Deborah Baker believes that every child can reach their potential given the right opportunities and developmentally appropriate instruction with high expectations. She emphasizes student-centered learning that focuses on student success. Her philosophy is to ensure students feel cared for, believed in, and supported to reach their learning goals and dreams. She provides experiences to help students gain skills to compete in a changing world, including guiding safe technology use and encouraging collaboration.

1. e-Portfolio
Deborah Baker
Media Specialist

2. My Philosophy of Education
I believe each child has the ability to reach his true potential with the right
opportunities and training. Meaningful education is student-centered, focusing on
student success. Students will respond to developmentally appropriate instruction when
given high expectations that take into account how the student learns best. Children
need to know they are cared for, believed in, and supported in their learning goals.They
need positive reinforcement in their achievements, and celebrations in their successes.
They need to feel valuable, safe, and capable of reaching their dreams. Envisioning the
adult that each child will become is strong motivation for educators to help each
student gain the skills necessary to live and compete in an ever changing world. Guiding
students in safe effective use of technology, modeling lifelong learning, allowing for
teamwork and collaboration, and encouraging personal responsibility are valuable ways
educators can help students prepare for life in a rapidly evolving global society.

3. Credentials
 B.S. Elementary Education
(K-8 with Early Childhood
Endorsement)
 Master’s of Library Science
 Educational Leadership
 GATeaching CertificateT6
Clear Renewable
VALID 07-01-2013 thru 06-
30-2018
Clearance Certificate
 Leadership P-12
 Media Services P-12
 Elementary Education
P-8
 Middle Grades
LA, SC, SS

4. Previous Positions
Jackson County School System
Jefferson, GA
North Jackson & Gum Springs Elem.
Aug. 2001 – May 2014
Barrow County Schools
Murray O. Kennedy Elem.
Sept. 1998 – May 2001
ALL POSITIVE EVALUATIONS AT
EACH SCHOOL
White RiverValley School
District
Switz City, IN
Worthington Elem. School
Aug. 1990 – March 1997
(Married & moved to GA)
Cloverdale City Schools
Cloverdale, IN
Cloverdale Elem.
Aug. 1989 – May 1990

5. Experiences Fulfilling Media Standards
Standard 1: Teaching For Learning
Support and enhance instruction
Lesson planning
Instruction (academic & research)
Collaboration with teachers at each grade level
Digital Citizenship
Technology instruction
Data team
Professional Learning Instruction

6. Standard 2: Literacy and Reading
Host Book Fairs
Book displays
ebooks
Accelerated Reader
Author visits
Reading celebrations
Read Across America activities
Storybook Parade
Book Week activities
Guest Readers
Participation in Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl
Lexiles
Book Give-aways
Family Reading Night

7. Standard 3: Information and Knowledge
Professional development
Access to print, non-print electronic resources
Effective strategies for using and locating resources
Copyright/plagiarism
Tech training for teachers and students
Book challenge issues
Flexible scheduling and class sign-ups

8. Standard 4: Advocacy and Leadership
Conference attendance
Public library partner
Media Collaborative member
Leadership Team
Professional Development
Resource Sharing
Social Media
District Media Meetings
Webpage
Literacy Night participant

9. Standard 5: Program Management and Administration
Curriculum alignment
Surveys
Facility design
Book and resource selection
Media Center policies & procedures
Inventory of materials
Weeding
Forming the Media Committee
School Improvement efforts
Media plan/goals
Budgeting
Processing of new materials
Supervise staff and volunteers
Managing resources, data, programs, patrons,
Reading, teaching
Assisting with technology

10. FUN EVENTS
“Out of this world”

11. Book Fairs should be a fun week… it’s all
about a love of reading!!!

13. AR… END OFYEAR
CELEBRATIONS
Hawaiian Luau

14. AuthorVisits

16. TEACHING
• Instructs students using wide variety of teaching aids and motivational strategies to
engage students in active learning.
• Incorporates best strategies to implement technological approaches to subject
material retrieval and production. This allows students freedom to create and
produce pieces of work based on units of study.
• Collaborates with teachers to make lessons meaningful, differentiated, and
standards based.
• Blended learning model when appropriate, allowing for independent, guided and
student collaborative work.
• Models use of Destiny circulation software, effective and safe use of internet
searches, combining print & non-print, fiction and informational resources.

