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1. Information Literacy Standards are integrated into content instruction (Information
Power; Principle 2; Pg. 58) AASL Standards for the 21st-Century Learner are integrated
into content instruction. (http://tinyurl.com/3q8dpa)

  
Basic



 Media Specialist has to split time between administrative and technology
related duties including being the district webmaster and troubleshooting tech related
issues at her school.

2. Collaborative planning includes Library Media Specialists and teachers to ensure use
of library media center resources that support on-going classroom instruction and
implementation of state curriculum and the Georgia Performance Standards.
(IFBD 160-4-4-.01)

  

Basic



Media Specialist has to split time between administrative and technology
related duties including being the district webmaster and troubleshooting tech related
issues at her school.

3. Professional library media staff is engaged in active teaching role/s.

(Information Power; Principle 4, p. 58)

  

Basic



Media Specialist has to split time between administrative and technology
related duties including being the district webmaster and troubleshooting tech related
issues at her school.

4. The library media center resources encourage and support reading, viewing, and
listening.
(Information Power; Principle 6, p. 58)

  

Exemplary



 Requests from teachers for material are ordered and the system orders are
based on supporting the standards.

5. Services are provided to students who have diverse learning abilities, styles, and
needs.
(Information Power; Principle 7,p. 58)

  

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 The media specialist currently is not involved in using data to make
selections. She works with teachers to make selections based on their requests.

6. Student achievement is routinely assessed.

(A Planning Guide for Information Power; p. 36)

  

Basic



 Media Specialist currently focuses more on administrative and technology
specialist duties than as an instructional partner.

7a. If less than base size: A school system shall provide no less than half-time services of
a Library Media Specialist for each school less than base size and shall provide adult
supervision in the library media center for the entire instructional day.
(Base size defined by unweighted FTE: K-5, 450; 6-8, 624; 9-12, 970)
(CGB, 160-5-1-.22)

  

Exemplary



 The media specialist is certified and is a full-time employee. The media
center also has a full-time parapro to assist with other duties. The school is smaller than
base size.

8. There shall be a plan for flexibly scheduled library media center access for students
and teachers in groups or as individuals simultaneously throughout each instructional
day. Accessibility shall refer to the facility, the staff, and the resources and shall be
based on instructional need.
(IFBD 160-4-4-.01)

  

Exemplary



Media center is entirely on a flexible schedule for use for teachers and
students. The media center is open to both students and community members until 6:30
p.m. Monday through Thursday.

9. School library media center square footage requirements based on FTE.

(Square Footage Requirements for Use in Developing the Local Facilities Plans)

  

Proficient



 The facility exceeds minimum size and has more than enough storage and
wiring options. However, it would be difficult to have more than a few students using the
media center at the same time as one of our larger classes.
10. Streaming video is used throughout the school to support the curriculum. Interactive
whiteboards and computers are used for teaching and learning throughout the school. A
central electronic media distribution system is also available.
(Square Footage Requirements for Use in Developing the Local Facilities Plans)

  

Proficient



Streaming video and other technologies are used on a regular basis to
support the curriculum. A plan is currently in place to add a dedicated in-house video
streaming system this summer. The media specialist ensures that teachers are encouraged
to use the resources at their disposal and regularly offers assistance to those who are less
proficient with these technologies. There are currently no interactive whiteboards in the
building, although 10 have been ordered and we have several teachers that use interactive
tablets on a daily basis.

11. Print and non-print resources andaccess to online information are basicto a library
media program. A schoolnetwork is effective for deliveringmedia resources to the
classroom andbeyond. Multiple computers areavailable for student access to
onlineresources that enhance instruction.
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Exemplary



 There are multiple electronic resources available both within the school
and outside and all have their use encouraged. The print collection is actually more than
20 books per student.


12. All library media resources aremanaged for maximum efficient use.The library media
center has anelectronic online public access catalog(OPAC). Funds for acquisition
ofcomputers are utilized to implementthe goals/objectives set forth in the
System Three-Year Technology Planor in the System ComprehensiveSchool
Improvement Plan.
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Exemplary



 An OPAC is used, up to date, and records are in MARC format.

13. One of the national educationaltechnology goals states: ³Effectiveand engaging

software and on-lineresources will be an integral part ofevery school¶s curriculum.´
TheGALILEO on-line service providesGeorgia students and teachers accessto
exceptional on-line resources at nocost to the local school district. Searches performed in
GALILEOdatabases will exceed one millionannually and the number of fullcontentitems
viewed will exceed onemillion annually.
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Proficient



 Galileo use is growing and encouraged strongly in the school, but there
have been no recent professional development regarding Galileo.

14. The local system superintendentshall appoint a system media contactperson (SMCP)
to serve as a liaison tothe department.
(IFBD, 160-4-4.-.01 )

  

Exemplary



 The SMCP is a former media specialist and encourages communication.
We meet at least twice a year as an entire unit. There is contact among all SLMS on a
regular basis. The SLMS are also included on all technology committees and play major
roles in software and hardware decisions.

