Since I'm trying to plan many new things, I thought "hey, why not crowd-source?" So, this is my new mission statement, goals, and objectives for the youth services department (not final!) and my layout of programs for January - May. All suggestions, thoughts, criticisms, gratefully received...I'm especially always worried that I'm not underplanning or overplanning - it's hard to know what's a balance of programs, you know?
Mission Statement
The mission of the Youth Services Department of the Matheson Memorial Library is to provide informational, educational, and recreational services, in a friendly and supportive setting, to all families, children, and caregivers of the Elkhorn community. These services are available through quality materials and programs offered by a friendly and knowledgeable staff in a comfortable and welcoming environment. The Youth Services Department serves as a family gathering place focused on educating, enriching, and entertaining the families, children, teens, and caregivers of the public.
Department Goals
- Serve all age groups with a variety of programs.
- Serve all families and caregivers with a broad programming schedule
- Make the Youth Services Department a destination by offering a welcoming, fun, and enriching environment
2014/2015 Objectives
- Offer programs for each time slot (morning, afternoon, early evening, late evening)
- Offer a wider variety of programs for early childhood; active/movement programs and programs directed at smaller groups.
- Offer a wider variety of school-age programs, specifically for smaller groups, which will enable us to build relationships and encourage use of the collection
- Revive middle school and teen programs, creating simple, sustainable programs that build on school-age program participants
- Expand outreach to four year olds to build an audience for the preschool programming schedule.
How Will We Get There? Meeting Objectives
- Alternate programs in time slots so we can offer more variety (monthly/bi-monthly instead of weekly)
- Alternate programs - storytime/dance program/art program etc. instead of the same program every week
- Stagger programs - don’t start everything all at once, put in gaps when I know there will be heavy calls for outreach (end of October, end of April)
- Start with one middle school program (reviving middle school madness) and creating a teen volunteer program
- Implement a planning schedule to streamline marketing, budgeting and create better long-term evaluation of programming and build word-of-mouth interest in programs
- November (Thanksgiving) finalize plans for January - May
- April (after big party) finalize plans for June - August
- August finalize plans for September - December
| Library programs | Staff | Audience | Day | Time | Frequency | Avg. Att. |
| Pattie's C.A.F.E. | Pattie | 0 to 5 | M | 10 to 12 | Monthly, 1st Monday | 20 |
| Moms with Multiples | Pattie | 0 to 5 | M | 10 to 12 | Monthly, 2nd Monday | 15 |
| Playgroup with Pattie | Pattie | 0 to 5 | M | 10 to 12 | Monthly, 4th Monday | 20 |
| Tiny Tots | Pattie, Associate | 0 to 5 | M | 6:30 to 7:30 | Weekly | 15 |
| Bookaneers | Jennifer | 6 to 8 | M | 6:30 to 7 | Monthly, 4th Monday | 5 |
| Toddlers 'n' Books | Pattie | 0 to 5 | Tues | 10 to 12 | 2 sessions weekly | 25 |
| Preschool Interactive | Jennifer | 3 to 5 | W | 1:30 to 3 | Twice monthly | 20 |
| Winter Wigglers | Jennifer | 0 to 5 | W | 10 to 12 | Monthly | 20 |
| We Explore Nature | Jennifer | 3 to 5 | W | 10 to 12 | Monthly (no 4K) | 20 |
| Middle School Madness | Associate | 11 to 13 | W | 3 to 5 | Weekly | 10 |
| Books 'n' Babies | Pattie | 0 to 2 | Thur | 10 to 12 | Weekly | 20 |
| Lego Club | Jennifer | All | Thur | 3:30 to 5:30 | Twice monthly | 35 |
