Jerry Hurst Training and Consultancy

Jerry Hurst BA (Hons) Dip Lib MCLIP is an experienced freelance practitioner, trainer and consultant. He is based in London, but works across the UK and beyond, with libraries, museums, galleries, archives, schools, youth services and other agencies. Jerry contributes to work with children, their parents and carers, teenagers or adults and to programmes covering the full range of service provision.

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Background
Jerry is a trainer for FPM Training, on the Leading Libraries leadership programme for Public Library managers. He is also a trainer for HeadSpace, the national project from The Reading Agency to develop engaging library spaces run in partnership between libraries and young volunteers, for The Reading Agency / Orange Chatterbooks children's reading groups programme and for Enjoying Reading, the Reading Agency resource in support of school / public library partnership.

Jerry is also a consultant / trainer for Their Reading Futures, The Reading Agency's library workforce development initiative and he is a Learning Consultant for Young Cultural Creators, the innovative reader and writer development programme funded by Museums, Libraries and Archives London.

In the 1990s he was Head of Young People's Library Services in the London Borough of Southwark, where he developed library-based Homework Help Clubs and Reading Groups for children, teenagers and families. Prior to this, Jerry was Head of Young People's Library Services in the London Borough of Waltham Forest.

Jerry has been a key member of senior management teams in the planning of services, the development of a new library (Peckham, in Southwark), the co-ordination and delivery of funding bids and the development of marketing, promotion and customer care strategies.

He has also worked as a Youth Librarian and as a Branch Librarian in Hackney and in Enfield, as a storyteller and as an occasional reviewer of children's books for publications including The Guardian. He has also been a judge for the Branford Boase Award.

Training to support work with readers and learners of all ages, interests and abilities
Jerry provides on-site training in the broad areas shown below. For more details of Jerry's training, click here select the 'Training courses' button on the left or click on the red headings.

Within each area are specific training options which are adaptable to the client's specific requirements. The content, level, approach and intended learning outcomes are always designed to reflect the client's brief. Jerry is also happy to create new courses to meet specific needs. This approach ensures that outcomes for participants are closely aligned with local service and staff development priorities. Current areas of training and individual training options:

