1. Results of HCL staff and CHS resident surveys

2. Process County Home School residents were surveyed as part of June 2011 booktalk Print surveys were put into Survey Monkey tool by Step-Up intern Hennepin County Library staff who participate in booktalks program were surveyed in June 2011 PowerPoint of most popular books during school year compiled by Marilyn Johnson, Outreach summer 2011 Step-Up intern PowerPoint

3. Survey of booktalkers

16. Survey of booktalkers: suggestions Continue to recommend new books that might be of interest to CHS residents. umm, make me less nervous? Unless you have a magic wand that erases stage fright, I think they are good as is. The time commitment is definitely substantial, so it would have been nice to get more off-desk time to work on my book talks, but that's probably not possible. Have booktalkers complete a short report following each visit that gets shared with other booktalkers so that we get to share experiences and best practices, as well as titles/authors they are really interested in.

17. Survey of booktalkers: suggestions Combining the smaller classes. It would be great if we could get the booktalkers together once a year to share ideas, book that worked, etc. I think that a lot of what we learn and use carries over to working with other patrons. Somehow figure out how to have more time during the work day to prepare the booktalks.

18. Survey of booktalkers: suggestions Sub funds – It’s increasingly difficult schedule-wise to be able to go. Prepare the students more so they know how to behave and have a sense of what to do. Recruit more booktalkers so we could all go in groups of three.

19. Survey of CHS residents

21. Survey of CHS Residents

23. Survey of CHS residents

29. Survey of CHS residents: comments more urban books bring books about food More interesting books Booktalkers need to stand up more Booktalkers need to move around more Show more fantasy, romance, and horror Have peers/teenagers do booktalks More energetic presence.

30. Next steps / recommendations Share results with CHS teachers Ask CHS teachers to share results with students Share results with HCL booktalkers, and later all HCL staff

31. Next steps / recommendations Booktalkers could present their experiences and what they’ve learned to other colleagues to recruit more booktalkers and gain support for the program. Choose more books that reflect the interest of CHS students based on survey results. Create opportunities for audience involvement within the booktalks to keep students actively engaged booktalks. Respond to audience cues and adapt presentation style and content accordingly to maintain interest. Suggest increased teacher intervention with disruptive behavior.

32. County Home School evaluation compiled by Angel Gardner, Outreach library school summer 2011 intern