Model Programs

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Model Programs
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Model Programs . . .

• Big ideas
• Answer needs
• Solution to situations

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Big Ideas

• Exhibit Original Art from Childrens Literature
• A City of Readers

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Answer Needs

• Children need thousands of language experiences
  to get ready to learn to read
• Shared book reading is related to language
  reading outcomes
• There is a direct correlation between reading for
  fun and achievement
• Children need to want to read as well as learn
  how to read

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Solutions

• The need for after school programs beyond merger
  A competitive vision for the regional city of
  Louisville. (1992), the Brookings institute
• How to encourage use of your library
• How to provide books for parents who are learning
  to read and want to read to their children
• How to get new books for your library
• How to provide satisfying service learning
  opportunities for youth

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Some Examples

• Storytelling
• Reading
• Operation Read Aloud
• Guys Read
• Parenting series
• Early sprouts
• Public Library Association initiative
• Picturing Horses

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Needs

• Identify the need
• Evaluate the need
• Fill the need
• Announce success
• Measure effects

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Identifying Needs

• Institutional direction
• Community reports
• Research
• Goals

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Elements of a Model Program . . .

• Establish the need
• Goals
• Objectives
• Activities
• Audience
• Outline
• Budget
• Timeline
• Evaluation

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Before Establishing Goals . . .

• Review your mission
• Understand where leadership is going
• Figure out how the goals you want to establish
  will support the mission

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Goals, Objectives, Activities

• Goals are long range, broad, general statements
  describing a desired condition
• Objectives are short range, concrete and
  measurable, describing results to be achieved in
  a specific time period
• Activities flow from objectives

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Audience

• Who will be served
• The number to be served
• Why this audience?

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Outline

• Program description
• Details
• Summary of the program
• How implementation will occur

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Budget

• All associated expenses
• Staff
• Materials
• In-kind contributions

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Timeline

• An explanation of when each element of the
  program will occur that includes
• Planning
• Purchasing
• Marketing
• Implementation
• Evaluation
• Funding

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Evaluation

• How effectiveness of the model program will be
  measured, such as
• Number of children served
• Completed goals, objectives and activities
• Evaluation by participants, key stakeholders,
  implementation crew
• Did the program stay within the established
  budget cost per child