KA Section VII: Planning for the future
Goals Objectives
1. To transform current 1a. Weed books and
st
media center into a 21 reference section and
century learning commons. discard shelves to make
more room for additional
2. A goal work spaces.
2b. Replace old furniture
with newer, more flexible
furniture that has
technology charging
capabilities.
3c. Order additional
technology for the students
to use while in the media
center.
2. To increase student 2a. Invite teachers to a
learning in the media monthly professional
center through development workshop
collaboration with content involving web-based tools
area teachers. or other media center
services.
2b. Plan one collaborative
project with a teacher from
each core subject area once
per quarter.
2c. Institute a library
committee that includes at
least five teachers and hold
Evaluations
1a. SLMS will have a
student visit sign in station
to determine how often the
media center is being used
and for what purpose. The
SLMS will compare the
beginning, mid, and end of
the year sign in logs to
determine if the media
center is being used more
or less due to the
transformation.
2b. The SLMS will survey
the teachers and
administrators regarding
the media center
transformation.
3c. The SLMS will invite
the stakeholders (parents,
faculty, community
members, and students) to
visit the media center
before, during and after the
transformation. The SLMS
will receive input
throughout the entire
process.
2a. SLMS will collect
attendance record and exit
surveys after each monthly
professional development
workshop.
2b. SLMS will evaluate
collaborative project to
determine what went well
and what modifications
needs to be made in the
future.
2c. SLMS will
continuously collect data
 one meeting per quarter.
3. To promote a positive 3a. Remove all signage
atmosphere for patron from the library that states
during the library what the patrons should
experience not be doing in the will be given to the
library.
Rationale: As a SLMS it 3b. Create signage that
is your job to empower and welcomes students to
encourage students to library and encourages the
work. to explore.
3c. Give students
ownership of the library
through allowing them to
create signage for the
library.
from library committee
after each meeting
regarding analysis of
teacher-SLMS
collaboration efforts and
data from collaborative
projects/professional
development workshops.
3a. SLMS will collect pre
and post surveys each
semester. These surveys
student-body to see how
they view the library
3b. SLMS will monitor the
amount of students who
sign in individually and
how long they stay to see if
the corrections have
increased patron flow.
3c. SLMS have roundtable
discussions with student
committee is they have
been requesting to go to
the library more often