The free-to-download, easily customizable Training Took Kits for the New York State Library’s Ready to Read at New York Libraries: Early Childhood Public Library Staff Development Program are now available online:
http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/earlylit/toolkits.htm
The extensive kits, posted with generous assistance from the New York Library Association, include PowerPoint presentations and handbooks in the program’s Five Foundation Components:
1. Everyone Serves Families with Young Children
2. Strengthening Young Families through Early Literacy Practices
3. Early Literacy Community Asset Analysis
4. Strategies for Successful Partnerships and Outreach to Families with Young Children
5. Early Learning Spaces