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Agenda 10-23-24 GSTY o . hrON City of Boynton Beach BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY 100 East Ocean Avenue Boynton Beach, FL 33435 LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD AGENDA Date: October 23, 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 —September 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 of Customer Relations VIII. Library Director's Report/Statistics September 2024 Monthly Report IX. Announcements Next Library Board Meeting — December 4, 2024 NOTICE IF A PERSON DECIDES TO APPEAL ANY DECISION MADE BY THE CITY COMMISSION WITH RESPECT TO ANY MATTER CONSIDERED AT THIS MEETING, HE/SHE WILL NEED A RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS AND, FOR SUCH PURPOSE, HE/SHE MAY NEED TO ENSURE THAT A VERBATIM RECORD OF THE PROCEEDING IS MADE, WHICH RECORD INCLUDES THE TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE UPON WHICH THE APPEAL IS TO BE BASED.(F.S.286.0105) THE CITY SHALL FURNISH APPROPRIATE AUXILIARY AIDS AND SERVICES WHERE NECESSARY TO AFFORD AN INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN AND ENJOY THE BENEFITS OF A SERVICE, PROGRAM, OR ACTIVITY CONDUCTED BY THE CITY. PLEASE CONTACT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, (561) 742-6060 OR (TTY) 1-800-955-8771, AT LEAST 48 HOURS PRIOR TO THE PROGRAM OR ACTIVITY IN ORDER FOR THE CITY TO REASONABLY ACCOMMODATE YOUR REQUEST. ADDITIONAL AGENDA ITEMS MAY BE ADDED SUBSEQUENT TO THE PUBLICATION OF THE AGENDA ON THE CITY'S WEB SITE. INFORMATION REGARDING ITEMS ADDED TO THE AGENDA AFTER IT IS PUBLISHED ON THE CITY'S WEB SITE CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK. MINUTES OF THE LIRARY BOARD HELD ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2024, AT 6:00 P.M. AT CITY HALL, COMMISSION CHAMBERS 100 EAST OCEAN AVENUE, BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA PRESENT: Stephanie Colaianni, Chair Jeannie Taylor, Library Director Margaret Newton Tiffany Pagan, Assistant Director Christine Lang Dr. Ellen Jones ABSENT: Veronica Anepete Joel Barsky Donna Mitchell Verna Henry 1, Call To Order Chair Colaianni called the meeting to order at 6:02 P.M. Roll call was taken. A quorum was present. II. Approval of Minutes - March 2024 and April 2024 Motion Dr. Jones moved to approve the minutes as presented. Ms. Newton seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. III. Correspondence and Communications Jeannie Taylor, Library Director, stated that Ms. Mitchell and Ms. Henry emailed her and said that they could not attend the meeting, but would attend the next meeting. IV. Public Audience None. V. Chair's Report Chair Colaianni congratulated Ms. Graves, Sonia Chaudhry, and Ms. Pagan for completing the Sunshine Library Leadership Program. She said that the Virtual Zone and Bubble Party events were a success and that she was jealous she missed out on the Transformer Library Card sign up events. Meeting Minutes . Library Board Boynton Beach, Florida September 25, 2024 VI Unfinished Business Staffing update. Ms. Taylor announced that there are new members on the Board. Tthe existing members and staff present introduced themselves. Christine Lang stated that she has been living in the City for about six years and that she has always loved the Library. Ms. Taylor commented that she will bring various staff members to every meeting, so that they cab talk about the work they do. She introduced Brian Reagh, the new Digital Services Librarian. She stated that Christina Graves is the Senior Librarian Customer Relations. She mentioned that Rebecca Schiebel, Librarian Assistant, works with Mr. Reagh and she is very crafty and that Brianna Tabil will speak about the Business Hub proposal, in response to former Board Member George Feldman's suggestion. She said they onboarded a part-timer this week and there will be two new part timers October 71h, which will help to cover staffing. Career Online High School Ms. Taylor announced that they have had their 29th graduate, and that she was trying to have her recognized at a City Commission Meeting. She reported that they still have six people working in the program and one is 90% done. She stated that she awarded two new scholarships these past two weeks and three working in the prerequisite class. She noted that this year had a total of seven graduates. Ms. Taylor stated that Friday is the last day for Librarian Ellen Mancuso, who has been a Librarian for 49 years. She mentioned that Ms. Mancuso was the Head Reference Librarian, and they counted on her for cataloguing and the integrated library system. VII New Business Introduction of Brianna Tabil, Public Technology Trainer Ms. Tabil stated that she is the Public Technology Trainer. She explained that originally, her position was a grant funded position, and she was hired to help small business owners and entrepreneurs to find resources. She commented that she moved beyond that as patrons and the public needed technology. She advised that she holds classes on all different types of technology, and she listed some of the classes she teaches. She commented that she has a Tech Talk every Thursday from 10:30 A.M. to 11:30 A.M. She stated that last week, she held a class on internet lingo 101, and how to protect against scammers. 