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Janet Leahr Collection Development Assignment FRIT 7134 Spring 2012 March 11, 2012

DESCRIPTION OF SITE AND LEARNERS Loganville Christian Academy is a college preparatory K-12 school. LCA was founded in 1998. LCA currently has 584 enrolled students. There are 269 male students and 314 female students. The total student body consists of 8% minority students and 92% non-minority students. LCA hosts 6 Korean exchange students every year. These students are included in the 8% minority figure. Our faculty is made up of 50 teachers of which 2 are of African American
descent and 1 of Jamaican American decent. The lower school (elementary) has 213 enrolled

students, and the upper school, (middle and high) have 317 total students. The schools media centers collection is comprised of approximately 15,000 cataloged items for both upper and lower school. 85 percent of the books in this collection were donated. The upper school media center, until the 2011/2012 school year, has not had a full time media specialist on staff. This collection analysis is the first of its kind at LCA.

The collection development focus for this project is on the economics curriculum. The economics curriculum is taught to high school seniors only. Our high school senior class consists of 29 students. Currently we have no data on free or subsidized lunch programs. After consulting with our school registrar, I found that we have no students currently on any such program. The LCA administration and technology team spent the 2010-2011 school year researching various technology initiatives. The goal of this research was to develop a comprehensive 5 year plan for technological initiatives for the entire LCA community. In the 2011-2012 school year, we added, 40 smart boards, a Mac Lab, and eBook offerings through the media center. In the 2012-2013 school year, we will launch our iLearn program. The iLearn program will require all upper school students to have a laptop device, and all text books will be available in electronic format. The schools major focus on technology was taken into consideration in this Collection Development Plan for the economics curriculum.

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LCA is located in Loganville Georgia. Loganville is one of the fastest growing towns in Georgia. Loganville experienced a population growth of over 70 percent between 1990 and 2000. Loganville is located in Walton County. Walton County is 36 miles from Georgias capitol city Atlanta. Walton County is considered a rural county with a reported population of over 83,768. Walton County was named for George Walton who was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and also a Governor of Georgia. Learner Analysis The Economics course is only offered to the twelfth grade students as a 1 semester course. 2 students are Korean exchange students. There are no remedial or special needs students included in this group. 32 twelfth grade students o 12 Boys (2 Korean) o 20 Girls

Average SAT, ACT and PSAT Scores for the 12 grade class. SAT Reading 504.29 Math 472.59 Writing 514.44 ACT English 19.947 Math 19.59 Reading 21.058 Science Writing Comp 19.824 6.13 20.1 Eng/Wr Combo 19.563 Total 1491.07 Essay 7.50

PSAT Verbal 47.17 Math 43.44 Writing 46.19 Total 136.81

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CURRICULUM REVIEW A few weeks ago our high school history/economics teacher brought his class into the media center and gave his students an assignment to find 3 items that are scarce in the world, and write a paragraph on each item as it relates to the economy, and common sense approaches to dealing with that scarcity in everyday life. I was challenged to find material in our collection to aid the students on the topic of economics. It was this encounter that prompted me to focus the collection analysis on the topic of economics, and more specifically, scarcity and its effects on our society and economy. I have included in this review the Georgia Public Schools Standards that are similar to the given assignment, as well as a one unit portion of the Loganville Christian Academy Economics Curriculum Guide. I have also included a specific activity from the Economic Theory Unit.

Accessibility of Additional Resources The Upper School Media Centers web site includes links to the local public libraries. We also provide a link to Galileo. Loganville Christian Academy does not have a subscription to Galileo.

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We urge students to obtain a library card from their local public library which will supply full access to Galileo. www.lcamediacenter.wikispaces.com

Additional Economics Web Resources The Incidental Economist MIT World - Distributed Intelligence EconomicsJunkie
http://eh.net/ http://ideas.repec.org/

State Standards and LCA Curriculum Topic - Economics Grade Level 12th

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GPS Standard - SSEF1 The student will explain why limited productive resources and unlimited
wants result in scarcity, opportunity costs, and tradeoffs for individuals, businesses, and governments.

a. Define scarcity as a basic condition that exists when unlimited wants exceed limited productive resources.

b. Define and give examples of productive resources (factors of production) (e.g., land (natural), labor (human), capital (capital goods), entrepreneurship).

c. List a variety of strategies for allocating scarce resources.

d. Define opportunity cost as the next best alternative given up when individuals, businesses, and governments confront scarcity by making choices.

