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Section II: Philosophy/Mission Statement

Bulloch Academy’s Media Center Mission Statement: Providing support and instruction for

Bulloch Academy stakeholders as we strive to meet our school wide mission (Bulloch Academy

Home Page, 2017). The school’s mission statement is, “Challenging, Teaching and Nurturing

Tomorrow’s Leaders Today.” The Bulloch Academy Media Center is a place where students

can come to work, learn, and explore. It provides services to students and teachers as part of a

comprehensive educational experience. The student services are designed to assist the learner in

his/her ability to find, evaluate, generate and apply information. The media center’s mission is to

ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information by:

 Providing intellectual and physical access to materials.

 Providing instruction to foster competence and stimulate interest in reading, viewing,

and using information.

 Working with educators to design learning strategies to meet the needs to individual

students (Lanier, 2010).

The mission statement provides the purpose for the media center, which is to provide

support and instruction to the school’s stakeholders. The mission of the school’s library program

is to ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information. The librarian is

there to empower his/her students to be critical thinkers, readers, researchers and ethical users of

information (Librarians, 2009). It states that the media center provides access both intellectually

and physically to all stakeholders. The media center is open to students from 7:30-3:30. They

are able to visit the media center at any time during the day. The media specialist and her aid are

there to assist the students when they need help. The media specialist is there to assist the
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teachers in any way also. A significant number of students are very tech-savvy and as media

specialist we are there to ensure that all of our students know how to use the internet properly

(Librarians, 2009). Students are taught in their early technology classes about proper internet

usage. The use of our Iboss filtering system helps with blocking content. This current mission

statement/philosophy does not mention a climate that is conducive to learning. This particular

mission statement/philosophy lays out what services are available to the students but not the

climate in which they can thrive. The media center’s philosophy statement is where I found the

majority of the information that was needed to answer the questions that were posted for this

assignment. The media center’s philosophy statement can be found in the media center

handbook. The handbook is kept in the media specialist office. The mission statement

piggybacks off of the school’s mission statement. I feel that the mission statement could be

worded differently but come across with the same meaning if it included parts of the school’s

mission statement. I feel that using the term stakeholders, although technical, seems cold. I

would use students and teachers in its place. The new mission statement of the media center

would be “Providing support and instruction for Bulloch Academy students and teachers as we

strive to meet our school wide mission of challenging, teaching and nurturing tomorrow’s leaders

today.”

Section III: School Library Media Services Overview

Services

The Bulloch Academy media center provides many services to the almost 600 students that

attend daily. The school media specialist are also considered leaders, instructional partners,

information specialist, teacher and program administrator (Librarians, 2009).

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Services include:

 Computers with printing available 7:30-3:30 daily

 Laminating for teachers on Tuesday and Thursday

 Teachers can reserve media center for small group instruction/testing

 Teachers have various educational websites available to them, some include

o CNN10

o Brain Pop

o Discovery Streaming

o PBS Learning Media

o Edmodo

 Book Fair 2 times a year (Fall and Spring)

 Grandparent’s Day/Friends of the Library Book Drive

 Parents are able to hold meetings after school hours with prior approval by the

administration

 Laptop carts available for use during school hours

 Book Binding

 Story time for grades Pre-K-1st weekly

 Class instruction on researching and technology usage available upon request by

teachers/administrators

 Copy services

 Technology assistance to teachers and students

 Instruction on web 2.0 tools

 Unit collaboration with teachers

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Analysis and Critique Based on Needs of 21st Century Learner

The media center does a good job of meeting the needs of teachers and students. The

services do not all meet the needs of the 21st century learner. Some of the websites that are

used by the teachers are password protected and students do not have access to those in and

out of school. Many of the services that are provided to the teachers are not available to

students. The media center clerk is only a part time employee, many days the media center

will see 400+ books come in and out of the media center. This position could actually be a

full time position given the amount of traffic and other services that the media center

provides to the students and teachers.

Analysis and Critique Based on BYOT/BOYD

The school has a BYOT/BYOD policy but it is not relevant to the section of the media

center policies.

Analysis and Critique Based of Web 2.0

The use of web 2.0 tools are not addressed in the Bulloch Academy media center

policies. The media specialist along with a variety of grade level teachers could compile a

list of web 2.0 tools that would be beneficial to all teachers across the different grade levels.

If a teacher comes across a web 2.0 tool that he/she would like to use and it is blocked, they

can request that it be unblocked. They make this request to the technology department and

they will look into the web 2.0 tool and find what is blocking its use. They will then unblock

the web 2.0 tool for the teacher.

Analysis and Critique Based on e-books

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The Bulloch Academy media center policies do not address e-books and e-readers. The

use of e-books and e-readers would be covered under Bulloch Academy’s circulation policy.

Analysis and Critique Based on Learning Commons

Learning commons is not mentioned in the school’s policies. This would be a good

opportunity for the media specialist to do some in-service training for the teachers. Many of our

new teachers promote learning commons, but some of our more veteran teachers have difficulty

with this idea. Times are changing and students now require a place that encourages participatory

learning and allows for co-construction of understanding from a variety of sources (Holland,

2015).

Circulation Policy

The Bulloch Academy Media Center’s has a different checkout policy for Pre-K and

kindergarten than the rest of the school. Pre-K and kindergarten come every week for story time.

At that time the students return their book from the previous week and check out another book.

They are not allowed to check out another book until they bring their other book back. If they

happen to bring their book back before the next story time the teacher or her assistant will bring

the student over for them to check out a new book. Students in first grade are allowed to check

out one book at a time and return it when they have taken an Accelerated Reader test over the

book or when the student has finished reading the book. This rule is put in place by the two first

grade teachers. They have this rule in place so their students will begin and continue good book

handling/returning habits. These students come over in small groups daily with their teacher or

assistant. Students in 2nd-5th grade are allowed to check out 2 books at a time. There is a

specific combination of books the students are allowed to check out. They can either check out 2
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picture books, 2 non-fiction/biography or a combination of 1 chapter book and 1 picture or non-

fiction book. The middle and high school, 6th-12th grade are allowed to check out 1 chapter book

at a time. Students are not required to take AR test on the books they read. The test scores and

percentages are use to help students reach their AR goals that they set. If students have already

made their AR goals, they will wait until the next 9 weeks to take test on the books they read

after making their goals. All books in the media center are checked out for 2 week periods. All

research and reference materials are to stay in the media center and are not available for

checkout. If a student needs a book to be checked out longer than the two week period, they are

asked to come into the media center and renew the items they have checked out.

