Section VII: Planning for the Future and References

Part A: Long Range Goals

Goal 1:
The media center is designed to include a comfortable seating area with a coffee shop
theme as suggested by Johnson (2013) for students to visit leisurely before and after school,
during lunch, and/or free time in class.
Rationale:
The survey results indicated the majority of teachers felt welcome in the media center, yet the
results also indicate 45.5% visited the media center to simply check out books. Only 9% of those
surveyed, indicated they visited the media center for other reasons. Therefore, having that
comfortable seating area with a coffee shop theme should encourage teachers and students to
visit the library more frequently; allowing students to leisurely enjoy lounging in the library. The
American Association of School Librarians (2009) indicates pleasure reading and learning is the
core of the school library program, where independent reading is valued, promoted, and
encouraged.
In fact, Johnson (2013) states not all students are comfortable in our classrooms and hallways.
Bored in classes, intimidated in common areas, these kids need a place where they are welcome,
safe, and valued. The library above all else creates a program that serves students who are
diverse-socially, economically, culturally, and academically (p. 9). The climate Wayne County
High School media center nurtures is that of a cozy and inviting space that fosters a love of
reading. Again, survey results indicated the media specialist must market the usefulness of the
media center for all stakeholders. The media specialist must collaborate with teachers to
determine how he/she could help meet the needs of teachers and students. Johnson (2013) goes
on to explain if the media center provides resources, facilities, and learning opportunities that are
more suitable to the students and the students have a genuine appreciation for them and what
they offer, the media center will be valued by the next generation.
Goal 2:
The school librarian markets the media center and develops a brand for the media center
to accomplish long range and short range goals. The AASL promotes in Empowering
Learners that the school librarian should create opportunities to involve stakeholders in
reading. Also, to create an environment where independent reading is valued, promoted,
and encouraged (2009).
Rationale:
According to Johnson, teachers, administrators, and parents are made aware of the changing
roles of their librarians, (2013, p. 13). Marketing the media center is a key ingredient to make
this happen. By involving all stakeholders, librarians create the feeling of ownership and gain
buy-in of key members of the community for the school library program. According to LaGarde
(2013), only 10% of regular marketing reach the stakeholders. Librarians must be creative in the
ways to reach the students, parents, teachers, administration, other librarians, and members of the
community and bring them into the media center. One way to do this is to bring the media center

out to the students. Promote reading by putting books and technology on display during lunches
so that students and teachers can see what the media center has to offer.
Part of marketing the media center is providing the technology that will allow students to
develop the 21st century skills. To be able to do this an AASL Guideline from Empowering
Learners can be applied: The school library program has sufficient funding to support priorities
and make steady progress to attain the programs mission, goals, and objectives, (p. 35). This
aligns with Wayne County High Schools mission statement: All students at Wayne County High
School will earn a meaningful high school diploma. It is the librarians responsibility to provide
students with the best high school learning experience. By encouraging activities like STEM, and
a Book Club the librarian can create an environment that encourages reading and learning with
technology. To bridge the digital divide, librarians must make it a priority to find funds to
provide students with access to technology that they may not have at home. This can be
accomplished by writing grants, fundraisers, and actively searching out donations from the
community; thus meeting guidelines from Empowering Learners to seek additional funding from
different resources.
The school librarian must justify to stakeholders how much money the library is given by the
state, money from fund raisers, and donations and how this money is spent. Also, by involving
the school library committee the librarian can justify spending by having their support.
According to AASLs Empowering Learners, a librarian should create a budget, justify spending,
and make this public. Also, we should justify spending with research based evidence.
Goal 3
The media specialist will participate in professional development as well as provide
professional development to faculty and staff in order to increase knowledge and skills.
Rationale:
According to AASLs Empowering Learners (2009), the school library program should
include support for school librarian and teacher professional development to sustain and
increase knowledge and skills (p. 43) Professional development is important for all faculty and
staff so they can learn about emerging changes in education and technology. The media
specialist should work collaboratively with faculty and staff to create a professional development
plan that focuses on improving student achievement (AASL, 2009, p. 43). The Library
Advisory Committee will be responsible for creating this professional development plan. The
Library Advisory Committee will survey the faculty and staff to get an idea of the types of
professional development they would like to participate in. According to Johnson (2013), having
library users complete surveys is an effective means of collecting information about the impact
of the library programs (p. 27). The media specialist should strive to attend as much
professional learning as possible so she can share new materials to faculty and staff. As the new
material is shared, the media should strive to provide staff with opportunities for participatory,
hands-on learning (AASL, 2009, p. 43).

