INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM

TO:

M. DYAL

FROM:

STEPHANIE VICKERS

SUBJECT:

2014 MEDIA EVALUATION

DATE:

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CC:

LITERACY TEAM AND C. THROWER

Mrs. Lee and I completed the Media evaluation rubric for 2014-2015 school year. I have
created a table to show my findings.

Categories
Category 1 - Student
Achievement and
Instruction

Category 1 - Student
Achievement and
Instruction

Category 3 Facilities, Access, and

Resources

Target Indicators
2. Collaborative
planning includes both
the Library Media
Specialists and teachers
to ensure use of library
media center resources
that support on-going
classroom instruction
and implementation of
state curriculum and the
GPS and CCGPS.
3. Professional library
media staff are engaged
in active teaching
role/s.

13. One of the national

educational technology
goals states: Effective
and engaging software
and on-line resources
will be an integral part
of every schools
curriculum. The
GALILEO Virtual

Level of Basic
Proficiency
The Library Media
Specialist participates in
collaborative planning
when initiated by the
teacher.

The Library Media

Specialist makes
recommendations to
students for class
projects and pleasure
reading. The Library
Media Specialist
provides basic
orientation and
instruction on
information location
skills.
Students will be given
instruction in accessing
GALILEO. The
password will be
provided in a timely
manner.

Action Steps
The media specialist
will become more
familiar with the
Georgia
Standards.org
website.

The media specialist

will create a
calendar that will
allow teachers to
sign up for 1 day
out of a week that
she could
collaborate with the
teacher.

The media specialist

will create an online
module that will
instruct faculty and
students about
GALILEO. This
will allow teachers
to show the module
to the students.

Category 4
Administrative
Support

Category 5 - Staff
Development

Library provides
Georgia students and
teachers access to
exceptional on-line
resources at no cost to
the local school district.
14. The local system
superintendent shall
appoint a system media
contact person (SMCP)
to serve as a liaison to
the department.

19. Staff development

opportunities are
available both for the
library media staff to
enhance their own
professional knowledge
and for the library
media staff to provide
information and
technology literacy
skills to other teachers
and administrative staff.
Professional resources
and services for all
faculty members are
provided in the library
media center for the
"learning community".

A system media contact

person (SMCP) is
appointed and
communication from
the SMCP is received
and posted for all
Library Media
Specialists and staff.
The media coordinator
or curriculum
coordinator may serve
as the SMCP to facilitate
communication to and
from DOE.
Library Media Specialist
participates in staff
development options
and provides informal
staff development
instruction during
collaborative planning
with teachers. Current
professional resources
are maintained in the
library media center if
the district does not
provide a centralized
professional resource
center.

The SMCP will

create a yearly
calendar with set
dates of vertical
alignment meetings.
The SMCP will also
send out weekly
memo to
communicate with
the districts Library
Media Specialist

The media specialist

will attend yearly
technology
conferences 0and
redeliver the
information.

I have also created a table to display an area that is currently proficient and it could easily
become exemplary with my action plan.

Categories
Category 1 - Student

Target Indicators
2. Collaborative

Level of Basic
Proficiency
Information literacy

Action Steps
The media specialist

Achievement and
Instruction

planning includes
both the Library
Media Specialists and
teachers to ensure use
of library media center
resources that support
on-going classroom
instruction and
implementation of
state curriculum and
the GPS and CCGPS.

skills are integrated

into the curriculum
through the
collaborative efforts
of the Library Media
Specialist and
teachers. Georgia
Performance
Standards (GPS) and
Common Core GPS
(CCGPS) are used as a
basis for teaching.

will collaborate with

teachers using GPS,
CCGPS, and AASL to
help shape the
learning of students in
the school. The media
specialist will
collaborate with
teachers by attending
all subjects vertical
alignment meetings.