Late notices are sent out every 2 weeks to teachers. The media center sends the notices

home on Mondays. Monday is the day that all important notices go home in the lower school’s

take home folder. If students do not return the book by the end of that week the media center

clerk will follow up with the student. If the student cannot find the book, it will then be marked

in the system as lost and the student will then have to pay for the lost book. The student will not

be allowed to check out any more books until it paid for and their progress report or report card

will also be held.

Teachers are allowed to check out as may books and/or resources as they would like.

Teacher technology resources are available to be checked out for the whole year. We ask that

teachers return books using the same two week schedule as the students. If teachers need to keep

the books longer than two weeks all they have to do is email the media specialist and she will

renew the books for them. Teachers will receive a late notice just like the students if an item is

out longer than two weeks. If they are going to use the books and/or materials for longer than
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two weeks they are asked to just let the media specialist know so that the items can be renewed

after that time period.

The media center has a few parents who come and check out books for their students or

themselves. The Bulloch Academy media center allows parents to come in and check out no

more than five books at a time. The parents who use the media center follow the same timeline

as the students. They are to return the books within two weeks or contact the media center to

have the books renewed. Parents may send their books back with their child instead of bringing

them back in themselves.

Currently the media center at Bulloch Academy does not have an e-Book collection or e-

Readers. The laptop carts are to be checkout by teachers not individual students. The teachers

are able to check out the whole laptop cart to use in their classroom. The media center asks that

the teachers take the whole cart and not just a few computers at the time, this keeps all laptops

together and in one place. Teachers sign out carts using a calendar on the circulation desk.

Analysis and Critique Based on Needs of 21st Century Learner

The circulation policy does not meet standards for the 21st century learner. There is no

mention about being able to access the Online Public Access Catalog, OPAC, at home to look up

books. The card catalog is available at the circulation desk, but is not accessible to students.

The media center staff is the only ones who have access to this. Students are able to use

computers and laptops at school but are unable to check them out to take home for the night

and/or weekend. I would create a media center website that has a link to the online card catalog.

Most students have computers/laptops/tablets at home but we have a few who may not. I would

suggest to the technology department that they purchase a few laptops that could be checked out
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of the media center. The students and parents would have to sign a release form stating that they

would pay for any damages to the laptop.

Analysis and Critique Based on BYOT/BOYD

BYOT/BYOD is new to Bulloch Academy this year. Students in grades 9-12 are allowed

to bring and use their own personal devices with a signed permission form. Students are able to

use their devices for educational purposes. The students are not allowed to connect their devices

to the school network or wireless internet connection without a username and password assigned

to them from the technology department. The teachers devices are connected to the wireless

through a password that it installed by one of the teachers in the technology department. If

students are abusing the privilege of having their own device on campus teachers and/or

administrators can restrict their usage. Personally, I think that it is beneficial to students to

bring their own devices. The students are already familiar with the operating system their

computer uses and can easily navigate their computer.

Analysis and Critique Based of Web 2.0

The use of web 2.0 tools are not addressed in the Bulloch Academy media center

policies. The media specialist along with a variety of grade level teachers could compile a list of

web 2.0 tools that would be beneficial to all teachers across the different grade levels.

Analysis and Critique Based on e-books

Currently the school does not have e-Readers or e-Books available to students. This is

something that is being discussed among the administration. Many students are going to e-

Books and e-Readers rather than actual paper books. Having these available to students would

certainly bring the Bulloch Academy media center into the 21st century.
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Analysis and Critique Based on Learning Commons

Learning commons is not relevant to the circulation policy.

Scheduling Policy

The Bulloch Academy media center is opened Monday-Friday from 7:30 am-3:30 pm

with the exception of weekends and school holidays. The schedule of the media center is

flexible and is in place to accommodate the students and their needs. Teachers who need to use

the media center for whole class instruction are asked to sign up on the calendar located at the

circulation desk. The media center has an instructional area that will accommodate 1 class.

There are twenty desktop computers available for groups of students to come and use 4 at a time.

Teachers are to give their students a time limit to visit the media center independently. Teachers

are able to send the students to the media center independently at any time during the day in

small groups.

 Book Return/Checkout: No more than 4 students at a time.

 Reading: No more than 2 at a time.

 Research: No more than 4 students at a time.

 Computers: No more than 5 at a time.

 Testing: As many as the teacher needs to send. The teacher will prearrange this with

the media center staff.

Analysis and Critique Based on Needs of 21st Century Learner

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This complies with the 21st Century Learner model that students need to access

information efficiently and effectively and to manage the flow of information from a wide

variety of sources. The media center is opened to students before and after school and during

school hours. Students have computers and laptops accessible to them during the day. The

media center is available for teachers to use for large group and small group instruction. The

media center’s schedule is flexible, but things could always be updated or changed. A way that

the media center could move into the 21st century by putting the scheduling online. Teachers

would have to go online to reserve the media center for large or small group instruction.

Analysis and Critique Based on BYOT/BOYD

The BYOT/BOYD is not relevant to the media center’s scheduling policy.

Analysis and Critique Based on Web 2.0

Teachers who use web 2.0 tools may sign up to use the media center carts and/or desktop

computers to allow students to create their projects. When the media center website is created

there will be links to various web 2.0 tools provided by the teachers. Students would be able to

access these tools at home.

Analysis and Critique Based on e-books

The Bulloch Academy media center policies do not address e-books and e-readers. The

use of e-books and e-readers would be covered under Bulloch Academy’s circulation policy.

Analysis and Critique Based on Learning Commons

Learning commons is not relevant to the scheduling policy of the Bulloch Academy

media center.
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Ethics and Legal Principles

Bulloch Academy requires that its faculty and staff become familiar with the U.S.

copyright laws. Teachers are given handouts at the beginning of each school year reminding

them of the copyright laws. Copies of the copyright laws are posted in both workrooms as well

as on the door to the closet with contains the DVDs and VHSs. Any new copyright law updates

are emailed out to teachers. The handout that we currently use can be found at

http://www.halldavidson.net/copyright_chart.pdf .

The 21st Century Learner has a wealth of information available to them at their fingertips.

