The following areas were rated basic.

The following section explains action steps

that will move the basic level indicators to the proficient level.

Category 1- Student Achievement and Instruction

Target Indicator Basic Level Action Plan to Move to
Description Proficient
Information Literacy Information Literacy Media specialist will
Standards are Skills curriculum is collaborate with classroom
integrated into content comprised of basic teachers to integrate CCGPS
instruction. library media and GPS standards into the
orientation skills and lessons conducted in the
AASL Standards for the instruction on how to media center.
21st-Century Learner are find information
integrated into content
instruction
Collaborative planning The Library Media The media specialist will meet
includes both the Specialist with grade levels during their
Library Media participates in grade level planning on
Specialists and teachers collaborative Tuesdays. Media specialist will
to ensure use of library planning when familiarize themselves with the
initiated by the classroom content standards.
media center resources
teacher. Media specialist will participate
that support on-going
in grade level planning to
classroom instruction encourage collaborative
and implementation of planning among the teachers
state curriculum and the and with the media specialist.
GPS and CCGPS.

Professional library The Library Media Instead of simply making

media staff are engaged Specialist makes suggestions to teachers, the
in active teaching role/s. recommendations to media specialist will make
students for class herself an important part of
projects and pleasure instruction. The media center
reading. The Library will be an extension of the
Media Specialist classroom and planning and
provides basic teaching will be done
orientation and collaboratively.
instruction on
information location
skills.
Student achievement is The classroom The media specialist, in
routinely assessed. teacher is collaboration with the
responsible for classroom teacher, will do
assessing student assessments in the media
achievement. center.
Category 2- Technology
Target Indicator Basic Level Action Plan to Move to
Description Proficient
The school library media The school library The media specialist will direct
specialist integrates the media specialist uses teachers and students to use
use of emerging technology to deliver technology tools. Students will
technologies as a curriculum content or select technology tools and
means for effective and instructions to use it for the task given rather
creative teaching and to than being observers of the
students.
support P-12 students' media specialist using
conceptual The SLMS technology
understanding, critical occasionally attempts Integrating technology will be
thinking and creative more consistent and stat
to integrate
processes. standards will be used in
emerging addition to AASL standards.
technologies into The media specialist will
instruction to collaborate more frequently
reinforce the skills, with teachers and staff to
dispositions, suggest technologies to use in
responsibilities, and their classroom instruction
self- assessments in
AASL Standards for
st
the 21 -Century
Learner and Georgia
state standards that
support student
achievement.

The SLMS rarely

recommends
technology tools to
enhance instruction.

Category 4-Facilities, Access, and Resources

Target Indicator
There shall be a plan for
flexibly scheduled
library media center
access for students and
teachers in groups or as
individuals
simultaneously
throughout each
instructional day.
Accessibility shall refer
to the facility, the staff,
and the resources and
shall be based on
instructional need.
Category 5- Administrative Support
Target Indicator
Administrative staff
support at both the
school and district levels
is essential for the
development of a strong
library media program.
Each local board of
education shall adopt a
library media policy that
provides for the
establishment of a
media committee at the
system level and at
each school. A library
media committee
makes
recommendations and
Basic Level Action Plan to Move to
Description Proficient
Flexible scheduling The media center will
makes resources and implement a flexible schedule.
assistance available Teachers will choose their
at the time of media center time rather than
learning need, but being assigned a time to
attend the library. After school
school schedules
hours will become available for
may override this
students and teachers to
preferable flexibility. access the media center.
Library media staff is
available to teachers
and students for
most of the school
day.
Basic Level Action Plan to Move to
Description Proficient
The school principal Regular meetings with school
provides support to administration will take place
the library media to discuss how to integrate
program and makes media resources into the
time to meet with the curriculum.
Library Media
Specialist
occasionally.
System and local A library advisory committee
school library media will be formulated to meet
committees support more than once per year. The
implementation of the committee will discuss media
library media center policies, technology,
and classroom teacher needs
program. A media
in regards to the media center.
advisory committee
exists and meets once
or twice a year. (This
committee may be
the same as the
decisions relating to technology committee
planning, operation, in some local
evaluation, and schools.)
improvement of the
library media program.
This committee shall
annually evaluate
library media services
and develop a multi-
year media plan for
budget services and
priorities.

Local Board approved A written library A library media policy will be

library media policy is media policy exists created, shared, and
current. This policy and is implemented implemented consistently.
requires development of and updated Revisions will be made based
procedures for the inconsistently. on the needs of the school
and the media center.
school system and for
selecting materials
locally, handling
requests for
reconsideration of
materials, considering
gifts of instructional
resources, using non-
school owned materials,
and complying with the
copyright law.

The following areas were rated proficient. The following section explains action
steps that will move the basic level indicators to the exemplary level.

Category 1- Student Achievement and Instruction

Target Indicator Proficient Level
Description
Services are The library media staff
provided to students selects resources and
who have diverse informs teachers of these
learning abilities, resources with
styles, and needs. recommendations to
support students diverse
Action Plan to Move to
Exemplary
Media specialist will meet
with teachers to collaborate
on strategies to collect
student data to design
activities that lead to
student achievement. The
media center will support
 learning abilities and styles. instruction and help to meet
individual needs.

Category 4- Facilities, Access, and Resources

Target Indicator Proficient Level
Description
Streamingvideoisused Streaming video is used on
throughouttheschoolto a regular basis to support
supportthecurriculum. the curriculum.
Interactivewhiteboards
The school has several
andcomputersareused
white boards located
forteachingand
throughout the building
learningthroughoutthe
and used on frequent
school.Acentral
basis.
electronicmedia
distributionsystemis Electronic distribution
alsoavailable.
system meets state
requirements.
Action Plan to Move to
Exemplary
The media center currently
has an interactive
whiteboard but it is not used
on a regular basis. The
media specialist will design
lessons to incorporate the
whiteboard more
consistently.
More interactive whiteboards
will be purchased and
trainings will be conducted
to ensure that those
whiteboards are used on a
more consistent basis.