Are you a Pennsylvania public library trustee?
Could any trustees at your public library use some training on:
facilities, governance, strategic planning, hiring or other board responsibilities or concerns? Need some money?
Apply for a Professional Development Grant!
One of the Professional Development Scholarship priorities is training for board members!
Locate the training you need and apply for up to $1200 reimbursable for registration, travel and/or lodging!
Learn more about the grant! (Please note that the scholarship cannot reimburse for training on advocacy or fundraising).
The deadline is May 13 to apply for training events taken between June 1 and September 30.
Need help finding training? Contact your library director or district for ideas.
Here are some possibilities you may want to consider:
BoardSource’s Leadership Certificate for Nonprofit Board Chairs
Learn more about this webinar.
Date: July 14 – 28, 2016
Event start time: 2:00 PM Eastern Time
Location: Online Webinar
Price: $399
Fred Pryor offers in-person classes on Quickbooks
http://www.pryor.com/site/categories/financial-management.aspx
Various dates and locations in PA.
Cost: $99
BoardSources’ Recorded Webinar 101: Updating Your Bylaws to Provide Better Fiscal Oversight
Learn More.
Cost: $35 for non-members
Harwood Institute’s Virtual Public Innovator’s Lab
Click here for more information
June 23-August 11 (8 week online course: 1:30-3pm each Thursday)
Cost: $795
United for Libraries’ Trustee Academy Training
choose one course or the series (online). More information is available on this site.
Costs: $40 per course for non-members or $150 for the series for non-members
Trustee Academy Courses (series) include:
Trustee Competencies covers the knowledge, skills, abilities, and attributes of a successful public library Trustee. The course is led by Kevin Tomlinson, area field consultant with the Idaho Commission for Libraries. Kevin has served as reference librarian, branch head, department head, and library administrator in large and small public libraries. Kevin earned his MLS from Indiana University. He currently serves on the board of the Association for Rural and Small Libraries.
Trustee Basics, Part I covers the role of the Trustee in the community, who speaks for the Trustees, governing vs. advisory boards, holding effective board meetings (getting consensus, open meeting laws, parliamentary procedure, etc.), and board self-assessment. This course is led by Lynn Stainbrook, director of the Brown County Library in Green Bay, Wis.
Trustee Basics, Part II covers understanding and setting policy, understanding and supporting intellectual freedom and patron privacy, meeting state standards, Trustee liability and fiduciary responsibilities, considering D&O insurance, and Trustee ethics. This course is also be led by Stainbrook.
Working Effectively with the Library Director covers understanding and respecting the different roles, evaluating a library director’s performance, and hiring a new library director. This course is led by Sally Gardner Reed, executive director of United for Libraries.
The Library’s Budget covers learning and understanding how your library is funded, understanding how spending decisions are made and who is authorized to make them, understanding the library’s financial reports, making powerful budget presentations, and developing auxiliary funding sources. This course is led by Christine Lind Hage, Public Library Association (PLA) past president and director of the Rochester Hills Public Library in the greater Detroit area.