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On May 20th to 26th 2010, Dream Corps held our annual pre-summer volunteer program training in Beijing. It is the biggest gathering of the sort since the founding of Dream Corps, because, this year, we have invited the teachers and librarians from our sites to join us at the training. In total, 42 volunteers and 13 librarians attended the training camp.
The first two days of training were tailored for librarians from different sites. We hope to assist them in their day-to-day work with new tools, so the libraries that Dream Corps helped to build will best serve the local communities while developing sustainably. Experience sharing sessions were conducted, as well as themed panel discussions. There were also studies of successful cases in reading promotion and workshops lead by experts in library management.
Later on, as the volunteers arrived on May 23rd, the volunteers training camp officially began. The purpose of the three following days is to inform our volunteers so they can use their time on site most efficiently. The activities that took place are designed to foster good team dynamics, to encourage cross-site communication and to inspire creative uses of the library's collection through reading programs. More interestingly, in addition to attending workshops, our seven teams also had to complete assignments: they all presented the draft of a timeline for the tasks they hoped to complete on site. Before boarding the trains that would take them to Henan, Hunan and Sichuan, the librarians and volunteers visited Dream Corps' Beijing site, the New Century Community Library.
Now, as we speak, Dream Corps volunteers are busy setting up libraries throughout China. In a few days, we will publish their team journals, written at the trenches of reading promotion. For those readers who are interested in the detailed training program, we have attached the agenda of those five days of training.
8:15-8:30 Welcome and Overview of Training
8:30-8:45 History and Mission of Dream Corps
resenter: Lili Lai
8:45-9:30 Introduction to Site Libraries
The daily work of librarians, the opening hours and rules, the main problems and challenges
Facilitator: Ruoxia Li
9:30-10:15 Discussion: Common Concerns and How to Address Them
Facilitator: Ruoxia Lia
10:15-10:30 Tea Break
10:30--10:50 Presentation: Reading Together: Tales from reading promotion in Hongkong
Presenter: Yan Liu
10:50--11:50 Discussion：The Role of the Librarian?
Successful Case: Principal Jiang from Lingfang, Hunan
Facilitator: Yan Liu
11:50 Lunch
14:00-14:15 Activities Time
Facilitator：Ruoxia Li
14:15-15:00 Talk: Reading and Child Development
Presenter: Jin Zhu, Children's Reading and Learning Center, Beijing Normal University
15:00-15:45 Discussion: Reading and the Goal of Education
Case studied: Principal Li from Huju, Hunan
Presenter: Lili Lai
15:45-16:00 Tea Break
16:00-17:00 Talk: Children's literature
Presenter: Xiaoying Wang
17:00 Dinner
18:30 Workshop: Introduction to Library Management Software
Presenter: Jingwei Fan
8:30-9:15 Recapitulation of the Previous Day
9:15-10:00 Talk: Finding Books Locally
Presenter: Junsheng Jiang
10:00-11:00 Talk: The Development of Community Libraries and the Use of Resources
Presenter: Yi Wang
11:00-12:00 Discussion: The Goal of Library Development/ What can Dream Corps Do?
12:00 Lunch
14:00 Tour of 14th Middle School Library
Workshop: Book Categorization and Library Management
Presenter: Jinghong Yang
8:00-23:00 Volunteer Registrations
10:00 Team Leaders Orientation (Team leaders only)
Financial matters, logistics, responsibility, safety, ethics, teamwork; checklist & package; training facilitators; contact each site.
Facilitator: Ruoxia，James and Liu Yan
8:30 Promotion Video: A Visual introduction to Dream Corps
8:45 Welcome and Training Overview
9:00-9:40 Panel Discussion: How to “Sell” Reading (to different people)? /Communication Methods
9:40-10:20 Team Presentation
List key stakeholders in the school and communities. What have you contacted so far? What agreement you have reached? What adjustment you have made according to feedback from local contacts? What kind of further communication is necessary?
10:20-10:40 Tea Break
10:40-12:00 Books and Readings
Presenters: Li Ling
12:30 Lunch
Screening: Animating Reading — Reading in Hongkong
14:00 Fun Activity
14:15-15:00 Presentation: Sustainable Reading Activities Recommended by DC
Presenters:
Liu Yan: Library Week
Wang Mengxing: Story-telling Competition
Andy Yu: Principal Reading Time
Jiang Junsheng: school broadcast station
15:00-15:30 Presentation: Teaching Activity and Library Use
Presenter: Gao Lin
15: 30-16:15 Team Discussion: What kind of reading programs can be sustained by school teachers and administrators？
16:15-16:45 Panel Discussion: Family Visit and Understand Community
(Families with children left behind and migrant families with children)
Presenters: Wang YI
16:45-17:00 Teamwork Division and Timeline
Importance of program objectives, roles in the team, task divisions, projects timelines
17:00~night Assignment 1: Teamwork Division and Timeline
Facilitators: All Team Leaders
Each team will draft their teamwork division proposal, projects and program timeline (May 26 – June 22) and activity design, compile into a PowerPoint for team presentations tomorrow (20 minutes presentation, no more than 30 slides)
Assignment 2: Teams Contact Local Contacts
Facilitators: All Team Leaders
Each team will contact their local contacts to confirm local lodging arrangements, arrange transportation, book arrival，and ask for their opinions and choices on activities.
22:00 Team leaders meeting, bring Assignment 1, and share result of Assignment 2
8:00 Team Presentations (20 minutes for each)
Facilitators: All Team Leaders
11:00 Safety, Ethics, Logistics
12:00 Lunch
14:00 Visit to New Century Library
16:00 Tour to the National Library and Reading Week Site
17:30 Farewell and Group Photo
17:45 Team Shopping Trips
Facilitator: All Team Leaders
Teams can go shop for reading program materials, library facility decorations, volunteer daily life products (shampoo, sun screen, bug repellent, etc.)
Teams Final Confirmation Phone Calls
Facilitator: All Team Leaders
Each team makes final confirmation calls with sites.
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