LCA Economics Curriculum Guide Topic: Additional Macroeconomic Theory: Capstone NCEE Standards: Students will know and be able to explain the basic laws of macro-economics of the U.S. Constitution and the American system of and the American system of government. Objective Sample Activities/Strategies Suggested Resources Capstone NCEE Lessons p.11 Biblical Connections God made us to deal with scarcity in our lives as stewards Wants and desires must be checked by consequences as Sample Assessment Review, multiple choice questions

Identify two Work in groups to definitions of the analyzing human behavior determining term scarcity what is scarce or not

Use the law of Participate in an demand to predict auction during class consumer behavior in on a coveted object

Capstone NCEE lessons, candy bar or desired

Produce a demand chart/curve of prices and

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the marketplace

object to bid on p.47 Use a hypothetical situation of wages and hours worked to determine supply of workers Capstone NCEE lessons p. 57

Christians

supply

Use the law of supply to predict consumer behavior in the marketplace

God rewards us financially as we work hard and smarter

Discussion. Provide a supply chart/curve of supply of hours and workers needed

Discuss GDP and Teach GDP formula how economist and do worksheet comparing GDP and measure it its changes in the market place

Capstone NCEE lessons

God has blessed Quiz over GDP our country financially. What will we do with this blessing

LCA Economics Class Activity (provided by the Economics instructor) Unit # 1: Economic Reasoning Scarcity and Abundance Choices Alternative economic choices Opportunity costs Rules of economic behavior

Additional Web Resource (used by the Economics instructor) National Center On Education and the Economy www.ncee.org Dave Ramseys Personal Finance www.daveramsey.com

COLLECTION REVIEW Direct Collection Examination I started this examination of the economics collection, by using the catalog to identify all titles that pertained to economics in the upper and lower school media centers, because we share a common database. Using a subject search of economics, I found 0 books, videos, or audio recordings returned. My next step was to search the database for books that had money in the subject. The money search returned 8 books of which 3 are included in this analysis. My next step

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was to go to the stacks and pull the books that are in the dewy decima l category of the 330s for economics. This task yielded 6 titles. The results of the direct examination yielded 9 titles, the details are listed in the chart below.

Title Seven Biblical Principles for Financial Peace of Mind The Debt Squeeze How your Family can become Financially Free Answers to Your Familys Financial Questions We Shall Not Be Moved The Womens Factory Strike of 1909 Whatever Happened to Penny Candy?

Copyright date 1992

Fiction/Non Fiction Non-Fiction

Author Paul & Carolyn Wilde

Notes

1989

Non-Fiction

Ron Blue

1987

Non Fiction

Larry Burkett

Larry Burkett is a financial counselor

1996

Non-Fiction

Joan Dash

1989

Non-Fiction

Richard J. Maybury

The Real Ones Four Generations of the First Family of CocaCola Lets Find out about Money The Story of Money Trouble at the Treasury

1992

Non- Fiction

Elizabeth C. Graham and Ralph Roberts

A fast, clear and fun explanation of the economics yu need for success in your career, business and investments With interviews, extensive neverbefore-published information and photographs from family archives

1977 1993 2006

Junior NonFiction Non-Fiction Junior Fiction Series

Kathy Barabas Betsy Maestro Ron Roy

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Age Analysis The age analysis of the economics titles in our library was disappointing. The average age of our economics collection was 21 years old. This information indicates that the entire economics collection needs to be updated, and increased. Checklists and Catalogs I used the Billings High School Library catalog and found 173 titles in economics. None of those titles were in our catalog. I also searched Folletts list of economics titles, as well as titles that included the word money and found over 100. Several titles from Folletts Title Wave were included in the materials order/consideration file.. Circulation Study Upon evaluation of circulation queries, I found that only 4 books had been checked out. Of the 4 books, only 1 had been check out over the past 24 months. Database queries included the following key words; economics, economy, money. Teacher Interview I interviewed the Economics teacher to inquire about what supplementary materials are being utilized for this course. The teacher informed me that most research is conducted online, and students are charged with gathering information from these sources. Further inquiry also revealed that the class is not using a text book. The teacher feels that the text that was supplied is not useful, and he does not use it. He prefers to find information from various sources which include National Center on Education and the Economy www.ncee.org and Dave Ramseys Personal Finance www.daveramsey.com .

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Multicultural and Fiction Resources Related to Economics Upon review of the collection, I found no titles that represented Economic-Fiction, or books that would be classified under Multicultural/Economics, ESOL, or Special Needs. These topics will be addressed in the materials order/consideration file. Summary The information gathered in this review included a teacher interview, a circulation study, an age analysis, a direct collection examination, and a comparison to checklists and catalogs. The data shows very clearly that the Economics collection at LCA is inadequate. These inadequacies include; the average age of the Economics collection is 21 years old, there are no fiction, or multicultural titles in the collection, the collection includes only 9 books. The books in the collection have not been circulated over the last 24 months. Economics is an area of the LCA collection that would benefit from a selection of new print materials, and the addition of eBooks audio books and educational DVDs on the topic.