ACR/OAK Team members, please be advised of the information below regarding your Homelessness training for proper credit, please follow the instructions below.

Greetings,

The vendor of this training has moved the course to a new platform. Moving forward, please click on this  link to access the training. 

Once on the site, follow the steps below for access to the course.

·         Click on Practical Tips for Difficult Homeless Patrons

·         You can view the intro without creating an account, if desired.

·         Once you click on the first lesson in Module 1 – Rules with Compassion, you will be taken to a Locked Content page.

·         From this page, click on Enroll Private and follow the prompts to create an account.

To date 157 employees have completed this training. If you have already completed the training, you don’t have to do anything else... you are good if you have already sent your certificate of completion to hpltraining@houstontx.gov so that we can update your training record. If not, please send your certificate in!   

For those that have not completed the training, please use these new procedures to access the course. Those team members accessing the course via the new link do not have to send in your certificate of completion as we can pull Completion Reports via this new platform.

Additionally, it has come to our attention that some of you completed the mini-course and not the 2 ½ hour full course that we subscribed to. We will reach out to those on our list so that you can get the full course and quiz completed.

Please complete this training by COB on Monday, February 6^th, 2017. 

New Library Checkout Renewal Information

Important Message for Staff:

Items eligible for renewal now renew from the due date, giving you full 6 weeks checkout period. Please make a note of it.
Saima

Hispanic Heritage Month Board

OPEN HOUSE 

2016

Happy The Clown SRP event

Happy The Clown came to visit the children at Shepherd-Acres!  Here are some pictures of the event!

SRP Prize Incentives 2016

Prize Levels	Prizes Awarded	Notes
Registration	ü   1 book	Contact Michelle Johnson for addt’l books
5 Books/hours  read	ü   Certificate ü   Chipotle meal
10 Books/hours  read	ü    Dynamo orDash	Must choose from ONLY 1 team envelope
20 Books/hours  read	ü   Astros	Each child receives 2 tickets (1 for adult, 1 for child)
30 Books/hours  read	ü   trophy	Should receive these by June 30th
Top 2 readers Per NL location	ü   2 Bikes	1 child winner,  (0-11)                       1 tween/teen winner  (12-18 )
5 Programs attended	ü   CMH family pass	Camp STREAM (full week= 5 stickers/1 prize),  Camp Wonderopolis=1 sticker
Familycompletion prize pack	ü   Health Museum ü   HMNS- butterfly ü   Raising Cane’s ü   Bike Museum	1 youth- 30 books/hrs 1 adult- 1 adult book review & 1 children’s book review (100 prize packs drawn 8/2/16.

Summer Reading Program Information

Hello,

Here is a list of the performer's information at Acres and Oak.  It includes the name of the organization, their contact person, their number, and how they would like the room to be set up.  Although I will try to call in advance you are more than welcome to take initiative and do so.  Just let me know so I dont make the mistake of calling them twice on the same day.

All other SRP materials, such as the performer's evaluation form, will be in a folder located on the browser's bookmark "SRP"

PROGRAMS AT SHEPHERD-ACRES

Date	Performer	Contact Info	Setup Notes/Instructions
6/2/2016	Ronald McDonald		One chair and and an electrical outlet. We will provide our own sound system.
6/9/2016	Mad About Hoops	Madison McBurney (832)689-3632	Limit 16 kids per hour; you are all scheduled for 2 hours. Basically, we just prefer open space for the kids to sit on the floor. One table at the front of the room for us to put our containers on is great
6/16/2016	Amandla Productions	Rosalind Holt, 713-291-3329	A projector and screen would be great if possible. Children can sit in chairs or on the carpet. Age group will dictate chair arrangement.
6/23/2016	Happy the Clown	Ruben Ramirez, 713-921-2615
6/30/2016	American Robotics	Deanna Johnson, 281-599-7626	6 years +; 15 participant limit per instructor, registration required
7/7/2016	Urgeworks	Chris Gamez, 832-985-5526	space big enough to accommodate the students, a power source for our speaker, and we will be good
7/14/2016	Ted Schwank Magic	Ted 713-204-1257
7/21/2016	Texas Snakes & More	Michelle Pustejovsky, 713.934.7668	Basically, we just prefer open space for the kids to sit on the floor. One table at the front of the room for us to put our containers on is great
7/28/2016	Express Children's Theatre	Sharice, 713-682-5044	1 table, 1 chair

PROGRAMS AT OAK FOREST

6/1/2016	Happy the Clown	Ruben Ramirez, 713-921-2615
6/8/2016	HMNS	Greta Rimpo 713-639-4758	(from Angela) When I had a docent last year, they used 2 tables to set out their materials
6/15/2016	Nature Discovery Center	Anne Eisner, 713.667.6550	One table
6/22/2016	Tom's Fun Band	Tom Wilbeck 281.682.3570
6/29/2016	EJC Farms	Ed Robinson, 281-356-4914	(from Angela) It helps if you block off a portion of your parking lot before the library opens. FYI: In order to use grass, the truck has to be able to pull up next to it.
7/6/2016	Mad About Hoops	Madison McBurney (832)689-3632	Limit 16 kids per hour; you are all scheduled for 2 hours. Basically, we just prefer open space for the kids to sit on the floor. One table at the front of the room for us to put our containers on is great
7/13/2016	Texas Snakes & More	Michelle Pustejovsky, 713.934.7668	Basically, we just prefer open space for the kids to sit on the floor. One table at the front of the room for us to put our containers on is great
7/20/2016	Ronald McDonald		One chair and and an electrical outlet. We will provide our own sound system.
7/27/2016	Storybook Characters	Susie Whisnant, 281-370-2763	I will only need a chair to set my basket in

Sincerely,

Jesus Villegas