Key Assessment Section VII

Croom, Crum, Moore, West

Long Range Goals

Goal 1. By the end of year three, the Media
Specialist will Improve the physical space of
the media center to allow easier accessibility
for handicapped and special needs students,
encourage collaboration, and create quiet
spaces for silent reading.

Short Term Objectives

Description of Evaluation

Objective 1a. Year one: The SLMS will begin

weeding nonfiction and fiction sections
following the CCBOE Collections Policy on
pg.30 of the Media Handbook. SLMS will run
circulation and history reports from the Destiny
system on all nonfiction and fiction books in the
library. Books that have not circulated
(checked-out) in five years will be discarded.
The weeding will allow several bookcases to
be removed and/or repurposed.

Evaluation 1a. The SLMS will also keep a record of

the items that were weeded for a minimum of five
years. If students or teachers would like a
discarded item the SLMS will search the county
data base and borrow the desired text from another
Media Center within the county.

Objective 1b.Year two: The SLMS will rearrange, re-purpose, and/or discard bookcases
to create new spaces for students. The current
setup of the bookcases take up the majority of
the space in the library, and the length of the
bookcases make it difficult for students in
wheelchairs to navigate around them. The
bottom shelf on every bookcase is also not
being utilized for shelving books. Therefore,
the amount of bookcases that are currently in
place are not needed to shelve books.

Evaluation 1b. After the removal and the

repurposing, the SLMS will be able to reevaluate
the space, usage and accessibly of the Media
Center to meet the needs of all students.

Objective 1c. By the end of year three: The

SLMS will create the new areas that will be
added to the media center. These spaces will
include multiple silent reading areas and
collaboration areas for small and large groups

Evaluation 1c. Within one to two months after the

additions are added, the SLMS will evaluate the
newly created areas and monitor their effectiveness
in their collaborative purpose. The SLMS will also
survey teachers and students to gain feedback

Goal 2. By the end of year two, the Media

Specialist will provide learning opportunities for
students by providing support for teachers in
application of the guidelines set forth in the
AASL Standards for 21st Century Learners.
The Media Specialist will work to provide this
opportunity with at least ten teachers.

as well as whole class instruction. SLMS will

investigate options for updated furniture to
include comfortable seating, tables, and chairs.
The SLMS will determine the most appropriate
furniture to purchase while keeping in mind the
needs of our special education students, and
the movability of the furniture. This will also aid
in promoting a collaborative space for teachers
and students by creating a more flexible
environment. New furniture will be purchased
to increase collaboration efforts as well as
accommodate wheelchair bound students. The
SLMS will then develop a budget for the new
items to present to the school principal for
approval.

about the new learning areas and obtain feedback

on how the new area promotes collaboration. The
SLMS will also ask for improvement ideas of
suggestions that users would like to see
implemented.

Objective 2a. Within the first two months of the

school year, the SLMS will survey the
proficiency levels of the teachers and
determine the various proficiency groups to
better support the implementation of the AASL
Standards.

Evaluation 2a. Within a week of receiving the data

from the survey, the SLMS will evaluate the various
levels of proficiency and create groups in which the
SLMS will be able to better support the teachers
based on their specific needs.

Objective 2b. The SLMS will provide flexible

professional learning opportunities and support
for teachers who need assistance in
implementing the AASL Standards.
Objective 2c. The SLMS will provide authentic
learning opportunities for students to learn and
engage with content and the resources of the
Media Center. The learning opportunities will
serve as a model that teachers can use to
implement the AASL Standards within their
lessons.

Evaluation 2b. After the professional learning, the

SLMS will allow teachers to provide feedback and
prepare for collaborative planning and
implementation of the AASL Standards.
Evaluation 2c. After the collaboration, the SLMS will
retain lesson plans and resources from the
authentic learning opportunity and ask the
collaborating teacher to reflect on the lesson based
on the professional learning and the
implementation of the AASL Standards in a followup personalized e-mail.

