April Parker Professional Growth Plan 2013 Complete MLIS May 2013 Apply for State of North Carolina Public Librarian Certificate Obtain employment locally in Greensboro or surrounding area (public/academic/special library) Register Queer People of Color Color as a non-profit Act as Community Advisor to the Women and Gender Studies Library Advisory Committee Join Friends of Jackson Library upon graduation Maintain Professional Organization membership: ALA GLBTRT, BCALA, NCLA, Progressive Library Guild Attempt to Publish Find additional mentorship 2014 Maintain employment: Ideally working even in a part time capacity as a librarian within a multicultural center/LGBTQ center. Have trained extensively in academic libraries and have collaborated with several public libraries. Become: A trained facilitator (with certification granted by the National Federation for Poetry/Bibliotherapy NFPT) Begin Training to become a biblotherapist by starting Certified Applied Poetry Facilitator (CAPF) program. (2 year program for the long distance CAPF includes two seminars, 8 hours of group supervision and 52 hours of one-to-one supervision.) Long Distance Program offered at A Palabra Counseling and Training Center. Requirements attend a seminar once a year for at least two years, facilitate one or more poetry therapy groups each week, and ccommit to one hour of supervision twice a month via phone or Skype. Offer bibliotherapy sessions at Greensboro Healthcare Cooperative facility Maintain Queerly Beloved: Greensboro’s LGBTQ Literature Circle Perform further research Attempt to publish Summer Bibliotherapy Internship at School of Life in London Serve on ALA GLBTRT Committee Maintain Professional Organization membership: ALA GLBTRT, BCALA, NCLA, Progressive Library Guild
2015 Maintain Employment Complete CAPF program Offer bibliotherapy sessions at Greensboro Healthcare Cooperative facility Perform Research Attempt to publish Write an LGBTQ children’s book (there is currently one book focused on gay aunt, would like to increase genre) Maintain Queerly Beloved: Greensboro’s LGBTQ Literature Circle Serve on ALA GLBTRT Committee Maintain Professional Organization membership: ALA GLBTRT, BCALA, NCLA, Progressive Library Guild Summer Internship: IHLIA, the International Gay and Lesbian Archive and Information Centre 2016 Begin PHD studies in MLIS Offer bibliotherapy sessions at Greensboro Healthcare Cooperative facility Maintain Queerly Beloved: Greensboro’s LGBTQ Literature Circle Serve on ALA GLBTRT Committee Maintain Professional Organization membership: ALA GLBTRT, BCALA, NCLA, Progressive Library Guild