Section VI: Stakeholder Survey

Survey
Survey Monkey was used to develop a teacher survey for stakeholders at the school. The
purpose of the survey was to gather teacher opinions about the media center and provide
direction for the future of the media center. The survey was anonymous. The link to the survey
was emailed to twenty teachers via school email. No incentive was offered for completion of the
survey. Eight teachers responded. The link to the survey is below:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RDW5SYN

Results
The results of the individual questions of the survey are included below:

Questions 9 and 10 were open-ended questions. Question 9 was as follows: What obstacles
have you encountered/do you envision when collaborating with the media specialists. Four out
of the eight participants responded to this question. Results found the following
obstacles/potential obstacles: too many distractions, lack of time, and lack of knowledge of
subject matter. Question 10 was as follows: How can the media specialist or the media center
better serve you as a teacher? Three of the eight participants responded to this question. Results
include the following: more technology resources/web 2.0 tools, more training on technology in
the classroom, and more and better communication.
Interpretation
Question 1 found that the majority (75%) of teachers schedule time in the library on a weekly
basis. However, it seems collaboration between classroom teachers and the media specialist is
rare with the majority of respondents indicating they never collaborate with the schools media
specialist (62.5%) or never invite the school media specialist to co-teach in their classroom
(75%). The media specialist is recognized as being useful by helping teachers learn new
information seeking skills (37.5% indicated the media specialist teaches new information seeking
skills monthly). The majority of teachers (62.5%) prefer the media centers budget should be
allocated on hardware including computers, printers, tablets, etc. The majority of respondents
indicated they very strongly agree (37.5%) or strongly agree (37.5%) that they usually find what
they need when visiting the media center. The most used resources in the media center,
according to our respondents, are fiction books (37.5%) and computers/printers (37.5%). The

large majority of respondents find the media center staff helpful and approachable (62.5%
strongly agree and 25% agree). Based on results of this survey, the media specialist has
obstacles to address in order to increase collaboration with teachers. This includes the perception
of a lack of time, a lack of specific subject material knowledge, and too many distractions. In the
future, teachers would like an increased level of communication with the media specialist, more
technology training in the classroom, and more technology.