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Parrish Sample Budget Requests

Mollie Parrish
Media Center / Makerspace Budget Requests
Experiential and Lower School: Pre-K through 4 (672 students)
Proposed
Budget Budget $ Change % Change
Budget Item 2017/2018 % of Budget 2018/2019 % of Budget Year to Year Year to Year Justification Citations
TOTAL $19,550 100.00% $27,700 100.00% $8,150 0.00%
Totals Per Student $29 $41 $12

Instructional Supplies - General $500 2.56% $500 1.81% $0 -0.75%

Instructional Supplies - Consumables $2,000 10.23% $2,000 7.22% $0 -3.01%
It is important the collection of student materials
provides the resources to support ExC3EL -
Florida's K-12 Library Program Evaluation Tool's
mission that a quality library media programs
provide a welcoming, resource-rich environment
that supports multiple literacies, cultivates a Florida Department of Education. (2016). ExC3EL
culture of inquiry and literary appreciation, and - evaluation rubric. Retrieved from http://www.
encourages the independent, ethical exploration fldoe.org/core/fileparse.
Student Materials $9,000 46.04% $12,000 43.32% $3,000 -2.71% of information and ideas. php/7564/urlt/evaluationrubric.pdf
Due to the age of all student materials (including
Fiction, Nonfiction, and Nonprint/DVD's), the
media center's goal would be to update and
replace the necessary items. The majority of the
lower school library's items were purchased
between 1990 and 2000. Collection development
of newer titles would support curriculum
modifications, changes in the school community,
school improvement initiatives, and ensure
program quality. According to the Titlewise BOON, B. (2009). Using the CREW method to
analysis that was completed on the collection enhance public and school library collections.
and using CREW (Continuous Review, Evaluation, Journal of Access Services , 6(3), 324. Retrieved
and Weeding) method, the age sensitivity of the from http://ezproxy.lib.usf.edu/login?url=http:
collection is outdated by three to five years //search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?
(dependant upon the subject) the maximum direct=true&db=edb&AN=43187931&site=eds-
Fiction $4,000 $4,000 $0 acceptable age. live
Non-Fiction $2,500 $5,000 $2,500

Nonprint/DVD's $2,500 $3,000 $500

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A.V. Supplies and Technology
Office Supplies
Food Supplies and Volunteer Gifts
Conferences/Professional Development
Technology has become a dominant part of
student learning and enrichment. Changes in
technology and the National Educational
Technology Plan is something that school library
staff must be aware of to effectively support the
needs of students and teachers. This plan
demands that school media centers and staff stay
up to date and that they are able to adapt their
resources to meet the needs of their students in
an ever-evolving technological world. The
increase in budget for technology will be used to
finance the purchase of three laptops for the Debraski, S. (2016). What's the value of the
lower school use, as well as an upgraded library national educational technology plan for library
management and catalog system. The current staff?: NETP is something that school library staff
library management system lacks important must be aware of to effectively support the
features, such as tracking a student's history, the needs of students and teachers. Young Adult
ability to run reports such as the age of the Library Services, (1), 34. Retrieved from http:
collection, usage of the collection, etc. and a new //ezproxy.lib.usf.edu/login?url=http://search.
library management system will ensure the ebscohost.com/login.aspx?
library is run in the most efficient manner direct=true&db=edsgao&AN=edsgcl.
$250 1.28% $5,000 18.05% $4,750 16.77% possible. 491488826&site=eds-live
An increase in the office supply budget is
attributed to the partnership between the media
center and the technology department, where
both departments share paper, pens, pencils,
$500 2.56% $900 3.25% $400 0.69% scissors, tape, staplers, etc.
The media center hosts anywhere between two
and twenty parent volunteers throughout the
school year. Food supply budget is used to
provide those volunteers with food, coffee,
drinks, as well as thank you gifts to thank them
for their support of the school media center as a Thelen, L. (2001). Volunteer magic: Finding and
part of their child's education and encourages keeping library volunteers. United States: LMS
parents to continue to volunteer. Volunteers are ASSOCIATES. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.lib.
important in the media center; the librarian usf.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.
having more time to focus the their knowledge com/login.aspx?
and skills in an efficient manner benefits the direct=true&db=edsbl&AN=RN103427204&site=e
$250 1.28% $250 0.90% $0 -0.38% students. ds-live
According to the ExC3EL - Florida's K-12 Library
Program Evaluation Tool, the library media
program enhances student achievement by
supporting all facets of the instructional program.
This includes professional development as well as
technological processes and resources that
enhance learning and serve as an infrastructure
for administering a properly staffed and well
funded library media program. Media specialists
participate in the district’s professional Florida Department of Education. (2016). ExC3EL
development opportunities as well as school- - evaluation rubric. Retrieved from http://www.
based curriculum development and department fldoe.org/core/fileparse.
$1,500 7.67% $1,000 3.61% -$500 -4.06% meetings. php/7564/urlt/evaluationrubric.pdf
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Professional Dues $350 1.79% $350 1.26% $0 -0.53%

Subscriptions $1,500 7.67% $1,500 5.42% $0 -2.26%
There is importance in having multiple types of
materials to ensure information is made Dar, M., Diaz, S. M., Farrell, D., Grabarek, D.,
accessible to all types of learners. Studies and Parrott, K., Toth, L., & Turner, K. (2016). Browse
anecdotes show that magazines are an ideal this! great magazines for kids and teens. Library
choice for atypical, struggling, and reluctant Journals, LLC. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.lib.
readers. Subscriptions to magazines such as usf.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.
Curious Jane also provide enhancement to the com/login.aspx?
Makerspace and promote engineering, math, and direct=true&db=edsgao&AN=edsgcl.
Student subscriptions: Magazines and Databases $500 $500 a creative future of learners. 466166708&site=eds-live
According to the ExC3EL - Florida's K-12 Library
Program Evaluation Tool, the library media
program enhances student achievement by
supporting all facets of the instructional program.
This includes professional development as well as
technological processes and resources that
enhance learning and serve as an infrastructure
for administering a properly staffed and well
funded library media program. Media specialists
participate in the district’s professional Florida Department of Education. (2016). ExC3EL
development opportunities as well as school- - evaluation rubric. Retrieved from http://www.
Professional / librarian / teacher subscriptions: based curriculum development and department fldoe.org/core/fileparse.
Magazines and Databases $1,000 $1,000 meetings. php/7564/urlt/evaluationrubric.pdf
Enhancing and adding to the Makerspace will
continue to foster ingenuity in students by
providing them with strong technological skills to
succeed in our rapidly changing world. The Blakemore, M., (2018). Problem scoping: Design
Makerspace as a dynamic learning environment thinking & close reading makerspaces in the
which encourages innovation, process, effort, school library. Knowledge Quest, 46 (4), 66-69.
strategy, progress and problem solving skills as a Retrieved from http://ezproxy.lib.usf.edu/login?
part of the design process, and helps in url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?
developing problem solving capabilities in direct=true&db=eft&AN=128199635&site=eds-
Makerspace Supplies $3,500 17.90% $4,000 14.44% $500 -3.46% younger children. live
Mileage $200 1.02% $200 0.72% $0 -3.46%