use a tablet but have a human being with that 473 00:39:57.230 --> 00:40:00.440 tablet and not just put the tablet in the child's hands. 474 00:40:00.440 --> 00:40:05.849 They did an interesting study on learning mandrin and Chinese and the child who is with 475 00:40:05.849 --> 00:40:10.400 the human being learned a lot more than the child who is just plopped in front of the 476 00:40:10.400 --> 00:40:16.299 television set or whatever the media was and learn that way. 477 00:40:16.299 --> 00:40:21.390 >> I think what we have to do in our society, you can't even bump gas without a screen in 478 00:40:21.390 --> 00:40:22.390 your face. 479 00:40:22.390 --> 00:40:23.710 It makes me crazy. 480 00:40:23.710 --> 00:40:29.010 In our society, I think it's really not realistic to think that kids are not going to be in 481 00:40:29.010 --> 00:40:30.010 front of screens. 482 00:40:30.010 --> 00:40:31.010 That's a given. 483 00:40:31.010 --> 00:40:35.239 We may say this is the best thing and I truly believe that in all early childhood educators 484 00:40:35.239 --> 00:40:40.240 believe it and everyone who works with young children and family believes it too. 485 00:40:40.240 --> 00:40:46.739 What I think we have to do is help parents find a balance that the iPhone, the I pad 486 00:40:46.739 --> 00:40:48.900 is not a baby sitter. 487 00:40:48.900 --> 00:40:53.710 If you're going to use it with somebody, then if your looking at something and you're talking, 488 00:40:53.710 --> 00:40:58.200 just like you said it works that way but if you use it as a baby sitter, it's not going 489 00:40:58.200 --> 00:41:04.309 to work and it shouldn't take the place of floor time and face time and constant talking 490 00:41:04.309 --> 00:41:09.640 and singing and book sharing and playing with kids because that's how kids under three, 491 00:41:09.640 --> 00:41:11.940 how all of us really learn. 492 00:41:11.940 --> 00:41:18.150 I can watch a video on how to hit a golf ball, until I'm out there, I might have somebody 493 00:41:18.150 --> 00:41:22.319 who says, do this or try this and I'm not really going to learn it the same way. 494 00:41:22.319 --> 00:41:24.249 I think this is very true. 495 00:41:24.249 --> 00:41:32.619 >> I will add, one of the project view researchers, I sent my speech to them for their comments 496 00:41:32.619 --> 00:41:40.359 and one did ask for funding for studying the use of media by families and children. 497 00:41:40.359 --> 00:41:42.119 That is their wish list, please. 498 00:41:42.119 --> 00:41:44.179 We need research on this, more research. 499 00:41:44.179 --> 00:41:49.589 >> We have had the sesame street workshop people come and talk to our librarians and 500 00:41:49.589 --> 00:41:51.799 other early child development. 501 00:41:51.799 --> 00:41:56.660 They talking about how kids swipe and do this and that. 502 00:41:56.660 --> 00:42:01.319 When you have really young kids, books, they just go back and forth with the pages and 503 00:42:01.319 --> 00:42:05.710 they play back and forth but you're still looking at what's happening and you can talk 504 00:42:05.710 --> 00:42:06.710 about it. 505 00:42:06.710 --> 00:42:12.539 When they're swiping and the technology takes over what you want them to be looking at and 506 00:42:12.539 --> 00:42:17.839 learning, that's when I see there's a problem. 507 00:42:17.839 --> 00:42:21.819 >> And I will just say that the association for library service to children has just put 508 00:42:21.819 --> 00:42:24.609 out a white paper on just this topic. 509 00:42:24.609 --> 00:42:28.029 I think it was just issued yesterday or the day before. 510 00:42:28.029 --> 00:42:30.849 So you may want to refer to that as well. 511 00:42:30.849 --> 00:42:38.329 >> I have a simple question, sandy with the tribe of Oklahoma. 512 00:42:38.329 --> 00:42:43.529 In your programs, are you also putting books with the families? 513 00:42:43.529 --> 00:42:47.579 >> I'm sorry, what was the question? 514 00:42:47.579 --> 00:42:50.269 >> Replacing books with families. 515 00:42:50.269 --> 00:42:55.380 >> We're partnering, this is where we're partnering with reach out and read Washington so they're 516 00:42:55.380 --> 00:43:01.390 partnering with the libraries and pediatricians to ensure that books get in the hands of families. 517 00:43:01.390 --> 00:43:05.030 They feel like that's the one place where maybe you can hit a lot of people who wouldn't 518 00:43:05.030 --> 00:43:09.380 walk into the libraries, they are going to bring their child to the doctor and that's 519 00:43:09.380 --> 00:43:15.409 for them, a safe place, a trusted place so it's an optimum place to do that. 520 00:43:15.409 --> 00:43:24.079 >> In spell, our eight partner libraries, most of them are giving books at some point. 