Ideas for School/Public Collaborations/Programs: Engaging Teens
ENGAGING TEENS
- Summer reading
- Teen Advisory Group/Board
- Book clubs – middle and high school
- Author visits
- After school programs
- Readers’ café
- Contests
- Games (chess, checkers)
- Tween programs
- Video games
- Dance Dance Revolution (DDR)
- Newsletter
- Movie nights
- Online book clubs
- Teen Group Wiki/Blog
- Banned book week
- Volunteers teen zone
- Mother-daughter book club
- Reading programs
- Tailoring collection to YA needs (and location)
- Book reviews/contest (summer and in conjunction with schools)
- Teen volunteers (summer) with incentives to earn points/prizes
- Clean up, shelf reading, shelf shifting, technological assistance, assisting story times
- Volunteering for other locations/community service (quilts for Cooper Hospital neo-natal)
- TABoards = gaming; photography; reading
- Library in-service to discuss youth services/book talks
- Outreach to schools – teen book clubs (pizza and a paperback)
- Craft projects
- Book talk at middle schools
- Bookmobile to Alt. school
- Video Game drop-ins
- Teen advisory group
- Virtual meetings for (TAG) using AOL/IM Chat
- College prep
- SAT prep
- Focus group
- Librarian visits to school
- Informal meeting group
- School outreach
- TAB (mother-daughter) spa
- Guest speakers/workshops
- Face out displays
-
Volunteering
- Teen room
- Music program
- Drawing program
- mailing lists of programs
- Back to school nightAttend college night
- Promote library card
- Teen programs
- Homework club/study nights
- Services to home schoolers
- Readers’ advisory
- Booklets/displays
- Reading lists
- Read across America
- Teen read week
- Teen tech week
- Tours
- Pizza/movie
- Network with school
- School visits
- Teen craft nights
- Teen programs – Battle of the Bands
- Book club collaboration between high schools
- T-shirts
- Blogs
- Author visits
- Student volunteers
- Commercials during morning announcements
- Gaming program
- Buddy program – reading, tutoring
- Yoga
- Nutrition
- Massage therapist
- Card games
- Back to school and parent/teacher conference
- Manga and Anime
- Familiarize YA with databases and library resources as well as outreach to schools to familiarize
- Reach out to YA during summer months – not just school year
- More diverse program
- More accessible/friendly – less restrictive
- Better communication with schools (e-mail brochures)
- Public library card push for every student
- Presence during parent-teacher conference night
- Public library comes into school libraries for fun stuff – lunchtime Manga discussion
- Make it easier to get cards; Online sign ups; Let school handle residency checking
- Build rapport with high school media specialist/principal/facultyBring your own book
- Book buddies
- Teen spaces hip, cozy environment
- My Space page
- Join senior citizen and teen program
- Programs that appeal to teens (video games, music) and are later in the evening
- Advertise in high school and middle school
- More with homeschoolers
- Newsletter for teens
- Electronic access to teens (listserv) – school provided email addresses
- Readers’ café
- Solicit teens for suggested materials
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