Agenda 04.24.24 -= City of Boynton Beach
BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY
100 East Ocean Avenue
Boynton Beach, FL 33435
LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD
AGENDA
Date: April 24, 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— March 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:
Staffing update
Career Online High School Program Update —Jeannie Taylor
VII. New Business
Introduction of Christina Graves, Senior Librarian Customer Relations
VIII. Library Director's Report/Statistics
March 2024 Monthly Reports
IX. Announcements
Next Library Board Meeting — May 22, 2024
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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.
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Administrative Activities
Library Board Meeting and Commission Meeting
Customer Service and Circulation Statistics - Ellen Mancuso
Current Same Month Percentage
Month Previous Year Change
Customer Visits Adult 8630 9263 -6.8
Customer Visits Youth 6698 8875 +20.1
Total Customer Visits 15328 14838 +3.3
Total Circulation* 13628 14441 -5.6
Adult Circulation 6046 6660 -9.2
Young Adult Circulation 450 583 -22.8
Juvenile Circulation 4398 4921 -10.6
ILS System Circulation (Print 10923 12200 -10.5
Materials) (Total items checked
out kiosks and others in-house)
Checkouts on Kiosks 5396 6332 -14.8
EBook Circ (Overdrive, 1111 1153 -3.6
Cloudlibrary)
eAudiobook Circ (Overdrive, 653 509 +28.3
Cloud L)
Overdrive Magazines 598 163 +266.9
Audiovisual 945 1195 -20.9
Users registered 314 263 +19.4
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Online user registration 40 38 +5.3
Onecard Cards 0 0 0
Number of Reference 792 2088 -62.1
Transactions
*includes ILS, Ebooks, Freegal, OD mags, Gale legal forms
Digital Resource and Database Statistics
Current Month Same Month Percentage Change
Previous Year
Freegal Streams 989 2030 -53.3
Freegal Users (new) 3 4 -25.0
Freegal Downloads 324 404 -19.8
Kanopy Streams 596 358 +66.5
Learning Express Sessions 1 34 -97.1
Gale Legal 19 12 +58.3
Gale Infotrac Sessions 42 32 31.3
Gale Infotrac Retrievals 29 73 -60.3
Transparent Languages Users 8 26 -69.2
Transparent Languages Sessions 12 129 -90.7
Learning Express Job Career 1 27 -96.3
Sessions
Knowledge City Logins 8 66 -87.9
Brain Fuse 21 6 +250.0
A to Z total records viewed 8137 6231 +30.6
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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) 570 1549 -63.2
Collection Management
Discarded Items = 281
Items Added to Collection = 766
Customer Relations/Curbside Pickup Statistics
Curbside appointments made: 10
Curbside appointments picked-up: 8
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Social Media Statistics - Tiffany Marshall
Instagram
0 Followers 4) New followers Post engagement Page engagement rate
1,432 22 163 5.86%
foHowers followers engagements engagement rate
0 Profile impressions Profile visits CO) Profile reach Website dicks
4,583 147 1,745 20
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Facebook
Page impressions Page new fans Page new followers Page new likes
14,692 5 7 5
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Page post impressions Page reach Post engagement rate
121330 10,412 4.28%
impressions users engagement rate
Twitter
,,k=' Followers lis Tweets `} Net new followers
373 150 0
followers tweets followers
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Linkedln
Page reach Page engagement Page engagement rate
934 74 10.19%
connections engagements engagement.rate
Followers
122
followers
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Outreach - Wellness Wednesday Lecture at Woolbright Corporate Center
Karem Zafra-Vera, Lecturer
Tiffany Marshall attended the lecture to connect with local small business owners
in Boynton Beach. The attendees were in the health field, specifically nursing.
Information about Learning Express, a resource accessible from your own device
24/7, to help you study for licensing and entrance exams including the NCLEX-RN and
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Public Computer Usage Statistics
Adult Computer Use: 1302
Adult Computer Average Time Per Session: 42 min
Youth Computer Use: 979
Youth Computer Average Time Per Session: 36 min
Adult Laptops Total Use: 67
Teen Laptops Total Use: 42
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Archivist Monthly Report - Jacob Rabinowitz
• Oral History Stuff:
o Conducted & Recorded Oral History with Gillian Wimbourne Davis (we have a collection
of her materials, and m:.fltile videos of her performances online as well) on her time in
Boynton Beach running a dance school, and her time working with the local TV station.
Currently working on editing audio recordings and uploading them to our online Oral
History Section.
