Sentences with phrase «library program helped»

Has the school library program helped them learn more about topics they are interested in?

These studies clearly demonstrate that strong school library programs help all students do better academically, even when other school variables are considered.

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As a Haskayne student, you'll have access to more than a dozen student clubs, a state - of - the - art business library, and an invaluable co-op program, mentorship program, and a dedicated Career Centre that will be available exclusively for you as a Haskayne student and will provide you with personalized one - on - one help from dedicated career consultants.

The Northbrook Village Hall, the Covenant Village of Northbrook as well as the Northbrook Park District, among other venues, are pitching in to help host some of the library's programs.

They should not see themselves as victims or feel guilty and shamed... I envision a world of empowerment for African women, with libraries and meeting centers offering literacy programs, training programs, and counselling programs that help women to flourish.

The audience in the library was told there are programs to keep young people on the straight and narrow and programs to help them if they get in trouble.

Over 200 guests are expected to attend and will help to raise funds for children's programs in all 37 Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries and the Library's Rare Books and Special Collections.

Also at 10 a.m., Queens Library President and CEO Dennis Walcott calls for a show of support for immigrant New Yorkers and to raise awareness about the programs and services the library offers to help them adapt to their new city and country, Queens Central Library, 89 - 11 Merrick Blvd., Queens.

This funding helps provide affordable programs for students, scouts, families, day care centers, libraries and others throughout Erie County.

My parents never told me my life expectancy; I went to the library and looked it up,» said Ms. Miller, who is now helping to launch a comprehensive sickle cell adult program in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Attached here are one - page (double sided) guides to resources that will help you get a quick start on girl - friendly science programming at your library.

The free - to - access lesson plans, student worksheets and digital libraries celebrate the success of Indigenous land management programs, while providing teachers with classroom - ready material that helps students explore our shared histories, cultures and achievements.

While at the Ed School, she helped run a film workshop for teenagers in Boston, and through the student - created Learning Through Libraries program, taught children in one El Salvadoran community how to use cameras.

Information about the program (and area schools) is available at health centers and local preschools, and a partnership with 27 branches of the local library system helps parents get connected to school services — in addition to registering them for library cards to encourage reading at home.

Over one - third of all libraries in Australia are currently involved in the program, helping safeguard communities against online risks, and embrace the benefits of technology.

Libraries and museums have fully embraced their educational mission; after - school programs are moving beyond homework help to become veritable salons of robotics, coding, or the arts; and digital media are giving kids a boundless playing field for creative expression, activism, and collaboration.

eSmart Libraries is a cybersafety program helping libraries equip their staff and users with the necessary information to use technology in a smart, safe and responsLibraries is a cybersafety program helping libraries equip their staff and users with the necessary information to use technology in a smart, safe and responslibraries equip their staff and users with the necessary information to use technology in a smart, safe and responsible way.

Structure volunteer programs within the school, such as opportunities for students to help out in life skills classes, read or tutor young children, assist in the computer lab, aid students in the library, provide support to students who are recovering from an injury or dealing with a medical condition, or gather work for students who miss school.

Create a program for your students to help run the sign - ups in your classroom so the public library doesn't have to do the legwork of registering volunteers.

«In Australia, we've adapted that into a full teacher training program, where we help teachers understand how to integrate the curriculum into their classrooms and other ways that educational communities - such as libraries and community centres - can use and partner with educators to create digital making spaces, or some version of a Code Club in their school or library.»

To deliver on that promise, the FCC, led by Chairman Tom Wheeler, overhauled the federal E-rate program, which will now dole out almost $ 4 billion a year to help schools and libraries pay for telecommunications services.

The instructors in the program are professionals in children's literature from the local public - library system, who read to the parents» children and help them write stories and lyrics to songs.

We propose the active participation of the school library media program toward the development of STEM identities among young people by having school librarians (1) provide advisory information on the science - infused books and programs that young people can read — the school librarian as the information specialist; (2) collaborate with STEM teachers and provide intellectual and physical access that further enrichs the STEM learning — the school librarian as the instructional partner; and (3) act as technology allies to help educators and students experiment with new media tools and online communities.»

The school library program enriches the educational process to help students reach their full potential.

Ultimately People for Education's research findings should help to inform our own practice as we strive to assess and share the impact of the school library learning commons program on all aspects of student growth and development.

It also serves as a measurement tool to help schools determine where they are now with library facilities and programs and where they want to advance to.

