Dear Library Directors,

I am writing today to see if you have a staff member who works with teens who might be interested in participating in the three year IMLS funded, YALSA/COSLA “Transforming Teen Services: a Train the Trainer (T3)” Initiative. Four states participated in the 2018-2019 first year cohort and YALSA is hopeful that the remaining states and the Territories will apply to be part of the second cohort that would start in fall 2019.

The selected individual would work with a national cohort of like-minded folks from state agencies as well as frontline practitioners to learn about connected learning, computational thinking and teen services. The individual would need to:

• Attend a 2 ½ day YALSA-led training (expenses paid) either Sept. 28-30 in Seattle or Oct. 27-29 in Chicago or Oct. 30 – Nov 1 in Memphis (before the YALSA Symposium) with the NJ State Library’s Youth Services Specialist.
• Agree to participate in a monthly cohort call.
• Conduct five training sessions for library staff during the project years (2019-2020 and 2020-2021. The estimated average weekly time commitment is 2-3 hours, with significant variations.

Please let me know if you have a staff member you would recommend to participate in this initiative by May 17, 2019. The New Jersey State Library needs time to complete the required paperwork to submit an intent to apply for the second cohort by May 31, 2019.

This individual would be someone whose participation you would be able to support with the time needed to attend and conduct training sessions. It is a terrific professional development activity. We are only able to select one individual to participate.

Here is the grant proposal if you would like to learn more about this initiative.

As always, thank you for your time. Please email me if you have any questions.

 

Sincerely,

Mary L. Chute
State Librarian
New Jersey State Library
mchute@PROTECTED
609 278-2640 Ext 101

Street Address:
185 W. State St.
Trenton, NJ 08608

U.S. Postal Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 520
Trenton, NJ 08625-0520