• Research:
o Finished taking inventory of our current 8mm film holdings; researched &submitted
proposal detailing options/prices to digitize our films (3rd party services & purchasing
in-house equipment)
■ Related to this; Mike N. wheeled out the PowerScon2000 that we have—which
hasn't gotten much use in the past unfortunately. It's a VERY nice piece of
equipment and can scan/digitize microfilm/fiche, cartridge, 16mm/35mm film.
Basically,this machine can work with almost all of our analog materials BUT the
notable amount of 8mm films we possess.This opens up a lot of future projects
for the archives.Yay!
o Expanded further with ongoing research into Coquimbo shipwreck& associated Brown
Bag Lecture/Potential standalone presentation;further researching into the early
Boynton Beach buildings built here that used lumber from the shipwreck, added
images/articles/prose to presentation on this as well. Very difficult to find reliable
information on this.
o Putting together research & materials from our collections to switch up display cases
that still have exhibits Georgen put up (thanks Georgen!). I expect these to (HOPEFULLY)
be up by around the end of April if I can make the time for it;
■ Local Shipwrecks: collaborating with maritime archeologist/wreck-diver/author
Steve Singer on materials he has relating mainly with the Coquimbo, however,
there are several other local shipwrecks as well that he has images/video for and
artifacts he may donate to the archives (I'm working on it!)).
■ Boynton Beach High School/Arts &Cultural Center:we have two sizeable
collections relating to these two which both occupied the same building;
gathering photos, artifacts, and other ephemera to put in display cases. Should
be fun! Will be a good opportunity to showcase our collections.
■ Expanded local history& photos relating to fishing/boating/tourism in Boynton.
We have TONS of photos on these topics,from the late 1800's up to present day.
Plenty to play with here; people love old photos!
• UNITY Project/Arts&Culture Center:
o Finished project working with Pastor Sapp of St. Paul AME on curating/enlarging/printing
contemporary/historical photos of the church and its constituents for the UNITY Project.
This took QUITE a bit of time, had some hurdles, and a bit of back&forth as well. Clear
Copy dropped the ball and I had to cancel with them and go through a different vendor.
o Researched &wrote draft for a historic marker honoring city figures/employees Carolyn
Sims&John Denson of Boynton Beach
• Intern:
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o Karmelysa is continuing to (slowly)work on appropriately labeling/numbering folders in
our physical collections, and inputting this data into the collection's finding aids. She
probably won't finish this before her internship is up, but will have gotten a significant
chunk of the work out of the way for me.
• Website:
o All of the archives' subpages are now back to their former glory.This included repairing
all of the remaining subpages on the Historical Information section (Black History
Resources, Mayors of Boynton Timeline, Sanborn Maps, etc.), all of the Research Links
subpages, and the InformationlFA- subpages
o Beginning to set up the initial framework to migrate all of our off-site digital collections
onto the website& putting together a migration plan with site layout design
considerations.
• Other Stuff:
o Met with, and introduced myself to the Library Advisory Board,talked a bit about myself,
the archives, and what I do.
o Handful of reference requests from patrons and various branches of the city for general
historical information and old photos. Everyone loves old photos, and we have em!
o Started working with Dani Moschella (Director of Public Affairs)to provide interesting
materials/info to post on the City's social media platforms (yay archives outreach!) on a
weekly/bi-monthly basis.
Creative Edge Studio - Christina Graves and Rebecca Schiebel
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Programs:
Hand-Crafted Greeting Cards: 10 (full class)
Hand-Crafted Greeting Cards (evening): 7
Sewing Beginner Lesson: 6 (full class)
Sewing Intermediate: 6 (full class)
Crafting in the Library (Spring Wreaths): 10 (full class)
Appointments:
With Christina: 0
With Studio Assistant: 13
Creative Bug:
Active Users: 10
New Users: 1
Hours Watched: 7.15 hrs
The most popular category is Art & Design! Followed closely by sewing and
crochet.
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This month in the intermediate sewing class, a patron from the waiting list
showed up with her own machine. She understood the rules, but asked for some
help in getting to understand her machine. The Studio Assistant sat with her
before the class started and showed her how to thread her machine and how to
wind a bobbin, the essentials to getting started. The patron was not able to attend
the program, but she left happy with a better understanding of her sewing
machine.
Public Technology Training Programs - Brianna T bii
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March Classes: 13 Dates: Times: # Reg#: wait List?
