Harris County High School Media Center Strategic Management Plan Part III

Bethany Lucas

An online survey was given to the teachers at Harris County High School using Survey Monkey. This is
the link where the survey can be viewed:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/MySurvey_EditorFull.aspx?sm=IkZp79OyW%2feN5Fkl3cf9Sfc%2fxfIX6r
PNqUbiRgVw%2fUU%3d

The results of the survey indicated a great need and desire for change and improvement in this library.

Based on the survey, these are the problem areas: low library usage, minimal librarian/teacher
collaboration, lack of resources, and minimal access to 21st century technology (skills & tools) in the
media center.

Long-range goals were developed using the revised AASL mission statement.

Long-Range Goals:

Long-Range Goal I: Increase class and individual usage/patronage of the media center.

Rationale: collaboration with educators and students to design and teach engaging learning experiences
that meet individual needs. (Empowering Learners)

Goal II: The librarian will collaborate with teachers, thus offering more class sessions as well as co-
teaching opportunities in information literacy as well cross-curricular.

Rationale: Instruct students and assist educators in using, evaluating, and producing information and
ideas through active use of a broad range of appropriate tools, resources, and information technologies.
(Empowering Learners)

Goal III: Increase print and non-print resources for students and teachers.

Rationale: Provide access to materials in all formats, including up-to-date, high-quality, varied literature
to develop and strengthen a love of reading. (Empowering Learners)

Goal IV: Increase 21st-Century skills and access to 21st-Century tools and resources that support the
Common Core Curriculum and the system’s strategic plan.

Rationale: Provide students and staff with instruction and resources that reflect current information
needs and anticipate changes in technology and education.

All of these goals are consistent with the system’s strategic plan and mission statement.

*List current goals and mission and elaborate.

Long-Range Goal I: Increase class and individual usage/patronage of the media center.

Objective 1a: The librarian will develop lessons to encourage whole class usage of the library. Some
examples of lessons are: research skills, Galileo, avoiding plagiarism, information scavenger hunts, etc.

Evaluation 1a: The librarian will submit to his/her supervisor a record of classes taught each grading
period and must show an increase in whole class visits to the library.

Timeline: Implementation will occur in the fall of 2014 and will continue.

Objective 1b: The library will create, publish, and distribute hard copy and digital promotional materials
regarding new materials, classes being offered, and display items; these materials will generate interest
in the library, resulting in more patrons. Promotions will be run at least once a month.

Evaluation 1b: Promotional materials will be submitted to the librarian’s supervisor each month. The
librarian will show an increase in patrons and materials checked out.

Timeline: Implementation will begin in August 2014 and will continue.

Long-Range Goal II: The librarian will collaborate with teachers, thus offering more class sessions as well
as co-teaching opportunities in information literacy as well cross-curricular subjects.

Objective 2a: The librarian will participate in collaborative planning with each discipline area, allowing
them to share ideas and work on developing classes, discuss resources, and share ideas.

Timeline: Implementation will begin in October of 2014 and will continue to increase.

Evaluation 2a: The librarian will submit documentation of meetings to his/her supervisor.

Objective 2b: The librarian will survey teachers about their needs and wants for library resources and
classes they would like to see offered.

Evaluation 2b: Copies of completed surveys will be given to the librarian’s supervisor as well as a plan on
how/when needs, wants, and classes will be offered.

Timeline: Surveys will be administered in February of 2014 and again in August of 2014.
Objective 2c: The librarian will participate in professional development or a conference at least once a
year to learn strategies for collaboration with teachers and learn ideas for lesson plans for classes to be
taught in the media center.

Evaluation 2c: The librarian will be submit documentation to his/her supervisor.

Timeline: To begin the 2014-2015 school year and continue annually through 2019 if funding allows.

Objective 2d: The librarian will update the media center web page to include a calendar of classes,
lesson plan ideas for teachers, and tools for teachers to use.

Evaluation 2d: An updated web-page will be monitored and evaluated by his/her supervisor.

Timeline: Updates will begin in August 2014 and will continue monthly.

Goal III: Increase print and non-print resources for students and teachers.

Objective 3a: Form a LAC: Library advisory committee and conduct meetings.

Evaluation 3a: The librarian will submit meeting documentation to his/her supervisory and post minutes
from the meeting on the library web page.

Timeline: A LAC will be in place by April 2014 and meetings will begin in October of 2014 and will
continue.

Objective 3b: Request approval for fundraisers to help generate funds for the media center.

Evaluation 3b: Fundraisers will be executed.