Consulting and involving young people	Leading and being led: working with children and young people in promoting fiction and wider reading Leading and being led: young people as partners in service development and delivery Riding the tiger! Student involvement in school libraries and learning spaces in the 21st century The right stuff! Working with children and young people to create relevant and inspiring libraries
Customer care	Creating a user-centred service: a practical approach Creating a successful library for teenagers: a role for everyone Creating a welcoming, inspiring library: a whole staff approach Libraries inspiring young people: a role for everyone
Library-based study support	Planning, running and evaluating public library-based study support Planning, running and evaluating out-of-hours school library study support
Library provision for children and young people	Babies, bounce and Bookstart Children's reading: a practical introduction Children's [or family] reading groups: a practical introduction Children's [or family] reading groups: next steps Children's and young people's customer focus Creating the links: inspiring school libraries… independent reading… and students at Key Stage 3 and beyond Creating a successful library for children and young people: a role for everyone Effective engagement with children and young people Getting the whole school reading: a practical approach for primary schools Getting the whole school reading: a practical approach for secondary schools Hitting the mark: planning, evaluation and advocacy for children's and young people's library services Leading and being led: working with children and young people in promoting fiction and wider reading Leading and being led: young people as partners in service development and delivery Libraries inspiring young people: a role for everyone Libraries supporting learners: self-evaluation in the school library resource centre [Scotland] Making them matter: effective school class visits - a practical approach Marketing and promoting public library services to children and young people More than just reading out loud: storytelling with books for public libraries More than just reading out loud: storytelling with books in school. Foundation to Key Stage 2 Moving the library forward [school libraries] Planning for success: self-evaluation in the primary school library Planning for success: self-evaluation in the secondary school library / LRC Planning, running and evaluating public library-based study support Planning, running and evaluating out-of-hours school library study support Public libraries for children and young people: issues of social inclusion Reader development, ICT and the new media: approaches with children and young people Reader development supporting boys reading Riding the tiger! Student involvement in school libraries and learning spaces in the 21st century The right stuff! Working with children and young people to create relevant and inspiring libraries School reading groups: a practical approach Stronger together! Effective partnership working with schools Structure for learning: an introduction to the National Curriculum at Key Stage 1, 2 and 3 Teenage reading: a practical introduction Teenage reading groups: a practical introduction Teenage reading groups: next steps
Library provision for teenagers	Creating the links: inspiring school libraries… independent reading… and students at Key Stage 3 and beyond Creating a successful library for teenagers: a role for everyone Effective engagement with teenagers Libraries inspiring young people: a role for everyone Planning, running and evaluating public library-based study support Public libraries for children and young people: issues of social inclusion Riding the tiger! Pupil involvement in school libraries and learning spaces in the 21st century Teenage reading: a practical introduction Teenage reading groups: a practical introduction Teenage reading groups: next steps
Marketing and promotion	The essentials of marketing and promotion for archives The essentials of marketing and promotion for museums The essentials of marketing and promotion for public library services Marketing and promoting public library services to children and young people Writing a marketing plan
Partnership working	Stronger together! Effective partnership working with schools
Planning, evaluation and advocacy	Good school libraries: making a difference to learning Hitting the mark: planning, evaluation and advocacy for archives Hitting the mark: planning, evaluation and advocacy for children's and young people's library services Hitting the mark: planning, evaluation and advocacy for museums Hitting the mark: planning, evaluation and advocacy for public library services Hitting the mark: planning, evaluation and advocacy for school libraries Good school libraries: making a difference to learning Hitting the mark: planning, evaluation and advocacy for archives Hitting the mark: planning, evaluation and advocacy for children's and young people's library services Hitting the mark: planning, evaluation and advocacy for museums Hitting the mark: planning, evaluation and advocacy for public library services Hitting the mark: planning, evaluation and advocacy for school libraries Libraries supporting learners: self-evaluation in the school library resource centre [Scotland] Managing: up, down and all around Planning for success: self-evaluation in the primary school library Planning for success: self-evaluation in the secondary school library / LRC Project management: an introduction
Reader development	Adult reading groups: a practical introduction Adult reading groups: next steps Babies, bounce and Bookstart Children's reading groups: a practical introduction Children's reading groups: next steps Creating the links: inspiring school libraries… independent reading… and students at Key Stage 3 and beyond Getting the whole school reading: a practical approach for primary schools Getting the whole school reading: a practical approach for secondary schools Inspiring the library user: reader development in action More than just reading out loud: storytelling with books for public libraries More than just reading out loud: storytelling with books in school. Foundation to Key Stage 2 Practical, 'hands on' workshops introducing participants to ready-to-use reading activities for children, teenagers or adults. Sessions also support participants in creating new activities suitable for reading groups and other reader development situations Promoting reading in the primary school Promoting reading in the secondary school Reader development, ICT and the new media Reader development, ICT and the new media: approaches with children and young people Reader development supporting boys reading School reading groups: a practical approach Teenage reading: a practical introduction Teenage reading groups: a practical introduction Teenage reading groups: next steps
Reading activity workshops	Practical, 'hands on' workshops introducing participants to ready-to-use reading activities for children, teenagers or adults. Sessions also support participants in creating new activities suitable for reading groups and other reader development situations
School class visits	Making them matter: effective school class visits to the library / museum / archive - a practical approach
School library self-evaluation	Libraries supporting learners: self-evaluation in the school library resource centre [Scotland] Planning for success: self-evaluation in the primary school library Planning for success: self-evaluation in the secondary school library / LRC
Social inclusion - planning and practice	Free for all? Cradle to grave? Practical approaches to inclusion Public libraries for children and young people: issues of social inclusion Social inclusion in public library services: planning and practice
Stock selection and promotion	Never mind the width, feel the quality! Library stock promotion on a shoestring Setting out our stall: approaches to library stock, layout and presentation The write stuff? Stock selection and promotion as a focus for partnership with users and potential users
Storytelling with books	More than just reading out loud: storytelling with books for public libraries More than just reading out loud: storytelling with books in school. Foundation to Key Stage 2
Training designed to inspire and involve staff	The difference we make: ideas and approaches for improving our service The strongest link! How to work as an effective team member