SECTION VII: PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE

Long Range Goals

Short Term Objectives

Goal 1:
Improve the overall learning
experience of the media
center and offer more adult
supervision/assistance.

Objective 1a:
Allow students to
browse or explore media
center resources. This
objective specifically
speaks to the student.
A measurable amount of
15 minutes a day for
exploring materials
should show an
improvement in
learning. This is
achievable and can be
accomplished over a
cumulative amount of
time. This will have a
direct impact on
meeting the goal and
this time period should
be set to be met within
the second half of the
school year.
Objective 1b:
Give teachers the
amount of time needed
to develop technology
based assignments.
This objective
specifically speaks to
the teacher. To measure
this the teacher can
work with the Media
Specialist 15 minutes
extra daily to develop
technology based
assignments. This is
achievable if teacher
sticks to plan. This will
dramatically impact the
goal. This time period

Description of
Evaluation
Evaluation 1a:
Review previous
evaluations to get a
history and help with
development planning.
This can be done
throughout the school
year.

Evaluation 1b:
Monthly meetings will be
held to evaluate the
progress of the students
learning experience.
This can be done at
beginning of each
month.

should be set to be met

by second half of school
year.
Objective 1c:
Offer the students
assistance with
completing their
assignments. This
specifically speaks to
the students and the
teacher. An allotment
or measured amount of
5-10 minutes with each
student to assist with
assignments. This is
achievable if
stakeholders stick to the
allotted time.
Realistically will impact
or improve learning
experiences. Time
period should also be
set to be met by at least
second half of school
year.
Objective 1d:
Make available resource
sharing between other
schools and online
catalogs. Specifically
Media Specialist should
search for online
catalogs and get with
county schools to see
what is available to
share. The measurable
amount of time should
be about 1 hour a week
to see what resources
are available. This is
achievable if Media
Specialist will work as
scheduled to get this set
up for her school. This

Evaluation 1c:
Media specialists and
teachers will evaluate or
measure on a
standardized rubric the
students outcome or
results. This can be done
throughout the school
year.

Evaluation 1d:
Librarian will furnish
access to the Internet
and adopt the proper
user policies. This
should be done at
beginning of year.

Goal 2:
Improve physical
appearance of media center.

will realistically help

reach the goal and the
time period should be
that this is set up for
school to use by the
second six weeks of
class.
Objective 2a:
Purchase new or
updated furniture that is
more comfortable for
the media center. This
specifically relates to
the principle and the
Media Specialist. For
measuring this, the
principle and media
specialist should allow
one or two days aside
before the new school
year begins to shop for
furniture. This is an
achievable objective.
This will realistically
improve the appearance
of the media center.
Time period should be
set up to shop for
furniture during the
summer break using one
or two days.
Objective 2b:
Manage the physical
space of the library.
This specifically speaks
to the Media Specialist.
This can be measured
by using a couple of
days or two half days to
set up space so it is user
friendly. This can be
achieved by asking
friends or teachers to
help. This will impact

Evaluation 2a:
Media Specialist will put
together fundraisers and
book fairs to supplement
the expense of the
furniture. Teachers can
assist. This can be done
at beginning of the year.

Evaluation 2b:
Librarian can rearrange
furniture to meet the
users needs. This can
be done at beginning of
the year. Evaluate the
students and teachers
opinion or obtain
feedback on the
appearance of the
media center. This can
be done throughout the
school year.

Goal 3:
The library should be fully
integrated with the
purchase of new
software/hardware/eBooks
in order to promote
students learning goals and
meet individual needs of
teachers, students, and
stakeholders.

the physical appearance

of the media center and
the time period should
be set to be done before
the beginning of the
school year.
Objective 3a:
Provide categorized and
classified resources that
meet individual needs.
This specifically speaks
to the Media Specialists.
To meet measurable
goals the Media
Specialist should set
aside 8 hour day to
organize the material.
The time period should
be set to be completed
before the beginning of
the school year.
Objective 3b:
Develop curriculum that
is grade level
appropriate and ensure
competency in the
curriculum. This is
specifically speaking to
the teacher working
with the Media
Specialist. The amount
of measurable time to
get this done should be
a couple of weeks
before the school year
begins. This should be
an achievable objective
if everyone works as a
team. This is a realistic
objective that will help
with learning. The time
period should be set to
be pulled together

Evaluation 3a:
Evaluate and select
appropriate learning
materials/resources that
will meet the needs of
the students. This can
be done throughout the
school year.

