1. Springfield-Greene County Library District - Missouri
Allison Eckhardt, Outreach Services Manager
Jessica Pecoraro, Outreach Youth Assistant

2. 2015 10,520 children, teens & adults at 146 sites
2004 – 160 children at 5 sites
2006 – 856 children at 19 sites
2008 – 2,118 children at 49 sites
2010 – 4,555 children & teens at 95 sites
2012 – 5,790 children & teens at 113 sites
2014 – 6,638 children, teens & adults at 116 sites
,520 children, teens & adults at 146 sites

3. Developing Our Outreach Program
Identify program goals
Expand opportunities for children to improve their reading skills.
Enrich children’s summer learning experiences.
Enhance opportunities to reach un-served and under-served populations.

4. Developing Our Outreach Program
Determine Available Staff and Resources
Staff
Books
Supplies
Activities

5. All sites have option to use a collection of rotated books
Developing Our Outreach Program
Program Examples
Daycare – Storytime, Music, and Take-home Activity
Daycare – Participant Tracking Sheets
Daycamp – Storytime and Craft or Game
Daycamp – Program or Mini-Kit Tub with Lesson Plan, Books and Craft or Activity
Summer School – Participant Tracking Sheets, Lesson Plans and Supplies for Activities
Teen Program – Book Club and Participant Tracking Sheets
All sites have option to use a collection of rotated books

6. Developing Our Community Partnerships
Where are the children that are not able to come to a traditional library program?
Every community is different
Daycamp
Summer School
Daycare
Parks Department Program
Summer Meal Site

7. Developing Our Community Partnerships
Partnership Letter
Outline the partner's commitment of providing access to their program participants.
Identify the ages and approximate numbers of kids that attend the site/program in the summer.
Times that work best for programming.
Description of the role that the site will play in the project.
staff assistance while Library is at their site,
space to meet with the kids,
a commitment to encourage reading and reading related activity time for the kids when the Library isn’t at the site.

8. Developing Our Community Partnerships
Site Agreement Form
Library staff will…..
Facility/Daycare staff will…..

10. Implementing the Program
Program Promotion
Participation Form
Program Plan
Evaluation Tools

11. Promotion Tools

13. Group Participation Form

14. Program Plans

15. Evaluation Tools Agency Staff Evaluation Library Staff Evaluation
Did Library staff arrive prepared and on time?
Which activities did the kids enjoy the most?
What was least popular?
How often each week did you schedule reading time?
Do you feel you had adequate training to present the programs at your site?
Library Staff Evaluation
What about the program worked best?
What didn't work so well, or as planned?
What do you think we could do differently?
Do you think we met the program goals?

17. Questions? Springfield-Greene County Library District
Allison Eckhardt, Outreach Services Manager -
Jessica Pecoraro, Outreach Youth Assistant -
Outreach Services S. Campbell Ave, Springfield MO 65810