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From: Judy Nelson <jnelson>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 16:29:02 -0700
Don't miss out.....Register now!
The EMERGENT LITERACY Pre-Conference at the PLA National Conference in Seattle,Washington begins at 9AM Tuesday Feb. 24, and goes through 12:30PM Wednesday Feb. 25.
EMERGENT LITERACY: CREATING PUBLIC VALUE FOR OUR YOUNGEST CUSTOMERS!
(The preliminary program calls it: Emergent Literacy: Walk the Talk!)
Target Audience: All Library Leaders (children's librarians, youth librarians and administrators at all levels) who want new ideas and reasons to continue the transformation of their public library services so that they can truly help all children learn from birth.
Speakers: Colleen Huebner, PhD, MPH from the Center for Mind, Brain & Learning at the University of Washington, on the latest research findings about how children learn best from birth to 5 years old.
Art Rolnick, Senior Vice-President & Director of Research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis on the economic research on the importance of investing in early childhood programs and how to forge effective partnerships with business community.
Garrison Kurtz of the Foundation for Early Learning on building and maintaining effective partnerships.
Partnership lessons learned, and tips from three different library systems: Allen County IN, Middle Country NY, Pierce County WA
Staff Development tips from three different library systems, including the revised ALSC/PLA Emergent Literacy Taskforce training materials: Baltimore County MD, Hennepin County MN, Multnomah County OR
Research findings from several library research projects, including the results of the ALSC/PLA project for parents and the State of Maryland's staff training initiatives.
PLUS: Libraries from across the country will display the material they have created for helping children learn from birth. If you would like to have your library represented in the display area please contact Kathleen Reif at kreif at wicomico.org.
All this for a mere $185.....register at www.pla.org
The Tuesday session of this preconference will be the perfect way to start your conference experience....especially if you are planning to attend the Family Place Symposium on Wednesday.
Judy T Nelson Coordinator of Youth Services Pierce County Library System 3005 112th St E Tacoma, WA 984426 253 536e00 ext 158
Received on Tue 07 Oct 2003 06:29:02 PM CDT
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 16:29:02 -0700
Don't miss out.....Register now!
The EMERGENT LITERACY Pre-Conference at the PLA National Conference in Seattle,Washington begins at 9AM Tuesday Feb. 24, and goes through 12:30PM Wednesday Feb. 25.
EMERGENT LITERACY: CREATING PUBLIC VALUE FOR OUR YOUNGEST CUSTOMERS!
(The preliminary program calls it: Emergent Literacy: Walk the Talk!)
Target Audience: All Library Leaders (children's librarians, youth librarians and administrators at all levels) who want new ideas and reasons to continue the transformation of their public library services so that they can truly help all children learn from birth.
Speakers: Colleen Huebner, PhD, MPH from the Center for Mind, Brain & Learning at the University of Washington, on the latest research findings about how children learn best from birth to 5 years old.
Art Rolnick, Senior Vice-President & Director of Research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis on the economic research on the importance of investing in early childhood programs and how to forge effective partnerships with business community.
Garrison Kurtz of the Foundation for Early Learning on building and maintaining effective partnerships.
Partnership lessons learned, and tips from three different library systems: Allen County IN, Middle Country NY, Pierce County WA
Staff Development tips from three different library systems, including the revised ALSC/PLA Emergent Literacy Taskforce training materials: Baltimore County MD, Hennepin County MN, Multnomah County OR
Research findings from several library research projects, including the results of the ALSC/PLA project for parents and the State of Maryland's staff training initiatives.
PLUS: Libraries from across the country will display the material they have created for helping children learn from birth. If you would like to have your library represented in the display area please contact Kathleen Reif at kreif at wicomico.org.
All this for a mere $185.....register at www.pla.org
The Tuesday session of this preconference will be the perfect way to start your conference experience....especially if you are planning to attend the Family Place Symposium on Wednesday.
Judy T Nelson Coordinator of Youth Services Pierce County Library System 3005 112th St E Tacoma, WA 984426 253 536e00 ext 158
Received on Tue 07 Oct 2003 06:29:02 PM CDT
