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Key Assessment
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
Provide a friendly welcoming and accepting atmosphere and by providing services and
programs to meet individual needs.
Provide an open media center on a flexible schedule plan, which enables the media
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
planning literacy and technology lessons.
Provide our students with the skills to be researchers, ethical users and creators of
information through the media center, technology, and direct instruction.
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
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
Needed Changes
Elements that work well:
The facility is well lit despite the lack of ambient light. The addition of incandescent lighting
eases the harshness of the fluorescents. The overall space provides an environment conducive to
learning. There is ample seating for classes or small groups who would like to work
collaboratively.
Changes needed:
The nurse office needs to be relocated. Its presence increases the foot traffic in what is an already
busy space. The main shelving is too high for many middle school students. The center also
serves 4th and 5th-grade levels who certainly find it difficult to reach the upper shelves.
The media center website needs a complete overhaul. The site lacks current resources for
teachers, students, and parents. A modern, clean design with easy navigation and up to date
events and announcements would create online traffic to the site. The site should reflect the
media center as the hub of the school's learning resources and technology.
The library is shared between 5-grade levels which makes it crowded at times. The high volume
of students also decreases the availability for class reservation.
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
10. List one thing that you DO NOT like about our current media center:
Survey Results
The result of the survey shows that around 80% of people use the library about 1-3 times each
week. When these students visit the library, most of them only come to check out books. A small
portion of the students come for technology use and one person never visits the library. When
asked what could improve the frequency of library visits, there were several answers given. The
highest rated response indicated that the media center needed a better selection of books. This
was followed by more technology to use and a friendlier media specialist.
Most everyone surveyed felt comfortable visiting the library. They felt that the materials and
resources were easy to use and relevant to their needs. They also felt that the media specialist
was ready and willing to help them when asked.
Suggestions to Improve
There were a few things that could be improved based on the results of the survey. The media
center needs to get a comfortable section for reading. This was indicated by several people. In
addition, they would like a bigger, better selection that has more up-to-date books to choose
from. Another suggestion is to add in a video production station and student collaboration
station. One final suggestion was to update the interior of the media center by painting the walls
and changing the old worn carpet from the floor.
Short-Term Objectives:
Evaluations:
To collaborate with
teachers and
administrators to
implement at least one
lesson per 9 weeks per
grade level to meet the
Action Plan 1:
1a. Create a media team
composed of the media
specialist, teachers,
administrators and
community members to
Short-Term Objectives:
Evaluations:
Action Plan 1:
Long-Range Goal 3:
In order to update the policies and rules of the media center, a new media center handbook will
be created.
Rationale: The current media center handbook is very old. In fact, the media specialist does not
even know when it was updated last but it looks like more than 10 years ago. The policies are
outdated and in need of major revisions. Hardly any of the policies in the handbook relate to 21st
century learning or using Web 2.0 tools.
Long-Range Goal 3:
Short-Term Objectives:
Evaluations:
Description: In order to
update the policies and
rules of the media center,
a new media center
handbook will be created.
handbook.
1c. The media specialist will
include procedures and policies
related to 21st century learning,
especially ethical use of
information as it relates to
students and teachers.
By accomplishing these three goals, the Long County Middle Media Center will be heading in
the direction of 21st century learning. The media specialist will be encouraging a culture of
collaboration with teachers to result in improved student learning and better understanding of
technology. The media specialist will also be striving to meet the needs of 21st century learners
by providing them with access to Web 2.0 tools as well as materials on how to use those tools.
Most importantly, the media specialist will work with stakeholders from the school and
community to do a total revision of the outdated handbook to bring it up-to-date with 21st century
learning. If all of these short-term goals can be accomplished, the media center will improve
drastically.