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Agenda 01-23-19 .N ,' City of Boynton Beach BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY I 15 N. Federal Highway Boynton LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD AGENDA Date: January 23, 2019 Location/Time: INTRACOASTAL PARK CLUBHOUSE, 1st FLOOR, 6:00 I. Call to Order II. Approval of Minutes—October 24, 2018 III. Correspondence and Communications IV. Public Audience (Individual Speakers Will Be Limited to 3 Minute Presentations) V. Chair's Report VI. Unfinished Business: Assistant Library Director Position Library Construction Update Career Online High School ( H ) Update Currently Recruiting—Library Page PT, Librarian (Catalog ing/Refe rence) VII. New Business: State of FL Depository Library New Databases: Kanopy&Ancestry.com, Heritage Quest, Fol3 (Military Records) VIII. Library Director's Report/Statistics Monthly Report for October 2018 News/Media Coverage IX. Announcements Next Library Board Meeting—February 27, 2019 at Intracoastal Park X. Adjournment 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 E OBTAINED FROM THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK. BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY MONTHLY REPORT OCTOBER 2018 Administrative Services/Public Relations Library Director attended Library Rack Layout Review, Read Together Palm each County Literacy, Temporary Library Final Walk-through and the monthly meetings. Conducted Assistant Library Director interviews. Attended the State Public Library Directors meeting in Brandon, FL. Friends volunteered 254 hours during the month of October-, Library hosted the following meetings/prog rams: HR/ IU, Sister Cities, Mental Health Initiative and ArneriCorps. Customer Services Statistics Current Same Month Percentage Month Previous Year Change Customer Visits 7819 18752 -58% Circulation* (total) 7660 14031 -45% Adult 4397 8092 -46% Young Adult 445 731 -39% Juvenile 1580 4126 -62% it Cfrom ILS System) 64-22 1i649 -50% ® —Overdrive 553 583 -5% (incl.w/total) Eaudio Circulation 89 Freegal Downloads 327 415 +21% Gale Legal 10 1 +900% Rb Digital Downfoads 116 75 +55% Audiovisual (incl.w/Adult #) 2066 3840 -46% Onecard Cards 2 1 +100% Current Users 11327 14415 -21% New Users Created 119 312 -6210 Freegal: Music Streaming 1751 1881 -7% Freegal: Patrons 24 36 -33% Alldata (Car ®r 221 79 +160% Boynton-Beach.org/city-I i bra ry 4392 Social Media �IFF acebook"f6l1nwPrq" likes ) 282 arphn.k newllower; likes 6 I Facebook pace en aged users 138 Free al Songs St earned 1751 Gale Infotrac Sessions 4216 Gale Infotrac Retrievals 314 Learning Express esi n i 17 Learning Express Job Career sessions 17 Trans Ian Auage users 9 i Trans p language sessions j44 i Twitter Followers 100 Twitter New Followers +3 Twitter Impressions 2137 Boynton I i bra!y.or g sessions --- Boyntonlib wy.org pageviews --- Boynton-Beach.org/city-library visits Public Computer Usage Statistics Adult Computer use = 1225 Average time per session = 51 Teen Computer use = 352 Average time per session = 95 Youth Computer use = 652 Average time per session = 44 Computer Usage total = 2229 uses for the month of October One year ago = 5155 = 57% decrease in computer usage. Collection Management Discarded Items = 24 Items Added to Collection = 439 Public Computer Training Classes Computer classes temporarily suspended. Adult Services Number of adult programs: 4 Attendance atadult programs: 38 Adult Outreach: Programs: 0 Attendance: 0 Youth/Teen Services Number of Teen programs: 1 Attendance at Teen programs: 12 Teen Outreach Programs: 0 Attendance: 0 Number of Children's programs: 6 Attendance at Children's programs: 38 Children's Outreach Programs. 0 Attendance: 0 Archives Activities Archivist resigned. ArneriCorps Report.- ADULTS ESOL Classes: Beginner Class 17 Beginning ESOL classes were held in the on of October. I had two students who were originally enrolled in the Beginning ESOL class transition over tote Advanced ESOL class, and two enrolled students attend zero classes in October. Thankfully, I also had new students enroll® I had five new students enroll in October: students 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13. Including the students who didn't attend classes this month, I had 8 students total enrolled int Beginning ESOL class in October, up three from September. Six students are from Haiti and speak Creole, one is from C8tvoire and speaks French, and one is from Honduras and speaks Spanish. Attendance was consistent for the five new students. October Attendance forBegiagLng-ESOL Student/ Date Attendance Classes Attended in Total Classes Registered Percentage Since