The media specialist, technology director and teachers work together to help students become

good digital citizens. The three work together to teach students how to navigate the internet

using sites that are not harmful to them and contains age appropriate material. Close monitoring

by teachers and media center staff help to patrol what students are viewing on the internet.

Bulloch Academy has wireless internet throughout the campus for educational purposes.

The administration at Bulloch Academy know that the internet is a powerful and useful research

tool. The Internet Agreement Form was created using specific points from the Children’s

Internet Protection Act, or CIPA. The information can be found at

https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/childrens-internet-protection-act. Websites are evaluated

by the administration as well as iboss, the schools CIPA compliance software. Teachers are also

encourage to instruct students on how to become good digital citizens. The Bulloch Academy

Media Center Handbook defines educational purposes, as to include classroom activities, and

limited high-quality self-discovery activities. The classroom teacher monitors the students’

internet use when in the classroom and the media center staff monitors the students’ internet use
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when in the media center. For the students to be able to use the internet while on campus they

must have a singed Internet Agreement Form. This form is signed by both the parent and the

student. The Internet Agreement Forms are kept on file in the media center. It allows the

students access to resources found on the internet in both the media center and in computer lab

settings. Bulloch Academy’s internet use and policies can be found in the Bulloch Academy

2016-2017 School Handbook on pages 49-52 at http://www.bullochacademy.com/home/wp-

content/uploads/2015/04/Student-Handbook-2016-2017.pdf.

Analysis and Critique Based on Needs of 21st Century Learner

The media center handbook has a section on plagiarism. This section is more of a helpful

hints reminder for teachers. The majority of plagiarism instruction is put in the teachers hands to

instruct the students. Teachers should take the time at the beginning of the year to instruct

students on plagiarism. This would be a good opportunity for the media specialist to instruct the

students on how to avoid plagiarism in their papers. There is no mention in the policy about

being good digital citizens. The media specialist and teachers could collaborate together to

instruct students on being good digital citizens.

Analysis and Critique Based on BYOT/BOYD

This is a new concept at Bulloch Academy. Students and parents just have to read and

sign a release form stating the rules and consequences. It is up to the teachers to allow the

students to use their own devices in their classes. This may have to be reviewed and reworked as

technology changes and time passes.

Analysis and Critique Based of Web 2.0

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Web 2.0 tools are not specifically mentioned in the ethics and legal principles policies.

The policies do mention safe internet use, but not specifically web 2.0 tools. More teachers are

using web 2.0 tools in their classrooms and this will need to be reviewed and revamped in the

future. If a certain web 2.0 tool is blocked but the Iboss filtering system the teacher will need to

inform the technology department. When notified the technology department will enter the

address of the specific web 2.0 tool and the students will then have access to it at school. When

at home the web 2.0 tool would not be blocked so students will have freedom to work on the

project at home.

Analysis and Critique Based on e-books

The Bulloch Academy media center policies do not address e-books and e-readers. The

use of e-books and e-readers would be covered under Bulloch Academy’s circulation policy.

Analysis and Critique Based on Learning Commons

“Libraries are reinventing themselves as content becomes more accessible online and

their role becomes less about housing tomes and more about connecting learners and

constructing knowledge” (Holland, 2015). This will require students to be cognizant of the rules

that the school has put out for internet use and copyright infringement. Teachers will need to

monitor their students, internet use when working in their learning commons.

Overall Assessment of School’s Media Center

As I look over Bulloch Academy’s current situation and services, I feel that they are a

little outdated, and does not fit all of the needs for the 21st century learner. As a small private

school they do not always have the resources and funds available to keep up with the ever

changing world of technology.

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I think that some of the rules for checking out books need to be changed. Some children

can read faster than others and can read more than two picture books in a day, especially over the

weekend. The media center clerk is very strict about not being able to check out books if they

have more than 2 out, even if they forgot their book that day. I would suggest that students be

allowed to have more than two books checked out at a time. The card catalog is digital, but is

not available to students online. Also, there is not a specific station where students can look up

books on their own. The media center clerk looks up the books for the student. There are plans

for the future to purchase 2 laptop computers where students will be able to look up their own

books. Also, the media specialist is working on creating a media center website that will have an

OPAC for the students and parents to access both at home and at school.

With this particular scheduling policy students are able to freely use the media center’s

available technology. The scheduling seems to work well as it is currently. There is a tendency

for it to get loud, but the teachers are good at reminding their students that others are working in

the media center.

The ethics policy is very vague in discussing being a good digital citizen. The internet

policy lists unacceptable uses for the internet but does not talk specifically about being a good

digital citizen. Bulloch Academy has modified their policy this year to include things that were

not in the previous policy. The policy details the consequences for those students who use the

computer and internet inappropriately. The new version of the policy can be found on pages 49-

52 at http://www.bullochacademy.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Student-Handbook-

2016-2017.pdf .

BYOT/BYOD is new to Bulloch Academy this year. Students in grades 9-12 are allowed

to bring and use their own personal devices with a signed permission form. Students are able to
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use their devices for educational purposes. The students are not allowed to connect their devices

to the school network or wireless internet connection. If students are abusing the privilege of

having their own device on campus teachers and/or administrators can restrict their usage.

Personally, I think that it is beneficial to students to bring their own devices. They are already

familiar with the operating system their computer uses and can easily navigate their computer.

Bulloch Academy does not have specific web 2.0 tools that they use. Many of the

younger teachers use these with their students, where the more veteran teachers are not familiar

with these newer tools. I have spoken with a few teachers about different web 2.0 tools that I

have experimented with in my courses at Georgia Southern. If the school were to have an in-

service training on some useful web 2.0 tools I think that some teachers would be willing to use

them in their classes. The web 2.0 tools give students a new way to present information learned.

These tools use new technology and eye catching presentations.

Currently the school does not have e-Readers or e-Books available to students. This is

something that is being discussed among the administration. Many students are going to e-

Books and e-Readers rather than actual paper books. Having these available to students would

certainly bring the Bulloch Academy media center into the 21st century.

