Agenda 03-27-24 City of Boynton Beach
BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY
100 East Ocean Avenue
Boynton Beach, FL 33435
LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD
AGENDA
Date: March 27, 2024
Location/Time: City Hall, 100 East Ocean Avenue, Boynton Beach, FL 33435
Commission Chambers at 6:00 p.m.
I. Call to Order—Stephanie Colaianni, Chair
II. Approval of Minutes—February 2024
III. Correspondence and Communications
IV. Public Audience(Individual Speakers Will Be Limited to 3 Minute Presentations)
V. Chair's Report—Board Chair
VI. Unfinished Business:
Introduction of Jacob Rabinowitz, Archivist Librarian
Career Online High School Program Update—Jeannie Taylor
VII. New Business
City Commission ratification of Chair and Vice Chair
Board Participation in Library Programs
VIII. Library Director's Report/Statistics
February 2024 Monthly Reports
IX. Announcements
Next Library Board Meeting—April 24, 2024
Adjournment followed by tour of the Youth Library Virtual Zone
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Minutes of the Library Board Meeting
Held on Wednesday, February 28, 2024, at 6:00 P.M.
At City Hall Commission Chambers
100 E. Ocean Avenue, Boynton Beach, Florida
PRESENT:
George Feldman, Chair Jeannie Taylor, Library Director
Joel Barsky Tiffany Pagan, Assistant Library Director
Ellen Jones
Stephanie Colaianni
ABSENT:
Marcia Levine
Margaret Newton
I. Call to Order— George Feldman
Chair Feldman called the meeting to order at 6:00 P.M.
Introduction of new Board Members Ellen Jones and Stephanie Colaianni
Chair Feldman stated that there were new members appointed to the Board, and he
asked them to briefly introduce themselves.
New Board Member Stephanie Colaianni stated that she is in digital marketing, and she
was born and raised in Boynton Beach. She likes to volunteer with the animal shelter
and soup kitchen, and she sits on the Boynton Beach Sister Cities Board. She explained
the purpose of the Boynton's Sister Cities organization.
Dr. Ellen Jones stated that she teaches for the University of St. Augustine and for Palm
Beach County in the substance use and mental health division of community services,
mostly on the opioid response. She is a part-time program evaluator and there is an
opioid settlement with the County and she holds the public hearings for subcommittees
every other month. She stated that she has lived in Palm Beach County for three and a
half years, with three of them in Boynton Beach. She said that she loves the City and she
previously served on the Art Advisory Board. She want to see the City do well and she
wants to be a part of it.
Joel Barsky commented that he is from Boynton Beach, and originally from New York.
Been in Boynton nearly all his life. He works for AmeriCorp and they work with the Library
He said that he has been with the agency for eight years and that he has been involved
with the library since he was little. He advised that he has been on the Board for a few
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months now and he mentioned that he hoped the Library receives the Library of the Year
Award, every year.
George Feldman stated that he has lived in Boynton since 1996 and he has served on
the Board for more than two years. He said that he loves the City and the new City Hall
is a dramatic change.
II. Approval of Minutes — December, 2023
Motion
Chair Feldman moved to approve the minutes. Mr. Barsky seconded the motion.
III. Correspondence and Communications Thomas Devlin Resignation
Ms. Taylor announced that Mr. Devlin sent her correspondence stating that he resigned
from the Board. She believed that he was appointed to serve on another Board and noted
that people can only serve on one.
IV. Public Audience (Individual Speakers Will Be Limited to 3 Minute
Presentations)
None
V. Chair's Report— Board Chair
Mr. Feldman commented that recently, they had horrendous weather. He hoped in the
future that people try to make the meetings. He also explained that he has heard that the
State is trying to remove any books that have images of nudity.
Ms. Taylor responded that the State had not contacted the Library informing her of the
change. She pointed out that most of what the State deals with regarding books has to
do with the schools. She also stated that she attended a Director's Meeting in
Tallahassee in January and no such direction to that effect was given.
