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Deborah Baker Media Specialist

My Philosophy of Education

I believe each child has the ability to reach his true potential with the right

opportunities and training. Meaningful education is student-centered, focusing on

student success. Students will respond to developmentally appropriate instruction when

given high expectations that take into account how the student learns best. Children

need to know they are cared for, believed in, and supported in their learning goals. They

need positive reinforcement in their achievements, and celebrations in their successes.

They need to feel valuable, safe, and capable of reaching their dreams. Envisioning the

adult that each child will become is strong motivation for educators to help each

student gain the skills necessary to live and compete in an ever changing world. Guiding

students in safe effective use of technology, modeling lifelong learning, allowing for

teamwork and collaboration, and encouraging personal responsibility are valuable ways

educators can help students prepare for life in a rapidly evolving global society.

Credentials B.S. Elementary Education

(K-8 with Early Childhood

Endorsement)

Master’s of Library Science

Educational Leadership

GA Teaching CertificateT6

Clear Renewable

VALID 07-01-2013 thru 06-

30-2018

Clearance Certificate

Leadership P-12

Media Services P-12

Elementary Education

P-8

Middle Grades

LA, SC, SS

Previous Positions

Jackson County School System

Jefferson, GA

North Jackson & Gum Springs Elem.

Aug. 2001 – May 2014

Barrow County Schools

Murray O. Kennedy Elem.

Sept. 1998 – May 2001

ALL POSITIVE EVALUATIONS AT EACH SCHOOL

White River Valley School District

Switz City, IN

Worthington Elem. School

Aug. 1990 – March 1997

(Married & moved to GA)

Cloverdale City Schools

Cloverdale, IN

Cloverdale Elem.

Aug. 1989 – May 1990

Experiences Fulfilling Media Standards

Standard 1: Teaching For Learning

Support and enhance instruction

Lesson planning

Instruction (academic & research)

Collaboration with teachers at each grade level

Digital Citizenship

Technology instruction

Data team

Professional Learning Instruction

Standard 2: Literacy and Reading

Host Book Fairs

Book displays

ebooks

Accelerated Reader

Author visits

Reading celebrations

Read Across America activities

Storybook Parade

Book Week activities

Guest Readers

Participation in Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl

Lexiles

Book Give-aways

Family Reading Night

Standard 3: Information and Knowledge

Professional development

Access to print, non-print electronic resources

Effective strategies for using and locating resources

Copyright/plagiarism

Tech training for teachers and students

Book challenge issues

Flexible scheduling and class sign-ups

Standard 4: Advocacy and Leadership

Conference attendance

Public library partner

Media Collaborative member

Leadership Team

Professional Development

Resource Sharing

Social Media

District Media Meetings

Webpage

Literacy Night participant

Standard 5: Program Management and Administration

Curriculum alignment

Surveys

Facility design

Book and resource selection

Media Center policies & procedures

Inventory of materials

Weeding

Forming the Media Committee

School Improvement efforts

Media plan/goals

Budgeting

Processing of new materials

Supervise staff and volunteers

Managing resources, data, programs, patrons,

Reading, teaching

Assisting with technology

FUN EVENTS

“Out of this world”

Book Fairs should be a fun week… it’s all

about a love of reading!!!

AR… END OF YEAR

CELEBRATIONS

Hawaiian Luau

Author Visits

TEACHING • Instructs students using wide variety of teaching aids and motivational strategies to

engage students in active learning. • Incorporates best strategies to implement technological approaches to subject

material retrieval and production. This allows students freedom to create and produce pieces of work based on units of study.

• Collaborates with teachers to make lessons meaningful, differentiated, and standards based.

• Blended learning model when appropriate, allowing for independent, guided and student collaborative work.

• Models use of Destiny circulation software, effective and safe use of internet searches, combining print & non-print, fiction and informational resources.

Book Tasting

Party!!!

Learning Can Be Loads of Fun!

TECHNOLOGY • Thorough knowledge of Destiny circulation software in addition to software and

material processing, material and patron imports, record editing, inventory &

cataloging.