Section IV: School Library Media Center Facilities

Analysis of the Overall Learning Climate

The media center at Bulloch Academy is in an older building that was once the

gymnasium for the school. The media center is somewhat outdated with regards to furnishing

and décor, but inviting to the students. The media center is a wide open room with only book

shelves defining the different areas of the media center. The walls are painted a butter yellow
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and are in need of updating. The new media specialist has added quotes pertaining to education

and reading around the room to try and add a little something to brighten up the room. The

media center is staffed by a full time media specialist and a part time media clerk. This is the

media specialist 2nd year in her role. The media clerk has been in her position for 10 years. With

the hiring of the new media specialist, there seems to be a lighter mood with students when they

enter the media center. The media center also has high school aids who work during the day at

different times. These students help with running errands, working the circulation desk, shelving

books, and some even read during story time to the younger students.

Sections of the Media Center and its Furnishings

The media center at Bulloch Academy is dated but welcoming to students. It is located

between the middle and high school halls of the upper school building. There are two doors that

allow access to the media center, one from each hall. There are 8 round wooden tables with

enough seating for 32 students. These tables form a U shape where teachers can hold class if

needed. If class needs to be held in the media center teachers and students have access to a

SmartBoard and LCD projector with a dedicated computer to use for instructional purposes. The

tables are large and round with 4 solid wooden chairs at each table. For a long time period the

chairs can become uncomfortable. Students have access to 20 desktop computers which are

found around the outer walls of the media center. The same wooden chairs that are found at the

round tables are also the ones at each computer station. In the area designated for story time

there is an older wooden bench with a padded seat. This is the only seating of its type in the

media center. In the media center there are 4 metal carts that we use for various displays. One

of those carts is the new book cart. We use this cart to display new books that we have in the

media center.
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Each section of the media center is defined with shelving. The media center is broken

down into sections: fiction chapter books, biographies, non-fiction, teacher resources, references

and easy readers (pictures books). The easy readers are broken down by Accelerated Reader

levels and then alphabetized. This section in located near the area where story time is held 2

days a week. The back wall of the media center is designated just for chapter book series. The

biographies and reference books are situated on a tall shelf on the wall adjacent to the book

series shelf. We have three double sided shelves of fiction books. These are located behind the

tables and towards the back of the media center. All of the bookshelves are metal with wooden

endcaps. The shelves in the easy reader and non-fiction sections are 4 feet high. The chapter

books, biographies, series books, references and teacher resource bookshelves are 6 feet high.

The bottom shelves are used for storage of class sets of books. This was system was started by

our previous media specialist and seems to work well.

The circulation desk is at the front of the media center between the two entrance doors. It

has one computer for checking out books. When students are returning books to the media

center they are to place them on the counter near the computer as they come in. Also, found at

the circulation desk are the printers that are used by teachers as well as students. All of the

computers in the media center as well as the two laptop carts are wirelessly linked to those two

computers. The color printer accessibility is only available to teachers and media center staff.

Behind the circulation desk are two offices. The new lamination machine is kept behind the

circulation desk. The media clerk, media specialist and aids are the only ones who are allowed

to use the laminator. The laminate on Tuesdays and Thursdays. There are two desk on each wall

behind the circulation desk. One of those desk belongs to the media clerk and the other desk is

used as a lookup station by our coaches and manintence man. There are also two offices located
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behind the circulation desk. The two offices belong to the media specialist and the middle

school athletic director. These offices have large open windows that can see into the media

center. Each office has a desk, computer, dedicated phone line and the back wall lined with book

shelves.

To the right and left of the circulation desk you will find two rooms. The room to the

right houses the schools computer servers, DVD and VHS collections, and a storage area. The

back wall has wooden shelves that hold the DVD/VHS collections. The servers are on the left

side of the room along with the security camera recording equipment. The storage area is on the

back wall of the room. The room to the left of the circulation desk is the teacher workroom.

This teacher work room is used by the middle and high school teachers. It houses the two

copies, Scantron machine and paper cutter. There is a large rectangular table for teachers to

work or eat their lunch. The Scantron machine and paper cutter sit atop a long cabinet. This

cabinet is used to store blank Scantron forms and extra copy machine toner.

Temperature/Lighting/Sounds/Traffic

The media center is in the center of the building which was once the gymnasium. The gym was

converted to make the upper school and media center. We have a “floating” ceiling above us,

which acts like a greenhouse of hot days. On those days the media centers central heat and air

work hard to keep it at 73 degrees. During the cooler months it is often cooler in the media center

and the heather has to work a little harder to keep up with the temperature that is set.
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The lighting in the media center can be harsh at times. The only lighting is the florescent

lights from the ceiling. There are large windows on each side of the media center that look out

into the middle and high school halls, but those let little natural light into the building.

Sound is not a big problem in the media center. The media center floor is covered in a

kaleidoscope of colors. The carpet squares were donated by a local company and put down in a

random way. The floor can be somewhat distracting because of the random colors and patterns

of the carpet squares.

Most of our media center traffic comes for the students in the lower school. The high

volume lower school traffic comes between the hours of 8-9 and 2-3 every day. Monday

mornings are very busy with students returning books from the weekend and Friday afternoons

when they come to check out their books for the weekend. The media center is also used for

class instruction and whole class computer use frequently. If teachers need to use the media

center they sign up in a calendar that is located at the circulation desk. When a whole class

comes into the media center the nose level can get louder than usual, but the teachers are good at

reminding students to keep their voices low when working in groups.

Accessibility

The Bulloch Academy media center is wheelchair accessible. Students may need

assistance entering the media center because both door open outward out into the hallway and

not inward into the media center. The room is large and open, this should not be a problem for

wheelchairs to move about the media center. In the fiction book section of the media center the

rows are narrower than in the other sections. They will only allow for a wheelchair to go up and
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down them without anyone else being in the row. Special needs students may need help getting

books located on the higher shelves down. There are a good many foreign exchange students

enrolled at Bulloch Academy. The majority of the students speak and understand English.

Those that have problems use their translators. For those students who ask for help, I show and

tell them how do what they are asking about instead of just telling them.

Fiction chapter book rows behind the Two rows of picture books. The non-
round tables for class instruction fiction books are on the row to the right
and on the shelves that are on the right
side of the row.

Laptop cart charging station. The back wall that holds chapter book series.
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Small portion of the reference section One side of the media center outer wall that holds
of the media center. desktop computers for the students to use. The
exact same set up is on the other outer wall.

