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 * Library Media Program Plan for a school**

__**Vision**__ As school library media specialists we envision collaboration with teachers, administrators and students to incorporate 21st century skills, technology, and up-to-date resources to increase student achievement and promote lifelong learning.

The mission of the school library media program is to ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information. The school library media specialist (SLMS) empowers students to be critical thinkers, ethusiastic readers, skillful researchers, and ethical users of information by: - Collaborating with educators and students to design and teach engaging learning experiences that meet individual needs. - Instructing students and assisting educators in using, evaluating, and producing information and ideas through active use of a broad range of appropriate tools, resources, and information technologies. - Providing access to materials in all formats, including up-to-date, high-quality, varied literature to develop and strengthen a love of reading. - Providing leadershiop in the total education program and advocating for strong school library media program as essential to meeting local, state, and national education goals
 * __Mission__**

from //Empowering Learners// (p.8)

Suggestions for committee:
 * __Library Media and Technology Committee__**
 * Library Media Specialist
 * Principal/ Assistant Principal/ administrator
 * Teachers (one from each grade level or team)- grade level coordinator
 * Students/ Parents/ Learning Community (other resource teachers)
 * Reconsideration of resources
 * Needs assessment for resources
 * Budget planning
 * Library media program planning
 * Program advocacy

Size-** just under 1000 students, 80 teachers, 3 administrators
 * __Overview of School__
 * Grade levels-** 8th and 9th grades
 * Curriculum**- self contained classrooms in a team envrionment
 * Technology**- Each teacher and student has a laptop, in classroom there is a desktop computer, and a smartboard with projector.
 * Accredited**- Last district accreditation November 2007 by SACS

__**Needs Assessment**__ 1.) State has mandated technology plan with 21st Century Skill integrated into curriculum 2.) 100% of teachers use technology as management tools (grade reports, attendance, email, create websites) 3.) 55% of teachers utilize technology in the curriculum 4.) ARMT scores did not meet adequate yearly progress (AYP) for 2008-2009

__Goal 1__: To provide professional development on how to integrate technology into the classroom. __Objective 1a:__ Given an interactive board, all teachers will be able to demonstrate how to use the interactive board in one lesson. __Objective 1b__: Given virtual library resource access, the teacher will be able to demonstrate how to use virtual resources in one lesson __Goal 2:__ To improve student ARMT scores __Objective 2a:__ Given access to online resources, students will demonstrate how to make informed decisions, apply new knowledge to new situations, and create new knowledge
 * __Goal(s)/ Objective(s)__**

__**Action Plan**__ __**Challenges**__: __**Actions**__ __**Timeline**__ __**Budget**__
 * Objective 1a**: Given an interactive board, all teachers will be able to demonstrate how to use the interactive board in one lesson.
 * __Opportunities__:**
 * Every classroom has an interactive board
 * 60% of teachers use interactive board everyday. 55% indicated use of interactive board in one lesson per year
 * One expert teacher in each school who can help train other teachers
 * District Library Media Supervisor
 * 40% of teachers do not use interactive board everyday
 * Some teachers may not use interactive boards for curriculum purposes
 * Maintaining interactive boards- making certain they function is a challenge
 * When interactive boards installed, there was not systematic training offered
 * New teachers may not know how to use the type of interactive board
 * Determine how many teachers need specific training
 * Provide hands-on training for how to operate and how to use in curriculum
 * Engage the "expert teacher" to help provide training
 * Identify mentor teacher who can help other teachers use interactive board
 * Follow-up sessions or planning
 * Decide when to offer training and assistance
 * Late April/ Early May- determine how many teachers need training for interactive board
 * May/ June- Planning (in-depth) for the training- district media specialist will help here
 * July/ Early August- offer 2 different hands-on training sessions
 * August/September- these may be in afternoons
 * Time for needs assessment- 3 hours x $34.00/hr= $102.00 (in kind)
 * Time for planning - 3 days (21 hours)= $714.00 cost for planning for system (in kind)
 * Time for training on mechanics- 2 hours x $34.00/hr = $68.00x 2 trainers= $136.00
 * One expert trainer 10 hours x $100/hr = $1000.00
 * Time for training on curriculum - 10 hours x $34.00/hr = $340.00 (5 sessions 2 hours long)
 * Develop Podcast with directions for using interactive board- 10 hours x $34.00/hr= $340.00 (in kind)
 * Software to create podcast- $300.00 (in kind)
 * Purchase interactive board - $3000 (for board and LCD projector)- (in kind)

