[Baynet] Infopeople's new online course "Teen Volunteer Programs"

[Linda Rodenspiel]

Since some people who may be interested in participating might not receive
this notice directly, we would appreciate it if you would print and post or
route this announcement to staff and colleagues. Thanks!

 

Title:  Teen Volunteer Programs (online learning course)

Dates:  May 6, 2008 – June 2, 2008

To register for this workshop:  Use the online registration form at

http://infopeople.org/workshop/378

 

Fee: $75 for those in the California library community and $150 for those
out-of-state.

 

 

This course is designed for public and school librarians that want to start
or improve a teen volunteer program.

·         Are you interested in a teen volunteer program but have no idea
how to start one? 

·         Do you have a teen volunteer program but think it needs improving?


·         Are you unsure of the value of a teen volunteer program for your
library? 

If you have ever asked these questions, then this workshop is for you! This
course will assist you in designing a dynamic program that meets the needs
of your library and the needs of your teens. Topics will include why a teen
volunteer program is important, how to recruit, train, retain, and reward
your teen volunteers, and will examine some model teen volunteer programs. 

Workshop Description: This four-week online learning course will provide
participants with a philosophy, practical advice and guidelines for
developing and implementing a volunteer program suitable for various sizes
of libraries. Through individual and group exercises you will explore issues
of recruiting, training, motivating and rewarding in ways that are
especially appropriate to the teen age group. The instructor will provide
sample programs, handouts, and a webliography, as well as practical, useful
tips that can be applied immediately. 

During the course, you will be doing exercises and exploring examples of
exemplary model programs. You will also participate in online discussion
forums as part of the online learning process. 

Preliminary Course Outline: Using your web browser and your Internet
connection, you will log in to the Infopeople online learning site and
complete the following learning modules:

*	Module One: Teen Volunteers - Pain or Gain? 

*	What's in it for the library? 
*	What's in it for the teens? 
*	Weighing the costs 

*	Module 2: Recruiting, Training, and Retaining 

*	Methods of recruitment 
*	Guidelines & orientation 
*	Motivators 

*	Module 3: Jobs for Volunteers and Model Programs 

*	Exemplary models from outside the library 
*	Long-term and short-term volunteers 
*	Task Forces 
*	On the fly - spontaneous opportunities 

*	Module 4: Appreciation and Rewards 

*	Ways to show appreciation 
*	Rewards that appeal to teens 

Instructor:  Kelley Worman.  Kelley is the Young Adult Services Coordinator
for Fresno County Public Library where she oversees programs and services
for teens in grades 7-12, in 34 library branches. She is responsible for
collection development, staff training and support, community outreach,
policy development, and teen space design. As a youth librarian for over a
decade, Kelley has provided workshops for teachers, school and public
library staff, parents, and community groups, on topics that include dynamic
booktalking, youth literature, homework sites connected to the California
content standards, importance of and how to read to children, teen library
spaces, information literacy, and programming ideas. 

Online Learning Details: 
This four-week course will be taught online using the web. When you
register, you will receive a registration confirmation that will include the
URL to get to the course, as well as a username and password. 

Every student proceeds through the online learning modules at his or her own
pace. Students should expect to commit to spending a minimum of 2 to 2½
hours per week on this course in order to be successful. You can work on
each module at your own pace, at any hour of the day or night. However, you
will be expected to log in to the course each week to do that week's
assignment. We ask that you log in sometime during the first week of the
course to begin the course work.

Your instructor will be available for limited consultation support for two
weeks after the official end date of a course, and the course material will
stay up for an additional two weeks after that, to give those who have
fallen behind time to work independently on the course. However, you will be
expected to accomplish the majority of the course in synchronization with
your peers during the first four weeks.

Who Should Take This Course: This course is suitable for anyone from the
library community with an interest in service to young adults and is
considering providing a volunteer program for this age group. This course is
suitable for librarians, paraprofessionals and volunteer coordinators.

Prerequisites:
This course is taught over the web. You must:

*	Have an Internet connection and Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher. 
*	Be able to save Microsoft Word .doc or Adobe .pdf files to your
computer and print them out. (For .doc files, a free Word Viewer is
available at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en.
Search for "Word Viewer." For .pdf files, a free Adobe Acrobat Reader is
available at http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/main.html). 
*	Be comfortable navigating on the web and navigating back and forward
on a website that uses frames. 
*	To be most successful in this course you should be willing to share
information with your colleagues and be willing to spend time reading and
participating in the weekly discussion boards. 

System Requirements: The online learning product that Infopeople uses is
called Angel. The following are minimum system requirements for using Angel.
You will need access to a computer that has at least these specifications to
participate in an online course: 

*	Windows: 

*	Internet Explorer 6.0 and above, Netscape 7.1 and above, or Firefox
1.5 and above 

*	Macintosh: 

*	Mozilla 1.4 and above (which is the same engine as Netscape 7.1),
Safari 2.0 and above, or Firefox 1.5 and above 
*	OS X and above (OS 9 will NOT work with our online learning product)


If you are not comfortable with any of the above, please consider taking
this course with a colleague who does meet these requirements.

To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information
about Infopeople Training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops
page at http://infopeople.org/workshop

 

If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please
contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at
<mailto:assist at infopeople.org> assist at infopeople.org or by phone at
650-578-9685.

 

 

 

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