Chicopee Woods Elementary

Media Center Facilities Plan FRIT 7132-Fall 2011 Amanda Porter

Table of Contents

School Information Media Center Tour Procedures Technology Current Floor Plan Revised Floor Plan Accommodations Survey and Results Improvement List Policies Accelerated Reader

Demographics
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Pk-5th grade student enrollment: 750 At least 60+ Faculty Members One full-time Media Specialist One full-time Media Clerk Four 21st Century classroom

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Mission Statement
It is the mission of the Chicopee Woods Elementary School Media Center to provide a creative and energetic library media program that ensures that all students and staff are effective users of ideas, information, technology, and to prepare students to be lifelong readers, learners, and successful seekers of information.

Media Center
The media center is located in the heart of the school directly behind the front office. This makes accessibility and location easy to find for students and visitors.

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Add a large flat screen lT.V. to show scheduling.

The media center has 8 student computers to use for research, work, and AR tests.

Student workspace

Circulation Desk

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3rd-5th grade students are responsible for checking in their own books and Students find their class box (color coded placing them on a collection shelf. by grades) and then find their student
card in order to check out books.

Circulation Desk Continued

Students check in books and place them on the shelf. Students have to find their own cards to scan in order to check out. Can only check out 2 books or what isnt already checked out by the students. (For example, a student returns only one book, he
can only check out one book for that visit.)

Scheduling
Teachers

sign-up weekly for a time to come in for a mini-lesson and circulation. If they want an additional lesson time with the SLMS, they will have to sign-up for another date that doesnt interfere with other classes having circulation time. Scheduled classes and times arent continuously carried over weekly. Have to start a new schedule weekly.

Fees
Teacher's

arent fined for lost books unless the transfer schools and take library books with them. Students are charged for the cost of the book only. However, they cannot receive their report cards until books are returned or fines are paid.

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Ready Reference

Students references are readily available as you walk into the library.
Teach resources are readily located near the entrance.

Media Center
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Non-fiction

Biographies

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Miscellaneous

The Media Center also provides books specifically on Georgia and for Spanishspeaking students.

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Easy Reading

This section is for our early literacy students.

Replace the small T.V. on the back wall with a large flat screen T.V. to show scheduling

Technology

This Media Specialist has plentiful technology readily available for instruction and teacher usage.

Technology

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The Media Specialist uses these devices for daily instruction as well as teacher instructional usage.

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Current Floor Plan

This is the current floor plan. The easy read section is to the left of the library where all the round tables are. The fiction, biographies, and Spanish books are to the right of the library where all the book cases are. The little pods at the front of the library are computers along with reference materials are the front of the library for easy access.

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Revised Floor Plan

The yellow items are concepts added to the current floor plan:
-A basket of rules should be used as bookmarkers when looking at books. -Student check-out card holder -Another rug and seating area

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-And a bookshelf next to the curriculation desk for students to place check-ed in books.

Special Education
Media

Center: Is wheel chair accessible throughout the media center. There are also books on tape for students with learning disabilities. Media Center: Does not have books in Braille nor AT equipment for students to use when typing or taking a test on the computer.

Survey
Question 1: What do you like about your Media Center?

The friendliness of staff along with the openness to send students individually. Also, the lessons that are taught. The lessons that our Media Specialist are good. That it is easy to find what you are looking for. I really enjoy the flexible schedule. The lessons and technology that my students are exposed to in the Media Center are invaluable and my whole class looks forward to going every week!!! Very organized and open whenever I need it! I really like how smoothly the media center is ran. Very effective. Our media center is very student center and inviting. Everything! It is easy to find books. It is learning centered through AR and class lessons. Mr. Pirkle's lessons are standard's based so the students are able to do more than just check out books. I love that he tests the students using the CPS system at the end of the lessons. This helps me see what students are getting the concepts and who needs more support! http://www.surveymonkey.com

 Question

Survey

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What would you like to see different or implemented into your current Media Center? Or, what service could the staff provide to better meet the needs of you and your students?

I can't think of anything that needs to be changed! The students love coming to the library. I don't like the online scheduling program. I don't know our staff does a really good job in the Media Center. I would like to see more student devices available for student lessons while in the media center. As they are learning how to surf the web and Internet safety then they all have a device to practice with immediately. I can't think of any. N/a I truly don't know what else there is. They are beyond perfect, expert managers of the resources we have and clearly instill a love for coming to the media center and for reading I would like to have a scheduled library time a few times a month that I don't have to sign up for.