October Attended in 2018 TheySigned_W_ 9 (10/22/18) 5 out of 5 = 100% 5 out of 17 5 out of 28 10 10/10/18) 10 out of 11 = 90% 10 out of 17 10 out of 28 11(10/10/1 out of 11 = 72% 8 out of 17 8 out of 28 12 (1QJ1L1§)_ 7 out of 17 = 41% 7 out of 17 7 out of 28 __L3 L10/15/18) 4 out of 9 = 44% 4 out of 17 4 out of 28 4 (9/13/ ut of 27 = 37 % 5 out of 17 10 out of 2�- 8 (9/11/18) 8 out of 28 = 28% 0 8 out of 28 LZ /12/1 outo7 = 11% 0 -3 out of 28 Advertising around the library proved to be a success, so I will continue to do so in the future. I have already had two more students express interest in the class so I expect enrollment to increase even more in November. With the new enrollment, it has been much easier to lesson plan for Beginning ESOL. Now the majority of the students in class are true beginning English learners. I have been able to plan solely from Side By Side Book One. In October, students learned Giving and Receiving Directions, Prepositions, There is here are, Simple Present Tense, Yes/No Questions, Negatives, Short Answers, Have/Has, Adverbs of Frequency, and Comparing the Simple Present Tense to the Present Continuous Tense. Our vocabulary units included places around town, nationalities, clothing, colors, interests and activities, days of the week, and times of day. A positive trend in the Beginning ESOL class is that students come to class with very positive attitudes and an eagerness to learn. When they answer questions incorrectly, rather than get discouraged, they laugh at their mistakes and correct themselves. They are good at repeating grammatical structures via dialogues, an important building block for English learners. Two ongoing challenges that I face in this class are students' excessive use of Creole and answering cellphones in class. Although I established these class rules from the beginning, I have been too lenient up to this point. Going forward I will use a tactic that I learned in training which is to write students' names on the board and "charge" them ten dollars every time they use Creole or answer it cellphones in class. One notable moment was when students who had previously struggled with adverbs of frequency proved that they understood the lesson when we came back to it the next week. Private TutoriM I held one private tutoring session in October with a student (Student 3) from the Advanced Beginning ESOL class. This student requested writing practice. I gave him a writing prompt based on a topic he was interested in. He wrote a short essay in is he defined "success" in his own terms and we corrected mistakes together. I was pleasantly surprised when he came back for a final revision because he wanted to share the essay with the people in his life to give the inspiration. Advanced-Agginming ESO 17 Advanced Beginning Classes were held in the month of October. I had two previously enrolled students attend zero classes in October. Thankfully, I also had one new student enroll. Including the students who attended zero classes this month, I had 7 students enrolled in Advanced Beginning ESOL in October, up one from September. Five students are from Haiti and speak Creole, one is from Me d7voire and speaks French, one is from Belarus and speaks Belarusian, and one is from Venezuela and speaks Spanish. October Attendance for AdvancedDeaginning ESOL j Student/ Date qAttendance Classes Attended in Total Classes Registered Percentage Since October Attended in 2018 They Signed Up 1 (9/10/18) 24 out of 28 = 85% 14 out of 17 24 out of 28 2 (9/10/18) 20 out of 28 = 71% 12 out of 17 20 out of 3 (9/10/18) 16 out of 28 = 57% 7 out of 17 16 out of 28 4 (9/13/18) 12 out of 26 = 46% 7 out o i12 out of 28 5 10/8/18 2 out of 13 = 150/n ? out of 17 2 out of 28 6 (9/11/18) 3 out of 28 = 10% 0 3 out of 28 7 (9/12/18) 3 out of 28 = 10% 0 3 out of 28 Two students left mid-way through the month for personal reasons and informed me they would be returning, so I expect attendance will be even higher in November. One more student expressed interest in the class, so I expect enrollment will increase as well. As I've gained a better understanding of the proficiency level of these students, the Advanced Beginning ESOL class was also easier to lesson plan for. We've moved on from Side by Side Book Two to Book Three. In October, students learned about Prefixes, Suffixes, Adverbs, Comparative Adverbs, American Government, Elections, Too and So, and Finding/ Applying for a Job. Vocab units included jobs and politics. We will continue to work out of book three going forward. A notable trend in the Advanced Beginning ESOL class is that two students who have been enrolled from the beginning continue