December Media Meeting Agenda

December 6, 2006

LibertyElementary School

  1. Accounts
  2. Only EBSCO money should be remaining
  3. TM purchase orders can still be submitted
  4. Compare your account balances with your report
  5. State Auditor’s Visit
  6. Do NOT hold cash.
  7. Jeff’s Notes
  8. Please submit Outlook Email problems to Annette
  9. Sharing Session (cont.)
  10. If you were absent or did not share at the last meeting, please contribute.
  11. If you were unable to attend the last meeting, please view the October 25th meeting DVD. There were many wonderful ideas shared at the session. Once you view the sharing session, please write a response. In your response, please state which ideas you will try implementing in your school. Please submit responses by December 13th. Responses can be emailed to <>. (This will help to make up the missing time need to secure our first 10 hours of PLU credit.)
  12. Professional Learning Units for Media Specialists
  13. Summer InfoCentre training- 8hours
  14. First Sharing Session (October) - 2 hours
  15. Inventory InfoCentre training- 8 hours
  16. Second Sharing Session (January) – 2 hours
  17. Professional Learning Units for Media Assistants
  18. Summer InfoCentre training- 8 hours
  19. Inventory InfoCentre Summary- 2 hours
  20. DOE Technology Inventory
  21. The form should be released sometime this month
  22. The completed report will be due in February
  23. 6th Annual GaDOE Exemplary MediaCenter Program
  24. Review the rubric and compare it to your media program
  25. You can nominate yourself!
  26. Nomination deadline- Jan. 5
  27. Application deadline- Feb. 9
  28. We will revisit the rubric at the end of the year and see how we size up.
  29. Be an application reader
  30. Media Festival Update
  31. Recommended date for building festival: prior to Feb. 23, 2007
  32. Superior score- 96 or higher travels
  33. Submit names of students that will be proceeding to county by March 9
  34. County level festival: March 23
  35. Notes from Media Update by Judy Serritella
  36. Make sure to read new SACs media standards
  37. Media Matters Newsletter reminder
  38. Visit
  39. Media Specialists role in dealing with Lexiles
  40. As budget allows update your collection and include Lexiles
  41. Lexile scores should come from the classroom teacher
  42. Do not limit children to read only in their Lexile
  43. Use Galileo to provide differentiate materials

e. Georgia Peach Awards voting activity- visit GLMA website, voting until March 15th

  1. Visit a GaDOE Exemplary Library Media Program
  2. Two media specialist per level, Tech Office will cover expenses
  3. Elementary- Royston Elementary, Franklin County- Jo Beth James- February 16
  4. Elementary- Silver City Elementary School (Vickery Creek Elementary), ForsythCounty-Melissa Johnston- April 13
  5. Middle-MarieArcherTeasleyMiddle School, CherokeeCounty-Kris Woods- January 23
  6. High School- Wheeler High School, Cobb County- Andy Spinks and Renee Marsala- Pick a date
  7. Ideas to Share from Exemplary Library Media Programs
  8. Elementary Ideas, by Jo Beth James
  9. PowerPoint for “Georgia Read More”
  10. “Georgia Read More” Racing Bingo for grades- 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
  11. Public Children’s librarian visit to promote summer reading program
  12. Field trip to public library
  13. Holds a party for students that reach the summer reading goal
  14. Special visitors include: Ken Scott’s Magic Show, Michael White, and Carmen Deedy
  15. Special luncheon for students that read 8 of the Georgia Book Award Nominees- students get a signed book
  16. Dr. Suess dress-up and skit for Read Across America
  17. Six Flags Read to Succeed
  18. Elementary Ideas by Melissa Johnston
  19. Collaboration is key- be a teacher first
  20. meets with each grade level or planning
  21. teachers are an active part of the lesson
  22. “What I can do for you” Matrix
  23. Posts essential questions
  24. Does literature based lesson
  25. Middle School Ideas by Kris Woods
  26. Dewey Decathlon, doc. 1, doc. 2, doc. 3
  27. 21stCenturyMediaCenter
  28. Adopt a Shelf- punch card system after 10 punches eat with a friend in the media center
  29. Meet with teams each month to provide collaborative help on upcoming units
  30. Next Meeting Location and Date: ______
  31. Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl Participating Schools please stay behind.