The School Library Media Center Program Plan: Goals, Objectives, and Evaluation

1. Program Plan
Goals, Objectives, Evaluation
FRIT 7331 Spring 2014
Deidra Johnson

2. School’s Mission
“The school and community will work cooperatively
and commit themselves to challenging students to
meet or exceed standards.”

3. Long-Range Goals

4. Goal 1
To provide a collection of resources in a variety of formats that reflects the
Common Core Frameworks and meets the needs of the Middle School
students and prepare them to meet or exceed state standards.

5. Goal 1
1A Objectives: By August 2014, resources aligned with Common Core standards will
be added to the collection to meet current media literacy standards.
Activity 1: Review the Common Core Frameworks for English/Language Arts
When: By end of September, 2013.
Who: Library Media Specialist and Middle Grades English/Language Arts teachers.
Resources: Frameworks documents from state
Evaluation: Report of findings

6. Goal 1
1A Objectives: By August 2014, resources aligned with Common Core standards will
be added to the collection to meet current media literacy standards.
Activity 2: Review existing holdings against Frameworks topics and concepts related to
the Common Core Frameworks for English/Language Arts.
When: By end of October, 2013.
Who: Library Media Specialist.
Evaluation: Report of findings

7. Goal 1
1A Objectives: By August 2014, resources aligned with Common Core standards will
be added to the collection to meet current media literacy standards.
Activity 3: Solicit teacher input on selections alignment to the Common Core
Frameworks for English/Language Arts.
When: By end of November, 2013.
Who: Library Media Specialist and Middle Grades English/Language Arts teachers.
Evaluation: Suggested list for ordering

8. Goal 1
1A Objectives: By August 2014, resources aligned with Common Core standards will
be added to the collection to meet current media literacy standards.
Activity 4: Expand resources on topics and concepts identified on Common Core
Frameworks for English Language Arts.
When: October, November, and December 2013.
Who: Library Media Specialist and Middle Grades English/Language Arts teachers.
Resources: Bibliographies of recommended titles
Evaluation: Develop and order list of recommended titles (stay within budget)

9. Goal 2
• Promote collaborations between teachers, instructional coach, and Media
Specialist to facilitate meaningful literacy and research experiences.

10. Goal 2
2A Objective: Media Specialist will promote collaborative planning and resource sharing
between the instructional coach and teachers with the media specialist. Collaborative planning
will encourage the inclusion of library resource use in lesson plans.
Activity 1: Grade level meetings to include media specialist and instructional coach. During
weekly collaborative meetings media specialist will discuss resources available in media center
that align with current unit standards. Instructional coach will guide implementation of media
resources into lessons based on needs per data. Teachers are encouraged to introduce to
students and use with students resources available in the media center.

11. Goal 2
Activity 2: Media Specialist will co-teach teachers with teachers to give students
knowledge of media center services and basic research procedures.
Evaluation1: Lesson plans to document inclusion of media center resources in
student activity and information literacy skills are embedded within the lessons.
Evaluation 2: Surveys using Google Docs to collect feedback about usefulness
of media services and research resources to complete assignments.

12. Goal 2
• Evaluation 3: Minutes of meetings to report agenda and outcomes of
collaborative planning meetings with teachers, instructional coach, and media
center.

13. Goal 3
Promote instructional use of online resources such as GALIOI,
webpage/website for media center.

14. Goal 3
Objective: Media Center program provides electronic resources and focuses on the use
of these resources in the information literacy curriculum of various areas.
Activity 1: Survey teachers regarding their needs: class groups, small groups, individual
Activity 2: Develop a co-teaching and collaborative planning schedule using Google
Docs to request student learning of media center resources
Evaluation: Report summary of results and schedule program times