Circulation desk with the two offices behind it. The The Smartboard that is used for
teacher workroom is the room to the left and the class instruction and meetings.
server/storage room is the room to the right.
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Virtual Facilities

Bulloch Academy does a good job at keeping up with the changing technology, but as a

small private school the budget is a big concern. Wireless is available throughout the whole

campus. The media center contains 20 desktop computers that are available to students before,

during and after school. Teachers can sign up as a class to use the desktop computers. Two

laptop carts and 2 Google Chrome carts with 25 computers on each cart are stored in the media

center. Those carts are available to the teachers to check out and take back to their classrooms.

The laptop carts are able to print to the media centers two wireless printers. If students bring

their own devices they are able to have access to the schools wireless internet. One of the rooms

in the media center house the school’s servers as well as the security camera recording

equipment. Teachers also have available for checkout 4 Elmos, 3 overheads and 5 SmartTablets.

The media center does not have a separate website, but it is in the plans for the coming school

year. Parents can access AR information n from the school’s main website under the

academics heading. The school has a filtering software system in place through iboss. Students

are only allowed to view materials that have been filtered. Material is blocked on the basis of

key words that are inappropriate or danger for students to view. Teachers can speak with our

technology director to get websites or key words unblocked so students are able to view material

they will need to use for class instruction. Currently the school does not have e-books or e-

readers, but that is something that the board is looking into adding to the media center.

The school does not have a dedicated website, but would like to get one created for the

upcoming school year. The students use Destiny as their online catalog and circulation system.

The school participates in Accelerated Reader through Renaissance. Parents and students have

access to AR from home. Parents can view their child’s points total and scores on test taken.
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Parents can even get this information on their mobile devices. When implemented the school’s

website would contain resources helpful to both parents and students. It would have a Symbaloo

for each school; lower, middle, and high. These pages would focus on students past and present

topics of study. The website would also have author and book features, and upcoming events

pertaining to the media center.

Changes Needed to the Facility

There are positives as well as changes that can be made to the Bulloch Academy media

center. The media center is inviting to the students as it is, but could use some upgrades. The

majority of the changes that need to be made are updating the physical and virtual facilities. To

be able to make these upgrades and changes, the media center needs money. Each year the

media specialist uses what is left in the year’s budget to make little improvements in the media

center. If the media specialist does not use the money it gets absorbed into the general budget.

There needs to be space where students have soft seating and can meet in small groups rather

than sit at the large tables that are used for class instruction. The furniture serves the purpose for

students to work, but new furniture is now on the market where when put together it makes large

tables or they can be broken apart for smaller group work. The media specialist had the art

teacher come in and paint quotes and murals on the wall. The students were really excited to see

the change at the beginning of the year. The media specialist is in talks with the headmaster

about creating a media center website that would be affiliated with the school’s website. The

students seem to like using the laptops more than the desktops. I would suggest when it is time

for the desktops to be phased out replace them with laptop computers, to have more of a café feel

with counters instead of big bulking computer tables. There was a conference room in the back

of the media center that is now the development office for the school. This is where students
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would go and have a quiet area to take test. The school needs to find another area/room for

students who need quiet to go and take test or just have a quiet area to study. There needs to be a

room for the computers. This would open up lots of floor spaces around the outer walls of the

media center where they could put soft group seating. A separate area for lower school story

time would be beneficial not only to the lower school students but to those working in the media

center. There is a plan to build a new administration and media center wing at Bulloch

Academy. The media specialist will have a chance to give her input in the design of the new

media center. She hopes that they will take some of her suggestions when drawing up the plans.

Section V: Budget Plan

Budget Sources
The media center at Bulloch Academy starts each year out with a $2,000.00 budget.

Since Bulloch Academy is a private school the money allocated for the media center is

determined by the headmaster and board of trustees. If you break down the money that is

allocated in the budget the media center gets roughly $3.33 per student. General office supplies

used in the media center and laminating film are taken out of the media centers budget.

The media center has the opportunity to help build their yearly budget but hosting 2 book

fairs and “The Friends of the Library” book drive. The book drive helps Bulloch Academy by

adding hardback books to the school’s media center. This event usually brings around 150 new

books into the media center each year. They hold the book fair twice a year, once in the fall and

again in the spring. The money raised from the book fair is split between cash money and

Scholastic Dollars. The media specialist uses the scholastic dollars to purchase books and

resources requested by the teachers. They keep $1,500.00 cash from each book fair to go into

the media center budget. The two book fairs together add $3,000.00 to the media center budget.
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As the media specialist feels that they have adequate funding to meet the needs for thier

current media center. It helps the media center budget with the technology department paying

for the Accelerated Reader subscription. The media center has enough funding to purchase the

necessary books and supplies needed for the students and teachers at Bulloch Academy. There

are plans in the future to build a new media center, but as of right now they are in their current

location. The current media center needs to be updated with new seating and other furnishings.

There are plans to purchase two laptops and stands where students can look up their own books,

rather than ask someone to look them up for them. As technology changes, the media center

could always use new technology or update the current technology that we have.

Budgeting Plan
Empowering Learners states, “The school library program requires solid funding to support

teaching and learning throughout the school. By creating a budget that is beneficial to both the

students and the teachers, the media center can purchase the books, resources and supplies

needed to help make 21st century learners. When the media specialist looks at spending for the

media center she bases her budget off of the $2,000.00 that she gets annually and the $3,000.00

she makes at the book fairs. This $5,000.00 budget is what she bases her spending for the year

on. If she has any money left over at the end of the year she uses it to update the media centers

overall appearance to make it more inviting to the students. To help meet one of the goals she

set for the media center, it would be to change to the Atriuum Book System and OPAC. This

would be used on the new media center website that will be created. This system will help

students become 21st century learners. This new website would allow students to research topics

both on and off campus and look up books in the media center. This would take a large chunk

out of the budget but the media specialist thinks that this will be worth it in the long run to help
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meet the technology goals set. New updated furniture is needed in the media center. After

pricing new tables and chairs for large group seating the total is over the budget for the media

center. The media specialist would use $1,000.00 of the budget to purchase furniture that is

comfortable and students could sit and work in small groups, read or just hang out together. The

media specialist said that she would shop wisely looking for the best buy for the money that she

has budgeted. Having this type of seating allows students to work in a comfortable area and

where they can work together and feel that they are not in a classroom setting. The media

specialist has allocated $900.00 for new technology to be used with the new Atriuum Book

System. This will be for 2 new look up stations and stands to be placed in two different places in

the media center.