15. Administrative staff support atboth the school and district levels isessential for the
development of astrong library media program.
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#$Principle 4, p.100)

  

Proficient



 The program would be exemplary in this area if not for the encouragement
of collaboration. This will be addressed by our improvement plan for the areas marked
basic.

16. Each local board of educationshall adopt a library media policy thatprovides for the
establishment of amedia committee at the system leveland at each school. A library
mediacommittee makes recommendationsand decisions relating to planning,operation,
evaluation, andimprovement of the library mediaprogram. This committee shallannually
evaluate library mediaservices and develop a multi-yearmedia plan for budget services
andpriorities.
(IFBD, 160-4-4.-.01)

  

Proficient



 The committee exists and meets enough for proficient, but it is not active
enough for exemplary.

17. Local Board approved librarymedia policy is current. This policyrequires

development of proceduresfor the school system and for selectingmaterials locally,
handling requestsfor reconsideration of materials,considering gifts of
instructionalresources, using non-school ownedmaterials, and complying with
thecopyright law.
(IFBD, 160-4-4.-.01)

  

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 The standard for proficient is exactly what happens in our program.

18. Each local school system shallspend 100 percent of the fundsdesignated for library
media centercosts.
(O.C.G.A. 20-2-167)

  

Proficient



The budget exceeds state minimum and the media center has never been
turned down for a requested purchase.

19. Staff development opportunitiesare available both for the librarymedia staff to
enhance their ownprofessional knowledge and for thelibrary media staff to
provideinformation and technology literacyskills to other teachers andadministrative
staff. Professionalresources and services for all facultymembers are provided in the
librarymedia center for the "learningcommunity".
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#$Principle 8, p.100)

  

Proficient



 Staff development is encouraged at the school and system level, reasonable
requests are never denied and the media specialist takes advantage whenever possible.
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 Dr. McLoon and members of the SBM Team


 Nathan Miller

  Evaluation of MediaCenter Program

I have recently evaluated our media center program by the standards set forth in the
Georgia Department of Education¶s Library Media Evaluation Rubric. Overall, I feel that
our media center performs well under these standards, especially in areas detailing the
support of the administration and system. We have never had to go without something we
have needed because of a lack of support, and we scored proficient or exemplary in all
categories related to this.

There were five areas in which our program scored at the basic level. Four of these areas
were those involving the SLMS as a teacher (1, 2, 3, and 6). The fifth area, indicator 10,
is already being addressed with the order of ten whiteboards to be distributed throughout
the building and the purchase of the vBrick System for video streaming and storage, all of
which is to be installed this summer. There are also plans to add A/V equipment to each
classroom to allow teachers to more simply and seamlessly integrate both the vBrick
content and the interactive boards into instruction.

The performance of the SLMS as a teacher, however, has suffered and not necessarily at
her hands. The SLMS at our school, and we are by no means the only school like this,
has to take on several roles in addition to her normal duties. With only one Technology
Specialist in our system, she is often pulled to do basic troubleshooting of technology
which is often tremendously time consuming. She is also the district webmaster and is
responsible for updating the website. One thing that will hopefully help alleviate this is
that we have a plan in place to outsource the web development to a private company in
this coming school year. We also hope to use some of the new systems that we are
installing to help reduce the amount of technical support that she will be required to
perform. After speaking with her, we have developed a basic plan to help combat the
lack of the SLMS as a teacher.

1.› She will send out monthly e-mails to the entire faculty reminding teachers of the
ways we, the SLMS and paraprofessional, are available to assist with instruction
and a brief summary of ways that we have assisted other teachers. This will let
teachers knowwe want to help.
2.› She would like to attend at least one department meeting for each content area a
month. This will help her stay abreast of the needs of each department and display
our commitment to assisting in instruction.
3.› A special display area will be created in the media center to display work from
classes in which the SLMS or media paraprofessional participated in instruction.
We feel that these steps will increase the demand for our instructional services and will
allow us to upgrade our scores on all categories currently marked as basic. We hope that
the administration approves of and supports us in these attempts.

In area 13, we are currently proficient, but I feel we could easily become exemplary.
GALILEO is such a powerful on-line resource, but very few of our teachers are
promoting it in their classrooms. It has been brought to my attention, not only by this
evaluation, but by my own observation that one of the biggest reasons it is not being
promoted by our teachers is because our teachers do not feel comfortable using
GALILEO. I feel that this can be addressed through professional development. We
would like to schedule time during pre-planning for this training. I will create generic
models and encourage our teacher to create subject-specific models to be shared on the
JDHS PBworks page as an on-line resource not only for our teachers, but for all teachers
throughout the state.

I do feel that we have a very strong school library media program, but we plan to work to
keep improving it to ensure that we provide the best product for our students and faculty.