2 Meeting Minutes Library Board Boynton Beach, Florida September 25, 2024 Ms. Newton stated that she attended a few classes and loved them. Discussion of proposed Business Hub space in the Library Ms. Taylor stated that prior Board Member George Feldman was concerned about people talking on their phones in the Library. She said that if someone is talking too loudly, they are asked to step out into the mezzanine. She noted. That Ms. Tabil works with people, helping them to create their resumes and other things, and if they need to hold a job interview online, they have a place to speak. The rooms are fairly small, and guidelines and potential uses are being developed for those needing to set up an appointment to use them. November/December meetings Ms. Taylor commented that she put the November and December Meetings on the agenda. She said that the Board meets the fourth Wednesday of the month, which will be the day before Thanksgiving in November. She explained that past practice is to combine those two meetings and meet the first week in December. She mentioned that the next meeting is October 23, 2024. VIII. Library Director's Report/Statistics April, May, June, July, August 2024 Monthly Reports Ms. Taylor stated that she attached the reports. She requested anyone with questions to contact her. She advised that patrons are going crazy over the eAudiobooks. IX. Adjournment. Dr. Jones thanked the staff for staying late and coming to the meeting. Ms. Taylor commented that staff if putting binders of information together for the new members. She invited them to come by to pick it up and take a tour. Motion Dr. Jones moved to adjourn. Ms. Newton seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 6:34 P.M. Catherine Cherry Minutes Specialist 3 BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY MONTHLY REPORT — SEPTEMBER 2024 1 Administrative Activities Library Director, Jeannie Taylor, attended: Commission meeting, Library Advisory Board, spoke at the Boynton Beach Online Chamber on September 13, 2024 Customer Relations/Curbside Pickup Statistics - Christina Graves • Curbside appointments made: 3 • Curbside appointments picked-up: 3 • Curbside appointments no-show: 0 Gate Counts - Adult Library: 7,592 - Youth Library: 6,848 BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY MONTHLY REPORT-SEPTEMBER 2024 BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY MONTHLY REPORT - SEPTEMBER 2024 2 Social Media Statistics - Tiffany Marshall 0 Facebook(151Instagram ®Linkedln 7 X Twitter O Page reactions d} Page views (0 Page followers (0 Page post reach 439 776 1,633 5,672 remetienfcllou,ers useoe O Post comments (0 Post engagem... 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Oct 03, 16:30 Preparing to care for a loved `l Sep 25, 15:25 Resume Writing Using Microsoft one? Word I Back by popular demand! https://bbflpl.libcal.com/calenda Craft Crop is this Saturday! This program is to help the Q h1+n�• lh{.il..l I;F.r,I t-nm Irnrnn+(i 42.86% engageme... 22.22% engageme... 20°/o engagement rate Online Marketing - Google Profile Business Profile Interactions: 1,947 Views: 7,080 Searches: 4,187 Calls: 229 Direction requests: 759 Website clicks: 959 BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY MONTHLY REPORT—SEPTEMBER 2024 BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY MONTHLY REPORT — SEPTEMBER 2024 6 Outreach - Library Recognition - Certificate of Appreciation BRIDGES •ERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION I IS PRESENTED TO • Lynton Beach Library lap and ttwmk,a hour,of suppon m nut m4asu+n h.hc.p uix.IalJten hcahhwaft ..•Ing has alloNcd n•lo macl:the eaadkn:c and wk.),1!m cvranrda4n, 5 , CO MU RY A ✓al R4--(' /I C pcZAERS r UA AICs BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY MONTHLY REPORT—SEPTEMBER 2024 BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY MONTHLY REPORT - SEPTEMBER 2024 7 Public Computer Usage Statistics Adult Computer Use: 1229 Adult Computer Average Time Per Session: 48 min Youth Computer Use: 742 Youth Computer Average Time Per Session: 34 min Adult Laptops Total Use: 62 Teen Laptops Total Use: 36 BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY MONTHLY REPORT-SEPTEMBER 2024 BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY MONTHLY REPORT - SEPTEMBER 2024 8 Archivist Monthly Report - Jacob Rabinowitz Archives' Monthly Report—September • Adding/added new