There are a few things that she would like to have in the media center but would require

additional funds to purchase. With Bulloch Academy being a private school they are not allowed

to apply for many grants or DonorsChoose.org. The funds needed for the media center has to

come from donations to the school and the fundraisers that they participate in. To replace the 9

tables they currently have the cost would be $6400.00 and the chairs would add another

$3,500.00. The addition of GALILEO would benefit the students. Being in the GISA, the

schools participate in a consortium for GALILEO. The current cost per student is $10.60, and

with roughly 600 students that is a big expense of $6360.00. This could possibly be paid for by a

donor who wants their money to go toward technology.

Spending

Atriuum Book System and OPAC : $3,079.00

New collaboration furniture: $1000.00

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New Technology: $900.00

Section VI: Planning for the Future

Long Range Goals

After taking the media specialist job last year, I have set some goals that I would like to

see come to fruition in the media center. All of the goals that I have created come from the need

to update our media center and to bring it up to date with other school media centers in the

county. Bulloch Academy is a private school and does not receive the funds that most public

schools do. While my goals may not seem long range for some, for our school they are. The

goals created are created in a way that helps students achieve the school’s mission statement of

“Challenging, teaching and nurturing tomorrow’s leaders today.”

My first goal is to update technology available in the media center to meet the

educational needs of the students and teachers. By having updated technology the students are
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able to use new programs that are sometimes not compatible with older computers/technology.

New technology is quicker and helps students locate information at a faster pace. The

technology that most students have at home is the updated version. When using the older

version at school they sometimes get confused on how to navigate through the programs. “The

school librarian ensures that technology and telecommunications infrastructure is adequate to

support teaching and learning” (AASL, 2009, p.33). Technology is always updating and

changing. The computers that we have in the media center are in need of upgrading as well as

the programs that are available for use on those computers. Students are now able to read books

for pleasure as well as their textbooks on e-readers as well as other personal devices. Our media

center does not have that type of technology available to students. As media specialist we need

to keep our media centers up to date with the current technology that our students are using. Our

school’s mission is to challenge, teach and nurture tomorrow’s leaders today. If we cannot offer

updated technology how can we challenge our students to use new technology available to them

to become better students and leaders. There are many digital resources available for use in

school libraries. Looking at the list that Johnson presents on pages 70-71, Bulloch Academy has

3 out of the 8 digital resources: Streaming, video collections, curriculum programs, and online

tutorial or training programs (Johnson, 2003, p 70-71.).

The second goal would be to provide new area configurations and seating options in the

media center to allow students to promote student interaction and large and small group learning.

The media center is oddly configured with wood table and chairs in the center of the room with

computer tables around the outside walls. In Empowering Learners it states, The school librarian

should create a friendly, comfortable, well-lit, aesthetically pleasing, and ergonomic space that is

centrally located and well integrated with the rest of the school. The school librarian designs
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learning spaces that accommodate a range of teaching methods, learning tasks, and learning

outcomes (AASL, 2009, p. 33). The way the media center is set up plays a part in the flow of the

media center. The furniture available in the media center is uncomfortable and bulky. The

students would benefit with areas where they could meet in small groups with comfortable

seating. Upholstered seating, flexible furniture arrangements, and attention to aesthetics in

lighting and color help make libraries places where students want to be. (Johnson, 2013, p. 112).

Johnson also states that students feel that the school library fits the description of a “third place”

which is an area for informal social gathering outside the home. The library is also seen as a

learning commons, where exemplary teaching and learning are showcased; where all

professional development, teaching and learning experimentation and action research happens

(Johnson, 2013, p. 113). The rows of books could use some reconfiguring, due to the tight fit

for students who may need mobile assistance. Students and teachers would also benefit by

having a separate computer lab adjacent to the media center where teachers can hold whole class

research in one area instead of spread out all over the media center. By making the media center

a more inviting area, students may spend more time in the media center completing course work,

research and holding small group study sessions.

My third long range goal is to collaborate with teachers in learning, planning with and

using the media center and technology available to plan lessons to enrich the material presented

to the students. I would love to be able to plan and collaborate with the other teachers. This

would better serve the students in that as the media specialist I would be able to show them

different resources available to them to use in their classes. When teachers and media specialist

collaborate together it helps to meet the school’s mission statement of challenging, teaching and

nurturing tomorrow’s leaders today. When the two work together they can create ways to
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challenge their students to make them better thinkers and citizens. Many of the older teachers

still teach with just the textbook. By using available resources teachers would be able to enhance

their lessons and grab their student’s attention. Technology is constantly changing and we as

library media specialists have a responsibility to share with our staff and students ways it can

enhance the curriculum and learning. Collaboration is a great way for us to impact student

learning through meaningful, curriculum-connected learning experiences (Heard, 2007, p. 24).

My fourth long range would be to create and launch a media center website with

information and links to sources students and teachers can use both on and off campus. By

having a website, it will help students become 21st century learners. They will be able to connect

to vast amount of resources that available to the both on and off campus. The school librarian

designs and maintains a library website that provides 24-7 access to digital information

resources, instructional interventions, reference services, links to other libraries and academic

sites, information for parents and exhibits of exemplary student work. Virtual access allows

students and teachers to take advantage of the school library’s resources after hours and provides

continual support for teaching and learning (AASL, 2009, p. 33). This is a very important

feature in creating a 21st century library. The media center at Bulloch Academy currently does

not have any type of parent communication in place, with the exception of late notices. This

would help connect parents to what is going on in the media center. It also provides parents,

students and teachers a way to access information from home. The website would contain the

online card catalog along with resources and databases gathered from teacher input. This new

website would be introduced to parents in teacher meetings/newsletters and then promoted by the

teachers (Johnson, 2013, p. 73). The media center’s web page allows students to take a

leadership role in their learning. With 21st century learners being technology savvy, a well
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thought out media center website full of useful links will benefit those students when working on

and off campus.

Objectives and Evaluations

Goal 1
To update technology available in the media center to meet the needs of the students and

teachers.

Objective 1a
Media specialist will update card catalog and OPAC system to one that can be accessed on the

media center website and/or personal device.

Evaluation1a

The media specialist will research card catalog and OPAC systems that can be accessed virtually.

Objective 1b

Media specialist will update desktops to laptops and tablets.

Evaluation1b

The media specialist will research grants available to update technology in the media center. She

will also research what types of computers and tablets would be beneficial for the media center.

