I have recently found out that Georgia has standards for a media center and those standards are what require GA schools to have media specialists. Surprisingly, it isn't a SACs requirement! Media Specialists are not required for SACs accrediation. I thought that I would share what some of the requirements are for a media center in Georgia.
-There must be a media committee at the system level and at each school.
-Every school must have a center staffed by a media specialists.
-The media center must maintain a flexible scedule.
-There must be collaborative planning between the media specialist and teachers.
-The number of media specialists is based on the number of students at a school.
-The square footage of a media center is based the number of students enrolled.
-SACs requires that there be a minimum of 10 books per student.
-An internet use policy must be in place.
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Oops, I forgot to add the link for the rubric for the Georgia DOE Media Program Self-Evaluation. The rubric is interesting and a good idea of what the media specialist is responsible for.
http://techservices.doe.k12.ga.us/edtech/Exemp_RUBRIC_04.pdf
Andrea,
This is good info. I plan to look at the rubric as well.
This is a great list of items that all media centers should aspire to achieve. However, I have found that with the pressures and requirements on the teachers within in my school, it is often hard to have adequate teacher involvement in media center decision making procedures. Perhaps it would be better to think about ways that technology could help both teachers and librarians could discuss their ideas. (I’m old school in the sense that I see myself as a librarian and not a medical specialist)
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