images/videos from our digital collections to the smart screens for the archives above the display cases& break room. Yay new stuff! Still learning the BrightSign software, but it's going good! • Continuing work with Ian Gonzales(the intern!)on digitizing the VHS tapes we have—most of which are from the Gillian Davis collection & public access television materials (some are pretty cool! Classical &jazz performances!). Beginning work on editing/cleaning up digitized VHS recordings in Adobe, and hoping to both add materials as digital files to their respective collections on our website, as well as putting snippets into the presentations on our screens. • Ongoing process of digitizing our 8mm film, as well as the seemingly infinite supply of microfilm city/county directories from the early 20th century. Almost done digitizing all of our(known) 8mm films. If y'all know anyone with old 8mm film relating to the locale,you know who would LOVE it as a donation? 6:; • Various reference & research endeavors for both the city&the public. Most of this has been assisting researchers locate old photographs of specific time periods and locations in Boynton/Palm Beach County(which is generally the most frequent request here). • Working on creating a presentation for the Boynton Beach Historical Society—I will be doing a seminar-style online presentation at the end of October for them detailing archives, finding aids, and how to access materials in archives (as well as briefly touching on other archival/history topics). This is a great outreach initiative which will hopefully draw more access to us. Planning on re-using this presentation in the future when the opportunity may present itself again • Continuing work on setting up website to take on new digital materials from the archives, and continued work of(STILL) fixing broken nooks&crannies(dead pages, broken links/images/etc.) —there were quite a few subpages which I imagine is why the webmaster abandoned bothering altogether when it came to that on the new website. One day soon the archives website will be PERFECT! Creative Edge Studio - Christina Graves and Rebecca Schiebel BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY MONTHLY REPORT-SEPTEMBER 2024 BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY MONTHLY REPORT - SEPTEMBER 2024 9 Programs: • Hand-Crafted Greeting Cards (Saturday): 10 (Full class) • Hand-Crafted Greeting Cards (evening): 5 • Sewing Beginner Lesson: 6 (Full class) • Sewing Intermediate: 6 (Full class) • Crafting in the Library (Folded Paper Box with CreativeBug): 6 Appointments: • With Librarian: 0 • With Studio Assistant: 0 Creative Bug • Active Users: 11 • New Users: 4 • Hours Watched: 5.83 hrs The most popular class category this month is Sewing. Appointments have stopped in September to give our new Digital Services/Makerspace Librarian time to train on the various equipment. Practice appointments will begin in October. We hope to fully reopen in January. Class Title Class Cate Class Duration I Unique Viev\Videos Viev Average Viewed Duratio Class Completi i Creativebug Slow TV:Fabric Meditations 18.1 1 3 19.1 0 1 Cricut Crafts:Get to Know Your Machine Art+Desig 17 1 4 13.2 0 i How to Fold a Paper Box Paper 13.1 3 21 33.4 3 ilapanese Side Sewn Sketchbook Paper 55.5 1 17 85.4 0 iRectangular Paper Boxes: 12/6/18 Paper 12.7 1 2 25.4 1 i Garment Sewing with Woven Fabrics:Beyond z Sewing 33.5 1 3 21.9 0 1 Garment Sewing with Woven Fabrics:Finishing Sewing 19.4 1 2 0.7 0 1 Garment Sewing with Woven Fabrics:Zippers Sewing 29.8 1 4 21.8 0 i Sewing with Simplicity:Garment Sewing for Be Sewing 102.2 1 3 6 0 i Simplicity Sewing:Classic Denim Apron Sewing 34.7 1 5 28.3 0 il-Cord Two Ways:2/16/17 Yarn Crafts 14 1 2 28.1 1 BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY MONTHLY REPORT—SEPTEMBER 2024 BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY MONTHLY REPORT - SEPTEMBER 2024 10 Public Technology Training Programs - Brianna Tabil BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY MONTHLY REPORT-SEPTEMBER 2024 BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY MONTHLY REPORT - SEPTEMBER 2024 11 September Classes:11 Dates: Times: # Reg#: Wait list? Tech Talk Thursday:Ask Al Thursday,September 5th 10:30a 11:30a 6 5 N 3 Mastering Google Apps Monday,September 9th 5p-6:30p ' a What is Cybersecurity? Tuesday,September 10th Sp-6:30p 0 0 N s Tech Talk Thursday:Soc.Media 101 Thursday,September 12th 10:30a-11:30a 1 1 N 6 Excel Formulas Everyone Should Know Monday,September 16th Sp-6:30p 7 8 M 7 Cutting the Cable Cord Tuesday,September 17th Sp-6:30p 7 11 N a Tech Talk Thursday:Internet Lingo Thursday,Septepmber 19th 10:30a-11:30a 5 3 N 9 Intro to Word Monday,September 23rd Sp-6:30p 6 8 1111 c Intermediate Word Tuesday,September 24th 5p-6:30p 5 8 - Tech Talk Thursday:E-Readers&Digital Thursday,September 26th 10:30a-11:30a z Usin:Al for Research Monda ,Se.tember 30th 5• -6:30. 