18. BookTasting
Party!!!

20. Learning Can Be Loads of Fun!

22. TECHNOLOGY
• Thorough knowledge of Destiny circulation software in addition to software and
material processing, material and patron imports, record editing, inventory &
cataloging.
• Effective use of smart boards, LCD projectors, laptops, iPads, Kindle Fires, and
document cameras.
• Ability to work with webpages, social networking sites, and blogs.
• General knowledge of re-imaging computers, changing passwords, entering Helpdesk
tickets, Media Cast uploading, Morning News,Windows Movie Maker, Installing
Printers, Using streaming sites,Aesop, NovellTeaming,AR, and Nettrekker.
• Model and instruct students using Keynote,Thinglink, Popplet, Rubric Maker,Virtual
FieldTrips, Edmodo, Quizzlet,Vocaroo,Voki, Readability Calculators, GALILEO, Fact
Monster,Animoto, Itunes, MS Office, Comic Life.
Attended NEGA training classes and workshops on DigitalTools,Tech in the
Classroom, and Enhancing CCGPS by IntegratingTechnology in ELA
Classrooms, Lexile for Media Specialists

23. Evidence supporting Professional Development Goals
2014
(1)
*Attended all Jackson County Media Resource Specialist meetings
*Joined the Media Specialist Consortium at NEGA RESA and attended all
official meetings
*Subscribed to and read Professional Magazines... Eschool News; Library
Media Matters;
*Joined the Media Listserv for collaboration with others integrating
technology into the curriculum
*Spent time with Beth Rembe learning how to image computers and check
printer issues
*Spent time with JillWeldon preparing ipads loading apps and learning tips
for instructing students on their use; learning to trouble shoot smartboards;
saving student work to P drives; managing the MediaCast cart;
*Participated in all day ITS training March 6th.

24. (2)
*Developed and presented lessons modeling technology and digital tools helpful to students in
understanding concepts being taught and for gathering, creating, and presenting their work to others.
Modeled using the Follett Shelf to read GSES’s collection of ebooks. Students learned the features/tools
on the different ebooks, followed by practice opening and reading books.
Use of the library online catalog system (Destiny) was modeled for students in grade and up. Students
were given activity cards with titles and authors for practice searching.
Provided an orientation to all students on safe use of the Ipads
Explained the research process to second grade. Mrs. Laird's class researched an animal of choice and
prepared powerpoint presentations to share their information with the class. Presentation and listening
skills were addressed as well.
Modeled creating an informational animoto video and showed samples of completed projects.To follow
our story on Diary of an Earthworm, students researched earthworms to find facts to include in the
video. Steps were followed to produce an animoto video on earthworms.
After reading stories with classes, I modeled the story cube. Students filled in the information online to
create the cube focusing on the elements of the story. One side was setting, one was for characters, one
for plot, one for problem, one for resolution, and one for theme.We printed this out and taped it
together for review.

25. Prior to reading Manatees, third grade used an online KWL chart creator. Students gave pieces of
information they already knew to type in the K section. Questions students had were type into theW
section.After reading the book, student comments on what was learned was typed into the L section of
the chart.This was printed out for latter review.
Third grade classes were shown how to find pictures on select “safe” sites and save them to the P drive
for use in shape collage and Animoto videos depicting their choice of topics.
Mrs. Lance's class was instructed on camera use.They collaborated on wording for a video to be shown
during “ReadAcrossAmerica” week.They chose to depict themselves “Reading Here andThere... and
Everywhere.” Students decided on the wording, order of pictures, and music.They used the Animoto
software to present a video with a school background, including the pictures they took and words they
wrote themselves.
Technology lessons were prepared for Pre-k and Kindergarten that included smartboard activities to
follow a book read, or informational piece presented to them.The song/video “Seasons of theYear” was
followed by a smartboard vortex activity. Pictures depicting Spring were to put into the Spring vortex.
Pictures depicting another season were to put in the vortex marked,“Not in spring” followed by
student telling which season was being depicted.
Navigating the school web page to find student resources was modeled for classes, followed by time for
students to practice getting into needed resources, esp. Nettrekker and FactMonster.
Navigating online reference books was modeled to students.
Participated in ITS training all day March 6th.

26. Thank you for the opportunity!