VI. Unfinished Business: Staffing Update — Jeannie Taylor Career Online High
School Program Update —Jeannie Taylor
Ms. Taylor explained that they have anew Archivist. She advised that she likes the Board
Members to meet each new librarian and he will be at the next meeting. She advised that
one customer relations staff member retired, so they will be hiring for that position. She
added that they usually post these positions internally, because they have long-time, part-
timers with lots of experience looking for full-time work.
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Ms. Taylor commented that they have not been successful hiring a new Digital Librarian
to operate the Creative Edge Studio. The responding applicants did not fit the bill or
turned the position down. She advised that they will approach two state universities where
librarians obtain their masters and advertise the position there. She noted that they have
had success doing so in the past.
Ms. Taylor reported that the Career Online High School is booming and Graduate Number
22 wants to celebrate her graduation and she is trying to get them on the City Commission
agenda in March. She said in the last three weeks, she had three new students on
scholarships and that there has been lots of interest in the program. The criteria for the
program is the student has to live or work in the City, be over 19 years old and have a
library card. Since they are using local budget funds for the scholarship, only residents
can be funded. She said that occasionally, they receive funds from the State, but they
are usually cut. She announced that if funds from the State are received, they open up
the program to residents of Palm Beach County She stated that they will continue to
apply for grants to fund the program.
Dr. Jones stated that her background is in grant writing and she offered to help with
grants.
VII. New Business Nomination and selections for Chair and Vice Chair Board
Participation in Library Programs
Chair Feldman commented that the election of Chair and Vice Chair occurs every year.
Mr. Barsky said that he is interested in serving as Vice Chair.
Ms. Taylor stated staff keeps the Board up to date about data so they can see what people
are doing and using in the library, what is going on with the community and what the
Library has to offer. She said that Board Members serve as Ambassadors and that if
members see a library activity they like, they can participate in it. The members can also
convey what the public would like to see at the Library. She noted that there are a lot of
activities at the Library.
Ms. Taylor explained the Chair runs the meeting and Vice Chair sits in his/her place to
run the meeting when the Chair is absent. She noted the Chair also makes a presentation
to the CC once a year.
Motion
Chair Feldman moved to nominate of Ms. Colaianni as Chair. Dr. Jones seconded the
nomination. There were no other nominations. The motion passed unanimously.
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Motion
Dr. Jones nominated Joel Barsky as Vice Chair. Ms. Colaianni seconded the motion. The
motion passed unanimously.
VIII. Library Director's Report/Statistics November, December 2023 and January
2024 Monthly Reports
Ms. Taylor explained she included the Ordinance in the Board packets. She noted that
November and December meetings were combined.
Ms. Pagan explained that when they apply for a Library State Aid Grant, they are required
to include annual statistical reports.
Dr_ Jones stated that would like to see trend statistics over time and new programs
offered. She said it may help with other grants outside of the state money.
Ms. Taylor explained they recently applied for two grants for graphic novels and for
programing related to it_ She said that the second grant was for more items for the Virtual
Zone. She advised that they always work with economic development to support small
business. They have the sound booth in the Teen Virtual Zone, but wanted to see if they
could get small business owners to use it for pod casts and they needed video equipment,
a green screen and other equipment to obtain needed equipment to be used for small
business in the mornings when children are in school.
Dr. Jones stated that she can help with any data that shows Boynton has unique needs,
because she does that for the county.
Mr. Barsky said that h would like to see the equipment and software they have.
Dr. Jones also would like to visit.
Ms. Taylor said that they would set something up. She commented that if Bianca is
working the evening of the next meeting, they can view it after the meeting
IX. Announcements Next Library Board Meeting — March 27, 2024 Chair
announced next meeting.
Ms. Colaianni said that she will be out of town in May.
Mr. Barsky spoke about finding new DVD's in the Library.
Ms. Pagan explained how the Library handles the materials. She noted new material is
depicted with a sticker. They can also be found in the online catalogue and even if it was
ordered but not yet received, it can be put on hold.
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X. Adjournment
Motion
Dr. Jones moved to adjourn. Mr. Barsky seconded the motion. The motion passed
unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 6:31 P.M.