8 15 Total Attended: 37 4 (1:1) 16 Tech Talk Thursdays SEPTEMBER AGENDA: • September 5th—Let's Ask ChatGPT • September 12th—Social Media 101 • September 19th—Internet Lingo 101 • September 26th—E-Readers &The Digital Library I am getting a new crowd of regulars. One man comes to Tech Talk about 30 minutes before class so he can ask me tech questions. He stays through the entire class and usually longer just trying out everything we go over. He always says "I might not like the topic, but I learned something new!" Hearing attendees tell me that makes me feel like I am picking the right topics and presenting them in a way that they understand. 16 One-on-ones: My 1:1's are becoming more and more popular. I have had to send some people to another location due to my schedule conflicting with theirs and we couldn't find an alternative. I have also been sending them to other libraries that are bigger and have more resources for what they need help with. I met with a woman three times who was struggling to find a job after being out of the workforce for 20 years. Both of us struggled to put her work experience into a resume. We attempted to search for jobs within her field but it became evident that she was lacking any of the newer information for her industry. I got her in touch with the PBC CareerSource and showed her LearningExpress to update her skills. Other notes: BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY MONTHLY REPORT—SEPTEMBER 2024 BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY MONTHLY REPORT - SEPTEMBER 2024 12 This month, I had started enacting holds on accounts for repeated no shows. There are a few names that continuously sign up for classes but never show up. It has been messing up my attendance when I have a huge waitlist (5 or more) and send out multiple reminders to those registered just to have them not show up. Luckily, a few people who are on the waitlist come anyway in case they are able to just sit in the back and watch. Due to these no shows, I have been able to let those on the waitlist take their spot. I started back at the Senior Center. I am now attending every first Wednesday. I received a very warm welcome and had 8 people attend. A few familiar faces, but there were new faces; including a gentleman who brought his twenty-year-old Toshiba laptop that was still running on Windows XP (This OS is over 24 years old)! He wanted to know if there was any way for him to get his laptop running and back online. There was/is no way. On Wednesday, September 4th, I attended PLA's webinar: Expand Library Digital Equity Services with New Funds Now! This webinar showed how we can use federal and state funds to advance our digital equity plan. I have the webinar recording if you are interested in the information. On Wednesday, September 11th, I attended SEFLIN's webinar: Fiero Code: Acquisitions &Technical Services. This webinar gave us a live demonstration of the STEM EResource: Fiero Code. I wrote up a small report with the information. Since attending that webinar, I have registered for Fiero at another library to get the experience. It is an amazing resource and I feel like the library can benefit from a program like this. On Wednesday, September 18th I attended a webinar by Ryan Dowd: Prejudice: How to Respond to Prejudicial Comments from Customers.This training came with a workbook and a bunch of resources from Ryan Dowd's Homeless Training program. This was an introduction to his larger training (that requires a fee). I truly think subscribing to Ryan Dowd's training program could help our library. He works directly with libraries that struggle with how to handle difficult situations. On Friday, September 20th, I met with HR to talk about getting employees in the Utilities department computer training. We went over what I can and cannot do for them. We decided that we will hold these trainings later in this year or the beginning of next. On Tuesday, September 24th, I attended a webinar put on by the Washington Post Futurist:Training for the Al Age. This webinar spoke about Al and how it is changing the workforce, economy and classrooms. BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY MONTHLY REPORT-SEPTEMBER 2024 BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY MONTHLY REPORT — SEPTEMBER 2024 13 Adult Services Programs - Tiffany Marshall Program Sessions Participants Book Buzz Adult Book Club 1 14 Time Management 101 (virtual) 1 3 YouTube Success Secrets 1 14 Musical Sound Bath 1 35 Basics of Building Business Credit (virtual) 1 26 Youth Services Programs - Sonia Chaudry & Bianca Incledon BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY MONTHLY REPORT-SEPTEMBER 2024 BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY MONTHLY REPORT - SEPTEMBER 2024 14 Youth Library Statistics