__**Evaluation**__
 * Follow-up online survey with teachers
 * Review lessons using interactive board and software, use rubric to record level of curriculum
 * General usage statistics for how often interactive board was online (1st 9 weeks, 2nd 9 weeks, etc.)
 * Prepare video sample of using interactive board
 * First person "testimonials" (teachers and/or students)

__**Progress Report**__ >> __Objective 1a:__ Given an interactive board, all teachers will be able to demonstrate how to use the interactive board in one lesson.
 * Goals/objectives restated:
 * __Goal 1__: To provide professional development on how to integrate technology into the classroom.
 * Action or activity- overview
 * Budget overview- mention time spent and approximate costs benefits to system
 * Results- from evaluation
 * Future plans/ Recommendations
 * Report to 1) Principal, 2) Library Media & Technology Committee 3) District supervisor, etc.
 * Publish information in Library Media "new" website (program advocacy)


 * __Action Plan #2__

__Objective 2a:__** Given access to online resources, students will demonstrate how to make informed decisions, apply new knowledge to new situations, and create new knowledge __**Opportunities**__ __**Challenges**__ __**Actions**__
 * Teachers and students have access to online resources for critical thinking assignments
 * Students will participate in AMSTI projects, many of which are posted online, which allow students to sharpen problem-solving skills
 * Access to Study Island and Practice Planet for students to practice ARMT style problems
 * Teachers and students may not have internet access at home
 * All teachers may not be AMSTI trained
 * Teachers and students may not be familiar with websites
 * Determine if teachers and students are familiar with online resources (use survey)
 * Find out which teachers need AMSTI materials and ask other trained teachers to share resources
 * Decide when, where and how to introduce students and teachers to online resources
 * Provide teachers and students with introductory hand-on training to //Study Island// and //Practice Planet//
 * Compare 2009-2010 ARMT scores in the Spring

__**Timeline**__
 * Allow teachers to review ARMT test scores in August
 * In September survey students and teachers about familiarity of online resources for test preparation
 * In October ask teachers when would be a good time to train teachers and students
 * Prepare and plan for training
 * Hands-on training with teachers and students (preferrably in classrooms) with projector.
 * June/July 2010 compare ARMT scores to previous years

__**Budget**__


 * Needs Assessment- Analyze survey results- 3hrs x $34/hr= $102.00 (in kind)
 * Training planning/ preparation- 2 days- 14 hours x $34/hr= $476 (in kind)
 * Hands-on training in classrooms- 0.5 hour x $34/hr= $17 x 80 classrooms = $1360 (in kind)
 * Site license for //Study Island// is $1760.00 per grade level x 2 grades= $3520.00 annualy
 * Retrieved from [|Study Island]
 * Site license for //Practice Planet// (see chart below) for all subjects and grades for under 1000 students, the cost would be $3,995 per year
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__**Evaluation**__ __**Progress Report**__ __**Goals/Objectives Restated** Goal 2:__ To improve student ARMT scores __Objective 2a:__ Given access to online resources, students will demonstrate how to make informed decisions, apply new knowledge to new situations, and create new knowledge use the interactive board in one lesson.
 * Follow-up online survey with teachers
 * Review practice assessment data teachers have collected from student use of websites
 * General usage statistics for how often the online resources were used (1st 9 weeks, 2nd 9 weeks, etc.)
 * First person "testimonials" (teachers and/or students)
 * Analyze ARMT scores from Spring 2010
 * Action or activity- overview
 * Budget overview- mention time spent and approximate costs benefits to system
 * Results- from evaluation
 * Future plans/ Recommendations
 * Report to 1) Principal, 2) Library Media & Technology Committee 3) District supervisor, etc.
 * Publish information in Library Media "new" website (program advocacy)