2011-2012 Georgia DOE Exemplary Media Program

Peggy Creighton, Media Specialist

Addison Elementary School

A standards-based, data-driven

Elementary media center program

The vision of the Addison media center is to meet or exceed district, state, and national expectations for school library media programs.

Peggy Creighton, Media Specialist• National Board

Certified • Ph.D. in

Educational Technology

• Teacher Support Specialist

• Author

Destiny data provides a means of program evaluation

Circulation stats 2011-2012 = 2500 books per month; 22,757 thru mid-April

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Top Patrons Read between 30 and 70 books since August

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Circulation Categories 201222,280 items circulated thr 4/10

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Addison Monthly Circ Stats

2400 National Monthly Circ Stats for Charter Schools

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Addison Annual Circ Stats

22,757 thru April National Annual Average for Charter Schools

11,038

Addison Patrons this year

693 National comparison count

500-749

Addison 2012 Circulation Statistics Compared to National Average

COLLECTION DATA LED TO 651 NEW BOOKS ADDED THIS YEAR

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purchased ebooks

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Addison Collection

18,837 Addison Books Added 2012

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11,710 Average Acquired Annually

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National Charter Schools

7,560 Average Acquired Annually

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National Elementary Schools

11,480 Average Acquired Annually

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National Schools of our Size

12,490 Average Acquired Annually

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Addison Collection Size Compared to Other Schools

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Books Per Patron 2011-2012

Student Requests Were Honored in All Purchases

Made This Year

Georgia Book Award Program motivates readers

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45Addison Ga. Book Award Votes 2012

The winner, with 40% of the Addison votes, was “I Need

My Monster.”

Seussapaloosa celebrates reading for pleasure

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School Library Staff Hours Per Week

Our extra programs would not be possible without the help of our many wonderful volunteers!

• Seussapalooza and other reading events were made possible by the participation of our regular parent volunteers.

• Volunteers contribute an average 5 hours per week to the program with more hours donated toward book fairs and other events.

• Our level of service would not be possible without our parent volunteers.

3 Book Fairs=more books in the homes and the hands of our readers

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Book Fair Sales and Profit 2012 and 2011

Book Fairs 2012 Increased the Budget for Extra Programs

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“Camp Readmore”Summer Reading Program…

• Provides ALL students with FREE book and bookmark• Involves ALL students, current, new, and graduating• Asks ALL students to take the summer reading pledge• Collaborates with our local public library• Identifies vendors who offer incentives• Recognizes reading achievement when school starts• Motivates Top Readers with Capt. Readmore activities

Cobb Virtual Library research skills instruction strongly connected with curriculum standards for meaningful searching

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What the teachers are saying:

“Peggy, thanks for sharing your expertise with the 1st grade team!”

“Thank you, Peggy, for doing the weather unit on the computer with 1st grade. It was amazing.”

Collaborative planning led to 848 class visits so far this year

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Scheduled Class Visits thru mid-April 2011-2012 (n=848)

Instructional Activities are a Priority for all Addison students to acquire 21st Century

Skills

• “Peggy, thank you for all your help incorporating literature into science/social studies standards.”

“Thank you, Peggy for taking your personal time to help with whatever we need. You go above and beyond and it is appreciated.”

Not just for students

“Peggy, thank you for helping me with my blog. You are always ready and willing to help and I appreciate that.”

“Technology skills are crucial for future

employment needs.”

GNN News Show broadcast every day of the school year to all classes and involved all students in recording and producing the show.

“This is the best school news show I have ever seen!”

GNN Recruited 30 students and led to an after school movie club.

21st century learners require 21st century tools

Preparing students for the future--Over 100 ebooks and two subscription

resources added this year!

Addison Database access

Classroom=100% Home=100%

Traditional Public Schools Nationwide

Classroom=90% Home=69.5%

Charter Schools Nationwide

Classroom=87.6% Home=49.6%

Addison Database Access (*Addison students have access to subscriptions NOT available

to all Cobb students)

Before, during, and after school hours provide equitable access.

Instructional hours

Planning Clerical Afterschool0%

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Library Hours by Task

The media center is available before, during, after school, and some evenings as

needed.

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Library Program Hours Per Week

Destiny/CVL provide 24/7 access to books and information.Destiny is available 24/7—

linked on the Addison Media Center blog –soon to be a

mobile app!

My Blog Is a starting point for

information resources

Creighton Blog Data

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Library Blog Traffic 2011-2012

The definition of information literacy has become more complex as resources and technologies have changed.

Blog surveys are used for data collection

Our mission is to engage students in collaboratively planned, curriculum-based instructional activities using print and digital resources that will inspire a lifelong love of reading for learning and reading for pleasure.