{"id":18608,"date":"2025-05-05T12:08:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T12:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/?p=18608"},"modified":"2025-05-06T13:02:42","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T13:02:42","slug":"discovering-library-science-health-literacy-a-high-school-push-in-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/2025\/05\/05\/discovering-library-science-health-literacy-a-high-school-push-in-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Discovering Library Science &amp; Health Literacy: A High School Push-in Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s blog is a guest spot by partners at Weill Cornell&#8217;s Samuel J. Wood Library. On June 18, our partners will be presenting on a curriculum designed to introduce high school students to the field of library science while equipping them with essential health literacy skills.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18611\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18611\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18611\" src=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/05\/MSMA_WendyWilliams-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"Two Black high school students stand on either side of a trifold poster on Graves' Disease featuring Wendy Williams.\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/05\/MSMA_WendyWilliams-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/05\/MSMA_WendyWilliams-1024x706.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/05\/MSMA_WendyWilliams-768x529.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/05\/MSMA_WendyWilliams-1536x1059.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/05\/MSMA_WendyWilliams-2048x1412.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-18611\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mount Saint Michael Academy students show their health literacy skills in their final project on Graves\u2019 Disease featuring Wendy Williams.<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Why Attend?<\/h2>\n<p>Raising awareness among young people about the opportunities within library science is crucial for attracting future talent. This one-hour session is tailored for teachers, librarians, educators, and anyone working with high school students. Our goal is to provide a comprehensive overview of a curriculum that not only educates students about the library science profession but also empowers them with foundational health literacy skills.<\/p>\n<h2>What to Expect<\/h2>\n<p>During this webinar, we will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Review Developed Modules<\/strong>: Gain insights into the curriculum designed specifically for high school students.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Discuss Activities<\/strong>: Explore engaging activities included in the curriculum to foster student-led learning.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Share Best Practices<\/strong>: Learn effective strategies for encouraging student engagement.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reflect on Insights<\/strong>: Hear from a high school teacher about the curriculum&#8217;s impact and effectiveness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Objectives<\/h2>\n<p>By attending this webinar, you will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gain an overview of a freely available curriculum to increase high school students&#8217; awareness of the library profession.<\/li>\n<li>Identify various activities and methods to enable student-led learning.<\/li>\n<li>Examine best practices for student engagement and understand why they work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>When?<\/h2>\n<p>June 18 from 2-3 PM EST<\/p>\n<h2>Register Now<\/h2>\n<p>Don&#8217;t miss this opportunity to inspire the next generation of library professionals. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/training\/class\/discovering-library-science-health-literacy-high-school-push-program\">Register today<\/a> and join us in shaping the future of library science education!<\/p>\n<p>This course is eligible for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/guides\/consumer-health-information-specialization\">CHIS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/guides\/certified-health-education-specialist-ches\">CHES<\/a> and MLA CEs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s blog is a guest spot by partners at Weill Cornell&#8217;s Samuel J. Wood Library. On June 18, our partners will be presenting on a curriculum designed to introduce high school students to the field of library science while equipping them with essential health literacy skills. Why Attend? Raising awareness among young people about the&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/2025\/05\/05\/discovering-library-science-health-literacy-a-high-school-push-in-program\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1173,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[242],"tags":[110,192,228,269],"class_list":["post-18608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-health-literacy","tag-professional-development","tag-training","tag-youth"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1173"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18608"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18613,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18608\/revisions\/18613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}