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I thought some of you might be interested in this professional development opportunity:<br>
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Bilingual Storytime at Your Biblioteca<br>
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Instructor: Katie Scherrer<br>
Dates: August 5-30, 2013<br>
Credits: 1.5 CEUs<br>
Price: $175<br>
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<a href="http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/033-storytime-biblioteca.php" target="_blank">http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/033-storytime-biblioteca.php</a>
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Description: This 4-week, online course teaches participants how to present bilingual storytimes (English/Spanish) for various ages, regardless of their own language skills. Video demonstrations, articles, online resources and course discussions direct students
as they learn how to successfully deliver the various elements of bilingual storytimes, either on their own or with a bilingual community partner. Participants will discover new books, rhymes, songs, plans and resources that they can immediately put to use
in their bilingual storytime programs.<br>
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Learning Objectives:<br>
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-Students will learn how to select and use the following components in bilingual storytime: books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays, and stories for telling aloud.<br>
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-Students will experiment with incorporating bilingual materials into their existing storytime programs.<br>
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-Students will select books and other materials they can use to increase inclusion of Latino culture and the Spanish language in their English storytime programs.<br>
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-Students will develop strategies for working with bilingual community partners to present and market bilingual storytime.<br>
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-Students will gain an increased understanding of the early literacy and school readiness needs of Latino children.<br>
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-Students will articulate how bilingual storytime supports the early literacy and school readiness needs of Latino children, and identify online resources for sharing early literacy and school readiness information with Spanish-speaking parents.<br>
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-Students will each develop two bilingual storytime plans.<br>
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Katie Scherrer (née Cunningham) is a library consultant and training specialist whose work focuses on improving library services to Latino and Spanish-speaking children and families. She previously worked as the first Spanish Program Specialist for the Columbus
Metropolitan Library and as a Children’s Librarian at the uniquely bilingual Village Branch of the Lexington Public Library. Katie has presented many workshops on bilingual storytime and library services to Latino families for librarians across the country,
including at the 2010 Virginia Hamilton Conference on Multicultural Literature for Youth.<br>
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<b>Questions? Contact:<br>
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P.O. Box 188784<br>
Sacramento, CA 95818<br>
Tel. 218-260-6115<br>
inquiries@libraryjuiceacademy.com<br>
<a href="http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/" target="_blank">http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/</a>
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<div align="center">Katie Anderson, Library Development Services<br>
* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *<br>
Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301<br>
katie.anderson@state.or.us, 503-378-2528<br>
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