What is a typical agenda for a ESLCC meeting?

Often, you may need to change your activities around depending on the level of your attendees. Remember, stay flexible! If you don't use an activity that day, you can always use it in a later session.

At MPOE, most ESLCCs follow this general structure:

• 10 minutes - greeting, icebreakers, introductions
• 40 minutes - activity
• 10 minutes - wrap up, library promotion, announcements

Here are two ESLCC meeting outlines I use most often for my weekly meetings.

Beginner Level

• 15 minutes - introductions, icebreaker activity
• 30 minutes - scattegories game
• 15 minutes - play vocabulary bingo

Intermediate to Advanced Level

• 5 minutes - introductions, icebreaker activity
• 30 minutes - read a news story together, review vocabulary
• 10 minutes - discussion
• 15 minutes - play vocabulary bingo

You get the idea - typically, it's one main activity that you need to plan, but otherwise, you can repeat the same activities - just like with a story time! Here are three other agenda outlines from colleagues at MPOE:

• Introductions – 5-10 minutes
• Programs in the library – 5 minutes
• Topic of the day – 30-40 minutes
• Wrap up (questions, ideas for next meeting, etc.) – 10 minutes

• 2 minutes - meet and greet
• 15 minutes - read article aout loud
• 15-30 minutes - discuss article, and other tangents it leads to
• 15-30 minutes - branch out on other prepared activities

• 5 minutes - passing out materials
• 10 minutes - taking turns reading the article out loud
• 5 minutes - explain sidebars or pictures
• 40 minutes - discuss the article