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Summer Library Programs: Life-changing programs Versus summer soldier Shawn Brommer

Summer Library Programs: Life-changing programs Versus summer soldier Shawn Brommer South Central Library System Madison, WI March 6, 2013. Wisconsin led the way!. Be proud!. Wisconsin created first statewide SLP in 1972. National model We’re still leading the way!.

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Summer Library Programs: Life-changing programs Versus summer soldier Shawn Brommer

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  1. Summer Library Programs:Life-changing programs Versussummer soldier Shawn Brommer South Central Library System Madison, WI March 6, 2013

  2. Wisconsin led the way! Be proud! Wisconsin created first statewide SLP in 1972. National model We’re still leading the way!

  3. Happy 12th Anniversary!

  4. Value of SLP & public libraries:talking points • Achievement gap • Successful experiences • Books into homes • Motivation

  5. Closing the achievement gap • Loss of 3 months of reading comprehension • Accumulative: 2 year loss by 6th grade. • Middle school is too late.

  6. Closing the achievement gap • Good news • consistency over quantity • Easy access is key • Freedom to choose • Access to reading materials levels the playing field

  7. Successful experiences • Solutions • Hassle-free registration • Hassle-free record keeping • Freedom to choose • books, genres and formats • Equitable recognition

  8. Books into homes • Solutions: • Book purchases? • Libraries have books, audio books, e-books! • Books as program incentives

  9. Motivation • Solutions • Talk to parents, teachers, community partners • Keep it simple • Provide opportunities to succeed • Appropriate, equitable incentives • Freedom to choose materials and set own goals

  10. Incentives • Experiential • Learning connection • Philanthropic • Goal is successful participants

  11. Power to Change • Permission granted! • Talk up the values • Make it simple and hassle-free • Evaluate incentives

  12. Contact me! Shawn Brommer South Central Library System sbrommer@scls.lib.wi.us 608-246-7974

  13. Resources • Allington, Richard and Anne McGill-Frantzen. Summer Reading: Closing the Rich/Poor Reading Achievement Gap. Teachers College Press, 2013. • Allington, Richard. What Really Matters for Struggling Readers: Designing Research-Based Programs, 3rd ed. Pearson, 2012 • www.readingrockets.org • www.summerlearning.org

  14. Image credits • Slide 1, 8 – 11, 13 - 16 : Around the House that Jack Built, Roz Abisch and Boche Kaplan. Parents' Magazine Press, 1972. (op) • Slide 2: Flickr Creative Commons • Slide 3: 2013 CSLP clip art cd. • Slide 4: Group of Children Reading in Library. Greendale, WI, 1938. Wisconsin Historical Society photo collection. • Slide 5: Summer library program photo. Madison, WI, 1978. SCLS photo collection • Slide 6: Laugh n’ Leap Bounce House sales web site. • Slide 7: Flickr Creative Commons • Slide 11, Norfolk Public Library, VA, Facebook page • Slide 18, Slide 1: Around the House that Jack Built, Roz Abisch and Boche Kaplan. Parents' Magazine Press, 1972. (op)

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