SEWI Youth Services Programming Workshop 2023

Open to library youth services staff who work with any age group from babies to teens.
In person workshop. Lunch will be provided. 

Are you looking for ways to reduce stress at work? Join us on Tuesday, January 10 at the New Berlin Public Library for a full day workshop. You’ll learn how to reduce stress, get some programming ideas, and network with colleagues. In the morning, you will be guided through elements of the Compassion Resilience Toolkit in a bite-size format that includes information, activities, and resources for staff to understand, recognize, and minimize the experience of compassion fatigue and burnout and help increase your resiliency. Following a catered lunch, the group will shift into program brainstorming mode. There will be eight stations for you to cycle through to generate ideas to plan your programs all year round. There will also be time for group brainstorming and individual work, if that is what is preferred. Leave the workshop with tools to help combat stress and a list of program ideas to implement in 2023!

Schedule:

• 9:00 – 12:00  Compassion Resilience Training
  Facilitators: Abby Bussen, Muskego Public Library; Jennifer Puccini, System Youth Services Coordinator & Burlington Public Library; Jeni Schomber, WI Department of Public Instruction

Morning Learning Objectives:

• • Understand how you can use the Compassion Resilience Toolkit
  • Develop skills for self-compassion and self-care
  • Learn how you can become more resilient and reduce burnout

• 12:00 – 1:00 pm   Lunch provided
  Please indicate any dietary concerns when you register. If you choose to bring your own lunch, it must be self-contained. There will be no refrigerator or microwave oven access.

• 1:00 – 4:00 pm  Program Planning Activity
  Guest Facilitators: Emily Sanders, Williams Bay Library; Katherine Schoofs, Delavan Public Library; and Angela Meyers, Coordinator of Youth & Inclusive Services, Bridges Library System

Afternoon Activity Objectives:

• • Brainstorm and share program ideas for different age groups
  • Network with other youth colleagues
  • Work in a group or individually on your program planning (your choice)
  • Take back to your library program ideas for implementation during the year

What to bring: Attendees are welcome to bring with them any previous flyers and/or program schedules for any age group to share. Multiple copies are not necessary.