A Round-up of Opportunities and Resources

Thanks to Lori Baumgart at Nicolet Federated Library System in her Nic News Weekly 6/21/24 for gathering  these great tips.


CLELCON24 Proposals are Due Sunday, June 30th

Share your early literacy insights at CLELCON24! CLEL (Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy) is now accepting proposals for the 2024 virtual conference, which will take place Thursday October 3 and Friday October 4. CLELCON24 is a welcoming conference that attracts a national audience, and presenters get free registration. Need some inspiration? Check out 2023's conference schedule. Submit your presentation via this proposal form by 11:59 p.m. by June 30th.

Wisconsin PATCH Teen Consultant Program is hiring

The PATCH Teen Consultant Program is currently hiring youth ages 14 to 19 throughout the state of Wisconsin. PATCH is for anyone who is passionate about adolescent health, learning new perspectives, sharing their opinion as a young person, and working with a group to transform knowledge into tangible community impact. The team meets in person for an annual training in August and then moves to Zoom, where they connect weekly to hear from community experts, hone important skills, give feedback on statewide adolescent health initiatives, and work toward making positive change.
Access the job application here.

 

Ready NOW: Supporting Youth and Families During Crisis Scholarship

Would you like to build community relationships? Do you want to be ready for crises that may affect youth and families in your community? If so, you’ll want to consider participating in the University of Maryland led Ready NOW: Supporting Youth and Families During Crisis initiative.

Project activities for selected library staff begins in September/October of 2024 and continues through the spring of 2025. Staff from 13 libraries across the United States will be selected to work with their state library agency to participate in year two of this initiative. A $2000 stipend to use in support of learning about community and building crisis related services will be provided for selected libraries. Learn more by registering here to attend an information session on Tuesday, July 9, 2024 at 1 pm CT. If you have any questions, please contact the Ready NOW team at readynow@umd.edu and/or visit readynow.ischool.umd.edu to learn more.

DPI to Highlight Libraries' Inspiring Summer Programming Work

The Wisconsin Department of Instruction (DPI) is looking to highlight the inspiring work done by our Wisconsin librarians during the summer. If your library or any other library in your network has exciting and/or innovative Summer Library Program (or just taking place during the Summer) events planned (can be all ages!), DPI would love to learn more – so they can shout you out! "Before" and "after" photos are welcome, if available.

Libraries should email Beth Tomev with information and photos; consider using the subject line Summer Events and Summer Library Program Highlights for DPI to ensure they capture them in their inbox.

PBS Wisconsin Seeks Early Learning Manager

PBS Wisconsin Education is looking for a manager to lead the growth of our nationally recognized early learning program.

Do you resonate with the public media mission and have a deep understanding of the role of developmentally appropriate educational media in early learning spaces? Are you a strategic thinker who is excited to manage people, programs, and budgets to achieve the greatest impacts possible? If you answered yes to those questions, we invite you to join the team at PBS Wisconsin Education.

The Early Learning Manager is a new position created to help the PBS Wisconsin Education team scale early learning programs that combine the strengths of our successful work activating national Ready to Learn resources from PBS KIDS with statewide early learning initiatives and priorities through train-the-trainer models developed by our talented team. Visit https://jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/early-learning-manager-madison-wisconsin-united-states for the full position description and application instructions.