carver elementary school facility plan cj
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Carver Elementary School
Cynthia Johnson
FRIT 7132
Dr. Melissa AllenSpring 2009
Motto:
Knowledge Is Power
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Carver Elementary Profile
(CES) One Principal
One Assistant Principal
Approximately 300 Students
Located in southeast Georgia
Community experiencing high
poverty rate.
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CES Media Center ProfileRacial make-up: 94% AfricanAmerican, 2% Hispanic, 2%Chinese and 2% Caucasian
One fulltime media specialistOne full-time media clerk
Serves 26 teachers, and 9Paraprofessionals
Students: approximately 298,
Grade level: Pre-K -5thgrade
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Current Facility Plan
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Front of Media Center
Welcome to Carver
Elementary School
Media Center
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Media Center Location Media Center is in the middle of the building on the front hall
just pass the front office.
It is accessible to faculty work areas.
There is a back door that leads outside of the building. The media has no bathroom.
It is accessible to the handicap as long as the doors areopened. The doors are not automatic, but the handles can bereached from a wheelchair.
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Media Circulation Desk The circulation desk is to
the right of the entrance.
The ms office is in the rear
of the desk with a front
window to view students.
The staff area near theentrance and circulation
area are made for smooth
operation of the media
center. All areas can belocked at the end of the
day, therefore all areas are
secured.
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Media Specialist/Faculty Collaboration
Main area, video
production room in rear.
There is no conference
room in the media. Theconference room is in
another area in the school.
Media meetings with
teachers are held near thereference shelves in the
back.
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Instructional Area The instructional area is
located in the main area.
There are not enough
rooms in any part of the
media to turn into an
instructional room only.
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Instructional Area (cont.)
In the Main area are four
computer work stations
that can be used for
internet research andmultimedia programs.
The main area can
accommodate a full class.
The school is very smalland the largest class totals
19 students.
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Teacher Resources
Instructional resources
are stored in this small
room.
It is too small for the
amount of material the
school owns.
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Teacher Resources (cont)
Storage room that
houses die-cut
machine, poster maker,
paper cutter and letters
for outside sign.
Teachers and staff are
allowed to access asneeded.
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Video Holding/Kitchen/Storage Room
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Production Lab
There is no materials for a
production lab. This room
serves as our
television/audio studio.This is a small room for
students to do morning
announcements.
This room is also used forstorage of the laminating
and scantron machines.
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Production lab (cont.)
Another shot of the
production lab. This
room can be effective
if it was not used to
house the various
computers and other
material that may beready for surplus.
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Non-fiction books next to window;
Seating area have 5 rectangular tables
Non-fiction books are
in the rear of the media
center between the
windows line across
the back walls.
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Fiction Books Area
Fiction books are lined
on the side of the wall
in toward the front and
in the middle of the
main area in back.
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Carver Elementary Media environment
The media have
temperature and
humidity controls,
unfortunately the walls
are made of concrete
block with little or no
insulation.
There is no room for
small groups to work
independently from full
classrooms.
There is no reading
area for the children.
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Survey
I chose to collect information using the
Countys School System Media Program
Needs Assessment for Faculty and Staff. The form from the Guide for Developing and
Evaluating School Library Media Programs
was used to assess students perception onmedia services.
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Faculty and Staff Survey form
The survey consisted of 17 short response and
6 opinion questions.
The survey questions on the needs assessmentform were divided into 4 sections: cooperative
planning, media center materials & services,
media center atmosphere, and their input inmaking changes or additions in the media
centers services.
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Faculty and Staff survey results
Seven out of eight of the faculty and staff
returned their surveys.
In the area of cooperative planning: teachersindicated there is some planning of media
access skills between teachers and the media
specialist but not consistently and thatteachers do not use a variety of media center
resources when planning instruction.
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Survey Results
Media center materials and services: responsesindicated that the media center attempts to informthe faculty about new books and materials. Teachers
sometimes failed to take a look at the materials. Faculty & staff input: The response was the faculty
is not given information about new additions to themedia center and did not have a voice in selecting
new additions for the media center. Media center atmosphere: faculty & staff felt the
atmosphere is friendly and welcoming.
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Faculty & Staff survey results (cont.)
Media center services additions or deletions:
faculty and staff indicated they welcome the
opportunity to help choose materials for themedia center.
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Student Survey Results
Students survey was given in a checklist form.
Students agreed that the media centers
atmosphere is friendly and helpful. Students said they have never been given an
opportunity to help choose media materials or
resources. After talking with students, theywould love to help choose books and
furnishings for the media center.
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Survey Results
Overall, Faculty, staff, and students welcome theopportunity to help choose materials and resourcesfor media center.
Students also verbally indicated they would like tobe assistants in the media.
Faculty & staff also verbally indicated that they needmore help with research information to be used in
the classroom. They do not use the teacher resourcesbecause it needs to be weeded, where it will take somuch of their time to find what they need.
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Survey Results
Even though faculty and students said the
media was friendly and welcome they felt the
media could use some improvements inappearance. Students wanted a reading area,
faculty would like to see teacher resources
organized better to utilize time in the media
when searching for materials.
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Facility Plan Revised
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Proposed Revised Media Plan
Create a childrens reading area with a fun
table, rug, bean bags, and comfortable seating.
Brighten up the media front doors withcolorful painted murals of characters and
books.
Change the most adult tables and chairs tochild size table and chairs. Also
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Furniture for Reading area
Reading rug for
reading area. 70 X 100-
$299.00
Rug for Pre-k
story time. 64 X
92-$218.00
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Furniture for Reading area Soft Corner Cocoon kit: 2
quarter giant circle
cushions, 1 giant square
cushion, 1 large bolster, 1small bolster and 3
cushions; ultra soft
chipped foam filling-
94 X 94 - $ 875.00
www.brodart.com
All in one in and out
table. (Lotus Table)
25 juvenile- $855.00
www.brodart.com
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Furniture revised plan
Horseshoe table 60 X66 adjustable height- $239.00.
www.classroomdirect.com
Elephant display shelfto display new books.
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Furniture for Reading area A-frame slatwall display for
periodicals32W X 30D-$884.99
www.demco.com
Steel shelving units to place inteacher resource room to organizeresources and make rooms better
$394.99 for 1 will need at least 10 ormore.
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Childrens Furniture
www.gaylordmart.com
48 Clover shape table-$222.00 Reading chairs-$
149.00
http://www.gaylordmart.com/http://www.gaylordmart.com/