to show an interest for the class and show up almost every day. One ongoing challenge is an excessive amount of texting in class. Again, though I established the rule in the beginning, I have been too lenient up to this point. Going forward I will address this problem by emphasizing the "no phone" rule again. One notable moment in class was when students were learning about American Government and one student expressed great interest and asked me to go into more detail during the next class. HOMEWORK HELP: 235 Sessions For the month of October there were a total of 235 sessions for Kids Room and 23 sessions for Teens room. There have been about 15 new students who signed up for Homework Help this month. We hosted orientation for more Homework Helpers on October 18'". I was able to get 14 AmeriCorps members to commit to either the kids room or the teens room. I think for next year if we could do orientation earlier, it will make it easier for the new incoming AmeriCorps since there are other ways for AmeriCorps members to receive extra hours at other sites. I had a student Aqua (third grade) who came in for help with reading and reading comprehension. I learned through working with her that she misunderstood word tenses which could cause her to misinterpret what is going on in the story. For example if the base word is buy, and she sees the word bought it confuses her. I came up with a game where she has 30 seconds to make a sentence complete by putting in the correct or tense. She has improved a lot ever since starting to work with me and received a 100% on her reading test. Apple Green (third grade) used to be so distracted and now he comes in and he can work and is way better at summarizing without my help. With the additional help he has received he is able to come in and work independently. Mahogany (first grade) struggled a lot with word parts and always switched the words. For example if the or is when she would say then. I worked really hard with her on beginning and ending clusters and even created a game just for her to match the word parts with the correct column. It is so encouraging to see that her family is at home working with her and giving her the homework I assign to her for practice. She is a lot better at reading words and takes her time before saying the by looking at the clusters. She was not able to sound out the letters properly at all at first but now she is able to do that since coming to Homework Help. We currently have (1) pre-k, (5) Kindergartens, (6) First Graders, (7) Second Graders, (12) Third Graders, (9) Fourth Graders, (9) Fifth Graders and (4) Sixth Graders who utilize our Homework Help program at Boynton Beach City Library. Now that we have more tutors available it makes it easier to help all the students who need Homework Help. Forte teens they normally take a while to warm up tote New AmeriCorps members but they have been getting assisted with homework, playing board games and recently one of the popular teen activities has been started back up. It is called "No Filter" it's a safe space where they can talk out how they feel out trending topics in the community while enjoying a complimentary snack for the library. TEEN HOMEWORK HELP: No teen AmeriCorps member assigned at this time, but other AmeriCorps members are obtaining extra credit by providing teen homework help. Youth AmeriCorps member held 23 sessions. BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY MONTHLY REPORT NOVEMBER 2018 Administrative Services/Public Relations Library Director attended Read Together Palm Beach County Literacy meetings and finale, demolition of city halI, SEFLIN Executive Board and SEFLIN Board of Directors, FIL Advocacy & Legislative Committee and the monthly meetings. Conducted Library Aide and COHS interviews® Completed the State Survey Questions. Friends volunteered 236 hours during the month of November. Library hosted the following meetings/prog rams: Mental Health Initiative and Brio ® Customer Services Statistics Current Same Month Percentage Month Previous Year Change Customer Visits 8055 18801 -57 Circulation* (total) 7248 12700 -43 Adult 4374 7711 -43 Young Adult 305 581 -48 Juvenile 1352 3330 -59 Circ(from ILS System) 6031 11622 -48 E-Books—Overdrive 496 583 -15 (incl.w/total) Eaudio Circulation 71 Inc Webooks Freegal Downloads 239 390 -39 Gale Legal 24 15 +60 Rb Digital Downloads 387 82 +372 Audiovisual (incl.w/Adult #) 1890 3494 -46 Onecard Cards 0 0 -- Current Users 10908 14741 -26 New Users Created 89 242 -63 Freegal: Music Streaming 1250 1768 -29 Freegal: Patrons 13 33 -331® Social Media Facebook"followers"(likes) 1 295 Facebook new followers (Iikes) 17 Facebook