TASC and Poverty Awareness Workshop for Library Staff

Please join me at the Greenwich Free Library on March 2nd beginning at 9:30 am. Krista Conrick, Program Manager for Adult Literacy at WSHWE will lead both presentations.  Come for one or both sessions.

 

TASC:

Come have your questions answered about TASC (Test Assessing Secondary Completion) aka the former GED test.

Please arrive around 9:15 am to settle in and talk to your colleagues. The 1 hour session will begin at 9:30 am.

All library staff and volunteers are welcome.

 

Poverty Awareness:

Hidden below their beautiful surfaces, our communities struggle with issues of poverty.   This workshop examines the reality of poverty in our area and helps us learn effective responses to people of all backgrounds.  Come to develop strategy and skill in showing that we value the worth of all individuals.

Session will begin at 10:45 am

 

RSVPs are appreciated; please email Jennifer Ferriss by Monday February 23, 2015 with the staff names and an email so that I can reach everyone in case of a snow cancellation.  Please let me know which workshop you will attend or if you plan on attending both sessions.

 

Summer Reading Workshop

Join us at SALS (22 Whitney Place) from 9:30 am to about 4:30 pm for the Annual Summer Reading Workshop.
There will be a full day of hands on activities presented by your peers, The Prevention Council of Saratoga County and 4-H.
You will leave with many ideas for your summer reading program.
Lunch is on your own, beverages and snacks will be provide.
RSVP by 2/6/2015 to Jennifer Ferriss.
All staff or volunteers who work with children, tweens and teens are welcome.

Snowdate: February 26

Beyond a Rainbow Booklist: Serving LGBTQ Youth in Your Library

Beyond a Rainbow Booklist: Serving LGBTQ Youth  in Your Library

Co-sponsored by Upper Hudson Library System and Mohawk Valley Library System

August 28, 2014

Guilderland Public Library

9:00 am networking

9:30 am – 12:30 morning session

9:30 – 3:30 daylong session

 

LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, etc.) youth, like all young people, deserve a library environment that is safe, supportive, and welcoming. This collaborative workshop will provide ideas, strategies and suggested policies that will help us make our libraries places where LGBTQ youth and their families find helpful guides, information, and books that reflect their experience.

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