Literacy Boot Camp: Reboot Your Library Plainfield Public Library September 18, :00 AM – 3:30 PM DAY 1 Connecting people with information through libraries 1

Program Goals Design, implement and evaluate: - Literacy programs - Training programs for tutors and other literacy volunteers Develop and apply strategies for working with culturally and linguistically diverse learners Coordinate and collaborate with other allied professionals in planning instructions Connecting people with information through libraries 2

Program Overview Four monthly meetings: 9/18, 10/20, 11/17, 12/15 Plainfield Public Library A Certificate of Completion 20 CE hours (5 hours per day) Registration fee to attend the annual conference of New Jersey Association of Lifelong Learning: April 2015 Connecting people with information through libraries 3

Program Coordinators Mimi Lee Diversity and Community Engagement Specialist New Jersey State Library Scoot Kuchinsky Coordinator of Literacy Services Plainfield Public Library Connecting people with information through libraries 4

Today AM 9:30Welcome 9:45Orientation 10:00Keynote Address PM 12:00 Best Practices Workshop 12:30 Lunch 1:30 Training 3:15Wrap-Up Connecting people with information through libraries 5