According to the Stakeholder Survey administered to teachers, there are several areas of
professional development that the teachers would like to see. Thirty-seven percent of the
respondents would like training on new Web 2.0 tools that would be beneficial in the classroom.
Twenty-seven percent of the respondents would like training on Google Drive and Google
Classroom. Twenty-seven percent of the respondents would like training on collaboration
techniques to use with students involving technology. Nine percent of the respondents would
like training on developing classroom blogs for student use. These topics will be a starting point
for beginning a professional development schedule.
The Stakeholder Survey also revealed that 36% of the respondents either have not
observed or disagree with the following statement: The library media program provides students
and staff with the necessary 21st century skills to be effective and ethical users of information
and technology. According to AASLs Empowering Learners (2009), the mission of the school
library program is to ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information
(p. 8). The media specialist should empower students to be critical thinkers, enthusiastic
readers, skillful researchers, and ethical users of information (AASL, 2009, p. 8). Since onethird of the respondents have not observed or do not believe the library media program is
providing these skills to students and teachers, it is essential for the media specialist to provide
the staff with professional learning in the area of 21st century skills. The media specialist will
also need to conduct 21st century skills lessons with the students.
Goal 4: The school library program will work to build collaborative partnerships. In
accordance with Empowering Learners (2009), the school library program will promote
collaboration among members of the learning community.
Rationale:
A library advisory committee is essential in order to create a strong library media
program that is data and goal oriented. The media committee will be involved in the planning
process which should be done annually and purposefully. Once the library committee is formed,
the media committee will meet three to four times a year to discuss, evaluate, and create the
goals for the media center. The committee will meet at the beginning of the year to develop the
stakeholder survey and review annual goals of the media center. The second meeting will be used
to discuss feedback from the stakeholder survey. The committee will meet again to ensure the
goals of the media center as well as the feedback from the survey results are being met. Lastly,
the committee will meet at the end of the year to assess the goals met and formulate new goals
for the upcoming year. According to Johnson, input from these committee meetings should be
used to modify, reprioritize, and/or add to the annual objectives, (Johnson, 2013, p. 41).
Johnson declares that getting valuable input from other professionals and community members
will give the school the annual reality check it needs to determine areas of importance.

Johnson also states that the media specialist should conduct few, but important, meetings,
meeting three to four times a year (Johnson, 2013, p. 42).
Collaborative partnerships should be at the forefront of the school library media program.
According to the AASL, Empowering Learners (2009), the school library program should
promote collaboration among the members of the learning community. According to data
received via the Stakeholders Survey, 45.5% of teachers stated collaborative efforts would
increase if they had access to a predetermined list of co-teaching lessons to choose from. In an
effort to increase collaboration, the media committee will work to develop a list of pre-designed
lessons for teachers to choose from. Additionally, the media center will work to increase
collaboration by having a Google calendar available for collaborative lessons and co-teaching
times in the library. The media specialist will attend grade-level PLCs to determine the type of
co-teaching lessons that should be made available. The above actions will allow the school
library program to act as an extension of the classroom.
The media specialist will work closely with administrators to promote, support, and
implement collaboration effectively. In an effort to promote collaboration, the media specialist
will create a monthly newsletter to discuss upcoming events and possible collaborations. The
newsletters will be shared among the learning community of teachers and administrators.
Interactive displays will be used throughout the media center to encourage reading and coteaching options. For example, a Banned Books week display could attract the attention of
teachers and encourage a co-teaching activity including either an informational or persuasive
writing.
A Google calendar will be created for the media center to promote a flexible schedule
conducive of collaboration. This will allow the teachers to sign up for computer labs and
designated co-teaching opportunities without having to remember to stop by the media center to
sign up. To evaluate the effectiveness of this scheduling method, the media specialist will survey
teachers to see if they like the Google calendar option for reserving computer labs and coteaching times. Additionally, the media specialist will see if more training is needed on Google
Drive.
Part B: Short Range Goals
Goals

Objectives

Evaluation

Goal 1:
The media center is designed
to include a comfortable
seating area with a coffee
shop theme as suggested by

Objective 1a:
Promote literacy by providing
various magazines
(sports/fashion), novels, etc.

Evaluation 1a:
Keep a record of the number
of students who sign-in to
visit the leisure area of the
media center.

Johnson (2013) for students to

visit leisurely before and after
school, during lunch, and/or
free time in class.