Summary-September 2024 YOUTH PROGRAMMING TEEN PROGRAMMING IBParticlpants 8Particlpants Outdoor Storytime 1 'CANCELLED' Teen Tuesday 1 6 Special Storytime WI 211 70 Teen Tuesday 2 4 Help Me Grow Screenings 8 Teen Tuesday 3 5 Bilingual Storytime 1 50 Teen Tuesday 4 7 Bilingual Storytime 2 40 Database 101 0 STEAM Lab CANCELLED Passport Adventure 13 Make 8 Take(Tissue Paper Painting) 4 Virtual Zone-Teens 24 Family Fun Night 25 Virtual Zone-Adults 3 Library Card Sign Up Month- Stress Balls 34 • 9 Bones to Books 10 Zumbini 25 Zumba Kids 6 Picture Book Club'LIBRARY CLOSED' TOTAL 285 TOTAL 56 PC Reservation PC Usage Report Total Uses Total Time Average Session 742 416 12 00 43 55.00 REFERENCE AND TECHNOLOGY QUESTIONS STATISTICS WEEKLY SAMPLE Sep 16-21 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Total: Reference 15 55 63 56 53 256 Techology 10 6 0 23 '2 2 55 CAREERSOURCE PBC SERVICES BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY MONTHLY REPORT-SEPTEMBER 2024 BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY MONTHLY REPORT - SEPTEMBER 2024 15 CAREERSOURCE PBC SERVICES-BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY 9/3/2024 SESSION I Name Job Title Service Cashier/front End RA claim assistance/Job search Business Development Resume review Warehouse Worker Enrollment in Employ Florida(EF) Home health Aide Work registration assistance Kitchen Helper Resume assistance Janitor Work registration assistance Plumber _ RA claim assistance Total:6 9/10/2024 SESSION II Name Job Title Service Sales RA claim assistance Server RA claim assistance Salesperson RA claim assistance Cleaner/Baker Resume assistance Sales Associate RA claim assistance Medical Assistant Job search Delivery Driver RA claim assistance Administrative Assistant RA claim assistance/Resume preparation Total:8 9/17/2024 SESSION III Name Job Title Service Maintenance/Warehouse Work registration Receptionist Enroll in EF Personal Consultant Update work registration Account Manager Resume review HHA Work registration instructions Prep Cook RA claim assistance/Training information Demolition/Forklift operator Resume review Job opportunities Job readiness preparation Total:8 9/24/2024 SESSION IV Name Job Title Service Server RA claim assistance Medical Assistant Job Search Medical Field RA claim assistance Customer Service Hope Florida information Restaurant/Stocker Enroll in EF/Job readiness preparation Customer Service Work registration Sales RA claim assistance Stocker RA claim assistance Total:8 BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY MONTHLY REPORT—SEPTEMBER 2024 BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY MONTHLY REPORT - SEPTEMBER 2024 16 Adult ESOL AmeriCorps September 2024 Monthly Adult ESOL Report AmeriCorps ESOL classes began on Tuesday, September 3rd. The roster for both classes and for tutoring was full on paper, but some students did not show up, so I had to fill those spots. changed the name of my classes from Beginner and Intermediate to Beginner 1 and Beginner 2. There is way more of a demand for beginner English, and during that first day my intermediate class seemed more beginner than intermediate. This way I can also diminish my 35 long waitlist for beginner English students. My waitlist for Beginner 2 students is currently at 7 people. My goals for this year as an instructor are to challenge my students more, build more solid and interactive lesson plans, and see my students soar in their confidence and speaking knowledge. To accomplish this, I have been researching more—teaching methods and creative ideas for lesson plans. It's already been amazing and encouraging seeing four of my students going from no English to a little English in a span of weeks. I've also been including more homework this year and enforcing my classroom rules more in terms of attendance and punctuality. My students have to attend class at least three out of the four days a week. If they cannot make it, they have to let me know. This rule not only helps me in terms of quantity when it comes to preparing materials for the class, but it also helps my students press into the BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY MONTHLY REPORT-SEPTEMBER 2024 BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY MONTHLY REPORT - SEPTEMBER 2024 17 learning experience. If my students fail to comply with the classroom rules, there will be a discussion and their name(s) will be taken off the roster. This also helps bring students in from the waitlist. Included below are the classroom rules. Classroom Rules: 1. Students must attend at least three of the four days a week. If they are not able to attend, they are to let Miss Dev know via phone, email or in person before the absence. 2. Class starts at 10am or 2pm. Students must be here on time. 3. Children, food, being on the phone, and talking while the teacher or another student is talking are not permitted in the classroom (water is allowed and encouraged). 