Catherine Cherry
Minutes Specialist
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Adrr��rflsbrat`ve Activities
The Library Director attended City Commission meetings, Library Advisory Board
Meeting, City Leadership Administrative Team Meetings,Schoolhouse Children's
Museum Board meeting.
Custon,ter Service and Circtflation Statistics
Current Same Month Percentage
Month Previous Year Change
Customer Visits Adult 8785 8850 -0.7
Customer Visits Youth 6025 4951 +21.7
Total Customer Visits 14810 13801 +73
Total Circulation* 13671 12406 +10.2
Adult Circulation 5879 6039 -2.6
Young Adult Circulation 408 452 -9.7
Juvenile Circulation 3980 3860 +3.1
ILS System Circulation (Print 10289 10377 -0.8
,Materials) (Total items checked
lout kiosks and others in-house)
Checkouts on Kiosks 5016 5395 -7.0
EBook Circ (Overdrive, 1920 1070 +79.4
Cloudlibrary)
eAudiobook Circ (Overdrive, 665 391 +70.1
CloudL)
Overdrive Magazines 463 172 +169.2
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Audiovisual 965 1179 -18.2
Users registered 302 232 +30.2
Online user registration 40 47 -14.9
Onecard Cards 0 4 -100.0
Number of Reference 852 1886 -54.8
Transactions
*includes ILS, Ebooks, Freegal, OD mags, Gale legal forms
Digital Resouirce and Database Statistics
Current Same Month Percentage
Month Previous Year Change
Freegal Streams 1742 1982 -12.1
Freegal Users (new) 0 1 -100.0
Freegal Downloads 325 380 -14.5
Ka nopy Streams 531 333 +59.5
Learning Express Sessions Na 22
Gale Legal 9 16 -43.8
Gale Infotrac Sessions 391
Gale Infotrac Retrievals 47
Transparent Languages Users 7 15 -53.3
Transparent Languages Sessions 13 86 -84.9
Learning Express Job Career Na 21
Sessions
Knowledge City Logins 11 6 +83.3
Brain Fuse 81 5 +1520.0
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A to Z total records viewed 5149 1141 351.3
Boynton-Beach.org/city-library
pageviews (pulled from Google
Analytics, this is the number of views ::
our library website has received)
Palm Beach Post Views (Newsbank) 717 1080 -33.6
Collection Management
Discarded Items = 279
Items Added to Collection = 828
fC"'ustomer Relations/Curbside Pl�ckup Stat"�svr:s
Curbside appointments made: 11
Curbside appointments picked-up: 11
January launched our annual Adult Read-a-thon! We are up to 100
participants! This is much better participation than in the last few years.
The database training is going well, we have almost completed the
Creativel3ug training, and then we will move on to Libby and CloudLibrary
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Social, AVIedia
Instagram
Followers New followers , Post engagement Post engagement rate
1.4K 31 249 12.15%
followers followers engagements engagement rate
Profile impressions 4st Profile visits 41,15 Profile reach SRI,,Website clicks
5.7K 160 2.2K 10
impressions views users website taps
Continued on the next page...
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Facebook
Page impressions Page new likes Page reach Page shares
8.8K 2 .5.3K 30
impressions likes users post shares
Post clicks Post engagement rate Post link clicks fj' Followers
131 7.05% 6 370
engagement rate clicks followers
Twitter
Followers Tweets Net new followers
370 luts 4
followers tweets followers
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Linkedln
Page reach Post clicks Posts
813 70 19
connections clicks posts
Followers Page engagement rate
116 9eO7%
followers engagement rate
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Pt,d,,,),H"c Compt"Iter Llsage Statistics
Adult Computer Use: 1297
Adult Computer Average Time Per Session: 43 min
Youth Computer Use: 637
Youth Computer Average Time Per Session: 35 min
Adult Laptops Total Use: 66
Teen Laptops Total Use: 41
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Archives'Monthly Report—February
• Acquisitions:
o Received programs and other various ephemeral materials (cards, art,and other
materials relating to the dance school and performances)from Gillian Wimbourne Davis
(AKA'Miss Gillian')to fill gaps of materials missing from current collection (A0035).