Goal 3. By the end of year four, the Media

Specialist will develop a Professional Learning
Resource Center that consists of both physical
and virtual resources, for teachers that will
enhance student learning. The resource center
will provide a minimum of at least five
resources per grade level per subject.

Objective 3a. The SLMS will create a

Professional Learning Resource Center

survey for teachers. This survey will
determine tools, resources, trainings, and
materials that have been requested by
teachers for general and specific needs.
The SLMS will also attend vertical and
departmental meetings to establish a focus for
purchasing new Professional Learning material
for core content areas.

Goal 4. By the end of year five the Media

Specialist will create opportunities to
collaborate and co-teach problem based
lessons/inquires and/or units with at least ten

Evaluation 3a. After the conclusion of the

survey, the SLMS will begin analyzing the
results of the survey to organize the
professional resources that is needed by the
staff. The SLMS will also provide a calendar of
scheduled learning workshops for teachers to
attend at their convenience and research having a
professional trainer come to the school to aid in the
training of the staff.

Objective 3b. Virtual Space: The SLMS will

create and maintain a user friendly
Professional Learning Resource Center that
will host a curated variety of resources;
tutorials, lessons, Web 2.0 tools, databases,
etc. This virtual resource center will be linked
to the Media Centers webpage under the
Teacher Resources tab for ease of access.

Evaluation 3b. The SLMS will continually maintain

the Virtual Professional Learning Resource Center.
The SLMS will also provide the opportunity for
teachers to continually provide feedback and
suggestion on new resources that they would like
added or that they have found and want to share
with others.

Objective 3c. Physical Space: Provide handson training workshops and an updated
Professional Learning Resource Center
section in the media center for teachers.

Evaluation 3c. After each training, the SLMS will

ask the teachers to evaluate their understanding of
the topic based on the training they received. They
will also indicate how the SLMS can further assist
them in collaborating or assisting in the
implementation of their new ideas and
understandings.

Objective 4a. The SLMS will create a survey in

which the teachers will complete to show the
interest they have to collaborate and co-teach
with the SLMS.

Evaluation 4a. Within in one to two weeks after

receiving the results of the survey the SLMS will
begin designating the available time to collaborate
that will accommodate all teachers who expressed

teachers. The lessons will also include

teaching students how to evaluate accessed
information from various resources, including
both print and virtual formats depending on the
need of the student.

an interest.
Objective 4b. Based on the results of the
survey (4a.), SLMS will determine the focus of
collaboration and co-teaching with teacher.
Teachers that are interested in collaborating
with the SLMS will provide a needs
assessment to the SLMS. What areas are
students struggling with? How can the SLMS
provide assistance to the teachers in a
collaborative lesson?

Evaluation 4b. Within one to two weeks after

receiving the needs assessment the SLMS will
begin organizing and planning how to strategically
plan for the implementation of collaboration and
prepare ideas and activities based on the needs
provided.

Objective 4c. The SLMS will facilitate the

organization of collaboration times as well as
collaborative lessons with teachers by using an
asynchronous shared calendar. When face-toface meetings are not possible, SLMS and
teachers will communicate via email and
through a shared unit plan template in Google
Docs and/or Office 365.

Evaluation 4c. Within one week after the

collaboration and the lesson has been taught, the
SLMS will communicate with the teacher to reflect
on the success of the collaborative lesson. The
SLMS will note the improvement and the ideas to
enhance the lesson. The SLMS will also archive the
lesson plans for future use and implementation.
The SLMS will also seek input for students on the
learning process.

Advocacy: All goals and objectives will be communicated at the initial stakeholder and the initial faculty meeting at the beginning of the school year.
All stakeholders will be notified of the progress and results of all goals and objectives in a quarterly newsletter that will be digitally emailed to each
stakeholder. The progress will also be shared with the faculty during the monthly faculty meeting as well as posted on the Media Centers webpage
for community notification. Each digest/update on the goals and objectives will explain how the strategic plan is being implemented and evaluated.
The SLMS will also solicit any additional support from stakeholders if needed.