Library+Media+Program+Plan

=Library Media Program Plan for a School=

Vision
As school library media specialists we envision collaboration with teachers, administrators and students to incorporate 21st century skills, technology, and up-to-date resources to increase student achievement and promote lifelong learning.

Mission
From //Empowering Learners// "The mission of the school library media program is to ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information. The school library media specialist empowers students to be critical thinkers, enthusiastic readers, skillful researchers, and ethical users of information by:
 * collaborating with educators and students to design and teach engaging learning experiences that meet individual needs
 * instructing students and assisting educators in using, evaluating and producing information and ideas through active use of a broad range of appropriate tools, resources and information technologies
 * providing access to materials in all formats, including up-to-date, high-quality, varied literature to develop and strengthen a love of reading
 * providing students and staff with instruction and resources that reflect current information needs and anticipate changes in technology and education
 * providing leadership in the total education program and advocating for strong school library media programs as essential to meeting local, state, and national education goals"

Library Media and Technology Committee

 * Library Media Specialist
 * Principal/Assistant Principal/adminstrator
 * Teachers (one from each grade level or team) - grade level coordinator
 * Students/Parents/Learning Community (other resource teachers)

Suggestions for committee:
 * Reconsideration of resources
 * Needs assessment for resources
 * Budget planning
 * Library media program planning
 * Program advocacy

Overview of School
Size -- # of students, # of teachers, # of administrators School goals Grade levels Curriculum - subject taught, self contained or team/diversify Technology - all classrooms have interactive boards Accredited - last accreditation

Needs Assessment
1) State has mandated tech plan with 21st Century skills integrated into curriculum. 2) 85% of teachers use technology as management tools (grade reports, school lunch, attendance, e-mail, create websites). 3) 55% of teachers utilize technology in the curriculum. 4) ARMT scores did not meet adequate yearly progress (AYP) for 2008-09.

Goal(s)/Objective(s)
__**Goal 1:**__ To provide professional development on how to integrate technology into the classroom. __**Objective 1a:**__ Given an interactive board, the teacher will be able to demonstrate how to use the interactive board in one lesson. __**Objective 1b**:__ Given virtual library resource acess, the teacher will be able to demonstrate how to use virtual resources in one lesson.


 * Goal 2:** To improve ARMT scores
 * __Objective 2a__:** Given access to online resources, students will demonstrate how to make informed decisions, apply knowledge to new situations, and create new knowledge.

Action Plan
__Objective__ 1a. Given an interactive board, the teacher will be able to demosntrate how to use the interactive board in one lesson.

__Opportunities__
 * Every classroom has an interactive board
 * 60% of teacher use interactive board very often - everyday; 55% indiacted use of interactive board in one lesson per year
 * One expert teacher in school system who can help "train" other teachers
 * District Library Media Supervisor

__Challenges__
 * 40% do not use interactive board at all
 * Some teachers may not use interactive board for curriculum purposes
 * Maintaining interactive boards -- making certain they function is a challenge
 * When interactive boards installed, there was not systematic training offered
 * New teachers may not know how to use the type of interactive board

__Actions__
 * Determine how many teachers need specific training
 * Provide hands-on training for how to operate and how to use in curriculum
 * Engage the "expert" teacher to provide training
 * Identify mentor teacher who can help othr teacher use interactive board
 * Follow-up sessions or planning
 * Decide when to offer training and assistance

__Timeline__
 * Late April/Early May - determine how many teachers need training for interactive board
 * May/June - Planning (in-depth) for the training - district media specialist will help here
 * July/Early August - offer 2 different hands-on training sessions
 * August & September - these may be in afternoons
 * October -- Professional development day

__Budget__
 * Time for planning - 21 hours (~ 3 work days) - $714.00 (in kind)
 * Time for training on mechanics - 2 hours x $34.00/hr = $68.00
 * I expert traniner 10 hours x $100/hr = $1,000.00
 * Time for training on curriculum - 10 hours x $34.00/hr = $340.00
 * Time for needs assessment - 3 hours x $34.00/hr = $102.00
 * Podcast with directions for using interactive board - 10 hours .....
 * Software to create podcast - $300.00 (in kind)
 * Purchase interactive board for media center - $3,000.00

__Evaluation__ __Progress Report__
 * Follow-up online survey with teachers
 * Review lessons using interactive board; use **rubric** to record level of curriculum use
 * General usage statistics for how often interactive board was online (1st 9 weeks, 2nd 9 weeks,etc.)
 * Prepare video sample of using interactive board
 * First person "testimonial" (teachers and/or students)
 * Goals/objective - restate
 * Action or activity - overview
 * Budget overview -- meniotn time spent and approximate costs benefits to system
 * Results - from evaluation
 * Future plans/Recommendations
 * Report to 1) Principal, 2) Library Media & Technology Committee, 3) District supervisor, etc.
 * Publish information in Library Media "news," website, (program advocacy)