Preparing materials to conduct an Oral History with Miss Gillian about the
multiple decades she ran the dance school here,the work she did with the
Boynton public television station, and her time in Boynton. Ultimately planning
to add this to her collection (A0035) and upload the interview on our Oral
History section on the archives' website.
• Intern:
o Having Karmelysa do folder-level description of our collections; most folders are not
represented in our finding aids, and many do not have any specific information on their
individual contents.This is going to make locating materials MUCH easier,as right now
most finding aids only have series-level description and do not say what box, or what
folder certain materials are in.This will save A LOT of time in the long run and potential
researchers/users will much more easily be able to locate desired materials.ACCESS!
• Research:
o Finished putting together a presentation or potential Brown Bag Lecture regarding the
1909 shipwreck of the Coquimbo; lecture notes/script& powerpoint presentation with
lots of purdy images. Did a lot of research into the ship, its crew, manufacturers, and the
effects the Coquimbo had on early Boynton. Should be a lot of fun when I get a chance
to present!
o Put together profiles of prominent/significant historical Black community members of
Boynton Beach/PBC to be highlighted for Black History Month for newsletter, as well as
for Sheila Tyson (Marketing Outreach Coordinator).
o Putting together profiles of significant women of the area to highlight for Women's
History Month in March,to be highlighted in the library's newsletter for the archive's
blurb(s).
• Reference:
o Helped one Caroline Robison locate early 20`h century photos the archives has of Ocean
Ridge;Town Hall,the inlet, bridge(s),and buildings from the era for a presentation she
was working on.
o Helped Mike Zeak locate some photos of his father Jim Zeak who donated a lot of
photographs to the archives from when he did a charter boat&fishing tours at the
Boynton Inlet around the 50's-70's.
o Pulled information in the archives relating to Briny Breezes in the 1930's and information
relating to Theodore Pratt Taylor Hagood, English professor at FAU
• Unity Project:at the moment, the Unity Project has been on the front burner and taking the
majority of my time and priorities
o Craig and Sheila Tyson passed onto me a binder with about 20+ printed images relating
to St. Paul AME which the Unity Project intends to enlarge& print onto foam-core
posterboard. The images were REALLY bad quality,so I spent quite a bit of time
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selecting/cu rating,finding any originals of higher quality, enhancing as best I could in
photoshop, resizing/cropping, making collages, and researching names &dates-and
then ultimately engaging with Clear Copy in Boynton for the actual production element.
o Did a lot of research for Kelly Armstead from the Arts&Culture dept. on the old High
School &Cultural center; photos, its history, etc.
o Cheslea Sanabia from Boynton's Public Affairs reached out wanting photos/videos/etc.
relating to the ordinances being repealed,St. Paul AME,and in general the Black
community/history in Boynton. Provided info on the history of the area, pictures, and
supplemental information which she requested to eventually be used to write a news
article.
o Met with two artists the Cultural Center is working with to create murals re: Unity
Project—did a lot of digging and research to provide the artists with stuff to work with
regarding the segregation/sundowner ordinances in the early 1900's, images of African
American sports teams around/pre-segregation, community centers, music, and other
facets relating to the community&era which the archives has.
o Conducting ongoing research for Kira Gavalakis of the TB Mediagroup which is working
with the Cultural Center on the Unity Project.They are interested in the
histories/images/etc. of the Cultural Center(formerly the high school),the Woman's
Club, and the Amphitheater. In the process of compiling info/images for them. They are
ultimately trying to market for them to rent out spaces in the buildings... I think...?
• Website stuff:
o STILL ongoing project of repairing dead links, missing images,outdated information,
etcetera on the archives'website. Fixed/updated/uploaded broken and missing
resources in the g+ri Al it f LU&tL L Iet.=on archives' page. Lots of dead links and
missing files in the Black History Resources section. Uploaded working copies of
Ordinances 37,47, 136, and 1907 Dade County Schoolboard minutes that led to the
establishment of a school for African American children. Website is an ongoing
long-term project that is going to take a while, but we're getting there!YAY!