Goal 2:
The school librarian markets
the media center and develops
a brand for the media center
to accomplish long range and
short range goals. The AASL
promotes in Empowering
Learners that the school
librarian should create
opportunities to involve
stakeholders in reading. Also,
to create an environment
where independent reading
is valued, promoted, and
encouraged, (2009).

Objective 1b:
Provide an area for students
to relax and feel at ease while
reading, researching, or just
hanging out at the media
center

Evaluation 1b:
The use of the circulation
report will give an accurate
account of the number of
students visiting the media
center.

Objective 1c:
Promote literacy through the
use of technology such as the
use of e-readers, tablets,
smartphones, etc. in the
leisurely seating area.

Evaluation 1c:
Require students to sign-in to
the leisurely seating area and
record if they brought their
own device (BOYD) and
identify the device they
brought. Also, students who
check out device from library
will be recorded on the
circulation report of the
Follett Destiny system.

Objective 2a:
Produce slides to be shown on
the closed circuit TVs in
classrooms and in the
commons advertising new
books in the media center.

Evaluation 2a:
Record the number of
students who report that they
saw the book promotion and
it brought them into the media
center each month. Question
students What brings you in
today, and tally responses.

Objective 2b:
Once a month promote media
center in the commons during
lunch to promote reading.

Evaluation 2b:
Record the number of
students who visit the
promotion table.

Use Follett Destiny to

produce records of circulation
and compare them to the
previous years data on a
monthly basis.
Objective 2c:
Create and host a book club
for all stakeholders in the
media center.

Evaluation 2c:
Membership and attendance
records of discussions.
Survey members for
suggestions and ideas for

meeting discussions and

books chosen.

Goal 3
The media specialist will
participate in professional
development as well as
provide professional
development to faculty and
staff in order to increase
knowledge and skills.

Objective 2d:
Book club will do fundraisers
to buy technology for a
makerspace and an outdoor
classroom.

Evaluation 2d:
Online-Public records of the
following:
Funds raised
Purchases and reasoning
behind it.
Validation must be approved
by library committee support.

Objective 2e:
Media specialist will write
grants and seek community
donations to raise money for
the media center.

Evaluation 2e:
Online-Public records of the
following:
Funds raised
Purchases and reasoning
behind it
Validation must be approved
by library committee support

Objective 3a
The Library Advisory
Committee will develop a
professional development
plan for the media specialist
to follow.

Evaluation 3a
Before the end of the first 4
weeks of each school year,
the Library Advisory
Committee will create and
distribute a needs assessment
survey to all faculty and staff
to determine what type of
professional development
they would like to receive.
Before the end of the first 9
weeks, the Library Advisory
Committee will create the
professional development
plan and submit it to
administration for approval.
Once approved, the plan will
be distributed to all faculty
and staff.
The professional development
plan will be reviewed at the
end of each school year to
determine if changes need to
be made to the plan.

Objective 3b
In order to stay current on
changes in education and
technology, the medial
specialist will participate in
local, regional, state, and
national educational
conferences as a learner.
(Empowering Learners, pg.
43)

Evaluation 3b
The Library Advisory
Committee will be
responsible for making sure
the media specialist attends at
least one educational
conference. They will also
responsible for reviewing the
selected conference to make
sure it will be beneficial to the
media specialist as well as
faculty and staff.
The media specialist will be
responsible for re-delivering
knowledge/content obtained
from conferences within 30
days of returning from the
conference.

Goal 4
The school library program
will work to build
collaborative partnerships. In
accordance with Empowering
Learners (2009), The school
library program will promote

Objective 3c
The media specialist will host
professional development
meeting at least once every 9
weeks. The topic of each
meeting will be determined
based on the needs
assessment survey results.
Faculty and staff will be
required to attend. The media
specialist will strive make the
professional development
meeting as participatory and
hands-on as possible.
(Empowering Learners, pg.
43)

Evaluation 3c
The professional development
meetings will be coordinated
with school administrators to
make sure the meetings do
not interfere with other
meetings or activities.

Objective 4a
The media specialist will
form a library committee
comprised of stakeholders,
parents, local librarians,
teachers, and administrators.

