[kids-lib] In the News: National ECD promotes Growing Young Minds: How Museums and Libraries Create Lifelong Learners

[Katie Anderson]

Hello! I recently received the email at the bottom of this page from the national Early Childhood Development agency (ECD) in which they promote a joint approach to improving the availability of high quality early learning and summer learning programs and are collaborating at the national level to call on "policymakers, schools, funders, and parents to include these overlooked but valued community institutions in comprehensive early learning strategies."

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), in partnership with the Campaign for Grade Level Reading, published a report last week highlighting "10 Ways" museums and libraries support early and summer learning. The report (http://www.imls.gov/assets/1/AssetManager/GrowingYoungMinds_ExecSum.pdf) also provides specific recommendations for action.

This report is worth taking 10-15 minutes to read. As you do, think about which of the "10 Ways" your library is already doing particularly well. You can pull talking points right out of this report to promote those activities among board members, council members, school administrators, teachers, and other community stake holders.

What else might you use this document for?

*         Identify which of the "10 Ways" your library isn't doing very well and do some strategic planning/set one or two goals to make improvements.

*         Think about the recommendations for action for libraries and choose one or two activities to work on this year.

*         Use the language from this report in grant applications to make a stronger case for your library's early learning and/or summer learning programs.

What is the State Library doing about this? Looking at the recommendations for action for state policy makers...

*         Oregon has already accomplished the first recommended activity; recognize libraries in early learning policy! Oregon libraries are included in the Oregon Education Investment Board's House Bill 3232 and the Early Learning Council's House Bill 3234. The State Library will now work on strengthening these new relationships.

*         I am working on the third recommended activity; create opportunities for incorporating libraries into support for community-based initiatives by:

o   Partnering with ODE to encourage local partnerships between local libraries and summer food sites

o   Partnering with OregonASK to encourage public libraries support of school libraries remaining open during the summer as part of the SL3 grant project

o   Attending Early Learning Council and Child Care and Education Coordinating Council meetings, and encouraging libraries to participate in their local early learning coalitions as they transition to early learning hubs

o   Sponsoring an Every Child Ready to Read Training of Trainers

o   And attending a lot of meetings to scope out other opportunities!

*         I have identified the second recommended activity as one to work on; link library services more intentionally to K-12 education.

*         In addition, I try to work closely with OLA's Children's Services Division and Oregon Young Adult Network on these efforts. For example, I invited CSD and OYAN Executive Board members to the first state level cross-agency/cross-organization meeting about services to pregnant and parenting teens so we can decide together what appropriate library participation may be.

Please let me know if you have any questions or ideas.

Thanks,
Katie

Katie Anderson, Library Development Services
* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *
Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301
katie.anderson at state.or.us<mailto:katie.anderson at state.or.us>, 503-378-2528

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Dear Colleagues:

The Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Early Childhood Development (ECD) promotes a joint approach to improving the availability of high quality early learning and development programs. We are made up of the Office of Head Start, the Office of Child Care, and the Interagency Team.

The Early Childhood Office also works with other federal agencies, state and tribal councils and administrators, and a wide range of national organizations and non-profit partners. These interagency, collaborative programs and communications help ensure a complete and integrated approach to improving the nation's childhood learning and development.

Parents, business and civic leaders, researchers and policy makers have called for quality early education and summer learning opportunities to ensure more children learn to read proficiently. A new report from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, together with the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading, demonstrates that libraries and museums are part of the solution. Growing Young Minds: How Museums and Libraries Create Lifelong Learners<http://www.imls.gov/assets/1/AssetManager/GrowingYoungMinds_ExecSum.pdf>, citing dozens of examples and 10 case studies, highlights 10 key ways libraries and museums are supporting young children. It provides a clear call to policymakers, schools, funders, and parents to include these overlooked but valued community institutions in comprehensive early learning strategies.

"High-quality early learning is about the whole child and the whole family, and libraries and museums play an important role in this work. As a nationwide resource, museums and libraries offer an expanding list of collaborative opportunities that parents, providers, teachers and other early learning stakeholders would do well to learn about. In my experience as an early childhood educator, libraries and museums were always important resources for children whose learning I was attempting to stimulate. I have come to discover that what exists now far exceeds what museums and libraries used to offer. If you have not recently worked with your local museums or libraries, I encourage you to do so quickly and often," said Richard Gonzales.

The Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Early Childhood Development is pleased to participate in this collaborative effort.


Please visit Early Childhood Development<http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ecd> for additional information and resources.




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