Objective 1c

Research and subscribe to online database and references sources like GALILEO.

Evaluation 1c
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The media specialist will research free or low cost databases that students and teachers can

accessed virtually using the media center website.

Goal 1 Timeline

The media will research different card catalogs and OPAC systems during the last month

of the school year. The media specialist will visit other schools and school systems websites to

see how their systems function when accessing from off campus. The media specialist will

compile a list of card catalog and OPAC system information to present to the headmaster for the

system to be purchased before the end of the fiscal year and to be in place before school starts in

August.

After consulting with the technology director the media specialist will create a list of

what is needed for the media center. As the school year progresses the media specialist will

investigate and research grants available to the school in which they can use to purchase new

laptops and tablets for the media center. The media center will use funds from the book fairs in

November and February to make up the difference from the grants. If grants are not available

the media specialist will continue to save the book fairs proceeds and use them to purchase

laptops and tablets. This objective will be ongoing throughout the year with the media specialist

applying for grants that become available as the year progresses.

Online databases are beneficial for students when conducting research for assignments.

The media center will collect information during the first two weeks of school from the teachers

about what they are looking for in research databases. The media specialist will take 3 weeks to

compile all of the wants/needs of the teachers. After that time the media specialist will take

another 3 weeks to research free or low cost database that can be accessed virtually and make a
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list of those with the prices of each and the priority in which they are needed. After compiling

the list the media specialist will have to discuss funding the databases that are not free to the

public with the headmaster. The headmaster will then have to bring these items in front of the

board of trustees.

Goal 2

To provide new area configurations and improve the physical space of the media center to allow

access to students who may have mobility issues. This new configuration will allow students to

work in small groups and comfortable furniture for students who are reading or studying in the

media center.

Objective 2a

The media specialist will reconfigure the physical space of the media center by combining,

decluttering and removing unused bookshelves.

Evaluation 2a

The media specialist will collaborate with teachers and student council members to find the

needs/wants of the school in regards to the media center.

Objective 2b

The media specialist will purchase new comfortable furniture for the media center that is

conducive for both small and large group settings.

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Evaluation 2b

The media specialist will use the list compiled by the students and teachers to research options

for new and updated seating and tables. The media specialist will create a list of items and prices

to present to the headmaster and the board of trustees.

Objective 2c

The media specialist will widen rows and make adjustments to furniture and doorways for

students with mobility needs.

Evaluation 2c

The media specialist will meet with teachers and school counselors during preplanning to

determine the needs of the students that attend Bulloch Academy. From there the media

specialist will evaluate the bookcase situation to see what needs to be done to make the necessary

adjustments to meet the students’ needs.

Goal 2 Timeline

The media specialist understands how important comfortable seating is for the students

who use the media center daily. The media specialist will meet with the teachers during pre-

planning before school get their needs/wants for the media center. The first student council

meeting is held within the first month of school and the media specialist with meet with them

then to get their ideas and suggestions of what they would like to see in the media center.

The media specialist will take a week to compile the list that was created from the ideas,

suggests, needs and wants given by the teachers and students. From that list the media specialist

will take 2-3 weeks to research options for the updated seating and tables for the media center.
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The media specialist will consult with other media centers to see what works best for their

teachers and students. Once the recommendations and media specialist selections are compiled

the media specialist will create a price list to present to the headmaster. This part of the

objective should completed by the beginning of October. Since it is a large purchase it has to be

approved by the board of trustees. Once the furniture has been approved then it can be ordered.

Depending on when the board approves this purchase then the ordering and delivery should

happen within 6-8 weeks, depending on the availability from the company.

Putting the needs of our students is a priority at Bulloch Academy. When looking at the

facilities I noticed that the media center has some areas that are not suited for students who may

have mobility issues. A meeting with the teachers would take during the first week of school to

discuss the needs of their students. Within a week after the meeting a list would be complied and

presented to the head of the facilities for maintenance to begin working on. Depending on what

the needs of the students are will determine the timeline of getting the items complete. If

bookshelves are needed to be relocated it could take up to 5 months to get the section organized

and shelves moved to make the necessary modifications to the media center.

Goal 3

To collaborate with teachers in learning, planning and using the media center and technology

available to plan lessons to enrich the material presented to students.

Objective 3a

The media specialist will form a committee to evaluate the needs and wants of the teachers at

Bulloch Academy in regards to the use of technology, websites and web 2.0 tools in the

classroom.
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Evaluation 3a

A survey will be sent out the teachers to assess their needs in regards to technology, websites,

and web 2.0 tools needs/wants for their classroom.

Objective 3b

The media specialist will hold monthly professional development meetings to introduce teachers

to a new websites and/or web 2.0 tools to use in their classroom.

Evaluation 3b

The media specialist will create a presentation a month focusing on web 2.0 tools and/or

websites that are useful in the classroom.

Objective 3c

The media specialist will bring in outside resources to help teachers with planning using

technology and websites available to them.

Evaluation 3c

The media specialist will research outside resources to come and present information to teachers

focusing on technology and educational websites available to them.

Goal 3 Timeline

The school librarian seeks opportunities to teach new skills to the faculty and staff

whether in a classroom setting or one-on-one instruction. They also collaborate with a core team

of classroom teachers and specialist to design, implement, and evaluate inquiry lessons and units.

(AASL, 2009, p. 20 & 43). Within the first 3 weeks of school an online survey will be sent out

all teachers grades K-12 to get their input of what they would like to know more about in regards

to technology, websites, and web 2.0 tools that they can use in their classrooms. The teachers
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will have 2 weeks to get the survey completed and then the media specialist will have 2 weeks to

compile the information.

Using that information the media specialist will create a calendar with monthly

presentations. The presentations will come from the data collected from the surveys, with the

top 8 items from the data collected. The presentations will be saved on the shared drive for

teachers to take back to their classrooms to instruct the students on how to use the web 2.0 tool

or website that was presented.

To enhance the professional development even more the media specialist will bring in

guest speakers and/or resources from the outside to come and present to the staff. With Georgia

Southern being in the same city, it would be a good opportunity to have some of their faculty

come in and speak and share with the teachers at Bulloch Academy. The media specialist would

research these outside resources and bring them in 3 times during the year and more if resources

and time allows.

Goal 4

To create and launch a media center website with information and links to sources students can

use both on and off campus. By having a website, it will help students become 21st century

learners. They will be able to connect to vast amount of resources that available to the both on

and off campus.

