1. Five Year Program Plan
HCCMS MEDIA CENTER

2. STUDENT SURVEY RESULTS
Notable results showed…
1. Students wanted more time to visit the
library.
2. Students were interested in the addition of
eBooks and more technology.
3. Students were interested in the addition of
more books and newer titles.

3. MISSION OF HARRIS COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM
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The mission of the Harris County School District, the
foundational rock upon which futures are built, is to
ensure each student succeeds in life, through a system
distinguished by
students that advance at their own pace through
nontraditional pathways.
student-driven, project based learning.
teachers empowered to be creative facilitators.
the use of state-of-the-art technology to become global
learners.
authentic assessment aligned with real world
experiences.
the use of our community as a support system.

4. LONG RANGE GOALS
Build the virtual learning environment to
assists in literacy skills and helping
students become global learners.
 Teaching and learning information
literacy.
 Increase community involvement by
establishing more meaningful
relationships.
 Improve the media center learning
environment so that it is more conducive
to constructive student activity.
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5. BUILD THE VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT TO ASSISTS IN
LITERACY SKILLS AND HELPING STUDENTS BECOME GLOBAL
LEARNERS.
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Revamp the media center website to include
useful tools for curriculum and research needs.
Scaffolding tools, graphic organizers, downloadable
interventions, links to citation sites, reading lists to support
projects, and writing guidelines for research papers or
reports. (Connection to student survey response)
 Link to live and asynchronous ask-a-librarian services to
provide 24-7 assistance.
 Featured author of the month with suggested reading lists
and link to biography. (connection to student survey
response)
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Upload an e-book hosting application to assists
in the circulation of e-books.

6. IMPACT ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
Students will have 24/7 access to resources
from any where with internet access to help
with projects, research papers, reading skills,
suggested reading lists, and much more.
 Students will be able to check out eBooks
from anywhere with internet access. This
would provide more opportunities to read
more books and not be depended on
physically visiting the library.
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7. TEACHING AND LEARNING INFORMATION
LITERACY.
Develop inquiry-driven curricular units.
 Teach content and research skills through
library classroom lessons
 Build information literacy skills and identify
appropriate tools for collecting, communicating,
finding , and using information.
 Revamp the Accelerated Reader program by
adding more appealing incentives for students
and getting teachers on board with promotion of
program.
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8. IMPACT ON STUDENT ACHIEVMENT
A well developed curriculum will ensure
needed literacy skills are being taught in a
timely manner.
 Students will be educated on proper
research skills and research paper writing
skills.
 Revamping and promoting a new AR
program will get students more excited about
reading and increase reading overall.
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9. INCREASE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT BY ESTABLISHING MORE
MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS.
Collaborate with the local public library as well
as the local collegiate library to organize interlibrary loans, events, etc.
 Attend local council meetings to align the media
center with the local community leaders to
establish support for media center programs.
 Collaborate with the local museum to establish
a relationship and attain information, resources,
etc. for school curriculum.
 Reach out to private organizations as well as
commercial companies for support and
resources.
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10. IMPACT ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
Gaining community support will help with
fund raising efforts to purchase more
resources for the media center and the
students.
 Bringing in outside resources, such as guest
speakers and events will help get students
involved and wanting to visit the media
center.
 Making reading more exciting by adding new
faces and places will improve overall reading
among students.
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11. IMPROVE THE MEDIA CENTER LEARNING ENVIRONMENT SO THAT
IT IS MORE CONDUCIVE TO CONSTRUCTIVE STUDENT ACTIVITY.
Develop a plan for recruiting volunteers,
including incentives and guidelines.
 Develop training program for volunteers.
 Rearrange media center furniture to create
areas to accommodate both collaborative
and independent work.
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12. IMPACT ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
Adding volunteers will increase supervision,
and take over some of the day to day
responsibilities, allowing students more time
to visit the media center. This will also allow
the media specialist more time to assists in
students needs.
 Having designated areas will allow for more
activities to be done in the media center
without disturbing others.
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