Timeline: Requests will be submitted twice yearly (Board Policy) beginning in fall 2014. Fundraisers will
being in January 2015 and will occur twice annually.

Objective 3c: Request grants for resources.

Evaluation 3c: Submit documentation for grant requests to supervisor and post on the library web page.

Timeline: The grant process will begin in January 2015 and be completed by fall of 2015 but will continue
on an as needed basis to be reviewed/determined by the LAC.

Goal IV: Increase 21st-Century skills and access to 21st-Century tools and resources that support the
Common Core Curriculum and the system’s strategic plan.

Objective 4a: The library will classes to students and provide staff development to teachers on how to
use 21st Century technology.
Evaluation 4a: Teachers and librarian will submit documentation to the supervisor and post classes on
the library website.

Timeline: The implementation and use of free and existing resources will begin in August of 2014 (Web
2.0 tools, etc.). An increase in new devices will begin in 2015, showing increases each year through 2019
when a new plan is implemented.

Objective 4b: The librarian will participate in 21st Century professional development.

Evaluation 4b: Documentation to be submitted to his/her supervisor and posted on the web page.

Objective 4c: The library will obtain more 21st Century tools by using free online tools as well as by
requesting donations from Harris County High School’s Partners in Education, local businesses, and
participating in matching funds programs.

Timeline: Professional development will begin in 2014 and continue each year through 2019.

Evaluation 4c: Documentation will be submitted the librarian’s supervisor as well as a list of free online
tools being utilized. Information will also be published on the library web page.

Timeline: The implementation and use of free and existing resources will begin in August of 2014 (Web
2.0 tools, etc.). An increase in new devices will begin in 2015, showing increases each year. Devices will
be doubled by 2017 and continue to increase through 2019.

Donation and grant requests will begin in 2014 and continue through 2019.

Timeline and Evaluation: Because of the urgency of each of these goals, objectives will be put into place
immediately in 2014, but full gains or maintenance will continue through 2019 (see above). The
librarian’s supervising administrator will oversee documentation of each objective as well as publication
of documentation via the media center web page. A LAC will need to be formed in the spring of 2014
and begin meeting by the fall of 2014. The LAC will help guide the librarian in his/her mission, goals,
objectives, and also serve as an evaluating body for the media center/librarian. At the end of each
school year, teachers, parents, and community members will participate in a library y satisfaction
survey. Surveys will also be used as an evaluation tool.

Advocacy: The librarian will present the SMP in the spring of 2014 at a school faculty meeting. The plan
will also be linked to the library’s web page. The librarian will schedule a community open-house in the
late spring 2014 in the school’s media center to share the plan, give a tour, and ask for feedback. The
librarian will also meet with public librarians once per school year to share progress and collaborate; this
will begin in the fall of 2014.

The library will publish a quarterly newsletter to be given to faculty, students, parents, and community
members; the newsletter will showcase SMP achievements as well as helpful tips, information literacy
facts, and showcase student achievement; this will begin in January of 2015.

The librarian will be on the faculty meeting agenda quarterly, beginning in the spring of 2014 in order to
communicate the SMP and share progress and answer questions.
Survey Questions and Results

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Library Needs and Wants

1. How often do you bring classes to the library?

How often do you bring classes to the library? rarely

sometimes
often
2. How do your classes use the library?

How do your classes use the library? As a whole class

In small groups
Individually
3. Our library media center needs more of the following (if budget were
not a concern):
Strongly Agree Agree Neutral Disagree
*Our library
media center
needs more of
the following (if Resources to Resources to
Resources to Resources to
budget were not support the support the
support the support the
a concern): curriculum curriculum
curriculum curriculum Agree
Resources to Neutral Disagree
support the
curriculum
Strongly Agree

Consulting
Consulting with Consulting Consulting Consulting
with teachers
teachers about with teachers with teachers with teachers
about curriculum
curriculum about curriculum about curriculum about curriculum
needs Strongly
needs needs Agree needs Neutral needs Disagree
Agree

Announcements
about available Announcements Announcements Announcements Announcements
 Strongly Agree Agree Neutral Disagree
resources and about available about available about available about available
new materials resources and resources and resources and resources and
new materials new materials new materials new materials
Strongly Agree Agree Neutral Disagree

Co-teaching Co-teaching
Co-teaching Co-teaching Co-teaching
with classroom with classroom
with classroom with classroom with classroom
teachers teachers
teachers teachers Agree teachers Neutral
Strongly Agree Disagree

Integrating Integrating Integrating Integrating

Integrating
research skills research skills research skills
research skills research skills
and technology and technology and technology
and technology and technology
skills into the skills into the skills into the
skills into the skills into the
classroom classroom classroom
classroom classroom Agree
Strongly Agree Neutral Disagree

