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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hello! I recently received the email at the bottom of this page from the national Early Childhood Development agency (ECD) in which they promote
</span><span lang="EN" style="color:#1F497D">a joint approach to improving the availability of high quality early learning and summer learning programs and are collaborating at the national level to
</span><span style="color:#1F497D">call on “policymakers, schools, funders, and parents to include these overlooked but valued community institutions in comprehensive early learning strategies.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">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 (<a href="http://www.imls.gov/assets/1/AssetManager/GrowingYoungMinds_ExecSum.pdf">http://www.imls.gov/assets/1/AssetManager/GrowingYoungMinds_ExecSum.pdf</a>) also provides specific recommendations for action.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">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.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">What else might you use this document for?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#1F497D">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#1F497D">Think about the recommendations for action for libraries and choose one or two activities to work on this year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#1F497D">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.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">What is the State Library doing about this? Looking at the recommendations for action for state policy makers…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#1F497D">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.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#1F497D">I am working on the third recommended activity; create opportunities for incorporating libraries into support for community-based initiatives by:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#1F497D">Partnering with ODE to encourage local partnerships between local libraries and summer food sites<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#1F497D">Partnering with OregonASK to encourage public libraries support of school libraries remaining open during the summer as part of the SL3 grant project<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#1F497D">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:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:74.5pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo6">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#1F497D">Sponsoring an Every Child Ready to Read Training of Trainers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#1F497D">And attending a lot of meetings to scope out other opportunities!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#1F497D">I have identified the second recommended activity as one to work on; link library services more intentionally to K-12 education.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#1F497D">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.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Please let me know if you have any questions or ideas.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Katie <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Katie Anderson, Library Development Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us">katie.anderson@state.or.us</a>, 503-378-2528<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/Pages/youthsvcs/oregon.srp.certificate.aspx"><span style="color:#1F497D;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="204" height="69" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.jpg@01CE6C11.D5BE5EB0" alt="cid:image003.jpg@01CE4751.8A8D6B50"></span></a><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#1F497D">Summer Reading 2013 at
<a href="http://libdir.osl.state.or.us/">Oregon libraries</a>!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#1F497D">Find a
<a href="http://www.summerfoodoregon.org/">summer food site</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleagues:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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.
<i><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.imls.gov/assets/1/AssetManager/GrowingYoungMinds_ExecSum.pdf">Growing Young Minds: How Museums and Libraries Create Lifelong Learners</a></span>,
</i>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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">“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.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Office <span lang="EN">of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Early Childhood Development is pleased to participate in this collaborative effort.
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Please visit <a href="http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ecd">
Early Childhood Development</a> for additional information and resources.<o:p></o:p></p>
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