4. The class is taught completely in English. Other languages and translating are discouraged. 5. Miss Dev has the right to remove a student from the roster if they do not follow these rules. 6. Above all, be willing to learn! So far, there's really only been an issue with rule number 4. Some of my students are still way too comfortable speaking their native language, which is completely understandable, but I am working on slowly encouraging them out of that comfort zone. I enforced the rule in a fun way: if my students show up before class begins, which most of them do, they now have until 10am to speak their native language. Since most are Spanish speakers, they usually say, "oh! We BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY MONTHLY REPORT-SEPTEMBER 2024 BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY MONTHLY REPORT — SEPTEMBER 2024 18 have five minutes to speak Spanish!" We laugh about it like it's a timer, which it essentially is. And it encourages them to show up earlier or on time! I also did some assessments the beginning week of classes to see where my students are at. We did them in class so no one would feel overwhelmed or singled out. I now know where each student is when it comes to speaking, writing, reading and listening in English. I am keeping their assessments in their folders and at the end of the year, we will do the same assessments to see the growth! Current ESOL stats: Enrollment: Beginner 1: 8 students (1 from Ecuador, 1 from Cuba, 1 from Chile, 2 from Colombia, 2 from Haiti, 1 from China) Beginner 2: 8 students (4 from Venezuela, 2 from Brazil, 2 from Haiti) Tutoring: 2 students (Ukraine). 1 during the week and 1 on Fridays when I am present. Lessons Completed: Introductory Conversation To Be Simple Present Tense Shopping at the Grocery Store (continues into October) Devynn Fletcher ESOL Instructor BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY MONTHLY REPORT-SEPTEMBER 2024 BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY MONTHLY REPORT - SEPTEMBER 2024 19 AmeriCorps Boynton Beach City Library AmeriCorps K-6th Tutoring Monthly Report Americorps Tutoring/Homework Help Tutoring/Homework Help Tutoring/Homework Help for the month September was devoted to the following: 1. Book handling/Concepts of print 2. Reading strategies and behaviors 3. Phonic and phonemic awareness 4. Listening Comprehension 5. Reading Compression 6. Writing (Not tested) Chart 1 Results of Student Assessment A total of 29 students were tested, 6 were unavailable for testing. Please note that due to privacy concerns, students' names were changed to pseudonyms. Chart 1 Results of Student Assessment A total of 29 students were tested, 6 were unavailable for testing. Please note that due to privacy concerns, students' names were changed to pseudonyms. BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY MONTHLY REPORT-SEPTEMBER 2024 BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY MONTHLY REPORT - SEPTEMBER 2024 20 During the month of September, students were assessed in the following areas: 1. Book handling/Concepts of print 2. Reading strategies and behaviors 3. Phonic and phonemic awareness 4. Listening Comprehension 5. Reading Compression 6. Writing (Not tested) Students were also checked for fluency using running records. This will be ongoing since increasing fluency will have a positive impact on automaticity, and reading comprehension. Chart 2 Number of Students who were tested by Grade Level Grade K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 • #Enrolled 2 5 4 6 2 7 2 1 • As the chart above indicates, we are serving students at the Kindergarten to seventh grade level. We are providing tutoring and homework help and enrichment activities across the curriculum. Assessment Formative assessments were conducted to determine students' progress. The chart attached indicates the results of the assessment. There was no assessment conducted in writing. In addition to fluency passages that were administered from ERIC assessments, were also used to determine student's growth. Kindergarten= Emergent Reader Grades 1st-2"d =Beginning Reader Grades 3'd-5th= Early Independent Reader Grades 6th-7th=Independent Reader Informal assessment through observation began in week one and is ongoing. In addition to informal observation, formative assessments will continue to be conducted monthly to collect data reflecting student growth. This type of assessment will utilize Running Record and (ERIC) Educational Resources (Reading) assessment (early independent through grade 7) to students at each level represented in the student enrollment chart. Respectfully submitted, Pilar Regnier Aldith Scott BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY MONTHLY REPORT-SEPTEMBER 2024