Monday,All Thi-1-5,1--acebook
Mar-Gh 4th -5p 620p
Mastering Google Apps Wednesday, March th 10a-11:30a(FL RM) 7 10 N
Tech Talk Thursday Thursday,March 7th 10:30a-1120a 8 S N
Free Small Business Resources Monday, March 11th 5p-6:30p(FL RM) 1 4 N
introduction to MS Word Tuesday,March 12th 2p-3:30p(FL RM)
Tech Talk Thursday Thursday, March 14th 10:30a -11:317a 6 5 N
lntemet Safety Monday,March 18th 5p-6:30p(FL RM) S 6 N 1
Introduction to MS word Tuesday,March 19th 2p-3:30p(FL RM) 6 9 N
Basic Computer Skills-DAY 1 Wednesday,March 20th 2p-3p( L RM) ' 6 7 N
Tech Talk Thursday Thursday, March 21st 10:30a-11:30�a 3 5
Scar niers Monday,March 25th 5p-6:30p(FL RM) 8 10 N
Basic Computer Skills-DAY 2 Wednesday,March 27th j2p-3p(FL RM) 7 7 N
Tech Talk Thursday Thursday,March 28th 10:30a 11:30a 3 S N
Total Attended: 60
(1:1) 16
Tech Talk Thursdays:
**UPDATED TIME: 10:30a—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 be held in the pop-up area of the library.
MARCH AGENDA:
March 7th—iOS vs Android
March 14th—Home Safety& Security Devices
• March 21st—Internet Lingo 101
March 28th— How-To's: Come with your own questions!
It's getting harder and harder to keep track of the Tech Talk classes. A few of the regulars have stopped
registering—and this might have been my fault because every once in a while, I would tell someone they
don't need to register for the tech talk since the registration was full. I think they started to get
comfortable with that. I don't mind it too much, but it does hinder how many handouts I need to print
out.
16 One-on-Ones:
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1 had a few sessions with a real estate agent that needed help using Canva to promote their business. I
was able to show her that if she connects her social media accounts to her Canva account she can
schedule social media posts without having to do it manually herself. We worked on updating her
business profile on Facebook and Google.
Finished my last session with a Canadian snowbird who has come to see me every season for two years
now. Our final project was collecting numerous documents and helping her learn how to scan those
documents, label them and save them to her computer.
I met with an older gentleman that needed help relearning Excel. He came in with a workbook that he
needed help with. He actually knew a lot more about Excel than he thought he did.We worked to figure
out where his formula went wrong, and then I was able to show him how to input large amounts of data
in a short amount of time.
Other notes:
Tech Talk at the Senior Center is getting more and more popular. Brenton told me that a bunch of the
seniors keep asking when I will be back. A number of them have started attending my classes at the
library. I have three regulars that have attended every single tech talk I held at the senior center so far. I
started to bring simpler tech topics, since the ones I had previously were a little too complex for just a
short amount of time.
March 20th—Started a 4-week computer literacy program with the Park Rangers. Attendance has been
amazing and the dedication and attention they give me during the class shows a huge willingness to
learn. I wish the sessions could be more than four weeks,there is so much to show them.The first class
went over the basics of the laptop—what all the ports mean, how to turn on the devices,what all the
buttons mean.The second class, March 27th,they learned how to access their e-mail via Outlook, how
to use the calendar and a brief look at MS Word.
I have been taking IBM SkillsBuild courses through IBM. In the month of March, I completed the
following courses:
• Natural Language Processing& Computer Vision
• What is Cybersecurity?
• Cryptography
• Hackers& Cyber Attacks
• Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
• Al Ethics.
I am still working through Artificial Intelligence Fundamentals,where I will earn a credential through
IBM.