page engaged users 24 Freegal Songs Streamed 1250 last year 1768 songs streamed 2761 Gale-Infotrac Retrievals 217 Learning Express Sessions 13 Learning Express Job Career sessions 13 Trans p language users 9- Transp language sessions 76 Twitter Followers 100 Twitter New Followers 0 Twitter Impressions 1469 -- II ata 22 Boynton-Beach.org/ci f-ribrary visits 4302 Public Computer Usage Statistics Adult Computer use = 1107 Average time per session = 501 Teen Computer use = 264 Average time per session = 58 Youth Computer use = 562 Average time per session = 58 Computer Usage total = 1933 uses for the of of November One year ago = 2371 = 19% decrease in computer usage. Collection Management Discarded Items = 31 Items Added to Collection = 1005 Public Computer Training Classes Computer classes temporarily suspended. Adult Services Number of adult programs: 5 Attendance at adult programs: 52 Adult Outreach: Programs: 0 Attendance: 0 Youth/Teen Services Number of Teen programs: 0 Attendance at Teen programs: 0 Teen Outreach Programs: 0 Attendance: 0 Number of Children's programs: 0 Attendance at Children's programs: 0 Children's Outreach Programs: 0 Attendance: 0 Archives Activities Archivist resigned. AmeriCorps Report: ADULTS ESOL Classes: Beginner Class The Beginning ESOL class was held from 9:00-10:15 A.M. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. We broke from November 21s' through the 25th for Thanksgiving, and November 12th for Veterans Day. I held 14 Beginning ESOL classes in the month of November. Attendance in November was greater than in previous months because I had four new students enroll. Including only the students who have shown up since October, I had a total of ten students enrolled in this class. Of those students enrolled, five are from Haiti and speak Creole, four are from Columbia and speak Spanish, and one is from one is from Me d1voire and speaks French. Attendance was very consistent for many oft students. The majority of students had an attendance rate of at least 50% in they had enrolled, and one has attended 100% of classes since they enrolled. Every student who attended classes in November had an attendance rate of at least 50%. November Attendance for Beginning ESOL Student/ Date Attendance Classes Attended in Total Classes Registered Percentage Since November Attended in 2018 They5tgped� 24 out of 24 = 100% 14 out of 14 24 out of 42 21LI/5) 12 out of 13 =92% 12 out of 14 12 out of 42 3 (10/10) 18 out of 25= 75% 10 out of 14 18 out of 42 4 (10/22/18) 14 out of 19 73% 9 out of 14 14 out of 42 5 (11/8/20kq)_ 5 out of 10 % 5 out of 14 5 out of 42 6 (11/28/18) 1 out of 2 = 50% 1 out of 14 1 out of 42 7 (9/13/18) 10 out of 41 = 24% 0 10 out of 42 8 UQ/1/18) 7 out of 31 = 22% 0 7 out of 42 9 (10/15/18) 4 out of 23 = 17% 0 4 out of 42 10 (11/28/18) 0 out of 2 = 0 0 0 In November I continued to lesson plan from Side by Side Book One. Students learned Simple Present Tense, To Do, Present Continuous Tense, "Wh" questions, creating a family tree, and Can/Can't. Vocabulary units included Emotions, Family Members, and Occupations. One student requested that I teach them the 500 most common English words, so I have incorporated them into my warm-ups at the beginning of class. Students are still asking questions out Present Tense vs. Present Continuous Tense so I will revisit those topics later on. I will continue to plan from Side by Side Book One of forward. One notable trend in the Beginning class is that students have begun to call their peers out who are still speaking their native language in class. I have a new student who speaks no English whatsoever. A notable moment was when, after class had ended, that student translated "I loved the class" into English on his phone and shared it with me. PrivaLg Tutoring I held four 45-minute private tutoring sessions with one student in November, totaling three hours. During those sessions we worked on pronunciation and edited some of his personal projects for spelling and grammar. Class: Advanced Beginning ESOL The Advanced Beginning ESOL class was held from 10:30 — 11:45 A.M on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. We broke from November 21st through the 25th for Thanksgiving, and November 12th for Veterans Day. I held 14 Advanced ESOL classes in the month of November. Attendance in November was greater than in previous months because I had three new students enroll. Including only the students who have shown up since October, I had a total of 8 students enrolled in November. Three are from Haiti and speak Creole, one is from Belarus and speaks Belarusian, one is from the Ukraine and speaks Russian, one is from