1. Harlem Middle School
375 W. Forrest Street
Harlem, GA 30814
Media Center Facility Plan
Presented by: Dolly Walker Morris
FRIT 7132
Administration of
the Instructional Media Program
Fall 2011
Instructor: Dr. Chester
Georgia Southern University
2. “To be information literate, an individual must recognize when information is
needed, and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the
information needed.”
Presidential Committee on Information Literacy. Final Report. American Library Association, 1989
Introduction Existing Facility Plan and Tour
P. 31, Side Office – SPED IEP Mtgs. & Print Reference Section
P. 1, Title P. 32, Side Office – SPED IEP Mtgs. & Print Reference Section
P. 2, Table of Contents P. 33, Side Office – SPED IEP Mtgs. & Print Reference Section
P. 3, School Demographics P. 34, SLMS & Media Clerk Office
P. 4, School Vision; Student Motto P. 35, Circulation Desk
P. 5, School Mission P.36, Circulation Desk – Back View
P. 6, District Media Mission Statement Principles P.37, Circulation Desk – Opposing View
P.7, School Improvement Plan Focus P. 38, Side Office – Book Repair
P. 8, School Improvement Plan Focus Cont. P. 39, Side Office – Book Repair
P. 9, Instructional Expectation’s Delivery Timeline P.40, Side Office – Book Repair
P. 10, HMS Media Center Facts
P. 11, Key Media Survey Data Composites& Policy Implications
P. 12, Key Media Survey Data & Policies Cont. Proposed New Facility Plan and Changes
P. 13, Key Media Survey Data & Policies Cont.
P. 14, Key Media Survey Comments P. 41, Never Forget
P.42, Proposed HMS Media Center Floor Plan
P.43, Needs Elaborated
P.44, Potential Circulation Desk
Existing Facility Plan and Tour P.45, Potential Personal Computer Workstations
P.46, Potential Learning Commons
P.47, Potential Classroom Space
P. 15, Current HMS Media Center Floor Plan P.48, A New Beginning
P. 16, Harlem Middle School – Main Entrance P. 49, Done
P. 17, Breezeway – Media Center Hall P.50, Facility Changes
P. 18, Media Center Hall Entrance P.51, Facility Changes
P. 19, Media Center Entrance P. 52, Facility Changes
P.20, Media Center – Upon Entry P.53, Facility Changes
P.21, Media Center – Upon Entry (Electrical Room) P.54, Facility Changes
P.22,Media Center P.55, Facility Changes
P.23, Media Center P.56, The End
P.24,Media Center
P.25,Media Center
P.26, Storage Closet
P.27,Media Center – Exit from Storage Closet
P. 28, Media Center Student Computers
P. 29, Media Center Catalog Computer
P.30, Media Center Student Computers
3. School Demographics 2011-12
HMS 6th, 7th, & 8th Grades Challenges:
Enrollment:
TOTAL 547 Pupils • Title 1 fully-funded middle school
(40% or higher free/reduced
lunch)
Am. Ind./Ak. Native 5
• 11% student population from
Asian 3 single-parent households
Blk./Af. American 86 • Median family income ($36,307)
Hawaiian/Pac. Is. 0 • Well below state average
($46,282)
Hispanic/Latino 11
• Significantly below county
Multi-Racial 24 median($55,682)
White 418 • Fifty-five percent student
population qualifies for free and
reduced lunch
4. School Vision
Every Child,
Every Chance,
Every Day
Student Motto
“As I enter these doors, I am prepared
to learn.”
5. School Mission
Prepare students to become successful,
productive members of society by
instilling self-discipline, a sense of
responsibility, and the skills necessary
for life-long learning.
6. District Media Mission Statement Principles
o Supports the philosophy, goals, and instructional
programs of the Columbia County Schools.
o A service agency and a resource center and should be
an integral part of the instructional program.
o Library media specialist is responsible for the design
and delivery of an effective media program.
o Program should emphasize a planning philosophy
that stresses the specific needs of the school
curriculum and the students.
o Media program should be changing and evolving in
response to societal, economic, and technological
demands on education.
7. School Improvement Plan Focus 2011-12
A. INSTRUCTION: Designing and implementing teaching-learning-assessment tasks and activities
to ensure that all students achieve proficiency relative to the Georgia Performance Standards (GPS).
Target Standard
Instruction Standard 2: Researched-based instruction is standard practice.