E-Rate, the Schools and Libraries Program of the Universal Service Fund, was first authorized in 1996 to help high - need schools and libraries get InterneLibraries Program of the Universal Service Fund, was first authorized in 1996 to help high - need schools and libraries get Internelibraries get Internet access.

For example, Keith Lance reports in the 2000 Colorado study, How School Librarians Help Kids Achieve Standards: «Schools with well - developed library media programs average 10 % to 15 % higher on fourth grade reading scores and 18 % higher on seventh grade reading scores than schools where libraries are less developed.

Public outcry over those changes resulted in retention of seven full - time teacher librarians who shared teaching responsibilities, provided information technology training and helped manage programs district - wide that assisted library clerks in each school.

Whether afterschool programs are located in schools, churches, public libraries, recreation centers, or other settings, collaboration between schools and community organizations can help bridge the gap between students» school lives and their home lives.

Tutor.com powers tutoring and homework help programs for the Department of Defense; school districts across the country; colleges and universities; the states of Alabama, Alaska, Louisiana, Montana, North Dakota and Rhode Island; and, the District of Columbia and thousands of public libraries.

Often we are helping a group add a meal program to an existing summer day camp or library reading program, for example.

In the past two years, with the help of the federal Promise funding, Neval Thomas, the remaining traditional elementary school, has received an updated library, teacher training, a parent resource center and on - site after - school programs.

At www.wallacefoundation.org, the foundation maintains an online library about what it has learned, including knowledge from its current efforts aimed at: strengthening education leadership to improve student achievement, helping selected cities make good afterschool programs available to more children, expanding arts learning opportunities for children and teens, providing high - quality summer learning programs to disadvantaged children and enriching and expanding the school day in ways that benefit students, and helping arts organizations build their audiences.

The program consists of a library of thought - provoking, inspirational messages that can be broadcast each morning, encouraging everyone to do and be their personal best; a subscription to a resource site that provides materials, such as lesson plans and weekly journals, to help students develop social, emotional, ethical and civic skills; and weekly morale boosters that are written for educators.

The Milwaukee Public Library offers adult programs in support of the library's mission to help people read, learn, and connect.

By donating to CSL you help enrich understanding and improve practice to support the development of the school library learning commons program across Canada.

This program will serve a twofold purpose, first in offering libraries and their patrons even more ebook content for lending programs, and second in terms of helping indie authors in the process of getting their books discovered by a larger public audience.

Overdrive should get involved to help facilitate ereader lending programs so libraries could acquire their own devices; but often the licensing terms for hardware manufacturers (Amazon especially) make such programs very difficult to manage.

According to the survey, 77 % of libraries provide online health resources, and a majority offer programs to help people locate and evaluate health information.

Among the study findings: * 98 % of libraries provide free public access to Wi - Fi, up from 89 % in 2012; * 98 % provide technology training, ranging from internet safety and privacy to coding to using social media; * 98 % provide assistance completing online government forms; * 97 % provide online homework help; * 95 % offer workforce development training programs; * 90 % offer e-books, up from 76 % in 2012; * 56 % offer health and wellness programs regarding developing healthy lifestyles; * 50 % offer entrepreneurship and small business development programs; and * Average number of computers provided by libraries is now 20, up from 16 in 2012

Ideally suited for the program are early - stage companies that support book publishers, including independent authors, or help retailers, libraries, or educators connect with more readers.

It's flagship product, Beanstack, is an online software that helps libraries facilitate summer reading, book clubs, and other reading programs.

As part of the Strategic Partners Program, SirsiDynix libraries can work closely with our engineering teams to refine new features and help create the apps librarians will love.

«This publishing program is designed to address that need, and to help e-book readers build a digital library of classic contemporary literature.»

EBSCO's Demand - Driven Acquisition (DDA) program is a great collection development and acquisition model that helps libraries to preserve their budget while maintaining control over the collection development process.

The Readers» Favorite Book Donation program was created to help non-profit and charitable organizations (schools, libraries, soldier donation programs, convalescent homes, etc.) by providing them with free books and to help authors garner more exposure for their work.

Our Book Donation program helps you accomplish this by informing visitors that you are willing to give free copies of your book to schools, libraries and other non-profit organizations in exchange for some reviews (when possible).

These relationships helped B&T to get its Axis 360 program off the ground and start facilitating the content digital content delivery for libraries all over the world.