• Effective use of smart boards, LCD projectors, laptops, iPads, Kindle Fires, and

document cameras.

• Ability to work with webpages, social networking sites, and blogs.

• General knowledge of re-imaging computers, changing passwords, entering Helpdesk

tickets, Media Cast uploading, Morning News, Windows Movie Maker, Installing

Printers, Using streaming sites, Aesop, Novell Teaming, AR, and Nettrekker.

• Model and instruct students using Keynote, Thinglink, Popplet, Rubric Maker, Virtual

Field Trips, Edmodo, Quizzlet, Vocaroo, Voki, Readability Calculators, GALILEO, Fact

Monster, Animoto, Itunes, MS Office, Comic Life.

Attended NEGA training classes and workshops on Digital Tools, Tech in the

Classroom, and Enhancing CCGPS by Integrating Technology in ELA

Classrooms, Lexile for Media Specialists

Evidence supporting Professional Development Goals

2014 (1)

*Attended all Jackson County Media Resource Specialist meetings

*Joined the Media Specialist Consortium at NEGA RESA and attended all

official meetings

*Subscribed to and read Professional Magazines... Eschool News; Library

Media Matters;

*Joined the Media Listserv for collaboration with others integrating

technology into the curriculum

*Spent time with Beth Rembe learning how to image computers and check

printer issues

*Spent time with Jill Weldon preparing ipads loading apps and learning tips

for instructing students on their use; learning to trouble shoot smartboards;

saving student work to P drives; managing the MediaCast cart;

*Participated in all day ITS training March 6th.

(2)

*Developed and presented lessons modeling technology and digital tools helpful to students in

understanding concepts being taught and for gathering, creating, and presenting their work to others.

Modeled using the Follett Shelf to read GSES’s collection of ebooks. Students learned the features/tools

on the different ebooks, followed by practice opening and reading books.

Use of the library online catalog system (Destiny) was modeled for students in grade and up. Students

were given activity cards with titles and authors for practice searching.

Provided an orientation to all students on safe use of the Ipads

Explained the research process to second grade. Mrs. Laird's class researched an animal of choice and

prepared powerpoint presentations to share their information with the class. Presentation and listening

skills were addressed as well.

Modeled creating an informational animoto video and showed samples of completed projects. To follow

our story on Diary of an Earthworm, students researched earthworms to find facts to include in the

video. Steps were followed to produce an animoto video on earthworms.

After reading stories with classes, I modeled the story cube. Students filled in the information online to

create the cube focusing on the elements of the story. One side was setting, one was for characters, one

for plot, one for problem, one for resolution, and one for theme. We printed this out and taped it

together for review.

Prior to reading Manatees, third grade used an online KWL chart creator. Students gave pieces of

information they already knew to type in the K section. Questions students had were type into the W

section. After reading the book, student comments on what was learned was typed into the L section of

the chart. This was printed out for latter review.

Third grade classes were shown how to find pictures on select “safe” sites and save them to the P drive

for use in shape collage and Animoto videos depicting their choice of topics.

Mrs. Lance's class was instructed on camera use. They collaborated on wording for a video to be shown

during “Read Across America” week. They chose to depict themselves “Reading Here and There... and

Everywhere.” Students decided on the wording, order of pictures, and music. They used the Animoto

software to present a video with a school background, including the pictures they took and words they

wrote themselves.

Technology lessons were prepared for Pre-k and Kindergarten that included smartboard activities to

follow a book read, or informational piece presented to them. The song/video “Seasons of the Year” was

followed by a smartboard vortex activity. Pictures depicting Spring were to put into the Spring vortex.

Pictures depicting another season were to put in the vortex marked, “Not in spring” followed by

student telling which season was being depicted.

Navigating the school web page to find student resources was modeled for classes, followed by time for

students to practice getting into needed resources, esp. Nettrekker and FactMonster.

Navigating online reference books was modeled to students.

Participated in ITS training all day March 6th.

Thank you for the opportunity!