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Online Prime Time Hosting Application

Prime Time Family Reading Application for Online Programming

Applicant Information

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Program Information


Prime Time is held on weeknights, once per week for six weeks. When will you hold your Prime Time?



 

If you already have an idea, what are the dates of your proposed online sessions? 






Library Information
Please select the library branch.


Please enter your library's name and address.




Character Limit: 2

Character Limit: 10
Staffing

Enter a number between 0 and 1,000,000.

School Partnership (40 of 100 possible points)

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School Partner




Character Limit: 2

Character Limit: 10

Character Limit: 3,000

Character Limit: 1,000

Character Limit: 250
Please explain how the school administration will support this program. *

Upload a letter of support from the partner school administration that addresses each of the following topics:
    • Strategies for identifying and recruiting sufficient numbers of program participants who can connect online – recruitment of 20+ families in order to serve between 10 and 15 families online at each session.
    • Strategies for ensuring attendance remains at 10 or more families each week of the online program.
    • Strategies for supporting program participants' tech needs through distribution of tablets and/or laptops if needed.
    • Plans for allocation of staff time to support the program, with identifying participants, recruitment, direct program support, translation, and follow up
    • Clear understanding of the need for literacy and humanities programming
    • Strategies for communicating the benefits of program participation to students and their families
    • Explanation on how Prime Time fills a gap in other programming or in academic deficits

    Online Environment Requirements (30 of 100 possible points)

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    Prime Time online sessions are 60 minutes each, held once per week for six weeks on weeknight evenings. Libraries determine the dates and times of each six-week series, taking into account holidays, school breaks, and possible conflicts. Libraries also provide the online environment — such as Zoom — and share links to each session with the school partner and Humanities Washington.
    Online Environment Requirements
    Prime Time online sessions are held in library-supported online environments: *
    • Online meetings should be secure and protected.
    • While sessions with families are generally one hour, teams often meet before and after family-attended sessions.
    Please confirm that the library can supply a safe and secure online meeting environment for more than two hours each week for six weeks.

    Note: If your library does not have sufficient space, Prime Time can be held at the partner elementary school, church, community center or other appropriate location.

    Character Limit: 3,000

    Communities Served (20 of 100 possible points)

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    Community Information
    This information should be derived from the latest data from the Washington State Office of Financial Management or from the US Census.

    Please only enter a number.

    Character Limit: 10,000

    Scoring Options: 1-100

    Character Limit: 3,000

    Prime Time Team (10 of 100 possible points)

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    Team Members
    Each Prime Time series is staffed by a Program Coordinator, a Community Organizer, a Humanities
    Scholar, and a Storyteller.

    Descriptions of these positions can be found on the Humanities Washington website at
    www.humanities.org and are listed below.

    In some cases Humanities Washington staff can help you identify people in your community to
    work on your Prime Time team.

    Please contact George Abeyta at (206) 682-1770 x104 or by email at george@humanities.org.
    Program Coordinator
     

    This person, from the host library system, is responsible for overseeing the logistics of the six-week series including the following:
    • Recruit a team to deliver the program, including a Community Organizer, Humanities Scholar, and Storyteller
    • Secure and share links to online environments for weekly online sessions
    • Facilitate distribution of weekly gift cards by the Community Organizer
    • Distribute Prime Time program materials once, approximately one week before the fist online session
    • If during the COVID-19 pandemic, distribute materials safely from the library parking lot or other outdoor location
    • Track online participant attendance each week of the program
    • Promote library services and resources (5-10 minutes) during each online session
    • Facilitate distribution of weekly family surveys.
    • Submit a final report online within three weeks of the conclusion of the series
    • Maintain attendance records within your program folder
    • Return unused program materials within three weeks of program end
     

    If you have identified a Program Coordinator, please list his or her name and contact information.





    Community Organizer
     

    This person is responsible for recruitment, tracking receipt of weekly family surveys, distributing weekly gift cards, and contacting families during the program. It is very helpful if this person has a close connection with the partner school. The Community Organizer is expected to:
    • Recruit and register between 15 – 25 families (a maximum of 15 and a minimum of 10 families are to be served at each online session)
    • Distribute registration materials to via text or email or at local school(s) and make connections with school reading interventionists, teachers, and principals
    • Track attendance (together with the Program Coordinator) and receipt of weekly family surveys in order to distribute weekly gift cards
    • Distribute weekly gift cards via US mail or delivery
    • Translate all program-related materials for families, if necessary
    • Attend each Prime Time session
    • Call, text, or email participants each week to share links to the online program
    • Submit a final report online within three weeks of the conclusion of the program
     

    If you have identified a Community Organizer, please list his or her name and contact information.






    Please enter the mailing address for the Community Organizer's stipend.



    Character Limit: 2

    Character Limit: 10
    Community Organizer 2

    If you have identified a 2nd Community Organizer, please list his or her name and contact information.






    Please enter the mailing address for the 2nd Community Organizer's stipend.



    Character Limit: 2

    Character Limit: 10
    Humanities Scholar
     

    The scholar is an individual with an MA or Ph.D. in a humanities field. Scholars can often be recruited from colleges, universities, or community colleges. In addition, Scholars need to be interested in working with families and have an approachable and welcoming demeanor.
    Humanities Scholars are expected to:

    • Be eager to transmit a love of reading and talking about books to an audience (parents or guardians and their children) that might consider reading as primarily a school activity
    • Be comfortable working online with participants who have limited reading skills and do not have experience talking about books
    • Model techniques online that families can replicate at home for initiating and encouraging discussions of humanities themes and ideas
    • Facilitate online discussion of themes / issue found in Prime Time program curriculum books
    • Submit a final report online within three weeks of the conclusion of the series

    If you have identified a Humanities Scholar, please list his or her name and contact information.





    Please enter the mailing address for the Humanities Scholar's stipend.



    Character Limit: 2

    Character Limit: 10
    Storyteller
     

    The storyteller needs to be comfortable reading books aloud and be approachable and welcoming to participants. Successful storytellers have included librarians and elementary school teachers. The storyteller needs to:
    • Possess a broad knowledge of children’s literature and the ability to work with non-traditional audiences online
    • Be comfortable working online and with participants with limited reading skills
    • Demonstrate the inter-relatedness of storytelling and literary traditions
    • During online sessions, present stories and model read-aloud and discussion techniques families can replicate at home
    • Encourage and facilitate online discussions of humanities themes and ideas found in the Prime Time program curriculum books
    • Submit a final report online within three weeks of the conclusion of the series
     

    If you have identified a Storyteller, please list his or her name and contact information.





    Please enter the mailing address for the Storyteller's stipend.



    Character Limit: 2

    Character Limit: 10
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