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FRIT 7331
Lisa Hullender, Amanda Sikes, & Jason Stark
Section I: Description and Analysis of the School Library Media Program
Geographic Location
Long County Middle School is located in Southeast Georgia in a small town named Ludowici.
The population of Ludowici is 1,964 people (US Census Bureau, 2013).
Grade Levels
The Long County School Media Center is shared by 2 schools: Walker Elementary School and
Long County Middle School. The current grade levels served by the media center are grades 4-8
as well as Pre-K.
Socioeconomic Makeup of the School Community
There are 804 students in the two schools. This includes 565 economically disadvantaged
students (over 70%). The school has 89 students that have a disability. There are 29 students with
limited English proficiency and 21 migrant students. The school is a title 1 school.
Size of Student Population
There are 804 students in the two schools. Of these students, 54% are males and 46% are
females. The school has 409 Caucasian students, 211 African American students, 117 Hispanic
students, 60 multiracial students, 4 Asian Islander Pacific students, and 3 American Indian
students.
Size of Faculty
There are 81 certified employees in the school and 23 staff members.
Scholastic Standing
centers resources, services, and facilities to be available to all students and teachers.
Provide collaboration with the faculty and staff to create an extension of the classroom by
Section III: Long County School Library Media Center Services Overview
Circulation Policy
Long County Media Center does not have a written circulation policy. After speaking with the
media specialist, she explained her policies to us. At this time, they are working on developing a
media center handbook that includes policies and media center information.
Long County School Media Center has a large collection of books that can be checked out by
students. The students can use Destiny to access the book catalog online. The media center
serves all students in fourth grade through eighth grade. In order to check out materials from the
library, students are required to have an ID or at least provide their ID number. Once a book has
been checked out by the student, the student can keep the book for two weeks. If not returned on
time, there are late fees of .05 per each school day that it is not returned. The different grade
levels are acknowledged with the use of color coding. Each grade level has a different color.
Virtual Facility
Resources available:
The school media center website is available to students, faculty and teachers. The website is
outdated and provides few resources. It contains a welcome page, useful websites page,
Accelerated Reader page and teacher technology resources page. Faculty members have access
to a small selection of videos to supplement instruction. These resources are stored in a small
room at the back of the facility.
OPACS:
Long County utilizes Destiny as the systems online card catalog. The online card catalog is
available to all students and faculty. It can be accessed from both school or home. Book searches
and e-books are available, and other resources are accessible such as teacher professional
materials and technology.
Filtering software:
The Long County school system implements a basic internet filter for the entire network.
Students are restricted from using YouTube, social media, and other related sites. The filtering
restricts many useful sites. Teachers may request that a site be unblocked, but the process is
tedious and often gives no results.
Needed Changes
Elements that work well:
54.35%
$37,821.40
Benefits
33.89%
$23,580.29
Prof Serv.
.7%
$487.50
Supplies
2.32%
$1,611.52
Software
1.07%
$747.50
Equipment
1.00%
$697.99
Tech. Equip.
1.72%
$1,196.00
Books
4.95%
$3,441.81
Additional Funding
The Long County Middle School Media Center does get QBE funding. They receive QBE
funding for salary at $61.38 per FTE count and materials at $13.03 per FTE count. Other funding
comes from book fairs that are held each year. The media center also has a school store that
provides funding as well as turtle book sales. In addition, the media center receives local
supplements that vary from year to year.
Adequacy of Funding
The media specialist feels the funding is adequate for the current needs of the media center.
Enough funding is available to purchase books and software for student use. However, additional
funds are needed to add more technology to the media center. According to Martin (2011),
communication is critical. If additional funding is needed, the media specialist must
communicate with stakeholders and vendors to try to come up with the best possible plan within
the budget allowed. The media center is in need of updating furnishings as well. However, the
Description of Evaluation
Evaluation 1a:
Review previous evaluations
to get a history and help
with development planning.
This can be done throughout
the school year.
Evaluation 1b:
Monthly meetings will be
held to evaluate the progress
of the students learning
experience. This can be
done at beginning of each
month.
Evaluation 1c:
Media specialists and
teachers will evaluate or
measure on a standardized
rubric the students outcome
or results. This can be done
throughout the school year.
Goal 2:
Improve physical appearance of
media center.
Evaluation 1d:
Librarian will furnish access
to the Internet and adopt the
proper user policies. This
should be done at beginning
of year.
Evaluation 2a:
Media Specialist will put
together fundraisers and
book fairs to supplement the
expense of the furniture.
Teachers can assist. This
can be done at beginning of
the year.
Goal 3:
The library should be fully
integrated with the purchase of
new software/hardware/eBooks
in order to promote students
learning goals and meet
individual needs of teachers,
students, and stakeholders.
Evaluation 2b:
Librarian can rearrange
furniture to meet the users
needs. This can be done at
beginning of the year.
Evaluate the students and
teachers opinion or obtain
feedback on the appearance
of the media center. This
can be done throughout the
school year.
Evaluation 3a:
Evaluate and select
appropriate learning
materials/resources that will
meet the needs of the
students. This can be done
throughout the school year.
Objective 3b:
Develop curriculum that is
grade level appropriate and
ensure competency in the
curriculum. This is
specifically speaking to the
teacher working with the
Media Specialist. The
amount of measurable time
to get this done should be a
couple of weeks before the
school year begins. This
should be an achievable
objective if everyone
works as a team. This is a
realistic objective that will
help with learning. The
time period should be set to
be pulled together before
the school year begins.
Evaluation 3b:
Conduct evaluations using
multiple data sources to get
a better overall picture of
progress. This can be done
throughout the school year.
Objective 3c:
Promote learning in
technical, factual, and also
ethical standards when
using copyrighted
materials. Promote
independent learning. This
specifically speaks to
Media Specialist and
teacher. The amount of
measurable time to work
on this could be one day a
week of working with
students to explain ethical
standards and providing
those resources to study.
This is an achievable goal
and depends on learning
capacity of students. This
Evaluation 3c:
Teachers and librarians will
allow time to meet and plan
learning strategies, assess
students work, and develop
curriculum that
appropriately reflects the
AASL standards of
performance. This should
be done throughout the
school year.
Evaluation 3d:
Librarian will offer
development workshops for
faculty to encourage
technology integration.
Solicit feedback from
students and teachers on
how resources are working
with the use of a survey.
This can be done during the
year.
Explanation of Goals:
The Library Media Program for Long County Middle School is an integral component of the
total educational program. With todays 21st Century technology, it is important for the
individual to be successful in problem solving and have the ability to access and evaluate
information from a variety of resources to ensure literacy. The goals are set forth to uncover the