1. Collection Development Proposal
2019 -2022
Robinson Secondary School Library
MICHAEL P. CAMPANA, LIBRARIAN
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2. Overview of student population
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2,575 in High School (9th – 12th)
1,123 in Middle School (7th & 8th)
459
389
582
508
240
564
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
Special Populations (# of students)
Demographics*
Econ. disadv. ELL SWD Asian Black Hispanic
*(Virginia Department of Education, 2019)
(Fairfax County Public Schools, 2019a, 2019b)
3. SOL reading scores by subgroup
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
All students Students with disabilities English language learners
End of course pass rate by percentage of students, 2017-18*
State (VA) Division (FCPS) School (Robinson)
*(Virginia Department of Education, 2019)
4. School Innovation and Improvement Plan
(SIP) — Close the Gap SMARTR goals
“[By the end of] June 2019, all non-dually
identified EL students will improve their WIDA
Literacy score by 0.6 to 0.9 points depending
on their initial WIDA Literacy score.”
“By the end of June 2019, SWD [students with
disabilities] students in 7th grade will score a
400 or higher on the Reading SOL.
SWD students in 8th grade will score a 400 or
higher on the Reading and Writing SOL.
SWD students in 11th grade will score a 375
or higher on the EOC Writing SOL or a score
of 3 or higher on WorkKeys Business Writing.”
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(Robinson Secondary School, 2018)
5. Collection goal — Formats for struggling readers
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6. Three-year development plan
Year 1:
1. Survey
a) Format
b) Requests
c) Needs
2. Circulation (baseline) — fiction
3. Weed fiction (X/2/MUSTIE)
4. Add 200 ebooks & 30 Playaway book
packs
5. Promote additions
6. Training
7. Assess
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7. Three-year development plan
Year 2:
1. Survey
a) Format(s)
b) Usage of new items
c) Requests
2. Circulation (changes?) — fiction
3. Weed graphic novels (X/2/MUSTIE)
4. Add 100 graphic novels & 50 audiobooks
5. Promote additions
6. Audiobook training
7. Assess
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8. Three-year development plan
Year 3:
1. Survey
a) Format(s)
b) Usage of newly items
c) Requests
2. Circulation (changes?)
3. Weed hi-low & picture books (X/2/MUSTIE)
4. Add 150 hi-low & 50 “everyone” (picture) books
5. Promote additions
6. Assess
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9. Proposed budget by year & format
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Ebooks
(1 reader
at a time)
Playaway
book packs
Graphic
novels
Audiobooks
(digital)
Hi-low
books
Picture
(Everyone)
books
Year 1 1 2 2 3 3
Avg. price* $12.00 $79.00 $20.80 $55.00 $18.95 $17.95
Quantity 200 30 100 50 150 50
Subtotal $2,400.00 $2,370.00 $2,080.00 $2,750.00 $2,842.50 $897.50
Per year $4,770.00 $4,830.00 $3,740.00
TOTAL OUTLAY: $13,340.00
Typical
expenditure
$1,440.00 $1,185.00 $1,456.00 $1,100.00 $947.00 $359.00
Difference +$960.00 +$1,185.00 +$624.00 +1,650.00 +$1,895.00 +$538.50
Change/yr. +$2,145.00 +$2,274.00 +$2,433.00
3-year cumulative change +$6852.50
*(SLJ Staff, 2019)
10. Goal progress assessment tools
Survey results
Acquisition & weeding logs
Circulation reports
SOL End-of-Year reading
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11. Expected outcomes
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Increased year-to-year SOL reading scores
among students with disabilities
Improved WIDA scores among English
language learners
Higher circulation of fiction books, graphic
novels, and high-low books
Greater awareness and usage of
audiobooks & ebooks corresponding to 1-
to-1 technology initiative
12. References:
Fairfax County Public Schools (2019a). School profile: Robinson Secondary School — middle [web
resource]. Retrieved from
http://schoolprofiles.fcps.edu/schlprfl/f?p=108:13:::NO::P0_CURRENT_SCHOOL_ID,P0_EDSL:391,0
Fairfax County Public Schools (2019b). School profile: Robinson Secondary School — high [web
resource]. Retrieved from
http://schoolprofiles.fcps.edu/schlprfl/f?p=108:18:::NO::P0_CURRENT_SCHOOL_ID,P0_EDSL:390,0
Robinson Secondary School (2018). School innovation and improvement plan at-a-glance 2018-2019
[web document]. Retrieved from https://robinsonss.fcps.edu/about/school-improvement-plan
SLJ Staff (2019, March 11). SLJ’s Average Book Prices for 2019 [online article]. School Library Journal.
Retrieved from https://www.slj.com/?detailStory=slj-average-book-prices-2019
Virginia Department of Education (2019). School quality profiles: Robinson Secondary [web application].
Retrieved from http://schoolquality.virginia.gov/schools/robinson-secondary
Editor's Notes
Survey students & staff
Preferred format(s)
Requested subjects / authors / titles
Review fiction circulation reports
Weed fiction (X/2/MUSTIE)
Add 200 new fiction ebooks & 30 Playaway book packs
Promote additions — website, newsletter, displays & social media
Provide staff training for ebooks & Playaways