Improvement List

Reading area with Better online scheduling through Google seating Docs, Google Calendar, or Google arrangements and schedule maker. carpet Better circulation system (educational). 5th grade student volunteers to help out to shelve Conference room for books. Also, have a ready notebook with student barcodes teachers and and picture ID for checkout. Or students could students to use. have their personal cards to bring instead of taking time to look for them in teacher basket. Larger TVs for More posters available for dcor with schedule viewing successful quotes to promote student (with mounting success. Also possible technology and objects). reading posters as well. Assistive Technology Larger room for broadcasting. readily available for Special Needs students.

Improvement fees:
Rug-

$59.95 Couch- $26.95 2 T.V. @ $149.00 each = $298.00 2 T.V. mounts @ $39.95= $ 79.90 Total: $ 613. 80 (tax not
included).

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Students: Checkout is limited to 2 weeks and up to 2 books can be checked out at any time. After 2 weeks the item or items are considered overdue. Students cannot check out other materials or receive AR prizes or awards until overdue books are returned. Students will pay for lost books as according to school system policy. -A group of no more than 4 students from a single classroom can visit the media center to checkout or to use a computer station. A group of more than 4 students requires a media center reservation, even if a teacher or paraprofessional is accompanying them. -Each homeroom teacher is provided with 4 media center passes for the students in their classroom. These passes are for the students physically present in the classroom when permission is granted. Therefore, students that change classes dont have to go and get the pass from their homeroom teacher nor should they. -Media Center Passes are not transferable. Passes that are currently not being used in one classroom should not be shared with another classroom, nor should a student ever be allowed to go to another room to borrow a media center pass because 4 is not enough. -When students are visiting the media center independently, they should stay on the task they were given permission for. Students who are cutting up, horse playing, or talking disruptively instead of looking for books or working on a computer station will be immediately sent back to their classroom and not be allowed to return for the remainder of the school day. -Students who come to the media center to use a computer for any reason should report to the Circulation Desk first so that media staff can fully serve their needs.

Current Media Center Policies

Teachers: -With regards to teachers, a 2 week check out limit will only be enforced if and when the item has been requested by another teacher or student. Teachers should always give their best effort to return items when are no longer using them. Otherwise, all materials used throughout the entire year are due at the end of the school year. The only exception is digital cameras, which can be checked out for no more than two days due to high demand. -Because of the Patron Privacy Law and its protection for students, if a teacher needs a book and a student has the book checked out, the media center staff cannot and will not release the name of the student to the teacher. A hold can be placed for the book when it is returned for the teacher or if the teacher's need is urgent, media center will staff will try to acquire the book from the student only if he or she is actually finished with the book.

Policies Continued

Proposed changes to current Policies

Each

grade level or areas have one of each technology equipment so they can alternate the items on a timely manner within a smaller group. Consistent scheduling.

Policies Continued
If any class or group of more than 4 students needs the media center, a reservation is required. -Teachers can sign-up a class or student group 1 time per week for up to a 3 week window. For example, if today is Tuesday, up through the next 3 Tuesdays will be available for sign-up. Any sign-up beyond this 3 week window will immediately be removed by media center staff. -Teachers can use the online Media Center Class Schedule Calendar to reserve times. Sign-up for the following school day will close at 12:00 on the day prior in order to allow for adequate media staff planning. -Teachers can choose from the prescribed menu of Media Center activities for their grade level when making a reservation and all they have to do is write their name and the description of the menu item for their grade level. For more wonderful ideas that are not on the menu, meet with the media specialist. - If a teacher wants the media specialist to come to their classroom for a lesson, planned activity, or assistance with digital projects, they should also use the Media Center Reservation Calendar to do so. For emergency technical assistance, just use email and the media specialist will arrive as soon as he is available. -Teachers should delete their reservation on the calendar as soon as possible if a conflict arises and a reservation cannot be kept to ensure availability to other classes. In such a case, a teacher can reserve another time for the same week. If a teacher just simply forgets to show up resulting in a "NO SHOW" where a time block is wasted, the teacher should not reserve another time for the same week as it would double the impact with regards to media center availability.

Emphasis on Reading

This school implements Accelerated Reader immensely. Every Friday an AR King, Queen, Prince, and a Princess are chosen to represent the school. They are chosen by high percentage of their test results out of how many they have taken on their reading level. Students are rewarded a crown or a wrestling belt with their title embellished. They are allow to wear this for a week as well as have a carbonated drink at recess.

Reference
Georgia Department of Education http://www.doe.k12.ga.us Chicopee Woods Elementary School http://www.hallco.org/cwes Survey Monkey http://www.surveymonkey.com Walmart http://www.warlmart.com Best Buy http://www.bestbuy.com Smart Draw http://www.smartdraw.com