Do you find it challenging to keep youth engaged after school? Looking for some new after school programming ideas? Then join us as we hear tips and tricks from youth services librarians on how to keep youth engaged through active and passive programs. You will also have an opportunity to share your afterschool program successes and challenges with other attendees.
Featured Presenters from Tuscarawas County Public Library System:
Jessica Conley, Bolivar Branch
Emily Crilley, Strasburg Branch
Tabith Johnson, Tuscarawas Branch
Jessica Conley is the Branch Supervisor of the Bolivar Branch of the Tuscarawas County Public Library System. She has been with TCPL for 7 years and has a Bachelors of Arts in History from Kent State University. Jessica’s favorite part of working at the library is the people and the community she serves. When not at the library she spends her time at home with her husband and orange tabby cat.
Emily Crilley is the Branch Supervisor of the Strasburg Branch of the Tuscarawas County Public Library System. Emily is passionate about people and literacy. She has worked in a variety of library settings over the last decade and enjoys the rural community she currently serves.
Tabitha Johnson is the Branch Supervisor of the Tuscarawas Branch for the Tuscarawas County Public Library System. She holds an Associates of Arts in English and a Bachelors of Arts in History from Kent State University. What Tabitha loves most about working at the library is the ability to inspire even the most stubborn of readers to find the books that speak to them. She believes that in order to keep a library alive focus on youth programming is essential in creating lifelong library lovers.