[kids-lib] Early & School-age Literacy Conversation - Please join us!

[BERGQUIST Greta E * SLO]

Hello youth focused librarians,

As folks supporting families and kids building literacy skills every day around Oregon, we have a unique opportunity coming up! The Oregon Department of Education would like to know more about how at public libraries help kids build literacy skills (reading, writing, speaking, listening) in our everyday work - especially with school-age kids around the 5-10 year old age range. You are all invited to a conversation hosted by Oregon Kitchen Table on Tuesday, April 9th, at 1pm. Please register to attend<https://pdx.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcpf-urqTouHNc9RuI4dkMPk3upNMOVEfDM#/registration>.   I'm including additional information below from Sarah Giles at Oregon Kitchen Table - if you can't make it to the April 9th session that is specifically for library staff, you are welcome to attend any of the 3 other sessions linked below, as well as give feedback in a survey. Please share/forward this message to anyone in your library or community you'd like to share with. The survey is available in multiple languages and families as well as community partners are welcome to complete it!

Flyers from Sarah (hopefully my links work!)
Early Literacy - 4 ways to take part.pdf<https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:c9f9b9b2-3564-4a46-a93f-43d1943a336d>
OKT Early Literacy Zoom Conversations.pdf<https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:00df69fe-f132-456d-873b-328d6e6dc833>

Additional information about this project:


In 2023 the Oregon Legislature passed a bill called the Early Literacy Success Initiative<https://www.oregon.gov/ode/earlyliteracysuccessinitiative/pages/default.aspx>. As part of this bill, the legislature directs the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) to help community groups and families support young children develop reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills. This is to take place both in the community and at home. ODE is partnering with Oregon's Kitchen Table<https://www.oregonskitchentable.org/> to hear from families with young children and community groups who support families with young children.


Your experiences and perspectives will help the Oregon Department of Education create a framework and toolkit for community groups to use. These will help groups as they support families and children develop reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills in community and at home.


There are different ways to take part:


1. Share what you think online in 9 languages - https://tinyurl.com/okt-earlyliteracy (through April 10th)


2. Invite other people - families with young children and community groups that support families and children - in your networks to share what they think.


3. If you work for a community-based organization or group, join us for a Zoom conversation with other community groups.

o   March 21,  12:00pm - 1:30pm: Zoom registration - https://bit.ly/mar21-earlyliteracy

o   April 1, 3:00pm - 4:30pm: Zoom registration - https://bit.ly/apr1-earlyliteracy

o   April 4, 9:00am - 10:30am: Zoom registration - https://bit.ly/apr4-earlyliteracy

4. Would you like to host your own conversation with other families with young children or with community groups? Visit https://www.oregonskitchentable.org/early-literacy for a Kitchen Table Conversation Guide<https://www.oregonskitchentable.org/sites/default/files/news/ENG-families-early-literacy-guide.pdf> or contact us directly (info at oregonskitchentable.org<mailto:info at oregonskitchentable.org>)


En el año 2023 la Legislatura de Oregón aprobó un proyecto de ley que se llama la Iniciativa de éxito en la alfabetización temprana. Dirige al Departamento de educación del estado de Oregón, (ODE por sus siglas en inglés) a dar ayuda a grupos comunitarios y a las familias para apoyar a los niños pequeños en aprender a leer, escribir, hablar y a escuchar. Esto se debe realizar tanto en la comunidad como en el hogar.


El ODE está colaborando con la agencia Oregon's Kitchen Table para escuchar las opiniones de las personas en todo el estado sobre este tema.

Hay diferentes formas de participar:

1.     ¡Por favor llene la encuesta - https://tinyurl.com/oregon-alfabetizacion! Tiene hasta el día 10 de abril del 2024 para llenarla.

2.     E invite a otras familias y grupos comunitarios en Oregón que usted conozca a que también la llenen.

3.     Si trabajas para una organización o grupo comunitario, únete a nosotros en una conversación a través de Zoom con otros grupos comunitarios.

o   March 21,  12:00pm - 1:30pm: Zoom registration - https://bit.ly/mar21-earlyliteracy

o   April 1, 3:00pm - 4:30pm: Zoom registration - https://bit.ly/apr1-earlyliteracy

o   April 4, 9:00am - 10:30am: Zoom registration - https://bit.ly/apr4-earlyliteracy

  1.  Si usted quiere organizar su propia reunión de charla, Oregon's Kitchen Table (OKT por sus siglas en inglés) le puede ayudar a hacerlo. Aprenda más aquí o póngase en contacto con OKT por correo electrónico en español info at oregonskitchentable.org<mailto:info at oregonskitchentable.org>.

Best,
Greta

Greta Bergquist, MLIS, MAT (she/her/hers)
Youth Services Consultant
State Library of Oregon
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