521 00:43:24.079 --> 00:43:28.000 So it's really up to them but some of their sub grant funds are going to that. 522 00:43:28.000 --> 00:43:33.870 And in Colorado, we do a unique program called one book four that's for Colorado where we 523 00:43:33.870 --> 00:43:39.690 give a copy of the same book every year to every four year old in Colorado. 524 00:43:39.690 --> 00:43:42.130 75,000 of them and English and Spanish. 525 00:43:42.130 --> 00:43:48.710 Three public libraries and reach out and read clinics so we just finished up our 4th year 526 00:43:48.710 --> 00:43:53.119 and it's for two weeks every April. 527 00:43:53.119 --> 00:43:55.869 Again, that one is privately funded. 528 00:43:55.869 --> 00:43:58.980 We work with lieutenant governor's office every year to raise the funds for that and 529 00:43:58.980 --> 00:44:07.170 we know, we have heard from parents that sometimes this is the first book that four year old 530 00:44:07.170 --> 00:44:08.170 owns. 531 00:44:08.170 --> 00:44:13.099 >> We also at state library a number of years ago, used some funds from a Paul Allen grant 532 00:44:13.099 --> 00:44:20.910 and we have a lot of billionaires but a very generous grant and we're able to find books 533 00:44:20.910 --> 00:44:27.119 that were published by a tribal printing press with tribal stories and get it out to the 534 00:44:27.119 --> 00:44:30.450 many tribes in the state of Washington and there's a wonderful program. 535 00:44:30.450 --> 00:44:37.460 >> A number of our libraries, we don't have something where everybody gets a book. 536 00:44:37.460 --> 00:44:38.510 We want them to come in. 537 00:44:38.510 --> 00:44:40.609 We want to go to where they are. 538 00:44:40.609 --> 00:44:48.450 Most people don't say, let's go to houses and worship and food pantries but we go to 539 00:44:48.450 --> 00:44:51.630 places where families don't have a lot are. 540 00:44:51.630 --> 00:44:57.770 We will get a very good used donated books and we'll have extra books we get and we also 541 00:44:57.770 --> 00:45:03.440 work with parent child home program which is a home based early literacy where they 542 00:45:03.440 --> 00:45:06.019 bring a book and one week they bring a toy. 543 00:45:06.019 --> 00:45:14.130 We have been doing it at middle country now for probably 20  years. 544 00:45:14.130 --> 00:45:24.059 >> So this is Tim from IMLS, you all mentioned at various points, the importance of partnerships 545 00:45:24.059 --> 00:45:31.549 and I'm wondering if we could be more specific on the types of partnerships you see as having 546 00:45:31.549 --> 00:45:36.730 the greatest impact or highest value for libraries at a national level that aren't currently 547 00:45:36.730 --> 00:45:38.430 in place. 548 00:45:38.430 --> 00:45:45.390 >> Well, Tim, not necessarily the national but your state level, the build project that's 549 00:45:45.390 --> 00:45:52.829 currently going on, this is a project where there's five pilot states where they're trying 550 00:45:52.829 --> 00:46:00.039 to align museums and librarians with the early learning system, the formal learning system 551 00:46:00.039 --> 00:46:04.910 in the state and my state is one of them in Michigan. 552 00:46:04.910 --> 00:46:07.910 We have found that it's small baby steps. 553 00:46:07.910 --> 00:46:14.630 I'm not saying overnight this is going to be, this full blown partnership but we are 554 00:46:14.630 --> 00:46:20.529 seeing through this collective impact and working with them, an integrating into them 555 00:46:20.529 --> 00:46:27.260 that there's real potential for that type of partnership to have large scale impact 556 00:46:27.260 --> 00:46:30.050 with a state. 557 00:46:30.050 --> 00:46:34.320 >> And I'm from Washington, we're another build pilot state. 558 00:46:34.320 --> 00:46:39.770 My all aboard project, I'm seeing as a potential national model. 559 00:46:39.770 --> 00:46:44.670 We just had one meeting but we're working with other entities that are involved in early 560 00:46:44.670 --> 00:46:52.630 learning and discovering what we do that unique and what we can do that's duplicated to avoid 561 00:46:52.630 --> 00:46:55.430 that and we're involving museum members. 562 00:46:55.430 --> 00:46:57.369 We're starting small. 563 00:46:57.369 --> 00:47:09.069 We're starting in including libraries and it's very grass roots. 