Armenia and speaks French, one is from Canada and speaks French, and one is from Venezuela and speaks Spanish. Attendance was very consistent for many of those students. The majority of enrolled students had an attendance rate over 60%. Every student who attended classes in November had an attendance rate above 50%. November Attendance for Advanced Beginning ESOL Student/ Date Attendance Classes Attended in Total Classes Registered Percentage Since November Attended in 2018 They Signed Up I 11 (11/27/18) 3 out of 3 = 100% 3 out of 14 3 out of 42 12 (9/10/18) 38 out of 42 = 90% 14 out of 14 38 out of 42 13 (9/10/18) 30 out of 42 = 71% 10 out of 14 30 out of 42 14 (11/27/18) 2 out of 3 = 66% 1 2 out of 14 2 out of 42 15(11/6/18) 7 out of 11 = 63% 7 out of 14 7 out of 42 16 (9/10/18) 22 out of 42 = 52% 6 out of 14 22 out of 42 17 (9/13/18) 12 out of 42 = 28% 0 12 out of 42 1 18 (10/8/18) 2 out of 27 = 7% 0 2 out of 42 In November I continued to plan from Side by Side Book Three. Students were more challenged by recent lessons but understood the lessons with guidance and practice. I estimate that the language proficiency of the class as a whole is upper intermediate. With new students in class I have been able to incorporate more fun group activities as warm-ups at the beginning of class. In November students learned the Present Perfect Tense, Gerunds and Infinitives, and the Past Perfect Tense. I have had new students request future lessons on For/Since and prepositions. Patricia has introduced me to the BBCL's online ESL database so I may also incorporate some of those lessons in class. I will continue to plan primarily from Side by Side Book Three going forward. A notable trend in the Advanced Beginning ESOL class is that two students who have been enrolled from the beginning continue to show an interest for the class and show up consistently. One notable moment was when, although a student had initially struggled with the Present Perfect Tense, we revisited the same grammatical structure later on and he showed a positive attitude and actively participated in class. HOMEWORK HELP: 123 Sessions For the month of November there were a total of 98 sessions for Kids Room and 25 sessions for Teens room. TEEN HOMEWORK HELP: No teen AmeriCorps member assigned at this time, but other AmeriCorps members are obtaining extra credit by providing teen homework help. Youth AmeriCorps member held 25 sessions. BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY MONTHLY REPORT DECEMBER 2018 Administrative Services/Public Relations Library Director attended Read Together Palm Beach County Literacy meeting, Library Board, LSTA Innovation Grants webinar, SEFLIN Advocacy Committee, AMH Planning, Annual 1/2 day Staff Training, Conducted Interviews for Library Archivist and Page, HR Recruitment, Schoolhouse Children's Museum Board and the monthI y meetings. Friends volunteered 182 hours during the month of December. The Friends of the Library celebrated the grand reopening of the Friends Bookstore and offered light refreshments! The Friends again hosted their holiday sale table. Library hosted the following meetin gs/prog rams: Mental Health Initiative and AmeriCorps. Customer Services Statistics Current Same Month Percentage Month Previous Year Change ----------------- Customer Visits 8424 16353 -48 Circulation* (total) 7333 11766 -38 Adult 4459 7595 -41 Young Adult 292 576 -49 Juvenile 364 2426 -85 Circ(from ILS System) 6115 10597 -42 E-Books—Overdrive 561 561 0 (incl.w/total) Eaudio Circulation 120 85 +41 Freegal Downloads 269 439 -39 Gale Legal 9 6 Rb Digital Downloads 259 78 +232 Audiovisual ® 1976 3359 -41 Onecard Cards 5 0 Current Users 110747 14929 -26 New Users Created 280 164 Freegal: Music Streaming 1488 1330 Freegah Patrons 19 Kanopy plays 32 Social Media Facebook"followers" (likes) 302 Facebook new follgwers_(likes ) 8 Facebook page engaged users 1067 Freegal Songs Streamed 148 8 last ear 1330 songs streamed Gale Infotrac Sessions 1905 Gale Infotrac Retrievals 102 Learning Express Sessions 7 Learning Express Job Career sessions 6 Trans Ian a a users 9 Transp language sessions 71 Twitter Followers 103 Twitter New Followers 2 Twitter Impressions 701 II ata 50 Boynton-Beach.org/city_-I i bra ry visits 4108 Public Computer Usage Statistics Adult Computer use = 1061 Average time per session = 53 Teen Computer use = 188 Average time per session = 58 of Computer use = 574 Average time per session = 58 Computer Usage total = 1823 uses for the month of December One year ago = 2167 = 16% decrease in computer usage Collection Management Discarded Items = 21 Items Added to Collection = 810 Public Computer Training Classes Computer classes temporarily suspended. Adult Services Number of adult programs: 8 Attendance atadult programs: 53 Adult Outreach: Programs: 0 Attendance: 0 Youth/Teen Services Number of Teen programs: I Attendance at Teen programs: 16 Teen Outreach Programs: 1 Attendance: 24 Number of Children's programs: 3 Attendance at Children's programs: 24 Children's Outreach Programs: 0 Attendance: 0 Archives Activities Archivist resigned. AmeriCorps Report: ADULTS ESOL Classes: Beginner Class The Beginning ESOL class was held from 9:00-10:15 A.M. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. We broke from December 20t' through January 61h for the Christmas/ New Years holidays. I held 10 Beginning ESOL classes int month of December. Enrollment in December went down slightly compared to previous months, but I gained one new student. Although students sometimes "drop out," there is always consistent turnover is is reassuring. Including only the students who have shown up since November, I had a total of eight students enrolled in the Beginning class. Of those students enrolled, four are from Colombia and speak Spanish, and four are from Haiti and speak Creole. Attendance was very consistent for many ofthose students. All but two students had an attendance rate of at least 60%, and one had perfect attendance since they enrolled. December Attendance for Beginning ESOL Student/ Date Attendance Classes Attended in Total Classes Registered Percentage Since December Attended in 2018 They.�!�� I (1 ?/11/18) 5 out of 5 = 100% 5 out of 10 5 out of 52 2 31 out of 34 = 91% 7 out of 10 31 out of 52 3 (11/5) 20 out of 23 = 87% 8 out of 10 20 out of 52 4 (1W00) 25 out of 35 = 71% Tat of 10 25 out of 52 19 out of 29 = 66% 5 out of 10 19 out of 52 6 (11/8/18) 12 out of 20 = 60% 7 out of 10 12 out of 52 7 (11/28/18) 4 out of 12 = 30% 3 out of 10 4 out of 52 8 (11/2§118) In December I continued to lesson plan from Side by Side book one but went back to earlier chapters int book to accommodate lower-level students. Students learned Can/Can't, Possessive Adjectives, and the Present Continuous tense. Vocabulary units included animals, occupations, and opposite adjectives. I will continue to lesson plan using this book but will soon move on to book two as we move swiftly through it. One notable trend in the Beginning class is students have begun to show progress. Topics that they had previously struggled with now come easier to them, like yes or no questions. They have also been grasping new topics with more ease than before, like can and can't. With new enrollment since November, more diversity in class means that the Haitian-Creole speakers have been inclined to speak in their native language. Privatgjitoring I met with one student from the Advanced class every Tuesday and Thursday that class was held (five sessions) from 12:00 to 12:45, totaling three hours and 45 minutes of private tutoring in December. During those sessions we worked on pronunciation and edited some of their personal projects for spelling and grammar. Class: Advanced ESOL The Advanced ESOL class was held from 10:30 — 11:45 A.M on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. We broke from December 20th through January 6th for the Christmas/ New Years holidays. I held 10 Advanced ESOL classes in the on of December. Again, enrollment was slightly lower than in previous months. Including only the students who have shown up since November, I had a total of six students enrolled in the Advanced class in December. Two are from Haiti and speak Creole, one is from Belarus and speaks Belarusian, one is from the Ukraine and speaks Russian, one is from Armenia and speaks French, and one is from Canada and speaks French. Attendance was very consistent for any of those students. Every student had an attendance rate of at least 30%, and the majority had an attendance rate above 50%. One has attended 90% of classes since they enrolled at the beginning of the year. November Attendance for Advanced Beginning ESOL Student/ Date Attendance Classes Attended in Total Classes Registered Percentaqe Since November Attended in 2018 i They Signed Up 9 (9/10/18) i 47 out of 52 = 90% 9 out of 10 38 out of 52 0 / / 1 37 out of 52 = 71% 7 out of 10 37 out of 52 11 (11/27/18) 7 out of 13 = 54% 4 out o i7 out of 52 12 (9/10/18) 28 out of 52 = 53% 6 out of 10 28 out of 52 13 (11/6/18) 8 out of 21 = 38% 1 out of 10 8 out of 52 [1!