On Thursday (Oct. 7) of this past week, I spent the day visiting the media specialist at West Green Elementary School. This school is located in a nearby county, and the media specialist has been a friend of mine since high school. She became a media specialist after teaching high school English for many years. I arrived around 7:45 a.m. and stayed until 3:45 p.m. I had prepared a list of questions for her about issues that I have encountered in our media center. It was wonderful to have someone offer suggestions based on experience dealing with the same problems. I enjoyed walking through her media center and seeing how she had things arranged. She decorated using an ocean theme this year, and the media center looks so inviting and kid-friendly. She has very limited storage, so I did not see all of the equipment that I am used to in our media center. She has to use another room in the school to house projectors, carts, and other such items.
After lunch, we sat down and evaluated her media center using the Library Media Program Evaluation Rubric. She rated a few areas as "Basic", but there are some issues that seem to be out of her control. For example, all of the media center budgets in her county were cut significantly this school year. During the day, I was able to observe students, teachers, and parents using the media center. I was also able to see some of the features of Follett's Destiny since all of the media centers in this county converted from InfoCentre to Destiny at the beginning of the school year. When I left the school, I felt really good about having spent the day with her. I am ready to go back to my school on Tuesday and start using some of her suggestions.
Hours Spent at West Green Elementary School Media Center: 8
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