1. Dear Mr. Rouse,
Recently, I completed an assessment of our media center at Worth County Elementary School. I
processed each statement and ranked our school as basic, proficient, or exemplary. Here are my
findings:
I feel that our school does an excellent job of the following statements:
1. Thelibrarymediacenterisacriticalelementintheschool’sreadingprogram.Thelibrarymediapro
grammeetstheneedsofboththereading/languageartscurriculumandrecreationalreading. I
feel our school does a great job of this because the SLMS has extended her media program
by incorporating the program “Reading Under the Stars”. This program was a success and
other schools should also incorporate some kind of program that extends reading/language
arts curriculum as well as recreational reading.
2. Our school also does a great job of staffing. A fulltimeLibraryMediaSpecialistisemployedandisnotsharedatanyothertime
withotherareasintheschoolnordoeshe/sheprovideservicesoutsidethelibrarymediacenter.Adu
ltsupervisionbycertifiedpersonnelisavailablefortheentireday. Some schools do not have
the luxury of a full time media specialist who is not used somewhere else in the school.
Our school is also fortunate to have a full time clerk who is not shared throughout our
school for other purposes.
3. Our school also ranks highly with the amount of square footage it has for each student.
Our minimum square footage must be 3375 square feet. Our media center boasts 4000+
square feet.
4. Theschoolprincipalanddistrictadministratorstakealeadershiproleinencouragingteacherstoint
egratelibrarymediaresourcesintothecurriculum,fosteringaclimateofcollaborationandinquiry
,encouragingtheLibraryMediaSpecialisttobeknowledgeableaboutcurrenteducationaltrends,
promotingoccasionalvisitstoexemplaryprograms,andprovidingbudgetarysupport. We are
very fortunate that our administration encourages its teachers to use media resources into
their curriculum and allow time to collaborate with each other and the SLMS.
I ranked the following statements at proficient:
1. Informationliteracyskillsareintegratedintothecurriculumthroughthecollaborativeeffortsofth
eLibraryMediaSpecialistandteachers.GeorgiaPerformanceStandards(GPS)andCommonCo
reGPS(CCGPS)areusedasabasisforteaching.The SLMS is very familiar with the CCGPS,
but is not consistently used when integrating information literacy skills into the
curriculum.
2. TheLibraryMediaSpecialistencouragescollaborativeplanningamongteacherswhoareteachin
gunitsofsimilarcontent.TheLibraryMediaSpecialistisfamiliarwiththeGeorgiaStandards.org
websiteandtheCommonCorestandardsandencouragesteacherstousetheresourcesavailableon

2. GSOwebpage. The SLMS does a good job of encouraging collaborative planning among
teachers when she meets with them, however, she does not meet on a routine basis.
3. TheLibraryMediaSpecialistandteachersplanandteachcollaborativelysothatthelibrarymedia
programisanextensionofclassroominstruction. The SLMS only plans and teaches
collaboratively with the classroom teach only when needed.
4. Thelibrarymediastaffselectsresourcesandinformsteachersoftheseresourceswithrecommend
ationstosupportstudents’diverselearningabilitiesandstyles.The SLMS usually chooses
resources. However, there is not a dedicated space to displaying these resources in the
media center. There is a space for this and is presently being weeded to make a dedicated
space.
5. Flexibleschedulingandlibrarymediastaffareavailablethroughoutthedaytoassistteachersandst
udentsregardlessofabilityordisability.Thelibrarymediacenterisavailableeitherbeforeorafters
chool.The media center does not have any after-hours time allotted for parents to come
browse the media center with their children.
6. Streamingvideoisusedonaregularbasistosupportthecurriculum.Theschoolhasseveralwhiteb
oardslocatedthroughoutthebuildingandusedonafrequentbasis.
7. Electronicdistributionsystemmeetsstaterequirements.The school does have several white
boards located throughout the building, but a few are not used on a frequent basis.
8. Print and non-print resources, including subscription databases and other library media
center resources are available online to multiple networked computers within the library
media center only. A LAN (Local Area Network) is fully functional. Network services are
delivered to all classrooms.The new SLMS is presently on working on updating the
subscription databases.
9. TheOPACiselectronicallynetworkedtoseveralcomputerswithinthelibrarymediacenter.Newa
cquisitionsareaddedbasedonreliablereviewsources,stateandnationalawardbooks,andcurricu
lumneeds.Weedingisanongoingprocess.Anetworkdistributionofresourcesbeyondthelibrary
mediacenterisnotavailable. Although this is available, teachers do not use it.
10. Thelibrarymediaprogrambudgetexceedstheminimumstateallocation.Localfundingsupplem
entsstateallocation. All money allocated for the media center will be spent accordingly.
11. LibraryMediaSpecialistseekstoenhancehis/herprofessionalskills,particularlytechnologyskil
ls,beyondthoserequiredforrecertificationorbytheschooldistrict.LibraryMediaSpecialistprov
idesoccasionalformalstaffdevelopmentinstructionandinformalinstructionduringcollaborativ
eplanningwithteachers.Theschoolsystemmakesstaffdevelopmentoptionsavailableforlibrary
mediasupportstaff.TheLibraryMediaSpecialistisknowledgeableofthedistrictprofessionalde
velopmentservices.Although the SLMS is allowed to enhance his/her professional skills,
he/she is not allowed consistently with the planning of staff development or teacher
workshops.
I rank these skills as basic for our school media center:

3. 1. Theclassroomteacherisresponsibleforassessingstudentachievement.The SLMS and the
classroom teacher do not collaborate for the assessment of student achievement. Instead,
the School Improvement Specialist is.
2. StudentswillbegiveninstructioninaccessingGALILEO.Thepasswordwillbeprovidedinatime
lymanner. Students are not given any instructions on how to access GALILEO.
3. Asystemmediacontactperson(SMCP)isappointedandcommunicationfromtheSMCPisreceiv
edandpostedforallLibraryMediaSpecialistsandstaff.The
mediacoordinatororcurriculumcoordinatormayserveastheSMCPtofacilitatecommunicationt
oandfromDOE.There is no SMCP appointed for our school system.
4. Systemandlocalschoollibrarymediacommitteessupportimplementationofthelibrarymediapr
ogram.Amediaadvisorycommitteeexistsandmeetsonceortwicea
year.(Thiscommitteemaybethesameasthetechnologycommitteeinsomelocalschools.)There
are no media committees set up that support implementation of the library media program.
5. Awrittenlibrarymediapolicyexistsandisimplementedandupdatedinconsistently.There is a
written library media policy, however, it is not implemented or updated on a routine basis.
With these findings, I would like to pursue the following indicator to improve from proficient to
exemplary.
2.CollaborativeplanningincludesboththeLibraryMediaSpecialistsandteacherstoensureuseoflibrar
ymediacenterresourcesthatsupportongoingclassroominstructionandimplementationofstatecurriculumandtheGPSandCCGPS.(
My action steps to improve this status are:
1. Meet with you to explain my goals and objectives by meeting and collaborating with
teachers.
2. Meet with teachers routinely, to establish what area is needed.
3. Make a plan with teachers to create lesson plans and activities that will meet the needs of
all diverse learners and students with disabilities.
4. Carry out the lesson plans.
5. Reflect – both the classroom teacher and myself – on the lesson.
6. Report back to you what improvements were made following common assessments.
With the above findings, I would like to pursue the following indicator to improve from basic to
proficient:
6.Studentachievementisroutinelyassessed.(APlanningGuideforInformationPower;p.36)
My action steps to improve this status are to:
1. Meet with School Improvement Specialist to view dates for assessments.

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Meet with teachers to hear them voice concerns/praises for the assessments.
Research various designed tools for assessing student achievement.
Introduce them to teachers and give tutorials on how to use them.
Collaborate with teachers and decide which tools would best fit their students.
Incorporate the chosen tool to help with student assessment.
As you can see, I evaluated our school media center with the utmost respect. I feel that overall
our media center does a great job of adhering to state and local guidelines. I also see room for
improvement, and hope that I get a chance to do so.
Sincerely,
Crissy J. Turner