B. STUDENT, FAMILY, AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT and SUPPORT: The school
as a community of learning involves parents and community members as active participants. There is
consistent and growing evidence of parental involvement and volunteerism, participation in
workshops and enrichment activities, and a process of two-way communication. Everyone
collaborates to help the school achieve its continuous improvement targets and short-and long-range
goals.
Target Standard
SFCIS Standard 1: The school reinforces the continuous improvement process through active and
sustained involvement of student, family, and community
SFCIS Standard 2: The school has organizational structures and processes to ensure that
students, families, and community members play an active and sustained role in school governance,
decision-making, and problem solving.
9. Instructional Expectation’s Delivery Timeline 2011-12
• Standards Based Classroom Schedule
Daily Lesson 100 Minute Block
Hwk. Review / Activator 10-15 mins.
Review Standard(s) / 10-15 mins.
Vocabulary
Mini-lesson / Whole-class 20-30 mins.
Instruction
Work Session 20-25 mins.
a. Flexible Groups
b. Small Group Intervention
Closure/Summarizer 5-10 mins.
10. HMS Media Center Facts
• MC original “add-on” in 1970s to what was then used as
the existing high school facility (built, 1929)
• 2011-12 first year of “wireless” capability in MC & ten
student computers added
• MC furnishings are leftovers from high school facility
furnishings; never updated; big & “fixed”
• MC primarily used for book checkout, student research,
test make-ups, and faculty/staff meetings
• 2011-12 first year of MC website linked to school web page
(new web software implementation district wide; many
“kinks” to work out)
• Small MC for enrollment; limited common learning space;
no classroom space; limited virtual collection & access to
technology/virtual collection
11. Key Media Survey Data Composites & Policy
Implications
• 73% feel that the MC is not the “hub” of learning at the school
• 68% want the MC to be the center of learning at the school
– Toor & Weisburg (2007) concur for students to expand their understanding of “learning”
beyond the classroom walls & earning grades - to increase personal growth as the knowledge
they gain via topic exploration becomes a part of who they are.
– Empowering Learners, AASL (2009), promotes a SLMC learning space policy that is conducive
to active & participatory learning, rich resource-based learning, and facilitates collaboration
with teaching staff.
• 56% want the MC to have a more prominent web presence with research
resources accessible outside school hours
– Empowering Learners, AASL (2009), endorses a SLMC policy that maintains a library website to
provide 24-7 access to digital information sources, instructional interventions, reference
services, intra-library links, and exemplary student work.
– Also supports HMS 2011-12 School Improvement Plan which seeks to provide academic
intervention resources during “Work Session” of Standards Based Classroom Instructional
Schedule
– Hamilton (2009), further includes new “digital literacies” as legitimate “authoritative
information sources” for today, whereby students develop social skills through digital
collaboration and networking, no matter the time of day.
• 92% want more attractive & larger MC physical space
– Empowering Learners, AASL (2009), advocates a SLMC policy that creates a friendly,
comfortable, well-lit, aesthetically pleasing, and ergonomic space that is centrally located and
well-integrated with the rest of the school (p.33).
12. Key Media Survey Data & Policies Cont.
• 88% feel the MC would benefit from a designated
classroom space
– Empowering Learners, AASL (2009), promotes policy
that designs learning space that accommodates a
range of teaching methods, learning tasks, and
learning outcomes.
• 76% do not want to participate in a media
committee
• 56% believe a media committee is necessary
– Empowering Learners, AASL (2009), advocates policy
that seeks input from appropriate members of the
school community when developing SLMP policies,
needs, and fund appropriation.
13. Key Media Survey Data & Policies Cont.
• 65% want more involvement from SLMS in instruction
– Empowering Learners, AASL (2009), policy analyzes the school’s
instructional program, and resulting support documents (School
Improvement Plan & Achievement Data) to determine appropriate
staffing patterns.
– Empowering Learners, AASL (2009), promotes a SLMC learning space
policy that is conducive to active & participatory learning, rich
resource-based learning, and facilitates collaboration with teaching
staff.
• 96% want newer equipment: Elmo document cameras, wireless
throughout school, poster maker, working remotes & pointers for
LCD projectors, Smart slates
– Empowering Learners, AASL (2009), policy advocates funding through
strategic planning to support priorities and make steady progress
towards defined goals & material needs
– Empowering Learners, AASL (2009), policy provides space and seating
that encourages and enhances technology use, leisure reading and
browsing, and the use of all formats of materials easily.