564 00:47:09.069 --> 00:47:17.239 I can see where that's going to grow within the state of Washington because it's kind 565 00:47:17.239 --> 00:47:20.560 of like a built in frame work to make it happen. 566 00:47:20.560 --> 00:47:22.809 You have the players and you know who they are. 567 00:47:22.809 --> 00:47:28.180 One thing I'll note when working with other entities from outside libraries, it's kind 568 00:47:28.180 --> 00:47:31.609 of like dating. 569 00:47:31.609 --> 00:47:35.840 People in education are like, the men are from mars and women are from Venus. 570 00:47:35.840 --> 00:47:43.150 We talk different languages and they may say, that's totally wrong and we're adding the 571 00:47:43.150 --> 00:47:49.269 museum into the mix. 572 00:47:49.269 --> 00:47:54.940 That's been a challenge but especially in the stage where we have reduced budgets and 573 00:47:54.940 --> 00:47:59.579 staffing, if we're doing the same thing, it's really a waste of money but if we pool our 574 00:47:59.579 --> 00:48:05.279 resources and know what we're doing, each of us is doing, we might have a very compelling 575 00:48:05.279 --> 00:48:10.409 product we can offer to families. 576 00:48:10.409 --> 00:48:19.460 >> There's family engagement networks out nationally that also could be potential for 577 00:48:19.460 --> 00:48:27.369 us and that's parents involved in that and educators and I know that head start has a 578 00:48:27.369 --> 00:48:33.420 huge family engagement and the U.S. Department of Education now is placing emphasis as they're 579 00:48:33.420 --> 00:48:40.559 doing the race to the top challenges and states to include a family engagement piece. 580 00:48:40.559 --> 00:48:44.299 So I think that's a potential for us as well. 581 00:48:44.299 --> 00:48:51.750 >> I would mention again, reach out and read and there's family partnership and other healthcare 582 00:48:51.750 --> 00:48:52.750 agencies. 583 00:48:52.750 --> 00:48:58.239 Our spell research showed that low income parents often turn to medical professionals 584 00:48:58.239 --> 00:49:02.560 for parents, information and advice. 585 00:49:02.560 --> 00:49:04.259 They're natural partners. 586 00:49:04.259 --> 00:49:10.039 We do a number of things with reach out and read both on the state level and we also try 587 00:49:10.039 --> 00:49:15.150 to help facilitate partnerships between local libraries and their local healthcare clinics 588 00:49:15.150 --> 00:49:20.200 so we're so delighted when reach out and read got the IMLS grant this we're looking forward 589 00:49:20.200 --> 00:49:22.290 to working with them even more. 590 00:49:22.290 --> 00:49:29.660 And also, museums are a great source and really any organization like WIC office. 591 00:49:29.660 --> 00:49:31.249 How about PBS? 592 00:49:31.249 --> 00:49:32.650 National geographic. 593 00:49:32.650 --> 00:49:37.530 I mean, there's so many organizations to reach out to. 594 00:49:37.530 --> 00:49:41.840 I think it's pretty vast and exciting. 595 00:49:41.840 --> 00:49:44.789 >> I think you said just about everything. 596 00:49:44.789 --> 00:49:48.530 You mentioned all of the major ones that I was going to mention but also, when we work 597 00:49:48.530 --> 00:49:53.380 with libraries from various states we have them go back and say, what is in your state. 598 00:49:53.380 --> 00:49:58.569 For instance, in Kansas, some of the libraries that were family placed libraries got funding 599 00:49:58.569 --> 00:50:03.319 from what was then called smart start which is now called building blocks in Kansas but 600 00:50:03.319 --> 00:50:07.220 they actually approached the libraries and said we want you to do this. 601 00:50:07.220 --> 00:50:08.880 We want to work with you. 602 00:50:08.880 --> 00:50:13.609 So when you have other agencies that are that big, you know, statewide reaching out and 603 00:50:13.609 --> 00:50:20.559 saying, we want to do this, it was southwest and northwest smart start Kansas and so there's 604 00:50:20.559 --> 00:50:23.779 PPP and the first five in California. 605 00:50:23.779 --> 00:50:29.749 So we need to go back and see, what is in your particular state and how does it work 606 00:50:29.749 --> 00:50:33.579 and then build the relationships with those agencies O. 607 00:50:33.579 --> 00:50:38.849 >> I'll say the state of Washington, we have a department of early learning which is a 608 00:50:38.849 --> 00:50:45.989 governor's level cabinet agency and they received a race to the top early learning challenge 609 00:50:45.989 --> 00:50:51.210 grant a few years ago and the state library sent them a nice letter from the secretary 610 00:50:51.210 --> 00:50:55.150 of state, we're thrilled you got this award, very nice. 611 00:50:55.150 --> 00:50:58.849 And Dr.  