Six Tips for Building a Professional Resource Library

Training & Curriculum Specialist Learning Environments Lesson 2 Apply Six Tips for Building a Professional Resource Library Guide	WWW.VIRTUALLABSCHOOL.ORG ACTIVITY ID: 16416 Name Certifier Date
Review the different suggestions for building a professional resource library that you could use to help encourage and support professional development. Request a subscription to the journals published by professional and community organizations. Young Children and Teaching Young Children from NAEYC Teaching Exceptional Children and Young Exceptional Children from the Council for Exceptional Children Afterschool Today from the National Afterschool Association After School Matters from the Robert Bowne Foundation AfterWords from the National Center for Quality Afterschool Look for useful books. Throughout the �Թ�� you will find suggested readings. These books may be helpful additions to your resource library. You can also browse publishers’ tables at professional conferences for the latest titles. Common publishers for child development titles are Brookes Publishing, Teachers College Press, Pearson, and Teaching Strategies. Help staff find appropriate websites. Again, professional organizations are a good place to start. Many have links to important resources. For practical information, try: Zero to Three NAEYC Afterschool Alliance 4-H Afterschool.gov Council for Exceptional Children Division for Early Childhood It can be very helpful to construct a lending library of child and youth literature, toys, games, and other materials. These types of materials can help staff turn an idea into reality. Staff can find the resources they need right away. This also helps streamline duplication of resources across a program. Many curricula come with professional development resources. Keep any of these materials that staff members are not using in a centralized location, so they can be found when needed. There are many ways to include cutting-edge videos in your professional library. The �Թ�� is a free source of such videos. You may also consider state resources like: Illinois Early Learning Project Colorado Results Matter Empowering Preschool Quality Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center Effective Practice Guides (“See” sections for each domain contain videos from center- and home-based programs) There are several subscription-based services as well. One example is the Teachstone video library based on the CLASS assessment for early childhood and school-age programs, Videatives for infant, toddler, and preschool programs, and the EarlyEdU Alliance designed for early childhood faculty, instructors, and professional development providers. Teachstone Videatives EarlyEdU Alliance Media Database

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Review the different suggestions for building a professional resource library that you could use to help encourage and support professional development.

Request a subscription to the journals published by professional and community organizations.
- Young Children and Teaching Young Children from NAEYC
- Teaching Exceptional Children and Young Exceptional Children from the Council for Exceptional Children
- Afterschool Today from the National Afterschool Association
- After School Matters from the Robert Bowne Foundation
- AfterWords from the National Center for Quality Afterschool
Look for useful books. Throughout the �Թ�� you will find suggested readings. These books may be helpful additions to your resource library. You can also browse publishers’ tables at professional conferences for the latest titles. Common publishers for child development titles are Brookes Publishing, Teachers College Press, Pearson, and Teaching Strategies.
Help staff find appropriate websites. Again, professional organizations are a good place to start. Many have links to important resources. For practical information, try:
- Zero to Three
- NAEYC
- Afterschool Alliance
- 4-H
- Afterschool.gov
- Council for Exceptional Children Division for Early Childhood
It can be very helpful to construct a lending library of child and youth literature, toys, games, and other materials. These types of materials can help staff turn an idea into reality. Staff can find the resources they need right away. This also helps streamline duplication of resources across a program.
Many curricula come with professional development resources. Keep any of these materials that staff members are not using in a centralized location, so they can be found when needed.
There are many ways to include cutting-edge videos in your professional library. The �Թ�� is a free source of such videos. You may also consider state resources like:
- Illinois Early Learning Project
- Colorado Results Matter
- Empowering Preschool Quality
- Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center Effective Practice Guides (“See” sections for each domain contain videos from center- and home-based programs)
There are several subscription-based services as well. One example is the Teachstone video library based on the CLASS assessment for early childhood and school-age programs, Videatives for infant, toddler, and preschool programs, and the EarlyEdU Alliance designed for early childhood faculty, instructors, and professional development providers.
- Teachstone
- Videatives
- EarlyEdU Alliance Media Database

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