14. Key Media Survey Comments
Re: Furniture
o 6thGrade Student: “Furniture is too hard! Chairs aren’t comfortable. We’re so crammed in here.”
o 7th Grade Student: “Carpet is ugly and stained; need new.”
o 8th Grade Student: “Can’t talk across these tables, they’re too wide, and it’s so dark in here.”
o Paraprofessional: “The whole space is so blah; need new paint & plants!”
Re: Collection
o 6th Grade Student: “Need more Bone books.”
o 7th Grade Student: “We need iPad books or Kindles. I want to be able to use mine I got for BD.”
o 8th Grade Student: “I need to be able to get to the research databases from home.”
o Teacher: “We need books. I’d like to see us do a Book Birthday Club.”
Re: Technology
o 6th Grade Student: “Can we get iPads?”
o 7th Grade Student: “We need jump drives. The school store doesn’t sell them anymore. Help!”
o 8th Grade Student: “I wish everything on the computers wasn’t “blocked”; what’s wrong with
facebook?”
o Teacher: “I need more technology professional development. I love the new online calendars!”
15. Current HMS Media Center Floor Plan
•Back Offices Separated from MC & Each Other by Concrete Walls
•Only Natural Light Source for MC Through These Office Windows
•SLMS & Media Clerk Offices Located Here & Closed Off from Cntr.
•No Classroom Space or Defined Learning Commons for Lessons
•No Wireless Technology
MC Flooring = Drab, Dark Carpet
Electrical
Room
“Storage”
Closet
w/Bookca
ses Runs
Entire
Length of
Center
Main Exit •Media Center too LONG & Narrow w/Anchored Oversized Furniture Main Entrance
•Too Many Bookcases
•No SmartBoard or Wireless Technology
•No Learning Commons •ONLY Source
•Limited Comfortable Reading Areas & Social Interaction Space School/MC Print News
•Computer Seating Desks/Space Inappropriate for Age Group •NEED BIG SCREEN TV
Find floor plan online here: http://www.gliffy.com/pubdoc/2990381/L.png
41. Never Forget…
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s
life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the
results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of
others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most
important, have the courage to follow your heart and
intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want
to become. Everything else is secondary.
~STEVE JOBS, 2005 STANFORD COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS
COURTESY, HTTP://JENNYLU.WORDPRESS.COM/
JENNY LU, HEAD OF INFORMATION SERVICES AT TOORAK COLLEGE IN MT.ELIZA,
AUSTRALIA, A SUBURB OF MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
42. Proposed HMS Media Center Floor Plan
Natural light streams from existing
New MC Classroom Area windows once existing office walls
New Circulation Desk removed; bright colors, light wood
flooring, moveable seating.
Reduced
storage; Learning Commons & Raised floor, wireless capable; 10
smaller Readers’ personal student computer work
bookcases Theater/Storytelling Areastations with appropriate work
station desks; smaller bookcases
Find floor plan online here: http://www.gliffy.com/pubdoc/2990621/L.png
44. CHANGES: Empowering Learners, AASL (2009), advocates a SLMC policy that creates
a friendly, comfortable, well-lit, aesthetically pleasing, and ergonomic space that is
centrally located and well-integrated with the rest of the school (p.33).
• Modern, clean lines,
Circulation Desk
Potential
bright, well-lit
45. Empowering Learners, AASL (2009), policy provides space and seating that
encourages and enhances technology use, leisure reading and browsing, and the
use of all formats of materials easily.
• Modern, comfortable
Workstations
Personal Computer
Potential
seating, well-lit
46. Empowering Learners, AASL (2009), promotes a SLMC learning space policy that
is conducive to active & participatory learning, rich resource-based learning, and
facilitates collaboration with teaching staff.
• Bright colors,
Learning Commons
Potential
wireless compatible
comfortable seating,
47. Empowering Learners, AASL (2009), promotes policy that designs learning space that
accommodates a range of teaching methods, learning tasks, and learning outcomes.
• Accommodates range of
Classroom Space
Potential
tasks, learning outcomes
methods, learning
teaching
48. A New Beginning…
The secret of getting ahead is getting
started. The secret to getting started is
breaking your complex overwhelming tasks
into small manageable tasks and then
starting on the first one.
~Mark Twain
49. Done
• The following SIX slides showcase no-cost
changes that have been made for the 2011-12
school year to the existing HMS SLMC in
response to the Media Survey
