Training Institute

2024-2025 Schedule:

In- Person Training

The Training Institute is held at Middle Country Public Library, the national model for Family Place Libraries™, in Centereach, NY (Long Island). The four day Family Place Training begins on a Monday evening and ends on a Thursday afternoon.

October 21-24, 2024
Registration Deadline-  September 1st, 2024

March 3-6, 2025
Registration Deadline- February 1, 2025

Virtual Training

We are currently offering virtual trainings to existing Family Place Libraries. These trainings meet via Zoom and run two times per week for approximately 6 weeks beginning Thursday, November 7, 2024. Registration deadline is Tuesday, October 1, 2024. For more information, please contact familyplace@mcplibrary.org 

Request Registration Information here.

The four day Family Place Training Institute provides theoretical grounding in family-centered library services and practical training in the core components of Family Place. The Family Place Training Institute prepares participants to implement the initiative locally and provides a venue for librarians to share experiences and effective practices with one another.

Topics covered include:

• Assets and needs assessment
• Serving families and children through partnerships with other agencies
• Community outreach to new and underserved families
• Coalition building
• Infant brain development
• Child development
• Emergent literacy
• Parent engagement & education
• The Parent-Child Workshop
• Additional programming
• Space design
• Collection development
• Marketing
• Documentation and evaluation

All training participants receive a training manual, relevant books and articles to help implement the Family Place Libraries™ initiative. After completing the training, Family Place Libraries staff provides ongoing technical assistance and site support to all network libraries.