Evaluation 4a
The media committee will
meet three to four times a
year to discuss, evaluate, and
create the goals for the media
center. The committee will
meet at the beginning of the

All professional development

meeting attendees will
complete an evaluation at the
end of each professional
development meeting. The
media specialist and the
Library Advisory Committee
will use the evaluations to
improve or enhance future
meetings.

collaboration among members

of the learning community.

year to develop the

stakeholder survey and
review annual goals of the
media center. The second
meeting will be used to
discuss feedback from the
stakeholder survey. The
committee will meet again at
the end of the year to assess
the goals met and formulate
new goals for the upcoming
year. Additional
communication will be
carried out via shared
documents and emails
between committee meetings.
Objective 4b
The media specialist will
collaborate with a team of
teachers, administrators, and
instructional specialists to
design, implement, and
evaluate inquiry based
lessons, activities, and units.

Evaluation 4b
Feedback on the types of
lessons needed will be
gathered through surveying
methods. The media specialist
will sit in on grade level PLCs
to increase collaboration and
discuss possible collaborative
efforts for specific lessons.

Objective 4c
The media specialist will
work closely with
administrators to actively
promote, support, and
implement collaboration
effectively. As a result, the
media center will be an
extension of the classroom.

Evaluation 4c
The media specialist will
create a monthly newsletter to
discuss upcoming events and
possible collaborations.
Interactive displays will be
used throughout the media
center to encourage reading
and co-teaching options.

Objective 4d
A Google calendar will be
created to promote a flexible
schedule conducive of
collaboration.

Evaluation 4d
The media specialist will
survey teachers to see if they
like this method of reserving
computer labs and coteaching times. The media
specialist will see if more
training is needed on Google
Drive.

Part C: Evaluation
Wayne County High School Five Year Plan
Long Range Goals

Short Range
Objectives

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Goal 1:
The media center is
designed to include a
comfortable seating
area with a coffee
shop theme as
suggested by Johnson
(2013) for students to
visit leisurely before
and after school,
during lunch, and/or
free time in class.

Objective 1a:
Promote literacy by
providing various
magazines
(sports/fashion),
novels, etc.

August-June

August-June

August-June

August-June

August-June

October, December,
March, & May
To determine
Effectiveness of
collection

October, December,
March, & May
To determine
effectiveness of
collection

October, December,
March, & May
To determine
effectiveness of
collection

October, December,
March, & May
To determine
effectiveness of
collection

October, December,
March, & May
To determine
effectiveness of
collection

Objective 1b:
Provide an area for
students to relax and
feel at ease while
reading, researching,
or just hanging out at
the media center

August-June

August-June

August-June

August-June

August-June

Evaluate monthly to
determine usage data

Evaluate monthly to
determine usage data

Evaluate monthly to
determine usage data

Evaluate monthly to
determine usage data

Evaluate monthly to
determine usage data

Objective 1c:
Promote literacy
through the use of
technology such as
the use of e-readers,
tablets, smartphones,
etc. in the leisurely
seating area.

August-June

August-June

August-June

August-June

August-June

Evaluate monthly to
determine usage of
technology in leisure
seating area

Evaluate monthly to
determine usage of
technology in leisure
seating area

Evaluate monthly to
determine usage of
technology in leisure
seating area

Evaluate monthly to
determine usage of
technology in leisure
seating area

Evaluate monthly to
determine usage of
technology in leisure
seating area

Objective 2a:
Produce slides to be

August-June
Evaluate monthly by

August-June
Evaluate monthly by

August-June
Evaluate monthly by

August-June
Evaluate monthly by

August-June
Evaluate monthly by

Goal 2:
The school librarian

markets the media

center and develops a
brand for the media
center to accomplish
long range and short
range goals. The
AASL promotes in
Empowering
Learners that the
school librarian
should create
opportunities to
involve stakeholders
in reading. Also to
create an
environment where
independent reading
is valued, promoted,
and encouraged,
(2009).

shown on the closed

circuit TVs in
classrooms and in the
commons advertising
new books in the
media center.

verbal questioning
and recorded
responses

verbal questioning
and recorded
responses

verbal questioning
and recorded
responses

verbal questioning
and recorded
responses

verbal questioning
and recorded
responses
Re-evaluate program
to see if a better
method of delivery
can be found.

Objective 2b:
Once a month
promote the media
center in the
commons during
lunch to promote
reading.

