- Carver Elementary School has 249 students from pre-K to 5th grade, most of whom come from low-income families. The media center has one full-time media specialist and clerk. - Surveys of faculty, staff, and students found that the media center's atmosphere is welcoming but could use improvements. Resources need better organization and a reading area is desired. - The proposed revisions include creating a reading area with comfortable seating, brightening the entrance, and replacing some adult furniture with children's sizes. New shelving, displays, and tables are suggested to better organize resources.

1. Carver Elementary School
Cynthia Johnson
FRIT 7132
Dr. Melissa Allen
Spring 2009
Motto:
“Knowledge Is Power”

2. Carver Elementary Profile
(CES)
 One Principal
 One Instructional Coach
 Approximately 249 Students
 Located in southeast Georgia
 Community experiencing high
poverty rate.

3. CES Media Center Profile
Racial make-up: 94% African
American, 2% Hispanic, 2%
Chinese and 2% Caucasian
One full –time media specialist
One full-time media clerk
Serves 16 teachers, and 6
Paraprofessionals
Students: approximately 249,
Grade level: Pre-K -5th grade

4. Current Facility Plan

5. Front of Media Center
Welcome to Carver
Elementary School
Media Center

6. Media Center Location
 Media Center is in the middle of the building on the front hall
just pass the front office.
 It is accessible to faculty work areas.
 There is a back door that leads outside of the building.
 The media has no bathroom.
 It is accessible to the handicap as long as the doors are
opened. The doors are not automatic, but the handles can be
reached from a wheelchair.

7. Media Circulation Desk
 The circulation desk is to
the right of the entrance.
 The ms office is in the rear
of the desk with a front
window to view students.
 The staff area near the
entrance and circulation
area are made for smooth
operation of the media
center. All areas can be
locked at the end of the
day, therefore all areas are
secured.

8. Media Specialist/Faculty Collaboration
 Main area, video
production room in rear.
 There is no conference
room in the media. The
conference room is in
another area in the school.
 Media meetings with
teachers are held near the
reference shelves in the
back.

9. Instructional Area
 The instructional area is
located in the main area.
There are not enough
rooms in any part of the
media to turn into an
instructional room only.

10. Instructional Area (cont.)
 In the Main area are four
computer work stations
that can be used for
internet research and
multimedia programs.
 The main area can
accommodate a full class.
The school is very small
and the largest class totals
19 students.

11. Teacher Resources
 Instructional resources
are stored in this small
room.
 It is too small for the
amount of material the
school owns.

12. Teacher Resources (cont)
 Storage room that
houses die-cut
machine, poster maker,
paper cutter and letters
for outside sign.
 Teachers and staff are
allowed to access as
needed.

13. Video Holding/Kitchen/Storage Room

14. Production Lab
 There is no materials for a
production lab. This room
serves as our
television/audio studio.
This is a small room for
students to do morning
announcements.
 This room is also used for
storage of the laminating
and scantron machines.

15. Production lab (cont.)
 Another shot of the
production lab. This
room can be effective
if it was not used to
house the various
computers and other
material that may be
ready for surplus.

16. Non-fiction books next to window;
Seating area have 5 rectangular tables
 Non-fiction books are
in the rear of the media
center between the
windows line across
the back walls.

17. Fiction Books Area
 Fiction books are lined
on the side of the wall
in toward the front and
in the middle of the
main area in back.

18. Carver Elementary Media environment
 The media have
temperature and
humidity controls,
unfortunately the walls
are made of concrete
block with little or no
insulation.
 There is no room for
small groups to work
independently from full
classrooms.
 There is no reading
area for the children.

19. Survey
 I chose to collect information using the
County’s School System Media Program
Needs Assessment for Faculty and Staff.
 The form from the Guide for Developing and
Evaluating School Library Media Programs
was used to assess students perception on
media services.

20. Faculty and Staff Survey form
 The survey consisted of 17 short response and
6 opinion questions.
 The survey questions on the needs assessment
form were divided into 4 sections:
cooperative planning, media center materials
& services, media center atmosphere, and
their input in making changes or additions in
the media center’s services.

21. Faculty and Staff survey results
 Seven out of eight of the faculty and staff
returned their surveys.
 In the area of cooperative planning: teachers
indicated there is some planning of media
access skills between teachers and the media
specialist but not consistently and that
teachers do not use a variety of media center
resources when planning instruction.

22. Survey Results
 Media center materials and services: responses
indicated that the media center attempts to inform
the faculty about new books and materials. Teachers
sometimes failed to take a look at the materials.
 Faculty & staff input: The response was the faculty
is not given information about new additions to the
media center and did not have a voice in selecting
new additions for the media center.
 Media center atmosphere: faculty & staff felt the
atmosphere is friendly and welcoming.

23. Faculty & Staff survey results (cont.)
 Media center services additions or deletions:
faculty and staff indicated they welcome the
opportunity to help choose materials for the
media center.

24. Student Survey Results
 Students survey was given in a checklist
form.
 Students agreed that the media center’s
atmosphere is friendly and helpful.
 Students said they have never been given an
opportunity to help choose media materials or
resources. After talking with students, they
would love to help choose books and
furnishings for the media center.

25. Survey Results
 Overall, Faculty, staff, and students welcome the
opportunity to help choose materials and resources
for media center.
 Students also verbally indicated they would like to
be assistants in the media.
 Faculty & staff also verbally indicated that they need
more help with research information to be used in
the classroom. They do not use the teacher resources
because it needs to be weeded, where it will take so
much of their time to find what they need.

26. Survey Results
 Even though faculty and students said the
media was friendly and welcome they felt the
media could use some improvements in
appearance. Students wanted a reading area,
faculty would like to see teacher resources
organized better to utilize time in the media
when searching for materials.

27. Facility Plan Revised

28. Proposed Revised Media Plan
 Create a children’s reading area with a fun
table, rug, bean bags, and comfortable
seating.
 Brighten up the media front doors with
colorful painted murals of characters and
books.
 Change the most adult tables and chairs to
child size table and chairs.

29. Furniture for Reading area
 Reading rug for
reading area. 70 X 100-
$299.00
Rug for Pre-k
story time. 64 X
92-$218.00

30. Furniture for Reading area
 Soft Corner Cocoon kit: 2
quarter giant circle
cushions, 1 giant square
cushion, 1 large bolster, 1
small bolster and 3
cushions; ultra soft
chipped foam filling-
94 ½ X 94 ½- $ 875.00
www.brodart.com
 All in one in and out
table. (Lotus Table)
25” juvenile- $855.00
www.brodart.com

31. Furniture revised plan
 Horseshoe table 60 X
66 adjustable height- $
239.00.
www.classroomdirect.com
 Elephant display shelf
to display new books.
www.brodart.com

32. Furniture for Reading area
 A-frame slatwall display for
periodicals – 32W” X 30D”-$884.99
www.demco.com
 Steel shelving units to place in
teacher resource room to organize
resources and make rooms better
$394.99 for 1 will need at least 10 or
more.
 www.demco.com

33. Children’s Furniture
 www.gaylordmart.com
48” Clover shape table-$222.00 Reading chairs-
$ 149.00