Adult Services Frogs - Ty Marshall
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Program Sessions Participants
Learn German 3 7
Book Buzz Adult Book Club 1 17
Jumpstart Your Memoir 2 8
Brown Bag Lecture Series - The Healing 1 35
Benefits of Sound Baths
Brown Bag Lecture Series - Meet the Author 1 18
(Jeff Keene 11)
Brown Bag Lecture Series - Meet the Author 1 12
(Mel Taylor)
Great Decisions 4 9
Branding and Marketing Tips for New and 1 10
Aspiring Authors
Youth Services Programs - Sonia Chaudry & Bianca Incledon
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Youth Library Statistics Summary-March 2024
YOUTH PR�GRAIVIIMI`NG`N TEEN PROGRAMMING
Participants Participants
Outdoor Storytime 1 Cancelled Teen Tuesday 1 5
Outdoor Storytime 2 27 Teen Tuesday 2 Cancelled
Bilingual Storytime 1 15 Teen Tuesday 3 6
Bilingual Storytime 2 20 Teen Tuesday 4 Cancelled
Picture Book Club 16 Mindful Monday 6
Community Helpers 30
Bones to Books 18
Make and Take 12 Virtual Zone -Soured Booth 33
Family Fun Night 10 h
y 11
Puppet Show 50
Stuffed Animal Sleepover 16
TOTAL 214 TOTAL 61
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Adult Cards (new) 49
Youth Cards (new) 46
TOTAL 95
PC Reservation PC Usage Report
Total Uses Total Time Average Session
979 579:23:00 35.509
REFERENCE AND TECHNOLOGY QUESTIONS STATISTICS WEEKLY SAMPLE
March 18-23
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Total:
Reference 32 21 10 25 11 15 114
Techology 12 11 9 1 2 4 39
CAREERSOURCE PBS SERVICES
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03/5/2024 SESSION I
Name Job Title Service
Home Health Aide Resume update/Job referral
Home Health Aide Workforce registration (new)
Communication Work registration/job search
Total:3
03/12/2024 SESSION 11
Name Job Title Service
CSR/Sales Job Search (New client)
Feeds Technician at Newsmax Job Search (New client)
Marketing-Aviation RA Claim Assistance
Executive Assistant RA Claim assistance
Electrician Work Registration/RA Claim Assistance
Security Guard Resume Review(New client)
Server Job Search
Office Manager Resume Review(New client)
Total:8
03/19/2024 SESSION III
Name Job Title Service
Kitchen Helper/Cleaner Job Referral
English Teacher(overseas) Job Search (New client)
Grocery store stocker Work Registration
Culinary industry Information on Ticket to Work program TTW
Sign Shop-construction Reentry program/job search
Admin Assistant Resume Review
Total:6
03/26/2024 SESSION IV
Name Job Title Service
Restaurant Hostess Overview on CSPBC services/Job Fair/Work Registration
Customer Service RA Claim Assistance/Work registration
Total:2
Adult ESOL Amorps - Devynn Fletcher
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1 added three new students (from Haiti) to my intermediate class. They are
two brothers and a sister, but the youngest—who is eighteen—is starting high
school now, so they will no longer be coming. I also added a third tutoring spot for
an advanced student (also from Haiti).
For my beginner's class, we went over possessive nouns. Then we had a fun
week learning about adjectives and their opposites. This was fun to do with
Pictionary. After spring break, we learned how to ask and talk about the weather
for the new students and asked about the weather in each other's home
countries. We went over extreme weather too, like tornadoes and hurricanes. We
then ended with a fun birthday celebration for one of our students.
For my intermediate class, we went over tenses again for my three new
students—to see where they are at. Then, we also went over adjectives, like
"hospitable" and "talkative." After spring break, we too dived into the weather.
We talked about extreme weather as well and what to do when we're in the midst
of a dangerous storm and practiced writing and talking about the weather in
complete sentences. From a request from my student, we went over the
difference between whose and who's and punctuation.
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1 am so proud of my students! They are taking my words to heart and are
studying and practicing to make learning English easier. They are amazing students
and amazing people!
AmeriCorps K-6th Tutoring Monthly Report - Chelsea Michaelson
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March was a short tutoring month since there was spring break and many
students went away early. This month I saw about 30-40 students, and I had some
new students as well. For my new students, they came for reading comprehension
and math. The new students have been enjoying their tutoring sessions and are
excited to come see me so they can understand what they are reading better. It's
nice that my students are driven to learn and become better readers and thinkers.
For the students that have been coming since August, I have noticed many
of them have excelled in school, and their level of reading has gone up so much.
Even if a student comes once a week, or maybe takes a week or two off and
comes back, I can see that they have improved. I have a first grader who wasn't
the best at reading and was discouraged whenever they got a word wrong, or
didn't understand a question to a story, and now this student understands more
words, and sometimes come to tutoring but wants to figure out the reading
homework on their own, even if it's difficult, before I step in the guide them. I'm
proud of how far the students that have been coming to tutoring are succeeding,
and though it's only nine more weeks of school, there is still some work to do and
I'm excited to see how my students excel in this last stretch before the school year
ends.
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1 know that these next two months will be crucial for my students as they
are starting to learn new material, but also are preparing to move on to their new
grade level, which is exciting for them. As their tutor, I will continue to encourage
them and help them in the areas that they may still be struggling with, but also
encourage them through it because the students that have been coming have
done amazing work so far, and I know they will continue to do so. I am excited to
see what the next two months will bring.
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