• Other projects&stuff:
o Currently taking inventory of ALL of the 8mm film in the archives that have yet to be
digitized. So far there's about 50-60(and counting) 8mm reels that we have which are
inaccessible and unusable. Putting together a proposal for options regarding digitization
(purchasing(cheap!) equipment, or 3rd party route)—more to come on that soon.
o Have been working with mister Steve Singer—Maritime researcher/archaeologist on
local shipwrecks in the area. He has provided me with a lot of information, images, and
videos which eventually are going to make their way into 1-2 of the archives' display
cases, and a video/image montage on the TV screen above. Have additionally been
coordinating with Steve to have him do a presentation at the Library on the same
topics/subjects. He has a lot of cool shipwreck treasures&artifacts that he is planning
on bringing. Also working with him on potentially donating some Boynton-related
shipwreck artifacts to the archives. More on that soon.Steve also has one of his books
on shipwrecks here—recommended to Donna to order his newer book on South Florida
shipwrecks.
o Began keeping a daily temp/humidity log of the hygrothermograph (the thing that logs
the temperature/humidity in the archives)—things seem fine enough, but I want enough
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data on the long-term to see if we need to make any adjustments to the HVAC for ideal
preservation conditions.
Creative Edge Stg.,�dio
Programs
• Hand-Crafted Greeting Cards: 8
• Hand-Crafted Greeting Cards (evening): 7
• Sewing Beginner Lesson: 6
• Sewing Intermediate: 3
• Crafting in the Library (Paper Embroidery Bookmarks): 8
Appointments
• With Christina: 0
• With Studio Assistant: 13
Creative Bug
• Active Users: 8
• New Users: 1
• Hours Watched: 1.04 hrs
Most popular category is sewing! Followed closely by crochet.
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Our sewing programs continue to be incredibly popular. We increased this
program from once a month, to twice a month, but it still does not seem to be
keeping up with community demand. We could probably offer sewing once a
week, and it still would not be enough.
This month in the Studio, the Studio Assistant helped a patron design custom
onesies for her daughter's first baby. They were a hit at the baby shower and they
did not realize that the onesies were handmade.
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:Date Class Title Class Category Class Duration(min) Unique Viewers Videos Viewed Average Viewed Duration(min) Class Completions
!2024 February Creative bug Site Tour for Libraries 1.5 3 8 4.1 21
;2024 February Crochet Sampler:A Daily Practice Crochet 254.5 1 4 29.4 0!
`2024 February Basic Sewing:Seams Sewing 14.1 1 3 14.4 11
'2024 February Beginner Sewing:Market Tote Bag Sewing 37.4 1 2 3.5 01
12024 February Sewing Drawstring Bags Sewing 38.4 1 1 0.8 0:
:2024 Februar Sewin Machine Maintenance Sewin 28.2 1................2 .._„ c -_1.8 a ----•-_----__9y
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PLiblic Tf,.,�chnology Trainh%,g PIrogKams
February aasses:11 Dates: Times: # ]Reg#: Wait List?
What is Canva? Monday,February 5th 5p-6:30p(FL RM) 2 8
Tech Talk Thursday Thursday,February 8th 10:30a-11:30a
Social Media 101 Wednesday,Februag y 14th 10a-11:30a(FL RM) 7 9 N
Tech Talk Thursday Thursday,February 22nd 10:30a-11:30a 6 5 N 1:
Total Attended: 44
Tech Talk Thursdays:
"UPDATED TIME: 18:30m-11:30a**
Join us every Thursday by the couches at the front of the library where we will discuss technology and
how to use that tech.This class will be a brief 60-minute chat along with instructions on how to use
different technologies.
Registration is required and limited to five seats.Others may drop-in but the five registrants will be given
seats.This class will beheld inthe pop-up area ofthe library.
FEBRUARY AGENDA:
' February 1st'New iPhonesettings (iOS17)
' February 8th—iOSvs. Android
February 1Sth—What isFaoebookMarketplace?
