1. Diandra Walker FRIT 7132 Stephanie Jones Spring 2013

2. Hampton L. Daughtry is located in Jackson, GA and is a part of the Butts Country school district.The school environment is Rural, Fringe Census-defined rural territory.H.L. Daughtry serves grades Kindergarten through 5th.There are approximately 508 students and 33 certified teachers.Totally 332 students were eligible for subsidized lunch program: 299 students were eligible for free lunch, 33 students were eligible for reduced price lunch. Regarding the racial makeup of the students, 312 were white, 163 were African American, 20 were Hispanic, 1 were Asian(including Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander), 0 were American Indian or Alaska Native, 12 were reported from two or more races. 3. OURVISION: A community where education is a priority.OUR MISSION: To provide an environment where students and adults expect more and become more. 4. EXPECT all students to learn; EXPECT quality instruction; EXPECT all staff to engage every student actively and positively; EXPECT technology to support instruction and operations; EXPECT and retain quality staff through support and development; EXPECT a measurable improvement in student achievement; EXPECT a safe and orderly environment; 5. Daughtryelementary school librarys mission is to provide media as an essential support service for instructional programs and specifies development of life long learners as an educational goal. 6. The media center is located in the front of the building. It is the first thing that you see when walking in through the double door entrance of the school. The media center is the center if the school. 7. Book Check-in / Check-out Class Story Time Accelerated Reader Program Testing Streaming Video Equipment Live Broadcast / Morning News Program Computers Student Project Research Teacher Research Technology Equipment Use (LCD Projectors, Digital Camera, Video Recorder, Laminator, etc.) School and Faculty Meetings Special Events 8. Book Fairs The River Ridge Media Center sponsors two book fairs a year, one in the Spring and one in the Fall, with the proceeds going directly to the media center. Each book fair includes a teacher preview party, a student preview day, and a teacher wish list that helps teachers build their classroom libraries. Special Guest Readers Each year the school receives a visit from a published author. Visiting authors are a great opportunity to get students excited about and motivated to read. Books for visiting authors to sign are sold through the media center before the visit, and are kept in the media center until the visiting author signs them. Precious visiting authors include: 2005-2006: Kathleen Duey and Mile Artell 2006-2007: Brod Baggert 9. LEFT SIDE OF ENTRANCERIGHT SIDE OF ENTRANCE 10. The circulation desk is located towards the back of the library. This desk is considered the media specialists main desk where she is to complete all daily tasks. There is added storage located beneath the desk to house the materials that she needs on a day-to-day basis. 11. COMPUTER WORK AREAVIEW OF AREA FROM CIRC. DESKThe computers are located on each side of the circulation desk. Here, the MS can keep an eye on what students are doing on the computers. There are four computers on each side which leaves space only available for eight students at a time. 12. Reference/Research Area 13. FICTIONThe fiction section is located on the right side of the library as soon as you enter the doors. There are about 1240 fiction books located in the library for students to read for their pleasure. Of those books, about 60 are brand new books.NONFICTIONThe nonfiction section is located on the left side of the library. There are about 910 nonfiction located in the library for students to read for research/educational purposes or for their own pleasure. Of the nonfiction 14. WORK ROOM The work room and storage room house resources that are available for teachers to use. This room is apart of the MS office. Here, teachers can utilize educational videos, projectors, cameras, and other resources that would aid them in classroom instruction. *following are more resources found in the office.STORAGE ROOM 15. VIEW OF OFFICE FACING RIGHTVIEW OF OFFICE FACING LEFTIn the office, there is also a printer/copier/fax machine for teachers to use. There is also a laminating machine. 16. Inside the media production room, there are laptop carts that are available for teachers to check out for their classes in the event that they need them for classroom instruction. 17. There is seating located upon entering the library.There is seating located along the sides of the book shelves.There is seating located in the reference and research section of the libraryThere is a reading lounge area located towards the back of the library the fiction books.There are several seating areas located throughout the library. 18. Scheduling The media center opens at 7:45 and closes at 2:30 each instructional day. There is a plan in place at Daughtry Elementary that allows flexibly scheduled media center access. This applies to students and teachers in groups or as individuals simultaneously throughout each instructional day. Accessibility refers to the staff, facility, and the resources and is based on instructional need. If teachers need to use the facility for small group activities or whole class activities, then they would need to sign up on the media center scheduling sheet located on the circulation desk. The same goes for conferences and meetings that are to be scheduled during the instructional day. Student Use There are many resources located in the media center that available for student use. Students have access to a variety of fiction and non-fiction books, resource books and guides, as well as the computers and internet. While students are using computers and other resources available, they are to adhere to the school computer use policy as well as the media center policies and procedures. In order for students to use the resources available to them, they need to get permission from the teacher and have a library pass. Students can use the computers up to 45 minutes with teacher permission. 