Evaluation 3b:
Conduct evaluations
using multiple data
sources to get a better
overall picture of
progress. This can be
done throughout the
school year.

before the school year

begins.
Objective 3c:
Promote learning in
technical, factual, and
also ethical standards
when using copyrighted
materials. Promote
independent learning.
This specifically speaks
to Media Specialist and
teacher. The amount of
measurable time to
work on this could be
one day a week of
working with students to
explain ethical
standards and providing
those resources to
study. This is an
achievable goal and
depends on learning
capacity of students.
This is a realistic
objective to help
students with learning
process. The time
period on this should be
cumulative progression
throughout the year
with improvements
showing by middle of
school year.

Evaluation 3c:
Teachers and librarians
will allow time to meet
and plan learning
strategies, assess
students work, and
develop curriculum that
appropriately reflects
the AASL standards of
performance. This
should be done
throughout the school
year.

Objective 3d:
Provide high quality
resources using multiple
formats. This
specifically speaks to
the Media Specialist.
The measurement
should be that the
Media Specialist will

Evaluation 3d:
Librarian will offer
development workshops
for faculty to encourage
technology integration.
Solicit feedback from
students and teachers
on how resources are
working with the use of

spend a couple of days

before the school year
begins to look for these
resources. This is
achievable objective. It
realistically impacts the
goal with the providing
of these resources. The
time period should be
set to be done before
the school year begins.

a survey. This can be

done during the year.

Explanation of Goals:
The Library Media Program for Long County Middle School is an integral
component of the total educational program. With todays 21st Century
technology, it is important for the individual to be successful in problem
solving and have the ability to access and evaluate information from a
variety of resources to ensure literacy. The goals are set forth to uncover the
weaknesses and capitalize on the strengths of the learning process that
relates to the media center. (Developing the Strategic Management Plan).
Goal 1:
To address the overall improvement of the learning experience the media
specialist should encourage students to utilize all the available resources in
the library. The teacher should allow for a flexible enough schedules so that
the student can visit the library on a routine basis. It is also important for
the teacher to be familiar with the resources available in the library.
(Empowering Learners. American Association of School Librarians.
Guidelines for School Library Media Programs. Pg. 12). This also should take
into consideration the financial and socioeconomic factors of Long County
Middle School. This goal will allow students and teachers to become more
aware of the Web 2.0 technologies available on the school media website.
With that being said, the teacher and the media specialist will work together
to improve or update the media center website; i.e. adding E-books. This
goal is realistic but may appear to be over planned; however it is better to be
over planned than not include a need and fall short ( Johnson, D. Pg. 39).

Goal 2:
The physical appearance of the media center plays an important part in that
you want the library to appear inviting and intriguing to its users. Long

County Middle School Media Center needs to have an area designated for
teachers to work on creating bulletin boards and laminating. Also the
shelving should be adjusted and/or lowered so that it is more
accommodating for students (Sullivan, M. 2011, April).
Goal 3:
To address the important question, is the library media center a vital part of
the learning process? According to the reading material contained in
Collecting the Data: Program Perception by Nancy McGriff, Carl A. Harvey,
and Leslie B. Preddy, this question should be addressed in order to prove that
it is a vital part and thus will not be put on the chopping block when budgets
are cut. To provide a better learning experience the media center should
contain collections of books in a variety of formats that are suited for users
(Empowering Learners. Pg. 29). This goal should also address the fact that
Long County Middle School needs more students to meet and/or exceed
CRCT data scores. The CRCT data scores showed gaps between special
needs and the gifted of grades 4 -8 and Pre-K. Adding more meaningful
Math, Reading, Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies resources should
help in this area. Another thing that should be evaluated is whether the
general resources that are provided for the school region are in use and see
what needs to be added to these resources. These resources should be the
ones that offer more bang for the buck ( Johnson, D. 2013).

References:
Developing the Strategic Management Plan. Retrieved from:
https://go.view.usg.edu/d2l/le/content/867356/viewContent/12830129/View.
Empowering Learners. American Association of School Librarians. A
Division of the American Library Association. Guidelines for School Library
Media Programs. Pg. 12, Pg. 29.
Johnson, D. 2013. The Indispensable Librarian. Second Edition. Surviving
and Thriving in School Libraries in the Information Age. Pg. 39, Pg. 71.
McGriff, N., Harvey, C. A., Preddy, L. B. Collecting the Data: Program
Perception. Retrieved from:
https://go.view.usg.edu/d2l/le/content/867356/viewContent/12830129/View.