August-June
Monthly record the
number of students
who visit the
promotion table

August-June
Monthly record the
number of students
who visit the
promotion table

August-June
Monthly record the
number of students
who visit the
promotion table

August-June
Monthly record the
number of students
who visit the
promotion table

August-June
Monthly record the
number of students
who visit the
promotion table

Use Follett Destiny to

record number of
checkouts and
compare to last years
data

Use Follett Destiny to

record number of
checkouts and
compare to last years
data

Use Follett Destiny to

record number of
checkouts and
compare to last years
data

Use Follett Destiny to

record number of
checkouts and
compare to last years
data

Use Follett Destiny to

record number of
checkouts and
compare to last years
data

Evaluate at end of
year to see if there is
a measurable increase
in media center
checkouts; make
changes to plan based
on data.

Evaluate at end of
year to see if there is
a measurable increase
in media center
checkouts; make
changes to plan based
on data.

Evaluate at end of
year to see if there is
a measurable increase
in media center
checkouts; make
changes to plan based
on data.

Evaluate at end of
year to see if there is
a measurable increase
in media center
checkouts; make
changes to plan based
on data.

Evaluate at end of
year to see if there is
a measurable increase
in media center
checkouts; make
changes to plan based
on data.

August
Meet with Library
committee to
establish a book club

August
Club Rush

August
Club Rush

August
Club Rush

August
Club Rush

September
Officer elections

September
Officer elections

September
Officer elections

September
Officer elections

Objective 2c:
Create and host a
book club for all
stakeholders.

September
First meeting elect

officers

September-June
Begin bimonthly club
meetings and book
discussions.

September-June
Begin bimonthly club
meetings and book
discussions.

September-June
Begin bimonthly club
meetings and book
discussions.

September-June
Begin bimonthly club
meetings and book
discussions.

Officers will keep

minutes and
attendance

Officers will keep

minutes and
attendance

Officers will keep

minutes and
attendance

Officers will keep

minutes and
attendance

June
Survey club members
to evaluate program

June
Survey club members
to evaluate program

June
Survey club members
to evaluate program

June
Survey club members
to evaluate program

September
Make plans for two
fundraisers each
semester for the
media center

September
Make plans for two
fundraisers each
semester for the
media center

September
Make plans for two
fundraisers each
semester for the
media center

September
Make plans for two
fundraisers each
semester for the
media center

September
Make plans for two
fundraisers each
semester for the
media center

September-June
Online-Public records
of the following:

September-June
Online-Public records
of the following:

September-June
Online-Public records
of the following:

September-June
Online-Public records
of the following:

September-June
Online-Public records
of the following:

Funds raised.

Funds raised.

Funds raised.

Funds raised.

Funds raised.

Purchases and
reasoning behind it.

Purchases and
reasoning behind it.

Purchases and
reasoning behind it.

Purchases and
reasoning behind it.

Purchases and
reasoning behind it.

Validation must be
approved by library
committee support.

Validation must be
approved by library
committee support.

Validation must be
approved by library
committee support.

Validation must be
approved by library
committee support.

Validation must be
approved by library
committee support.

August -June
Media specialist will
write at least 3 grants
per year
Media specialist will
work with

August -June
Media specialist will
write at least 3 grants
per year
Media specialist will
work with

August -June
Media specialist will
write at least 3 grants
per year
Media specialist will
work with

August -June
Media specialist will
write at least 3 grants
per year
Media specialist will
work with

August -June
Media specialist will
write at least 3 grants
per year
Media specialist will
work with community

Develop a plan for

club
October-June
Begin bimonthly club
meetings and book
discussions.
June
Survey club members
to evaluate program
Objective 2d:
Book club will do
fundraisers to buy
technology for a
makerspace and an
outdoor classroom.

Objective 2e:
Media specialist will
write grants and seek
community donations
to raise money for the
media center.

community and
committee members
to seek donations
once a year

community and
committee members
to seek donations
once a year

community and
committee members
to seek donations
once a year

community and
committee members
to seek donations
once a year

and committee
members to seek
donations once a year

Online-Public records
of the following:

Online-Public records
of the following:

Online-Public records
of the following:

Online-Public records
of the following:

-Funds raised.

-Funds raised.

-Funds raised.

-Funds raised.

-Purchases and
reasoning behind it.

-Purchases and
reasoning behind it.

-Purchases and
reasoning behind it.

-Purchases and
reasoning behind it.

-Validation must be
approved by library
committee support

-Validation must be
approved by library
committee support

-Validation must be
approved by library
committee support

-Validation must be
approved by library
committee support

August
Library Advisory
Committee will
create and administer
a survey to all faculty
and staff to determine
the type of
professional
development that is
needed.

August
Library Advisory
Committee will
create and administer
a survey to all faculty
and staff to determine
the type of
professional
development that is
needed.