19. Checking Materials Out All books should be checked out at the media center circulation desk. Students are allowed to check out 2 books at a time. This is the same for all grade levels and each book can be checked out for a 2 week period but can be renewed if the book is not on reserve. If a students has checked out books and the books becomes overdue, there are no monetary penalties (fines). However; the student will not be able to check out new books until the overdue book are accounted for. When books are checked out of the library, they become the students responsibility. Students are held accountable for lost or damaged items and parents are required to sign a policy agreement form at the beginning of the school year that explains the expectations and consequences connected to this policy. Teacher Use Teachers are allowed to check materials out of the library and like students, all items should be checked out at the circulation desk. Items such as videos and DVDs should be returned within 10 days and books should be checked out no longer than 4 weeks. Due dates for teachers are flexible as long as items are not on wait list. Also, items are checked out based on instructional need . Teachers are not allowed to send students to check out items on their behalf. If a teacher needs material to be checked out and they do not have time to go through the checkout procedure in the media center, then they can e-mail the media specialist with their request and the media specialist has 24 hours to give the status of the resource of leave it in the teacher box if it is available. 20. Staffing According to the Butts County school district policy manual, each school shall have a media center staffed by personnel in accordance with Rule No. 165-5-1-22 which states: a school system shall employ a full-time media specialist for each base-size or larger school. (i) A school system shall provide no less than half-time services of a media specialist for each school less than base size and shall provide adult supervision in the media center for the entire instructional day. H.L. Daughtry has one full time media specialist who is responsible for developing processes to implement system media policy and procedures along with the media committee at the school that should consist of the media specialist, an administrator, and instructional personnel. 21. Students were asked to rate the media centers resource collection as acceptable or needs improvement. If described as needs improvement, the students were asked what they would like to see added: More fiction books More kids magazines More computers Students were asked to describe the physical environment of the library as acceptable or needs improvement. If the described it as needs improvement, they were asked what needed to be improved. Some of the responses are listed below: 63% felt that the physical environment of the library needed to be improved. When asked to specify, a lot of the students felt that the library could use more color. The majority of the students (81%) felt that the media center needed more soft reading areas Students were asked to describe the media specialists attitude and helpfulness as acceptable or needs improvement. If acceptable, comment on how the MS is helpful to the you and other visitors of the library. If needs improvement, what could the MS do to be of more support. They were also asked to rate the MS on a scale from 1 to 10 with 1 being unacceptable and 10 being extraordinary. The majority of the students felt that the MS was acceptable with 83% scoring her a 10, 13% scoring her a 9, and the remaining 4% scoring her an eight. The comments reflected how very caring she was and how she was always ready to help them when they needed help finding books they liked. 22. Teacher were asked to rate the media centers resource collection as acceptable or needs improvement. If described as needs improvement, the students were asked what they would like to see added: More grade specific reading selections More videos that correlate with current standards *there was also a special note from a few of the teachers that would like to see more grade level programs orchestrated by the MS Teachers were asked to describe the physical environment of the library as acceptable or needs improvement. If the described it as needs improvement, they were asked what needed to be improved. Some of the responses are listed below: Around 70% felt that the physical environment of the library needed to be improved and like many of the students, the teachers felt that more vibrant colors would make the library more attractive. The teachers also felt that the use of themed bulletin boards would help the physical appearance of the library. Teachers were asked to describe the media specialists attitude and helpfulness as acceptable or needs improvement. If acceptable, comment on how the MS is helpful to the you and other visitors of the library. If needs improvement, what could the MS do to be of more support. They were also asked to rate the MS on a scale from 1 to 10 with 1 being unacceptable and 10 being extraordinary. Many of the teachers felt that the media specialist was very helpful. They commented on how she did a wonderful job with the resources she was provided. The ratings are as followed 46% rated MS 10 23% rated MS 9 11% rated MS 8 15% rated MS 7 5% rated MS 5 23. I think that adding color to the walls may help with overall look of the library. Hire a local painter to see about repainting the walls of the library to add a splash of more color. Also adding some colorful rugs to the flooring will help with the over all look. http://www.rtrkidsrugs.com/Chil drens-Library-Rugs-s/6.htmCheck Us Out Rug by Joy Carpets. When you teach children the "Joy" of books, they will be lifetime readers. 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A new magazine display has also been added to give students more choices. 4 additional computers have been added for students. Students can also create displays for the library for special holidays, seasons, etc. This would be a low-cost way to add dcor to the library.