School Library Media The University of Georgia

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School Library Media The University of Georgia

• EDIT 8350

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Team Members

• Beth Friese
• Tina Harkness
• Kristi Leonard
• Taylor Mason
• Rob Mosteller
• Lindsay Wilson

• Client Liaison
• Reporter
• Writer
• Data Analysis
• Project Manager
• Data Collection

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SLM Purpose

• Provide graduates with the following
• Knowledge and skills to design, produce and use
  media in instructional settings
• Administration of media services
• Understanding of school curriculum
• Skills in the process of instructional and
  curriculum development
• Teacher, information specialist, instructional
  partner, and program administrator

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Strengths of SLM

• AASL Accreditation
• Instruction in Administration of a SLM program
• Faculty
• Cohort Model
• Technology

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Evaluation Purpose

• Is the SLM program meeting the needs of the
  practitioners post graduation (i.e., does the
  program prepare them adequately for the jobs they
  are doing after graduation)?
• If so, how is the SLM program doing this?
• If not, what is the program missing?

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Data Collection Methods

• Graduate Survey Responses
• Mentor Evaluations
• Internship Logs

• Online Portfolios
• Online Survey
• Focus Group Interview

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Limitations

• Time
• Situational
• Available Data

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Strengths

• Administration of an SLM program
• Catalogue
• Manage a collection
• Logistical Operations of a library
• Technology
• Working knowledge of technology to assist
  students and teachers

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Program Administration

• "Bluntly, if I were to ever become a Media
  Services Coordinator I would urge my principals
  to hire students from this program. They will
  have a solid grounding in Program Administration
  and also have a thorough knowledge of the other
  roles of a media specialist. They will not be
  content to merely shelve books or pull resources
  for the teachers but have been trained to
  actively support the goals of the entire school,
  not just the media center."

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Technology

• My competency prevented the need for a
  substitute in the media center. I'm happy they
  have so much confidence in my abilities.

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Weaknesses

• Reading, Literacy Support, Childrens Literature
• Ways media specialist can actively support
  literacy
• Practical Experience
• More hands-on experience

• Technology
• Integration
• Daily use of media technology
• Collaboration and Designing Instruction
• Experience
• Instructional Design

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Reading, Literacy Support, Childrens Literature

• "I never got around to the Children's literature
  class because it was only offered in Athens. I
  wish I had gotten this class in Gwinnett.
• Mentor Evaluations
• "Provides readers advisory services" was the
  lowest rated item on the survey (2.13). "Promotes
  reading across the curriculum" was cited as "No
  Opportunity to Observe" on six out of eighteen
  cases, ranking second on this scale.

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Practical Experience

• "More hands on versus theory. My experience as a
  teacher before becoming a librarian was very
  helpful--more so than my Ed.S. degree at times. I
  think it also depends on the type of school you
  are in as to whether a class that teaches
  I-search for example will be important. Again, I
  wish there had been more hands on stuff, like
  successfully running a book fair.

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Technology

• "Here you are reading an instruction
  manual...Hmmmm, I went to graduate school but I
  can't tell you how to change a laminator film.
  So, I'm going to waste a lot of time that I'm
  really overqualified to waste, trying to change a
  laminator film.

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Technology

• "There is sort of a class that touches on
  technology in the Media Center, but I really
  think that it ought to be a focused thing where
  they can say to you, and maybe in a lab
  environment even, this is how you fix an
  overhead, this is how you boot a
  laptop....because I know I'm going to have to do
  that stuff, wherever I land I'm probably going to
  have to do that stuff."

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Collaboration and Designing Instruction

• Instructional Design was a complete waste of
  time. I would have preferred to have omitted this
  in favor of another technology class or
  Children's literature class.
• Mr. K wants to collaboratively plan a lesson...
  ready by tomorrow!...I found this distressing

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Recommendations

• Reading and Literacy Support
• Practical Experience
• Technology
• Teacher Collaboration

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Recommendations

• Reading and Literacy Support
• Requirement for addressing reluctant readers
  added to EDIT 6300 Reading and Literacy Project
• Cooperative relationship with Department of
  Language and Literacy Education
• Develop elective focused on literacy support in
  media centers

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Recommendations

• Practical Experience
• Research in area of employmentinterest
• Checklist of experiences to be completed during
  internship

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Recommendations

• Technology
• Various types of technologies incorporated into
  courses by faculty use (i.e. podcasting,
  blogging, etc)
• Checklist of technology competencies to be
  fulfilled during internship

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Recommendations

• Teacher Collaboration
• Collaborative planning during internship
• Opportunities to collaborate with in-service
  teachers through EDIT 6170

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Suggestions for Further Study
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Questions/Discussion