August
Library Advisory
Committee will
create and administer
a survey to all faculty
and staff to determine
the type of
professional
development that is
needed.

August
Library Advisory
Committee will
create and administer
a survey to all faculty
and staff to determine
the type of
professional
development that is
needed.

August
Library Advisory
Committee will create
and administer a
survey to all faculty
and staff to determine
the type of
professional
development that is
needed.

September October
Library Advisory
Committee will
develop a
professional
development plan.
They will use survey
results to create a
professional
development

September October
Library Advisory
Committee will
review the previous
years professional
development plan and
determine what
changes need to be
made for the
upcoming year. They

September October
Library Advisory
Committee will
review the previous
years professional
development plan and
determine what
changes need to be
made for the
upcoming year. They

September October
Library Advisory
Committee will
review the previous
years professional
development plan and
determine what
changes need to be
made for the
upcoming year. They

September October
Library Advisory
Committee will
review the previous
years professional
development plan and
determine what
changes need to be
made for the
upcoming year. They

Online-Public records
of the following:
-Funds raised.

Goal 3:
The media
specialist will
participate in
professional
development as
well as provide
professional
development to
faculty and staff in
order to increase
knowledge and
skills.

Objective 3a:
The Library Advisory
Committee develop a
professional
development plan for
the media specialist
to follow.

-Purchases and
reasoning behind it.
-Validation must be
approved by library
committee support

schedule for the

media specialist to
follow.

May-June
Library Advisory
Committee will meet
to review the
professional
development plan and
determine if changes
need to be made for
the next year.

Objective 3b:
In order to stay
current on changes in
education and
technology, the
medial specialist will
participate in local,
regional, state, and
national educational
conferences as a
learner.
(Empowering
Learners, pg. 43)

August - July
The media specialist
will attend at least 1
educational
conference during the
school year. The
media specialist will
redeliver new
knowledge/content
within 30 days of
returning from the
conference.

will use survey

results to create a
professional
development
schedule for the
media specialist to
follow.

will use survey

results to create a
professional
development
schedule for the
media specialist to
follow.

will use survey

results to create a
professional
development
schedule for the
media specialist to
follow.

will use survey

results to create a
professional
development
schedule for the
media specialist to
follow.

May-June
Library Advisory
Committee will meet
to review the
professional
development plan and
determine if changes
need to be made for
the next year.

May-June
Library Advisory
Committee will meet
to review the
professional
development plan and
determine if changes
need to be made for
the next year.

May-June
Library Advisory
Committee will meet
to review the
professional
development plan and
determine if changes
need to be made for
the next year.

May-June
Library Advisory
Committee will meet
to review the
professional
development plan and
determine if changes
need to be made for
the next year.

August - July
The media specialist
will attend at least 1
educational
conference during the
school year. The
media specialist will
redeliver new
knowledge/content
within 30 days of
returning from the
conference.

August - July
The media specialist
will attend at least 1
educational
conference during the
school year. The
media specialist will
redeliver new
knowledge/content
within 30 days of
returning from the
conference.

August - July
The media specialist
will attend at least 1
educational
conference during the
school year. The
media specialist will
redeliver new
knowledge/content
within 30 days of
returning from the
conference.

August - July
The media specialist
will attend at least 1
educational
conference during the
school year. The
media specialist will
redeliver new
knowledge/content
within 30 days of
returning from the
conference.

Objective 3c:
The media specialist
will host professional
development meeting
at least once every 9
weeks. The topic of
each meeting will be
determined based on
the needs assessment
survey results.
Faculty and staff will
be required to attend.
The media specialist
will strive make the
professional
development meeting
as participatory and
hands-on as possible.
(Empowering
Learners, pg. 43)

August - September
Media specialist will
conduct at least one
professional
development meeting
for all faculty and
staff. The media
specialist will review
the course
evaluations to
determine if changes
should be made to
enhance future
meetings.

August - September
Media specialist will
conduct at least one
professional
development meeting
for all faculty and
staff. The media
specialist will review
the course
evaluations to
determine if changes
should be made to
enhance future
meetings.

August - September
Media specialist will
conduct at least one
professional
development meeting
for all faculty and
staff. The media
specialist will review
the course
evaluations to
determine if changes
should be made to
enhance future
meetings.

August - September
Media specialist will
conduct at least one
professional
development meeting
for all faculty and
staff. The media
specialist will review
the course
evaluations to
determine if changes
should be made to
enhance future
meetings.