Objective 4a

Media specialist will create a Symbaloo page per grade level with requested and helpful

resources.
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Evaluation 4a

The media specialist will meet with teachers to compile a list of resources to add to the

Symbaloo page. Resources will be focused on class content.

Objective 4b

The media specialist will bi-monthly check resources to make sure they are still working.

Evaluation 4b

The media specialist will use a self-created check list to do bi-monthly checks on the resources

included on the website. The sites will come down if they are no longer a valid site. New

resources will be added when requested and found when searching for new sources.

Objective 4c

Media specialist will update website with upcoming events.

Evaluation 4c

Media specialist will check the school calendar monthly and create a calendar with important

school dates to add to the website.

Objective 4d

Media specialist will update website with new book suggestions and descriptions monthly.

Evaluation 4d

The media specialist will research newly released books. She will read the books and then write

a brief description of the books to go on the media center website.

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Goal 4 Timetable

The Bulloch Academy media center currently does not have a website. This is one of the

media specialist main goals. By having a website, it will help students become 21st century

learners. They will be able to connect to vast amount of resources that available to the both on

and off campus.

The media specialist will meet with the teachers within the first month of school to get

their ideas and suggestions for what they would like to see on their grade level Symbaloo. This

information will be for the first semester and then they would meet again within the first 2 weeks

after school starts back from Christmas Break to get ideas and suggestions for the 2nd semester.

The media specialist will take the information gathered from the meeting and then take 2 weeks

to get the Symbaloo crated for the grade levels and uploaded to the website.

The media specialist will create a check list for all of the resources found on the website.

The media specialist will use the check list to do bi-monthly checks on those resources. If the

resource sites are no longer valid or the link is broken, the sites will be removed from the

website. New resources will be added when requested by a teacher or when the media specialist

finds a new helpful resource to add to the website.

The last week of the month will have the media specialist checking the school calendar

for events to put on the next month’s calendar that will be on the website. When events are

being held for the media center, the media specialist will provide a short write up about the event

to create interest in the event. Along with providing a monthly calendar, the media specialist

will feature a newly release or award winning book. There will also be an author highlight on
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the website also. There will be an author highlight for the lower school readers and one for the
upper school readers.
Goals
Goal 1
To update technology
available in the media center
to meet the needs of the
students and teachers.
Objectives
Objective 1a
Media specialist will update
card catalog and OPAC
system to one that can be
accessed on the media center
website and/or personal
device.
Objective 1b
Media specialist will update
desktops to laptops and
tablets.
Objective 1c
Subscribe to online database
and references sources like
GALILEO.
Evaluation
Evaluation1a
The media specialist will
research card catalog and
OPAC systems that can be
accessed virtually.
Evaluation1b
The media specialist will
research grants available to
update technology in the
media center. She will also
research what types of
computers and tablets would
be beneficial for the media
center.
Evaluation 1c
The media specialist will
research free or low cost
databases that students and
teachers can accessed
virtually using the media
center website.
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Goal 2
To provide new area
configurations and improve
the physical space of the
media center to allow access
to students who may have
mobility issues. This new
configuration will allow
students to work in small
groups and comfortable
furniture for students who are
reading or studying in the
media center.
Objective 2a
The media specialist will
reconfigure the physical
space of the media center by
combining, decluttering and
removing unused
bookshelves.
Objective 2b
The media specialist will
purchase new comfortable
furniture for the media center
that is conducive for both
small and large group
settings.
Objective 2c
The media specialist will
widen rows and make
adjustments to furniture and
doorways for students with
mobility needs.
Evaluation 2a
The media specialist will
collaborate with teachers and
student council members to
find the needs/wants of the
school in regards to the media
center.
Evaluation 2b
The media specialist will use
the list compiled by the
students and teachers to
research options for new and
updated seating and tables.
The media specialist will
create a list of items and
prices to present to the
headmaster and the board of
trustees.
Evaluation 2c
The media specialist will
meet with teachers and school
counselors during
preplanning to determine the
needs of the students that
attend Bulloch Academy.
From there the media
specialist will evaluate the
bookcase situation to see
what needs to be done to
make the necessary
adjustments to meet the
students’ needs.
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Goal 3
To collaborate with teachers
in learning, planning and
using the media center and
technology available to plan
lessons to enrich the material
presented to students.
Goal 4
To create and launch a media
center website with
information and links to
sources students can use both
on and off campus. By
having a website, it will help
students become 21st century
learners. They will be able to
connect to vast amount of
resources that available to the
both on and off campus.
Objective 3a
The media specialist will hold
monthly professional
development meetings to
introduce teachers to a new
websites and/or web 2.0 tools
to use in their classroom.
Objective 3b
The media specialist will
form a committee to evaluate
the needs and wants of the
teachers at Bulloch Academy
in regards to the use of
technology, websites and web
2.0 tools in the classroom.
Objective 3c
The media specialist will
bring in outside resources to
help teachers with planning
using technology and
websites available to them.
Objective 4a
Media specialist will create a
Symbaloo page per grade
level with requested and
helpful resources.
Objective 4b
The media specialist will bi-
monthly check resources to
make sure they are still
working.
Objective 4c
Media specialist will update
website with upcoming
events.
Objective 4d
Media specialist will update
website with new book
Evaluation 3a
The media specialist will
create a presentation a month
focusing on web 2.0 tools
and/or websites that are
useful in the classroom.
Evaluation 3b
A survey will be sent out the
teachers to assess their needs
in regards to technology,
websites, and web 2.0 tools
needs/wants for their
classroom.
Evaluation 3c
The media specialist will
research outside resources to
come and present information
to teachers focusing on
technology and educational
websites available to them.
Evaluation 4a
The media specialist will
meet with teachers to compile
a list of resources to add to
the Symbaloo page.
Resources will be focused on
class content.
Evaluation 4b
The media specialist will use
a self created check list to do
bi-monthly checks on the
resources included on the
website. The sites will come
down if they are no longer a
valid site. New resources
will be added when requested
and found when searching for
new sources.
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suggestions and descriptions Evaluation 4c

monthly.
Media specialist will check
the school calendar monthly
and create a calendar with
important school dates to add
to the website.
Evaluation 4d
The media specialist will
research newly released
books. She will read the
books and then write a brief
description of the books to go
on the media center website.
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