YHS Information CenterNeeds Assessment

and Action Plan

Created by Melody Townley

4/15/13

Non-Fiction collection improvement Physical layout change Increased collaboration between the school library

media specialist and the subject area teachers

Areas for Improvement

Common Core Standards place a strong new emphasis on “informational texts”

8th grade texts should be: 45% literary 55% informational

12th grade texts should be: 30% literary 70% informational

(Common Core Standards Initiative, 2012)

Non-Fiction Collection Improvement

Can We Meet the Standards?

• Average collection age is 1989• 93% of the 910-919 (Geography,Maps, and Atlases) is outdated• 95.83% of the 520-529 (Astronomyand the Allied Sciences) is outdated

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Can We Meet the Standards?

Collection Percentages• 24.62% fiction• 13.36% 900 (Geography/History• 12.95% 300 (Social Sciences)

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Greater emphasis on collection weeding Improve weakest areas by 30% TitleWise evaluation and improvement cycle

15%-20% improvement Student and teacher feedback

Suggested Improvements forNon-Fiction Collection

Increased flexibility of furniture arrangements Class and small group work collaborations Increased use of physical Information Center space

Physical Layout Change

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Better lighting Increased seating Flexible seating

Suggested Improvements forthe Physical Space Plan

Guided Inquiry Deeper, thought

provoking assignments

Increased Collaboration

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New teacher collaborations Windows of opportunity Creation of new subject area projects Observation and adjustment cycle

Suggested Improvements forIncreased Collaborative Culture

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Central high school library. (Photographer). (2013, April 15). Portfolio: central high school library [Web Graphic]. Retrieved from http://mediatechnologies.com/portfolio/set/central-high-school-library/gallery/

Common core standards state initiative. (2012). English language arts key design consideration. Retrieved from http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/introduction/key-design-consideration

Follett Library Resources, Inc. (2013, March 5). Titlewise collection analysis: YHS. Accessed on November 11, 2012 from http://titlewave.com/ca/analysis/overview.html?caid=2113578&SID=4cee52ec7656eab9d6645ea9b1921c27

Hasoon, A. (2012, February 11). [Web log message]. Retrieved from http://www.milamberblog.com/tag/cone-of-learning/

KnowHow non-profit. (Photographer). (2010, November 17). Monitoring and evaluation: The basics [Print Photo]. Retrieved from http://knowhownonprofit.org/organisation/quality/mande/monitoring-and-evaluation-the-basics

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