October - December
Media specialist will
conduct at least one
professional
development meeting
for all faculty and
staff. The media
specialist will review
the course
evaluations to
determine if changes
should be made to
enhance future
meetings.

October - December
Media specialist will
conduct at least one
professional
development meeting
for all faculty and
staff. The media
specialist will review
the course
evaluations to
determine if changes
should be made to
enhance future
meetings.

October - December
Media specialist will
conduct at least one
professional
development meeting
for all faculty and
staff. The media
specialist will review
the course
evaluations to
determine if changes
should be made to
enhance future
meetings.

October - December
Media specialist will
conduct at least one
professional
development meeting
for all faculty and
staff. The media
specialist will review
the course
evaluations to
determine if changes
should be made to
enhance future
meetings.

January - February
Media specialist will
conduct at least one
professional
development meeting
for all faculty and
staff. The media
specialist will review

January - February
Media specialist will
conduct at least one
professional
development meeting
for all faculty and
staff. The media
specialist will review

January - February
Media specialist will
conduct at least one
professional
development meeting
for all faculty and
staff. The media
specialist will review

January - February
Media specialist will
conduct at least one
professional
development meeting
for all faculty and
staff. The media
specialist will review

August - September
Media specialist will
conduct at least one
professional
development meeting
for all faculty and
staff. The media
specialist will review
the course evaluations
to determine if
changes should be
made to enhance
future meetings.
October - December
Media specialist will
conduct at least one
professional
development meeting
for all faculty and
staff. The media
specialist will review
the course evaluations
to determine if
changes should be
made to enhance
future meetings.

January - February
Media specialist will
conduct at least one
professional
development meeting
for all faculty and
staff. The media
specialist will review
the course evaluations
to determine if

Goal 4:
The school library
program will work to
build collaborative
partnerships. In
accordance with
Empowering
Learners (2009), The
school library
program will promote
collaboration among
members of the
learning community.

Objective 4a:
The media specialist
will form a library
committee comprised
of stakeholders,
parents, local
librarians, teachers,
and administrators.

the course
evaluations to
determine if changes
should be made to
enhance future
meetings.

the course
evaluations to
determine if changes
should be made to
enhance future
meetings.

the course
evaluations to
determine if changes
should be made to
enhance future
meetings.

the course
evaluations to
determine if changes
should be made to
enhance future
meetings.

changes should be
made to enhance
future meetings.

March - April
Media specialist will
conduct at least one
professional
development meeting
for all faculty and
staff. The media
specialist will review
the course
evaluations to
determine if changes
should be made to
enhance future
meetings.

March - April
Media specialist will
conduct at least one
professional
development meeting
for all faculty and
staff. The media
specialist will review
the course
evaluations to
determine if changes
should be made to
enhance future
meetings.

March - April
Media specialist will
conduct at least one
professional
development meeting
for all faculty and
staff. The media
specialist will review
the course
evaluations to
determine if changes
should be made to
enhance future
meetings.

March - April
Media specialist will
conduct at least one
professional
development meeting
for all faculty and
staff. The media
specialist will review
the course
evaluations to
determine if changes
should be made to
enhance future
meetings.

August
Invite select members
to be a part of the
school library
committee.

August
Invite select members
to be a part of the
school library
committee.

August
Invite select members
to be a part of the
school library
committee.

August
Invite select members
to be a part of the
school library
committee.

August
Invite select members
to be a part of the
school library
committee.

August-June
Meet quarterly to
ensure long term and
short term goals are
being met. Set goals
for the upcoming
year. Discuss survey
results and
reprioritize as
necessary.

August-June
Meet quarterly to
ensure long term and
short term goals are
being met. Set goals
for the upcoming
year. Discuss survey
results and
reprioritize as
necessary.

August-June
Meet quarterly to
ensure long term and
short term goals are
being met. Set goals
for the upcoming
year. Discuss survey
results and
reprioritize as
necessary.

August-June
Meet quarterly to
ensure long term and
short term goals are
being met. Set goals
for the upcoming
year. Discuss survey
results and
reprioritize as
necessary.

August-June
Meet quarterly to
ensure long term and
short term goals are
being met. Set goals
for the upcoming
year. Discuss survey
results and
reprioritize as
necessary.

March - April
Media specialist will
conduct at least one
professional
development meeting
for all faculty and
staff. The media
specialist will review
the course evaluations
to determine if
changes should be
made to enhance
future meetings.

