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Memorandum
TO: Sandra Owens, Ed.D. Principal Alcovy High School
CC: May Xiong, Ed.S. High School Media Specialist
FROM: LeAmber Brooks, Ed.S- Med Candidate-Georgia Southern University
DATE: September 9, 2014
RE: Program Evaluation
During the month of August and September, the Library Media Specialist of Alcovy High
School and I conducted a program evaluation of the Media Center using the Georgia Department
of Educations 2013 Library Media Program Self Evaluation Rubric. This document serves as a
guide for School Library Media Specialists and key personnel to determine the effectiveness of
its school library media program.
Key: E-Exemplary, P-Proficient, B-Basic. Action plans have been created for two of the rankings
listed below: Assessment of Student Achievement and Flexible Scheduling. The action plan is
located below the results table.
The results are as follows:
Category 1: Student Achievement and Instruction
Indicator Rank Action Plan
1. Information Literacy
Standards
P Continue current actions
2. Collaborative Planning P Continue current actions
3. Media Specialist Engagement P Continue current actions
4. Use of Resources P Continue current actions
5.Differentiation P Continue current actions
6. Assessment of Student
Achievement
B In order to move this indicator to proficient, I
would suggest the media specialist collaborate with
teachers to develop rubrics to assess student
achievement.

Category 2: Staffing
Indicator Rank Action Plan
7a. State mandated library
service requirements
E Continue current actions
7b. State mandated library full-
time Media Specialist
requirement
E Continue current actions
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Category 3: Facilities, Access and Resources
Indicator Rank Action Plan
8. Flexible scheduling P To move this indicator to exemplary, I
recommend on an alternating schedule, the Media
Specialist and Media Center Paraprofessional
could open the library media center open 1-2 days
a week in the evening , especially when there are
evening events going on the high school.
9. Square footage requirements E Continue current actions
10. Streaming videos P Continue current actions
11.Access to print, non-print,
online resources
E Continue current actions
12.Maximum efficiency of
resources (OPAC)
P Continue current actions
13.Use of Galileo P Continue current actions

Category 4: Administrative Support
Indicator Rank Action Plan
14. System Media contact/liaison E Continue current actions
15. School/District level support E Continue current actions
16. Media committee E Continue current actions
17. BOE policy P Continue current actions
18. Library media budget P Continue current actions

Category 5: Staff Development
Indicator Rank Action Plan
19. Staff development
opportunities
P Continue current actions

Action Plan
Two items above were chosen to have an action plan created for them. The category Assessment
of Student Achievement was ranked basic and in order to take it from basic to proficient I would
suggest both the media specialist and teachers participate in a professional development about
creating assessments collaboratively. After participating in professional development, teachers
and the media specialist should be able to create effective rubrics that measure student
achievement.

The next ranking the action plan focuses on is flexible scheduling. During the school day, the
media center does have flexible scheduling for teachers and students. To move this ranking from
proficient to exemplary, I would recommend opening the library up to the students 1-2 evenings
a week.