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Human connections are critcal! Let's socialize in the library. How do we do that?

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Mentally and physically

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From the last Future Ready Summit:
We can build relationships 20 seconds at a time.

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Partner with counselors and classroom teachers around social emotional topics.

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When we create safe healthy relationships with our students the content will be more accessible to them. They will be ready to learn. :)

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Find ways to support SEL in activities and instruction

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Find ways to support SEL in activities and instruction

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Overcoming isolation / making connections

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Overcoming isolation / making connections

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Need to 'teach' and support reconnecting to other students and the school community

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Inclusive Signage is imperative.

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Some SEL resources from the Oregon Association of School Libraries fall conference/and what I'm up to in Siuslaw:

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All are welcome! Please join us for the 2021 Oregon Association of School Libraries conference! This virtual conference will take place on Saturday, October 9th. Meeting links will be shared through participant email.

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Let's learn student names and pronouns! Update these in Destiny.

Lunch bunch - daily connections with students

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The Art of SEL Podcast with Jonathan Juravich

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The Art of SEL Podcast with Jonathan Juravich

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Jonathan Juravich is the 2018 Ohio Teacher of the Year and was one of four finalists for the 2018 National Teacher of the Year. He believes that by taking advantage of seemingly small moments, we can significantly impact others. Juravich is in his sixteenth year as the art educator at Liberty Tree Elementary in Powell, Ohio. Known as Mr. J, he challenges students to make the world a better place through art.

Juravich is the Building Environment Team leader at Liberty Tree Elementary School-overseeing school culture, partnerships, and social and emotional learning. As the district Elementary Visual Art Department Chair, he facilitates professional development, advances curriculum, and advocates for arts education best practices.

Juravich reaches out to the community locally and statewide by developing art programs with the Columbus Zoo, the Columbus Arts Festival, and the Ohio Art Education Association. He mentors future art educators as an adjunct instructor at Otterbein University, his alma mater. Juravich partnered with WOSU (PBS) to develop the digital series, Drawing with Mr. J, where students explore their emotions through simple and hilarious drawing challenges. The videos and lesson companions can be found at www.wosu.org/mrj.

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Jonathan Juravich, Author at The Art of Education University

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Jonathan Juravich is the 2018 Ohio Teacher of the Year and was one of four finalists for the 2018 National Teacher of the Year. He believes that by taking advantage of seemingly small moments, we can significantly impact others. Juravich is in his sixteenth year as the art educator at Liberty Tree Elementary in Powell, Ohio.

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Sts need to be heard and felt connected!

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Sts need to be heard and felt connected!

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They need to talk to each other and feel like they are a part of a community.

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Promote Flipgrid and other 'sharing tools'
Offer choice boards
Create 'menu' of tools and oprtions for student voice to be heard and to represent their learning.

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Importance of correct student name pronunciation.

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Importance of correct student name pronunciation.

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https://www.learningforjustice.org/classroom-resources/texts/storycorps-they-changed-my-name

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"By the time I was in the second grade, everyone was calling me Raymond."

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Partner with counselors and others to SEL

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Partner with counselors and others to SEL

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Urban planners seeking to stabilize neighborhoods are focusing on the critical role that "third places" can play in strengthening our sense of community. Third places is a term coined by sociologist Ray Oldenburg and refers to places where people spend time between home ('first' place) and work ('second' place). They are locations where we exchange ideas, have a good time, and build relationships.

For young Americans, many third places are now virtual - from Facebook and chat rooms to group texts. But as Oldenburg notes, the most effective ones for building real community seem to be physical places where people can easily and routinely connect with each other: churches, parks, recreation centers, hairdressers, gyms and even fast-food restaurants. A recent newspaper article on McDonald's found that for lower-income Americans, the twin arches are becoming almost the equivalent of the English "pub," which after all is short for "public house": groups of retirees meeting for coffee and talk, they might hold regular Bible study meetings there, and people treat the restaurant as an inexpensive hangout.

Third places build communities

Third places have a number of important community-building attributes. Depending on their location, social classes and backgrounds can be "leveled-out" in ways that are unfortunately rare these days, with people feeling they are treated as social equals. Informal conversation is the main activity and most important linking function. One commentator refers to third places as the "living room" of society.

Many city planning efforts to reinvigorate metropolitan neighborhoods now include specific steps to create third places, especially public spaces, to try and break down social siloes. The greater Washington, D.C. area is an example. In an experiment in one park in downtown D.C., for instance, office workers can now reserve tables and chairs to meet or socialize. In nearby Silver Spring, Maryland, the OUTBOX is an experimental outside and wall-less vestibule equipped with Wi-Fi and seating, available for people to use throughout the day.

The elderly are at particularly high risk of being cut off socially, and that is attracting the attention of third-place innovators. For instance, LeadingAge Maryland, a research and advocacy organization, is working with wellness agencies and architects to design senior housing within "common space" areas, situated near transportation, nonelderly housing, and other community partners such as universities and medical facilities. These efforts include cafe-style facilities targeted for seniors, but that are also attractive to the broader public. This is in stark contrast to the common pattern of creating self-segregated elderly enclaves, with elaborate services but little contact with the outside community.

