MORE '40-DEVELOPMENTAL-ASSETS' POSTS
I spoke earlier about my library’s teen volunteer program (read about it here). It’s one thing for me to tell you how awesome it is (and it is), but what if I let a teen volunteer tell you how awesome it is. You see, earlier this week our teen volunteer came in and dropped off […]
Teens often get a bad rap. Especially in libraries. Especially with non-teen services staff. Right now in your head you are thinking of the one or two members on your staff who hate when the clock strikes 3:30 and the teens comes bustling in through the front doors. Some of them carry skateboards. Some of […]
Wild Child Conference 2011: Asset Building
| 40 Developmental Assets, Adolescent Development, Teen Issues
Every year in September in Marion, Ohio there is a conference known as The Wild Child Conference. The goal of this conference is to keep educators and organizations that work with teens in the know about teen life, culture, and the topics that impact their lives. For the third year in a row, I have […]
Since today we have a guest post from the VolunTEEN Nation, I thought I would take a moment to tell you about my teen volunteer program and why I think every library should have one. Hooray for teen volunteers! I did not create my teen volunteer program, I inherited it – but I love it. […]
Cut Through the Static, Get Feedback
| 40 Developmental Assets, Evaluation, Teen Empowerment, Teen Participation
You have heard me say it time and time again but my mantra is simple: you can’t serve teens unless you care about them, know them, and value them. And if you are really good at your job, you will empower them and help give them a voice. (Think 40 Developmental Assets!) One of the […]
Things I Never Learned in Library School: Self Directed Porgramming (formerly Contests! Everyone is winning)
| 40 Developmental Assets, Contests, Passive Programming, Self Directed Programming, Teen Involvement, Things I Never Learned in Library School
Although I now live in Texas, I spent the first 18 years of my teen librarian career in a cold state where everyone hibernates during the months of January and February. Programming is hard as it is – but add in winter storms and it becomes downright unpredictable. Doing a variety of contests can be […]
Asset Builder’s Coalition support materials
| 40 Developmental Assets, Adolescent Development, Communication, Networking, Programming
I was very honored to have an article appear regarding asset building in the October 2011 edition of VOYA (page 354), the Voice of Youth Advocates. My article was entitled Mpact: An Asset Builder’s Coalition and if you are a regular reader here at TLT you know that I am a big advocate for using the […]
Also known as, the value of unstructured versus structured programming! Necessity is the mother of invention. It is also how I learned about the power of, and importance of, hanging out in the lives of teens at the library. The first library I ever worked at was just a few blocks down the street from […]
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