Media+Program


 * __ Hidden Oaks Media Program  __**

**Orange County Public Schools** //**Mission**// //**Statement**//**:** Each student will acquire the skills, attitudes and knowledge necessary to reach full potential. //Library Media Specialist// //Mission// //Statement:// School library media programs enable students to learn. Through promoting reading appreciation, teaching information literacy skills, providing access to intellectual resources, facilitating critical thinking and independent learning, Orange County Public Schools library programs contribute to student achievement and the support of lifelong learning. // OCPS Library Media Handbook // The Media Center at Hidden Oaks Elementary is open to students, faculty and staff. It operates on a Flexible Schedule. It is open half the day for book-checkout and closed half the day for scheduled classes. Teachers schedule their classes with the Media Specialist. The times the Media Center is open rotates. Monday, Wednesday and Friday the Media Center is closed in the morning for classes and open in the afternoon for book checkout and on Tuesdays and Thursdays it is open in the morning for book checkout and closed in the afternoon for classes. Many lessons are offered through the Media Center including library skills and researching. Lessons are changed monthly. Teachers are informed through email of what is being offered in the Media Center for the following month. Lessons available vary by grade level and seasonality. Each month at least one library skills lesson is available as well as a book talk. One picture book is highlighted with an activity and 3 others picture books are available for story time. The Media Specialist will also work with teachers who have specific needs for a lesson related to their curriculum or just have a special request. Most classes visit the Media Center for lessons every other week. There are 5 ESE classes that come weekly though. Teachers are able to pick and choose what lessons they want for their class and schedule the visits with the Media Specialist. **__Media__** **__Center__** **__Funding__** Most of the Funding for the Media Center comes from government funds. They do receive money from the PTA as well. ** * *Last year the Media Center received $3000 in additional funds from SAC (School Advisory Committee) towards the end of the school year. This money had to be spent within a designated time period so planned orders for the Media Center were purchased with the SAC money causing money from the Media Center budget to be leftover for this year. Allocation of funds is based on need. So far this year money was spent on: Planned Purchases: The average copyright date of the Media Center collection when I started as the Media Specialist in 2007-2008 school year was 1989. The school was opened in 1991. Since I have been the Media Specialist I have weeded out over 3,000 materials. Currently the average copyright date is 1991 and will be 1992 by the end of this school year. My goal in allocating funds was to update the collection with the exception of the CD player listening centers. The CD listening centers were purchased because many teachers were requesting books on tape and they are hard to come by as everything is on CD now. There are a number of teachers who have their own CD listening centers and the ones purchased by the Media Center are to supplement this need. **__Technology in the__** **__Media__** **__Center__** The Media Center has four computers for student use as well as three for use by the Media Specialist and staff. The Media Center uses the Destiny cataloging system. Students in Fourth and Fifth grade have been taught how to use this program so they are able to look up their own books and materials. Third grade is slowly being introduced to it. There is a projector that is used for some lessons especially when teaching students and staff how to use Destiny and other online resources like Britannica online and Nettrekar. With Destiny the Media Center is able to borrow and share books through inter-library loan with other Media Centers in the District. It is also part of Sunlink. The Media Center is also where the morning announcements are taped and broadcast over closed circuit television. This system also allows videos to be played and viewed by multiple classrooms. In regards to the television equipment new digital cameras were purchased last year and are available to staff for checkout and are used for the morning announcements. A new audio board for the morning announcements was donated this year by the Orange County Video Services Department. http://teacher.ocps.net/mediacenter/handbook/intro.htm
 * __ Media Program and Schedule __**
 * __ Other Programs __**
 * Sunshine State Book Program – Each student that reads four to five Sunshine State books a Semester are invited to the Sunshine State Book Celebration. There are two, one in December and one in May. To be invited to the December Celebration students had to read four books off the list and to be invited to the May Celebration they have to read five more.
 * Book Club – There is at least one book club going on at all times. The books selected are Florida Sunshine State Books. Students meet with the Media Specialist during their lunch to discuss the assigned chapters for the week. This is offered to 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students.
 * “Get Caught Reading” – This is a reading program that is done in the Spring where students who are found reading when they are not required to (waiting for the bus, before and after school) are “caught” by the Media Specialist, Principal and Assistant Principal. They are given a sticker that says they were caught and then their name is entered into a weekly drawing where they could win free books.
 * Book Swap – This is where the students bring in any books they own that are in good condition and swap them with other students. It was done in the Fall and due to the overwhelming success will be repeated in the Spring.
 * Budget 2008 – 2009 School Year **
 * 110 Funds: $3,600 **
 * PTA: $2,000 * **
 * __ Leftover from previous year: $2,500 ** __**
 * Total: $8,100
 * PTA runs the book fair so the money they give to the Media Center comes from the profit of the book fair.
 * Magazine Renewal
 * 5 CD Listening Centers
 * Requested Fiction Books
 * Non-fiction needs including new holiday books, career books, dog books and updated fairytales.
 * Some popular and well used series in paperback were replaced with library bound copies.
 * Sunshine State Books
 * Florida Reading Association Nominated Picture Books
 * Books on CD
 * 2009-2010 Sunshine State Books
 * Non-Fiction books including books on technology and transportation
 * Personal Comment on Allocation of Funds: **
 * __ Policies and Procedures Manual for Orange County Public Schools Media Centers __**