Objective 4b:
The media specialist
will collaborate with
a team of teachers,
administrators, and
instructional
specialists to design,
implement, and
evaluate inquiry
based lessons,
activities, and units.

August-June
Administer survey to
determine lessons
that are most needed.

August-June
Continue working on
designing inquiry
based lessons,
activities, and units
that were identified as
most important. The
team will focus on
one subject area at a
time.

August-June
Continue working on
designing inquiry
based lessons,
activities, and units
that were identified as
most important. The
team will focus on
one subject area at a
time.

August-June
Continue working on
designing inquiry
based lessons,
activities, and units
that were identified as
most important. The
team will focus on
one subject area at a
time.

August-June
Continue working on
designing inquiry
based lessons,
activities, and units
that were identified as
most important. The
team will focus on
one subject area at a
time.

Objective 4c:
The media specialist
will work closely
with administrators to
actively promote,
support, and
implement
collaboration
effectively. As a
result, the media
center will be an
extension of the
classroom.

August-June
Meet with
Administrators to
determine ways to
promote support and
implement
collaboration among
the learning
community in August
and again in January.

August-June
Meet with
Administrators to
determine ways to
promote support and
implement
collaboration among
the learning
community in August
and again in January.

August-June
Meet with
Administrators to
determine ways to
promote support and
implement
collaboration among
the learning
community in August
and again in January.

August-June
Meet with
Administrators to
determine ways to
promote support and
implement
collaboration among
the learning
community in August
and again in January.

August-June
Meet with
Administrators to
determine ways to
promote support and
implement
collaboration among
the learning
community in August
and again in January.

Objective 4d
A Google calendar
will be created to
promote a flexible
schedule conducive
of collaboration.

August-June
Introduce Google
Calendar to faculty.

August-June
Survey teacher to
assess if they are in
favor of this method
of reserving computer
labs and co-teaching
times.

August-June
Continue using
Google Calendar for
flexible scheduling.

August-June
Continue using
Google Calendar for
flexible scheduling.

August-June
Continue using
Google Calendar for
flexible scheduling.

Begin working on
designing inquiry
based lessons,
activities, and units
that were identified as
most important. The
team will focus on
one subject area at a
time.

Administer
professional learning
sessions to train
faculty on Google
Drive if necessary.

Part D: Advocacy
Communicating the school librarys strategic plan to all stakeholders is very important.
All stakeholders need to be aware of the goals and objectives of the school library program.
They also need to know what the school library program is doing to help the school and student
achievement. The media specialist has identified the audience as the principal, the staff, parents
and guardians, and the community. The librarys strategic plan will be hand delivered to the
school principal at the beginning of each school year. The strategic plan will be placed on the
schools website and the media centers website. At the beginning of each school year, a
newsletter will be sent to all staff members and parents/guardians to inform them of the location
of the strategic plan on the schools website and the media centers website. In order to inform
the community of the strategic plan, the media specialist will present the plan at various service
organizations and/or community meetings, such as school board meetings, Rotary meetings,
Lions Club meetings, city council meetings, etc. The media specialist will plan to schedule these
presentations with the organizations close to the beginning of the school year.
The media specialist will also have scheduled communications with the principal, staff,
parents and guardians. As recommended by Johnson (2013), a bimonthly principals report (p.
45) will be given to the principal to keep them informed of all activities of the media center and
media specialist. The report should include new resources and how they are being used,
professional development attended or administered, circulation statistics, teacher and media
specialist collaboration, and problems or concerns. The report will be sent to the principal and
then a follow-up face-to-face meeting will be scheduled. In order to communicate with staff, the
media specialist will create a monthly newsletter. To preserve paper, the newsletter will be emailed to all staff members at the beginning of each month. The newsletter will include a list of
newly acquires resources, a highlight of a particular library service, collaborative lessons taught
with other teachers to encourage collaboration, and other information deemed important. A
similar newsletter will be created for parents and guardians. The newsletter will be produced
monthly in the middle of each month. It will be sent home with all students and it will also be
placed on the schools website as well as the media centers website. The newsletter will include
a list of newly acquired book titles, newly acquired technology, technology tips, literacy tips, and
upcoming events.

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KA Part VII Roles:

Lisa Harrison- Goal 1 Creator, Contributor, Editor
Jennifer White- Goal 3 Creator, Contributor, Advocacy section, Editor
Melanie Kirby- Goal 4 Creator, Contributor, Part B Table Maker, Editor
LaRae Thornton- Goal 2 Creator, Contributor, Part C Table Maker, Editor