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Kimberly Ragghianti
FRIT 7331 Class GSU
Key Assessment Section 7
Planning for the Future
This information is based off the stakeholders survey for teachers that was
collected and analyzed earlier. In the table below you can see three long-range
goals, three short-term objectives to meet these goals, and an evaluation strategy.
Goals
Goal 1: The teacherlibrarian will increase the
number of constructive
collaboration with the
classroom teachers.
Objectives
Objective 1a: The teacherlibrarian will establish an
interactive online calendar
for teachers to sign up for
collaborative lesson
planning time and student
time in the media center.
Description of Evaluation
Evaluation 1a: The
classroom teachers will be
able to sign up for
collaborative lesson
planning time and student
time in the media center,
and a tally chart will show
data of how often this
service was used.
Objective 2a: The teacherEvaluation 2a: The
librarian will create a list of classroom teachers will be
collaborative lesson topics
logged in to the media
for teachers to choose from center system and counted
or to get ideas from
when clicking onto this
available lessons each
page. A survey will also be
semester on the media
given at the end of each
center website.
semester to gather if the
teachers used the
collaborative lesson topics
in their classrooms.
Objective 3a: The teacherEvaluation 3a: The
librarian will construct a
classroom teachers will
collaborative planning
meet with the teacherbinder that includes a lesson librarian to use a
plan outline with Georgia
collaborative lesson plan
Common Core teaching
from the binder. The teacher
standards, media center
librarian will collect data by
resources, and activities.
using a tally chart of how
often a lesson was used and
have a question in the end
of semester survey about the
constructiveness of the
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collaboration.
Goal 2: The school will
enhance its media center
with more educational
materials, resources, and
technology.
Objective 2a: The school
teacher-librarian will assess
what educational materials,
resources, and technology
are most needed to enhance
the school media center.
Objective 2b: The school
teacher-librarian will format
a plan to purchase the
needed educational
materials, resources, and
technology as the budget
allows in accordance to the
SLMP to increase necessary
resources.
Objective 2c: The school
teacher-librarian will
compile an up-dated list of
valuable educational
materials, resources, and
technology available in the
media center.
Goal 3: The school media
specialist will give further
attention and support to
professional growth and a
positive school
environment.
Objective 3a: The school
media specialist will
develop a plan where
teachers receive at least five
hours of professional
development each month
measured by an online
calendar and logbook.
Objective 3b: The school
media specialist will
Evaluation 2a: The teacherlibrarian will send out a
stakeholders survey to
teachers and encourage
open communication though
discussion and e-mail in
order to collect data
concerning what
educational materials,
resources, and technology
are most needed. These
responses will be
documented and shared
using Goggle Docs.
Evaluation 2b: The school
staff, students, and students
parents will view the plan
twice a year during a school
board meeting and mark the
progress made towards
purchasing the needed
items.
Evaluation 2c: Teachers,
administrators, students, and
parents will be able to view
this up-dated list on the
media center website. A
date will be visible in the
corner verifying the list is
up-to-date.
Evaluation 3a: The
professional development
plan for teachers will be
written and reviewed by
teachers and staff. Teachers
will give written feedback
and reflection on the
professional development
afterwards, documenting
each month in the logbook.
Evaluation 3b: The media
specialist, teachers, and
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schedule the professional
development onsite during
planning times and/or
offsite for educational field
study opportunities to
support their teachers
professional growth.
Objective 3c: The teacherlibrarian will cultivate a
positive environment within
the school media center.
administrators will agree on
the written schedule for
professional development
and sign the document. An
online logbook will be used
to document the days and
times.
Evaluation 3c: The teacherlibrarian will continue to
have open dialog with
teachers, administrators,
students, parents, and
community members.
She/he will allow for other
forms of communication
such as surveys throughout
the year, monthly meetings,
community projects, and
speakers to share their
knowledge to help
encourage a positive school
environment.
Your goals need to be SMART.
S = Specific
M = Measurable
A = Attainable
R = Realistic
T = Time-Bound
Having these criteria help to focus your goals and make them achievable.
Both the books The Indispensable Librarian (by Doug Johnson) and Empowering
Learners (by the American Association of School Librarians) emphasize the importance
of setting these long-term goals, short-term objectives to reach the goals, and a why it is
key to evaluate if your objectives are being met. No two effective school library school
programs are alike. Each has areas that are strong and others areas that need
improvement. The assessment of a school library program is a vital task that can lead to
improvements not just in the delivery of library services, but in improvements of the
effectiveness of the total school. (Johnson, p. 35) Having all these parts together create a
complete plan to move forward and improve the school as a whole.
October 26, 2014 (up-dated November 2014)