Third places at risk

But many brick-and-mortar third places are being lost as more Americans go digital for social connections. Escalating real estate prices in many cities also make low-cost informal meeting centers harder to maintain. This is not just a central city issue. Suburban neighborhoods often overlook the importance of third places.

Oldenburg has blamed " unfunctional zoning" that bans commercial establishments in residential areas, leading to suburban Americans having to use their cars for everything they need, and malls and box stores crowding out small businesses and hang-out places. Research by our Brookings colleagues Alan Berube and Elizabeth Kneebone found that we are now experiencing higher rates of poverty in some suburbs than in cities. A stronger network of third places in both cities and suburbs could help build the social and economic connections needed to move out of poverty.

Reviving third places

Cities and suburbs can take steps to create more hospitable conditions for third places to develop and thrive. One important step is to make sure zoning accommodates mixed-use functions in otherwise residential areas. Bus routes and convenient stopping points can also be critical to the survivability of a third-place. Free Wi-Fi, provided by a city neighborhood, can turn many places into meeting points and draw people together from a range of ages. Retrofitting public places and exploring new architecture and use of space is also essential. Small design changes can encourage interaction between groups that might otherwise be cut off from each other. For instance, Gallaudet University, the Washington, D.C. university for the deaf and hard of hearing, has launched a " DeafSpace " initiative and has been working with architects, students, and community members to design spaces within the Gallaudet campus and the surrounding neighborhood that are more accommodating and inclusive for those with hearing loss.

More creative use can also be made of existing laws and regulations to encourage such efforts. For example, a provision of the Affordable Care Act requires non-profit hospitals, as a condition of their tax-exempt status, to analyze local health needs in their communities and help address them using hospital resources. Given what we know about the importance of social interactions and community networks to address certain mental health issues, hospitals could identify existing or possible third places to help expand the availability of meeting places, walking spaces and public Wi-Fi access. Hospitals are particularly well positioned to work with local businesses, universities, senior centers, and local government agencies.

Strengthening social networks is a crucial step to reviving neighborhoods and addressing social problems. Third places can do much to help stabilize communities and reduce social problems.

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Urban planners seeking to stabilize neighborhoods are focusing on the critical role that "third places" can play in strengthening our sense of community. Third places is a term coined by sociologist Ray Oldenburg and refers to places where people spend time between home ('first' place) and work ('second' place).

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Our priorities are letting students know that they are welcome!

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Offer multiple spaces for different needs in library

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Offer multiple spaces for different needs in library

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Maker space
Calming space
Media production
Game space
Meet-up space
Music
Peace place
Writing space

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Books and Brew idea - book clubs and engaging reading challenges

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Offer different displays for different student needs

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Offer different displays for different student needs

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Both physical and digital

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Rhithm app: Rhithm is a K12 student and staff wellness check-in tool. The platform selects an ideal 1-3 minute SEL activity/intervention video to regulate well-being based on user given data from a simple emoji assessment. This data is available on dashboards to reflect and connect with as desired at the campus, district/network and state levels.

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Created a camping theme for our students with tents. Found this amazing hammock concept and want to add!

https://twitter.com/HurleyElem/status/1425952524226473991?s=20

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Our @HurleyElem  students love their new reading space while listening to music! @DukeEnergy @RSSchoolsNC #RSSExtraordinary #5Houses1Family

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Our @HurleyElem  students love their new reading space while listening to music! @DukeEnergy @RSSchoolsNC #RSSExtraordinary #5Houses1Family https://t.co/eixAypZDQO

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Our @HurleyElem  students love their new reading space while listening to music! @DukeEnergy @RSSchoolsNC #RSSExtraordinary #5Houses1Family pic.twitter.com/eixAypZDQO
— Hurley Elementary (@HurleyElem) August 12, 2021

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Our @HurleyElem  students love their new reading space while listening to music! @DukeEnergy @RSSchoolsNC #RSSExtraordinary #5Houses1Family https://t.co/eixAypZDQO

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Our @HurleyElem  students love their new reading space while listening to music! @DukeEnergy @RSSchoolsNC #RSSExtraordinary #5Houses1Family https://t.co/eixAypZDQO

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Our @HurleyElem  students love their new reading space while listening to music! @DukeEnergy @RSSchoolsNC #RSSExtraordinary #5Houses1Family

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Ensuring access to digital resources/information

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Ensuring access to digital resources/information

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Collaborate and support classroom teachers

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Collaborate and support classroom teachers

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Partner with specialists - connect to support with resources & collaborate

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Partner with specialists - connect to support with resources & collaborate

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Paint a filing cabinet & put on wheels, go on story walks, get outside! Find ways to make library spaces mobile. Change out & rotate spaces in your library to fit the needs of all students.

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Support introverts and others who may feel on the spot - find different ways both analog and digital for all students to share