Betty hide who is the director of the department of early learning invited us 612 00:50:58.849 --> 00:51:05.299 over and we did a chitchat and by the end of the meeting, she asked if we would like 613 00:51:05.299 --> 00:51:11.030 money to promote the early learning development guidelines and we said sure. 614 00:51:11.030 --> 00:51:17.599 So we worked to develop many grants that libraries could apply for and they created posters. 615 00:51:17.599 --> 00:51:21.559 They took in free copies of the guidelines that they could distribute to parents. 616 00:51:21.559 --> 00:51:24.380 It was the beginning of a relationship. 617 00:51:24.380 --> 00:51:30.329 Again, it was like dating and we wrote had proposal to they could give us money and the 618 00:51:30.329 --> 00:51:37.269 language thing, it was like nine months, like a really long pregnancy. 619 00:51:37.269 --> 00:51:43.099 It was wonderful and it started that relationship building and I think one thing we noticed 620 00:51:43.099 --> 00:51:47.339 and I continued to notice is that libraries are very invisible to a lot of people. 621 00:51:47.339 --> 00:51:49.030 People in education, they don't think of us. 622 00:51:49.030 --> 00:51:55.170 They say, oh, well, bring some books to a feed event, a summertime event and we'll give 623 00:51:55.170 --> 00:51:58.549 them out or open up the school libraries and they forget about the public libraries. 624 00:51:58.549 --> 00:52:03.430 It's like, we're there and we're doing summer reading so we're meeting with the people involved 625 00:52:03.430 --> 00:52:10.029 in the office of superintendent, public instruction that say, hey, we can partner together. 626 00:52:10.029 --> 00:52:17.460 You your food program, we have the reading program and why don't we do something. 627 00:52:17.460 --> 00:52:24.960 So thing we can do to promote it and it can help raise our visibility and respect for 628 00:52:24.960 --> 00:52:26.210 us. 629 00:52:26.210 --> 00:52:30.499 I think, people don't think of us. 630 00:52:30.499 --> 00:52:36.589 The other thing we're doing too in Washington is there's a move to have librarians certified 631 00:52:36.589 --> 00:52:43.270 as merit trainers so we can offer training today care providers who need to receive a 632 00:52:43.270 --> 00:52:48.660 certain number of stars, credits per year so they can improve their ranking. 633 00:52:48.660 --> 00:52:54.720 So that's very formalized but it's great because we're having librarians getting the training. 634 00:52:54.720 --> 00:52:55.720 They're getting more visible. 635 00:52:55.720 --> 00:52:59.930 Day care providers, early learning people in the community are saying, I can get free 636 00:52:59.930 --> 00:53:05.099 training instead of paying $30, $50 an hour for my stars credit. 637 00:53:05.099 --> 00:53:08.089 And that and infiltrating early learning conferences. 638 00:53:08.089 --> 00:53:13.053 I would say, get out there and get to know people and let people know you. 639 00:53:13.053 --> 00:53:18.670 >> I also think it's important that we get articles on the impact that public libraries 640 00:53:18.670 --> 00:53:25.940 have published in education journals because they all look to those journals oftentimes 641 00:53:25.940 --> 00:53:34.910 for ideas and that would give us great exposure and we oftentimes don't do that. 642 00:53:34.910 --> 00:53:37.469 So I think we're >> Have one more question. 643 00:53:37.469 --> 00:53:39.109 >> We have one more? 644 00:53:39.109 --> 00:53:41.770 >> This is Sarah Fuller from twitter. 645 00:53:41.770 --> 00:53:48.579 Rachel wanted to know as educational policy moves to universal pre K, what do you think 646 00:53:48.579 --> 00:53:51.449 the role of library should be in that conversation? 647 00:53:51.449 --> 00:53:59.789 >> I would say in Washington, we're positioning ourselves, we're trying to help that transitional 648 00:53:59.789 --> 00:54:05.220 role and look at the assessment tool that's used by the educational folks and see what 649 00:54:05.220 --> 00:54:11.349 can we do in libraries that will help support developing those skills and help parents help 650 00:54:11.349 --> 00:54:14.400 the kids develop those skills so again, partnering. 651 00:54:14.400 --> 00:54:21.910 What can we do inline with an established standard. 652 00:54:21.910 --> 00:54:27.400 >> What she said. 653 00:54:27.400 --> 00:54:29.440 >> Any other questions? 654 00:54:29.440 --> 00:54:31.480 >> Well, great! 655 00:54:31.480 --> 00:54:33.559 Please join me in thanking our panel today.