��/27�/18 �14 out�of 13 = 30% 2 out of 10 4 out of 42 In December I continued to plan from Side by Side book three and the Side by Side book three workbook. In December, students learned the Past Perfect Continuous tense, and separable two-word verbs. Vocab units included active verbs and two-word verbs. I will continue to plan primarily from Side by Side Book Three going forward, but again, will soon move on to the next book as we have almost completed it. A notable trend in the Advanced ESOL class is that two students who have been enrolled from the beginning continue to show an interest for the class and show up consistently. One challenge I face in this class is that one student likes to dispute my answers to questions, even when they are the correct answers. He will refute the answers with something that he believes is more correct. So far I have dealt with it by agreeing with him that often in English there is more than one correct answer. A positive moment in this class was one warm-up in particular that students really enjoyed, which was called "Blankety Blank,"in which students had to come up with the same answers to fill-in-the blank sentences as their teammates. This was a good moment because, especially in the advanced class, it's hard to get students motivated at the beginning of class, and this was a successful way of doing so. HOMEWORK HELP: 125 Sessions TEEN HOMEWORK HELP: No teen AmeriCorps member assigned at this time, but other AmeriCorps members are obtaining extra credit by providing teen homework help. Youth AmeriCorps member held 19 sessions. UNIQUE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC Page I of I UNIQUE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC- EXPLANATION OF SUMMARY PAGE ACCOUNT STATUS REPORT Left Column Accounts Submitted: Total number of accounts submitted for collection, Bankruptcies: Total number of accounts in bankruptcy. Incorrect Addresses:Total number of accounts for which we do not have correct addresses yet. Skip tracing efforts. continue for quite some time so this number is very dynamic. Patron is Total number of accounts where collection efforts have been stopped because the patron disputed the debt or the Library suspended collection efforts as a result of payment arrangements, mistakes, etc. Accounts in Process:Total number of accounts being processed through our collection service. This number is arrived at by subtracting Bankruptcies, Incorrect Addresses and Patron Disputes/Suspends from the total number of Accounts Submitted. #of Accounts Activated:Total number of accounts that have responded in some way to reduce their balance. They could have returned material, made a payment or a combination of both. %of Accounts Activated: Percentage of processed accounts that have responded in some way (#of Accounts Activated divided by Accounts in Process).This percentage is a good measure of response rate because it measures the percentage of patrons that have actually responded due to the collection process. Middle Column Dollars Submitted:Total dollar amount due from all accounts submitted for Collection- Dollars in Bankruptcy:Total dollar amount due from all accounts in bankruptcy. Dollars in Skips:Total dollar amount due for accounts with incorrect addresses. Dollars in Dispute: Total dollar amount for all accounts that have been disputed.. Dollars in Process:Total dollar amount for all accounts being processed. This number is equal to the Dollars Submitted minus Dollars in Bankruptcy, Dollars in Skips, and Dollars in Dispute,as well as the dollar amount due for all suspended and closed accounts(not detailed on this report). Its purpose is to show the total dollar amount actually being worked, Total Activated:Total original amount due by all Accounts Activated. The difference between this number and the sum of Dollars Received, Material Returned, and Dollars Waived is the remaining balance due by all Accounts Activate d- % of Dollars Activated: Percentage of processed dollars that have been activated(Total Activated divided by Dollars in Process). Right Column Dollars Received:Actual money recovered as reported by the Library. Material Returned.Actual value of material returned as valued and reported by the Library. Dollars Waived:Actual dollars waived by the Library as reported by the Library, bt[ps://web.unique-mgmt.com/help_files/summary.asp 3/6/2017 UNIQUE T SERVICES, I . _QREA.TE.D: D1f011'201.9 ;1� Pvd WB A`.�'n'C}'7T7'" cTAT'sJS T�EPOE2T PA("E 6'1 MS JEANNIE TAYLOR BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY 208 S SEACREST BLVD BOYNTON BEACH FL 33435 CREDITOR: 1581 ®- BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY DATES LISTED: 01/01/1900 TO 12/31/2018 ALL AMOUNTS LISTED Accounts Submitted 2,456 Dollars Submitted 191,121.21 Dollars Received . 21,641..52 Bankruptcies 0 Dollars in Bankruptcy 0.00 Materia]. 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