Aligning library Aligning Aligning Aligning

Aligning
library skills with library skills with library skills with
skills with library skills with
subject subject subject
subject subject
disciplines disciplines disciplines
disciplines disciplines Agree
Strongly Agree Neutral Disagree

Nurturing in Nurturing in Nurturing in

Nurturing in Nurturing in
students a love students a love students a love
students a love students a love
of reading of reading of reading
of reading of reading Agree
Strongly Agree Neutral Disagree

Helping Helping
Helping Helping Helping
students acquire
students students acquire students acquire students acquire
acquire life-long life-long learning life-long learning life-long learning life-long learning
skills Strongly
learning skills skills Agree skills Neutral skills Disagree
Agree

Providing a list Providing a Providing a Providing a Providing a

list of AV list of AV list of AV list of AV
of AV resources
resources that resources that resources that resources that
that are
are available are available are available are available
available
Strongly Agree Agree Neutral Disagree

Providing Providing
Providing Providing Providing
access to access to
access to access to access to
technology in technology in the
technology in the technology in the technology in the
library media
 Strongly Agree Agree Neutral Disagree
the library center Strongly library media library media library media
media center Agree center Agree center Neutral center Disagree

Reading Reading
Reading Reading Reading
material for material for
material for material for material for
students students
students students Agree students Neutral
Strongly Agree Disagree

Reading Reading Reading

Reading Reading
material for material for
material for material for material for
teachers teachers
teachers teachers Agree teachers Neutral
Strongly Agree Disagree
4. Please evaluate the following:
Excellent Good Fair Poor
*Please
The library evaluate the The library The library The library
meets my following: The meets my meets my meets my
curriculum library meets my curriculum curriculum curriculum
needs. curriculum needs. Good needs. Fair needs. Poor
needs. Excellent

The library The library

The library The library The library
provides provides
provides provides provides
materials to materials to
materials to materials to materials to
facilitate a facilitate a variety
facilitate a variety facilitate a variety facilitate a variety
variety of of learning
of learning of learning of learning
learning activities.
activities. Good activities. Fair activities. Poor
activities. Excellent

The library The library

The library The library The library
provides
provides provides provides provides
computers to
computers to computers to computers to computers to
support
support support support support
objectives of my
objectives of objectives of my objectives of my objectives of my
curriculum.
my curriculum. curriculum. Good curriculum. Fair curriculum. Poor
Excellent

The library
The library has The library The library The library
has sufficient
sufficient has sufficient has sufficient has sufficient
professional
professional professional professional professional
materials.
materials. materials. Good materials. Fair materials. Poor
Excellent
 Excellent Good Fair Poor
The library
The library has The library The library The library
has an online
an online has an online has an online has an online
catalog.
catalog. catalog. Good catalog. Fair catalog. Poor
Excellent

The library
The library The library The library The library
responds to
responds to responds to responds to responds to
requests for
requests for requests for requests for requests for
materials.
materials. materials. Good materials. Fair materials. Poor
Excellent

The library has The library The library The library The library
has 21st century has 21st century has 21st century has 21st century
21st century
learning tools. learning tools. learning tools. learning tools.
learning tools.
Excellent Good Fair Poor

The library is
The library is The library is The library is The library is
clean and
clean and clean and clean and clean and
organized.
organized. organized. Good organized. Fair organized. Poor
Excellent

The library has The library The library The library The library
a satisfactory has a satisfactoryhas a satisfactoryhas a satisfactoryhas a satisfactory
number of number of hours number of hours number of hours number of hours
hours to meet to meet my to meet my to meet my to meet my
my needs. needs. Excellent needs. Good needs. Fair needs. Poor

The library has The library The library The library The library
satisfactory has satisfactory has satisfactory has satisfactory has satisfactory
number of number of hours number of hours number of hours number of hours
hours to meet to meet my to meet my to meet my to meet my
my students' students' needs. students' needs. students' needs. students' needs.
needs. Excellent Good Fair Poor

The library is The library is

The library is The library is The library is
important to my
important to important to my important to my important to my
program.
my program. program. Good program. Fair program. Poor
Excellent

The library The library The library The library The library
demonstrates demonstrates a demonstrates a demonstrates a demonstrates a
a strong team- strong team- strong team- strong team- strong team-
taught taught approach taught approach taught approach taught approach
 Excellent Good Fair Poor
approach with with teachers. with teachers. with teachers. with teachers.
teachers. Excellent Good Fair Poor