February 22nd—Password Managers
' February 2Qth—What are Search Engines?
I've been having trouble with people registering for Tech Talk. Either they don't sign up or they sign up
and never show up and since there are a limited number of seats to sign up with,those that really want
to attend can't attend. For those that come to me and ask me if they can come, I tell them I will never
turn someone away ifthey just show up.
26 Ona'mm'wuas:
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1 met with a woman whose husband had passed back in November and she was putting together a
PowerPoint presentation for her husband's memorial.We met four times during February and we
worked on her presentation and I helped her record her voice to play over a few of the slides.
On Friday, February 23rd, I worked with a gentleman that had a stroke and wanted to learn how to use
his computer. He told me he was a retired accountant and after his stroke he needed help re-learning
how to use a computer. We went over how to use Zoom,we even did a mock-call so he could see how to
Zoom works on his computer.
Other Notes:
Tuesday, February 6th I went to the Senior Center for my monthly Tech Talk, I had four people attend.
This program is picking up in popularity.The Senior Center has chair yoga scheduled at 10a,and I have
people that stay through my whole program instead of leaving in the middle of the talk to go to the chair
yoga. Brenton Rolle has told me that the seniors are always talking about me and my classes. I've been
getting a lot of seniors coming into the library after my visit. It really is fantastic and one of my favorite
programs I hold.
Wednesday, February 14th was my 2-year anniversary being the Public Technology Trainer at the
Boynton Beach City Library! I am so proud of what this position has turned in to.This library
environment is inclusive,compassionate and understanding—that is so rare to find in a library setting.
Taking this job at this library has been the highlight of my life these past two years! I have learned so
much in my two years and my bag of tricks is growing with each day. Here's to another 2-years and
beyond!
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Adlkult Services Prc,)gr,,, nn!,;
Program Sessions Participants
Learn German 2 9
Book Buzz Adult Book Club 1 26
How to Make Money with Music 4 7
Jumpstart Your Memoir 2 14
Brown Bag Lecture Series - Boynton Beach 1 32
Garden Club
Brown Bag Lecture Series - Staying Vertical 1 26
Brown Bag Lecture Series - Healthy Brain 1 35
(University of Miami Comprehensive Brain
Health)
Child of the Holocaust Lecture 1 26
Great Decisions 4 17
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Youth Library Statistics Summary-Febuary 2024
L1T '' (,
TEEN PROGRAMMING
#Participants #Participants
Outdoor Storytime 1 30 Teen Tuesday 1 4
Outdoor Storytime 2 18 Teen Tuesday
Suzy Hammer Storytime 65 Teen Tuesday 6
Bilingual Storytime 1 25 Teen Tuesday 4 11
Outdoor Storytime 3 3
Picture Book Club 20
Community Helpers 23
Make and Take 2
Art from the Heart 65 Vhlual Zone -Sound Booth 28
Steam Lab 14 A, 1!-'r'_;, ,r 7
Virtual Zone Adult program 8
PAWS to Read 1
PAWS to Read 2 On hold
PAWS to Read 3 Holiday
PAWS to Read 4 On hold
TOTAL 327 TOTAL 6
CARDS&ACCOUNTS
AdultCards(new) 44
Youth r s(new) 30
TOTAL 7
PC Reservation PC Usage Report
Total Uses Total Time Average Session
637 375:01:00 35.323
REFERENCE AND TECHNOLOGY QUESTIONS STATISTICS WEEKLY SAMPLE
Dec 11-16
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Total:
Reference 17 25 19 30 4 25 120
Techology 4 6 3 9 1 23
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CAREERSOURCE PBC SERW(CES
2/6/2024 SESSION I
Name Job Title Service
Bus Driver Training scholarship
Office Assistant Job Search Assistance(New)
Customer Service Work Registration(New)
Chef/Security Guard Job Search Assistance
Data Entry Job Search Assistance
Undocumented Information about CareerSource PBC
Warehouse Associate Resume Assistance
Landscaper/Cabinet Resume Assistance
Maker
Total:8
2/13/2024 SESSION 11
Name Job Title Service
Call Center Rep RA Claim Assistance/Work Registration
Customer Service RA Claim Assistance
Administrative Assistant Work Registration(New)
Restaurant Crew Member Work Registration(New)
Total:4
2/20/2024 SESSION III
Name Job Title Service
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Administrative Assistant RA Claim Assistance
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Construction Laborer Work Registrations(New)
Custodian Work Registration(New)
Veteran Maintenance Worker Vet Intake
Cleaner Resume Assistance
Total:5
2/27/2024 SESSION IV
Name Job Title Service
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Retail Sales Assistance with Employ Florida
Construction worker Work Registration(New)
CSR RA Claim Assistance
Restaurant Crew Member Resume Assistance
Home Health Aide Job Search Assistance
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Total:5
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A d u i t 9"S 0 L A rn�e h`C o s
February was looking a little sparse with my students, but I still have a full
roster. A couple students are overseas visiting their loved ones. We all wish them a
safe and happy time with their families, and look forward to them coming back
soon. I have added a couple new students where previous ones have stopped
coming. More students from Haiti. Each class still equals about eight students.
