Key Assessment Section VII

Croom, Crum, Moore, West

Long Range Goals Short Term Objectives Description of Evaluation

Goal 1. Improve the physical space of the media center to allow easier accessibility for handicapped and special needs students, encourage collaboration, and create quiet spaces for silent reading.

Objective 1a. Begin weeding nonfiction and fiction sections following the CCBOE Collections Policy on pg.30 of the Media Handbook.

Objective 1b. Re-arrange, re-purpose, and/or discard bookcases to create new spaces for students.

Objective 1c. New spaces will include maker stations, secluded silent reading areas, updated furniture, and collaboration areas for small and large groups as well as whole class instruction.

Evaluation 1a. SLMS will run circulation and history reports from the Destiny system on all nonfiction and fiction books in the library. Books that have not circulated(checked-out) in five years will be discarded. Complete weeding of books should take approximately three to four months.

Evaluation 1b. The current setup of the bookcases take up the majority of the space in the library. The bottom shelf on every bookcase is also not being utilized for shelving books. Therefore, the amount of bookcases that are currently in place are not needed to shelve books. Some bookcases will be repurposed for student centers, while others will be available to teachers for classroom use.

Evaluation 1c. SLMS will investigate options for updated furniture, tables and chairs, and materials to provide in the maker stations. The SLMS will develop a budget for the new items to present to the school principal for approval.

Goal 2. Provide a technology device for each student to use during the school year.

Objective 2a. Survey teachers and students to assess the preference of tech devices to include iPads, E-Readers, and Chromebooks.

Objective 2b. Create a technology committee

Evaluation 2a. SLMS will create a survey in which teachers and students will complete in order to show the need and use of devices.

Evaluation 2b. SLMS will recruit teachers,

of teachers, students, administrators, parents and media specialist to establish a plan of action to obtain devices.

Objective 2c. The committee will research different resources for funds to obtain these devices for students.

administrators, students, and parents to become a member of the technology committee.

Evaluation 2c. Once the committee is formed, members will research different areas to obtain devices. Areas may include budget sources, donors, grant programs and success of other schools.

Goal 3. Develop a PLN, virtually and physically, to provide resources for teachers to enhance student learning.

Objective 3a. Survey teachers to assess the specific technology and resource needs.

Objective 3b. Virtual Space: Develop and maintain a virtual PLN that is easily accessible and user friendly to teachers.

Objective 3c. Physical Space: Provide hands-on training workshops and an updated Professional Learning section in the media center for teachers.

Evaluation 3a. SLMS will create a technology/resources survey for teachers. This survey will determine the exact tools, resources, and materials that teachers are requesting assistance with as well as content specific needs.

Evaluation 3b. The SLMS will create and maintain a PLN that will host a variety of resources; tutorials, lessons, Web 2.0 tools, databases, etc. This PLN will be linked to the Media Center webpage under the Teacher Resources tab for easy access. Teachers will be encouraged to create their own PLN to be shared on the webpage also.

Evaluation 3c. SLMS will attend vertical team meetings to establish a focus for purchasing new Professional Learning material for core content areas. The SLMS will also provide a calendar of scheduled learning workshops for teachers to attend at their convenience.

Goal 4. Create opportunities to collaborate and co-teach lessons and/or units using the media center resources.

Objective 4a. Survey teachers to assess the interest of collaboration and co-teaching with the SLMS.

Evaluation 4a. The SLMS will create a survey in which the teachers will complete to show the interest they have to collaborate and co-teach with the SLMS.

Objective 4b. Determine a focus for collaboration.

Objective 4c.SLMS and teachers will meet to plan and collaborate on lessons and/or units to be co-taught using media center resources.

Evaluation 4b. Teachers that are interested in collaborating with the SLMS will provide a “needs assessment” to the SLMS. What areas are students struggling with? and how can the SLMS provide assistance to the teachers in a collaborative lesson?

Evaluation 4c.Outlook calendar or Google calendar will be shared with all teachers to schedule collaboration meeting days and days to present/teach the lessons with the SLMS.