Carolina Forest Elementary School

Carolina Forest Elementary School

Carolina Forest Elementary SchoolJacksonville, NC

CFES Mission Statement

Carolina Forest Elementary will provide knowledge and skills for future success within a safe and welcoming environment, utilizing parent/teacher communication. We will foster the ability to problem-solve, become independent thinkers, and ensure that students can master, apply and extend knowledge in the real world.

Personal Philosophy

I am committed to creating an environment that promotes Information Literacy and collaboration; providing materials that enhance the curriculum and promoting literacy; and always puts the stakeholder first.

Setting

The CFES media center services 750 students and 48 staff members. There is one full-time media coordinator and no media assistant. The media center is located in the center of the school. It has an open floor plan with no doors from inside the school. On the border of the media center and the hallway is a listening center with books on tape and CD. In the front of the media center is the learning area with seven tables and a Promethean Board. Behind these tables is the circulation desk. Down the center of the media center are three tables. One has four laptops which are used as an OPAC station. The other two tables are used for group work, as a study area, or small reading groups with staff or parent volunteers. To the left of the tables is the fiction section. To the right of the tables is the easy section. Behind the easy section is the story area. The non-fiction and reference sections line the back wall starting near the story are and wrap around to the entrance. Behind the circulation desk is the professional collection, seven computers, and an entrance to one of two computer labs in the school

Planning and Implementing for Teaching and Learning

1.2 Plans and works collaboratively with teachers to use appropriate resources that addresscurricular needs and learning goals.

Email Correspondence

Below is a link to an email from the PE teacher. We had discussed, orally, a WebQuestfor third through fifth grade PE students. Below is the email with the attachment of whatshe wanted incorporated in the WebQuest. We met in person serveral times to discuss this project.

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CFES October Staff Meeting Agenda..\Desktop\October 2011 Staff Meeting with Notes.doc

Lesson Plan for 3-5 on The Big 6

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First of three Evaluations

..\Desktop\Evaluation.jpg1.4 Instructs students and staff in the effective use of the media center and its resources.

Third grade biography lesson that tied in with their unit on famous leaders. This was one of myfavorite lessons. The kids really seemed to enjoy it as well.

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Map of the layout of the media center

..\Desktop\library layout2.jpgMedia Center OrientationPrezi presentation of Carolina Forest Elemntary SchoolMedia Center Orientation.CFES Media Center OrientationEmail sent in regards to IMPACT meeting

..\Desktop\5th grade IMPACT.docx1.6 Advocates and promotes reading and life long learning through motivational activities.

Flier from Fall 2011 Book Fair. This was the largest and most successful book fair I have been apart of. Total earnings for this fair were over $9,000.

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Email sent to teachers about the party for students who met theirAccelerated Reader goal.

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This is me and my son at CFES Book Parade.I am dressed as the Library Dragon

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Lesson Plan for 1st grade for a unit we did on different Cinderella stories. The boys groaned at first but by the time we had read multiple versions of Cinderella, they really seemed toenjoy them.

..\Desktop\Library Lessons 2011-2012\1st grade 11-2.docx 2.1 Creates and maintains an environment conducive to learning

Pictures of Carolina Forest Elementary School Media CenterMy Pictures\media center

Media Center Behaviors

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Pictures of student activity in the media center.

My Pictures\Student ActivityOnslow County Schools Acceptable Use Policy , adopted and used by Carolina ForestElementary School...\Desktop\OCS AU policy.pdf

2.4 Encourages the widest possible use of print and electronic resources and services with in the school library media center,throughout the school and through remote access.

Collection Guidelines for Carolina Forest..\Desktop\Collection Guidelines.docxNew books purchased September-October 2011My Pictures\New books.jpg

Collection Analysis Graph This was run using Folletts Titlewave

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Selection and Acquisition Policy

..\Desktop\CFES Seclection.docx2.6 Adheres to and communicates copyright as well as other laws and guidelines pertaining to the distribution and ethical use of all resources

This is a copy of an email I sent regarding watching videos over the closed circuit.

..\Desktop\Copyright email.docxOnslow County Schools Copyright Policy,adopted by Carolina Forest.

..\Desktop\Board Copyright.pdfLesson Plan for Copyright and Bibliographies

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3.3 Evaluates and selects resources that build a collection addressing curricular needs and learningGoals in collaboration with teachers, technology staff, and students

This is a copy of materials recently ordered from Follett. The selection was based on my ownperception of the needs of the media center and input from students and staff.

..\TITLEWAVE_-_Print_List.pdfOnslow County Board Policy on Selection

..\OCS Selection.pdfSelection Aids

I mainly base my selection based on what I see when I am shelving books and Circulation statistics provided by Folletts Destiny program. I have also utilized Follett Titlewave Age analysis.

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..\Circulation report Oct.pdf3.4 Maintains a collection addressing curricular needs and learning goals

This is a collection analysis that I did on the Carolina Forest Media Centerin October 2011...\Collection Analysis October 2011.docx

Top 10 and Bottom 10 Statistics

This is a report in Destiny that helps me analyze what are the mostand least popular materials in the media center. The top 10 is used to determine if more copies need to be ordered for more popular titles. I take the bottom 10 and perform a history on them. history on them. The results from the history are used to weed the collection.

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This is a form that students can fill out requesting books they would like to see in the mediacenter...\Material request form.docx Communication with teachers is primarily through face to face communication as opposed to electronic communication. The openness of the media center allows teachers to stop in and speak to me about material requests or resources needed anytime of the day. All staff,including administration pass through the media center on a daily basis, as it is used as shortcut to the main office and the teachers lounge is attached to the media center. Thisallows for spontaneous communication and collaboration. 353.8 Interacts effectively with students, staff, administration, parents, and the community to promote and expand the school library media program.

Email correspondence with the parent of one of my Battle of the Books students.

..\BoB email.docxVouchers for upcoming Barnes and Noble book fair

..\..\My Documents\B&N Flyer.docJones Onslow Bright Ideas Grant that I wrote to get headsets with microphones for the media center.

..\BrightIdeasApplication2011.docGoals for the Carolina Forest Media Center

..\CFES Goals.docxProfessional Development Plan 2011-2012

..\..\My Documents\My Pictures\PDP2 2011.jpgLIBS 6991 Internship Reflection

Glover6991reflection.docx