In my beginner's class, we reviewed a bit from our emotions and feelings
lesson. We played the Feelings Game and some Pictionary to help with this. Our
first lesson of the month focused on light conversations—asking and answering
questions to know someone, using "to be." Then, we expanded our vocabulary, or
reviewed for some, with classroom objects, places and rooms in the house. Next,
we dabbled in present tense and present continuous—describing what we and
others are doing in the moment. Charades come in handy here. The last week of
February, we learned the difference between "where" and "what" when asking
questions, using our knowledge of present continuous tense to answer some of
these questions. We also learned the difference between this, that and these,
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those. And since everyone has been working so hard, we finished the month with
a fun game day.
In my intermediate class, we also started the month with reviewing, but
reviewing the three major verb tenses—past, present, future. We then dived into
conversation—both spoken and written to practice using all different verb tenses.
Then, we spent time on homophones and homonyms. It was fun to hear examples
in their respective languages. Next, I challenged the students to use multiple
tenses while speaking. My students kept going and trying with encouragement,
and they did indeed do it. We continued on practicing future tense into the next
week, since there are multiple ways to say it. For the last week of the month, we
focused on learning when to use "a" and when to use "an" (with a couple
exceptions). We also learned parts of speech and enjoyed a much-needed game
day.
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February has been a good month for tutoring. I had about 80 students this month
come in for help, some students came multiple times. The students have been
more engaged with their work, and have been wanting to come to tutoring, and
get excited to learn now.
Spring break is coming soon so I know the students are excited for that and are
anticipating it, so I am helping them to stay on track and continue to strive in their
learning, and that when break happens and they come back from break, we can
continue to go forward in their learning and not have set backs. The parents have
been good with being more involved in their students, letting me know how the
students are progressing in school so we can come up with a plan to continue
their tutoring as is, or to go and relearn something to help them excel.
Highlight of the month is about one of my fourth grade students. This student has
a hearing disability and at times comprehension of homework and reading aren't
at the level the students need to be on. We have been working together to come
up with better reading strategies to help the student more in the classroom
setting and also when the student wants to read their favorite comic books. I have
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been tutoring this student since August and the student's guardian wanted to
show me the student's report card. The student's marks have gone from 3s and 4s
to 1s and 2s, meaning he is mastering more than the student was before. The
guardian of the student wanted to tell me how the student has improved at
school and also their behavior at home and that the guardian is thankful to have
the tutoring program at the library. I am thankful to be a part of the positive
changes in learning for my students and will continue to help them succeed in any
ways that I can.
Moving into March, I will keep improving my skills as a tutor to understand my
students' needs by learning more of their curriculum online, and also allowing the
students to tell me what they want to learn, even if it's a subject that they don't
have homework in. I want my students to know that anything is possible and
whatever they want to achieve they can. I know there are only a few more months
of school, but I know that my students will finish strong with their learning.
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