| School library media candidates encourage reading and lifelong learning by stimulating interests and fostering competencies in the effective use of ideas and information. They apply a variety of strategies to ensure access to resources and information in a variety of formats to all members of the learning community. Candidates promote efficient and ethical information seeking behavior as part of the school library media program and its services. |
| Project:
I-Search (Action Plan, Reflection) |
| Summary: The I-Search is a
form of the research paper built around student interest rather than
teacher chosen topics. The student's meaning of the information
is the essential key of the process. |
| Justification: The I-Search
meets this standard because it "promote[s] efficient and ethical
information seeking behavior as part of the school library media
program and its services." Students use several different
strategies in this process to access, evaluate, and make meaning of
information. The strategy of double-entry notes also allows
students to use information and put it in their own words while giving
credit to the author, promoting ethical practice in research. For my I-Search, I chose the topic of buying my first house. This project excited me and gave me a chance to do some serious research and plannning on something I would use in the future. With the I-Search, students have a choice and are more likely to be intrinsically motivated. The interest generated by topic choice will lead to a more positive experience in information seeking and give them a higher chance of success because they want to succeed. |
| Project:
Order (Objective, List, Older Rationale, Rationale, Process Check) |
| Summary: The order is the
selection, purchase, and process of books that match the objectives of
the school and its
library media program. |
| Justification: This
assignment meets the standard because it focuses on the materials in
the media center. These materials need to be current to promote
reading for pleasure and reading for learning.. The order also
provides school patrons with access to current information. I based my order on a need in my media center at the time. My media specialist wanted more current biographies to meet the new Georgia Performance Standards, and I had recently completed a mini-lesson on biographies. We used my project and the Titlewave catalogue and book reviews to select books that would meet that need. I also used the new Georgia Performance Standards to pull out names of the people highlighted in the curriculum. In our rationale for buying the books, we matched books with their appropriate grade level, and we discussed why we would choose some of the older books. |
| Developed in collaboration with: Lummie Harris |
| Project: Program Development and Evaluation
Plan |
| Summary: Media specialists
create a program development and evaluation plan to focus their energy,
time, and money on what is most important for the media center.
This plan needs to correlate to the school's improvement plan and ALA
and AASL standards. Goals are formed for a five year plan along
with strategies to meet these goals. |
| Justification: This plan meets
the standard of a stimulating learning environment. All members
of the school community should feel that the media center is an
essential part of the school to compliment and complete teaching.
This plan should also include how the media specialist works in
collaboration with teachers to teach information literacy skills. The media plan we created was based on Lummie's school numbers for our executive summary and budget. However, the goals we decided on were ones we could use in all of our future media centers. We focused on collaborating with teachers, complimenting the curriculum, and promoting the joy of reading. As I create my future program development and evaulation plan for my media center, I will try to add to the former media specialist's plan with the following strategies as well as take into consideration how much time those strategies will take. |
| Developed
in collaboration with: Lummie Harris and Leigh Martin |