| Messy Art Club | Jennifer | All | Thur | 3:30 to 5:30 | Monthly | 40 |
| Mad Scientists Club | Jennifer | All | Thur | 3:30 to 5:30 | Monthly | 35 |
| Family game night | Pattie | 0 to 5 | Thur | 6:30 to 7:30 | Monthly | 10 |
| We Explore Science | Pattie | 0 to 5 | F | 10 to 12 | Monthly | 40 |
| We Explore Favorite Artists | Jennifer | 3 to 5 | F | 10 to 12 | Twice monthly | 20 |
| Special Programs | ||||||
| Saturday kick-off | Pattie, Jennifer | Sat | 10:30 to 11:30 | January | ||
| Angry Birds | Jennifer | All | F | 4 to 5 | January | 25 |
| Paws to Read party | Jennifer | All | F | 4 to 5 | February | 25 |
| Dr. Seuss party | Jennifer | All | F | 4 to 5 | February | 35 |
| Annual Spring Break T-Shirt Party | Jennifer | All | F | 4 to 5 | March | 40 |
| Under the Sea | Pattie, Jennifer | 3 to 5 | W | 10 to 12 | April | 200 |
| Fancy party | Jennifer | All | F | 4 to 5 | May | 35 |
| Muffins with Mom | Jennifer | All | Sat | 10:30 to 11:30 | May | 25 |
| Outreach | ||||||
| TLC | Jennifer | 3 to 5 | W | 1:30/9:30-11 | 4 classes monthly | 45 |
| Step Ahead | Jennifer | 3 to 5 | field trip to library in April | |||
| Lakelands Little Learners | Jennifer | 3 to 5 | W/F | 4-6 monthly visits | ||
| Tibbets | Jennifer | 5 to 6 | Tues | 3 classes monthly | ||
| Jackson/West Side | Jennifer | 5 to 6 | F | 10 to 11 | 6-8 kindergarten classes | 200 |
| Jackson/West Side/Tibbets | Jennifer | 8 to 12 | Tues | 8 to 12 | approx. 10 teams | 100 |
| Jackson/West Side/Tibbets | Jennifer | 9 to 12 fifth grade classes | 250 | |||
| Jackson/West Side/Tibbets/EAMS sixth grade | Jennifer | |||||
| Homeschool | Jennifer | |||||
| Stealth Programming | ||||||
| Paws to Read (winter) | ||||||
| 1,000 books before kindergarten | ||||||
| Take home bags | ||||||
| Activity table | ||||||
| Culver's coloring contest | ||||||
| Birdwatching station |
6 comments:
Wonderful goals. Could you tell me about your Lego Club?
It was the first of my after school clubs and it's definitely the easiest! Basically I have a ton of Legos, I put them all out on two tables, a table of new books, and then the kids build. All my after school clubs are open to all ages, drop-in any time between 3:30 and 5. I have anywhere from 30 people (bad weather/after school scheduling) to 90+ in the summer!
You've inspired me to layout my programming goals for 2015. I'd like to hear more about Patti's CAFE, your annual t-shirt event, and the Under the Sea program. Thanks so much for sharing with us.
Happy day,
Melisa
"Miss Lisa," NC
Pattie is the Parent Connections/Pupil Services person from the school district. She is not a library employee. Her job is to work with all children ages 0-5 in the school district. She does programs at the Recreation Dept. works with daycares and preschools, is on the 4K board, etc. She's gradually been doing more and more of her programming at the library, which is a great deal for both of us! CAFE (Coffee and Fun Every time) is basically her office hours! People can bring kids and there stuff for them to do, she sets up coffee and snacks, and they can talk to her to get community information, developmental concerns, etc.
Part of her job description requires a certain number of programs (I don't know the exact ins and outs of this) but she fulfills that requirement with a big program every April that celebrates Week of the Young Child. We collaborate to celebrate National Library Week. It's pretty crazy. This is last year http://inshortbusy.blogspot.com/2014/04/circus-party.html
The T-shirt party is really simply - it's the one program I've done during Spring Break for the past....4? 5? years. This is last year, when I made some changes
http://inshortbusy.blogspot.com/2014/03/annual-spring-break-t-shirt-party.html
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