Media Center Facility Plan

School Motto & Mission:

Learning Today, Leading Tomorrow

The mission of Worth County Primary School is to provide students with a solid educational foundation

that will ensure a successful journey towards graduation and productive citizenship.

Worth County

Primary School1304 N. Isabella Street

Sylvester, GA 31791229-776-8660

Outside View of School

Outside entrance to media center.

WCPS Vision Our vision for Worth County Primary School is to assist

students in the development of their full potential through differentiated instruction that is challenging and motivating.

To achieve this vision we will make curricular and instructional decisions that are data driven, standards-based, and provide the necessary scaffolding for student achievement.

We will dedicate ourselves to the success of our students by being life-long learners and outstanding educators through the use of professional development and research based practices.

As a result, our students will be offered a quality standards-based curriculum with appropriate instructional technology to prepare them for their life-long educational journey.

WCPS Beliefs Students learn best when they are actively engaged through

quality time on task.

Each student is a unique learner and should be provided differentiated instruction.

Students learn best in a safe, orderly, and well-disciplined environment.

Prompt and regular attendance by students, teachers, and staff leads to improved performance.

Teachers, parents, and the community share the responsibility in preparing students to learn, grow, and

function as productive citizens.

WCPS School Map The media

center is located at the front entrance of the school.

It is centrally located to all classrooms and is directly across from the main office.

Media Center Front Office

WCPS Media Center Goals To provide materials and learning experiences that contribute to

lifelong learning and support a wide variety of teaching and learning styles, student needs, abilities, and interests.

To provide students and teachers with physical and intellectual access to the variety of informational resources and materials necessary to support the achievement of curricular and instructional goals.

To assist students in the development of attitudes and skills which enable them to become independent, life-long learners.

To maintain a program that functions as the information center of the school with a climate conducive to self-exploration, experimentation and self-fulfillment

WCPS Media Center Profile Opened in 1995

Serves approximately 950 students, PreK-2nd

Serves 70+ faculty members

One full-time media clerk

One full-time media specialist

Media Specialist

Shayla Norman

Media Clerk

Annie Toomer

Media Center Location The media center is located on the left as you walk in

the front of the building.

It is centrally located and is easily accessible to all classrooms.

Media Center entrance.

View from front of school View from Corridor

Current Facilities Floor Plan

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The current floor plan includes media specialist’s office, teacher work room, storage

closet, break room w/restroom, media clerk’s office/teacher resource room,

storybook corner, reference room & attendance keepers office

Circulation Desk The circulation desk is located in the front of the

media center beside the media specialist office.

The media specialist office has one window to view the circulation desk and most of the media center.

Media specialist office

behind circulation desk

View from Circulation Desk

The view of the media center from the circulation desk is very open. There is a mirror in the back corner to make it easier for the media specialist and clerk to monitor students in the media center.

Mirror for

observing

browsers

Media Specialist’s Office The media

specialist office

is located directly

behind the

circulation desk

There is one

window so that

the MS can keep

an eye on the

circulation

desk at all

times.

Storage Room w/ Restroom This storage room is located

directly behind the

circulation desk and next

door to the media specialist

office.

At this time this room is used

more as a break room

(notice microwave).

A restroom is located in the

corner of this room.

An entrance door to the

storage closet is in this

room.

Storage Closet

This storage closet behind the media specialist’s office houses many daily

necessities for media operation but should be more organized

Left Side Right Side

Teacher Resource Room The teacher resource room houses many, many resources

teachers may need to help them with particular students.

Has computer software, music CD’s and computer games.

Serves as media clerk’s office

Houses the only color copier in the school.

Teacher Workroom The teacher workroom is

located in the front of the

media center to the left as

you walk in the main

entrance.

The workroom houses the

laminating machine, paper cutter

and comb binding machine.

It also has our “closed Circuit”

equipment used for the morning

announcements.

Storybook Corner The storybook corner is

located in the very back of

the media center.

There is a Dewey Decimal

rug on the floor.

Walls are bare and not very

inviting to students and

faculty.

There is enough room to

seat 2-3 classes at once.

Reading Carousel The reading carousel is

located in the very front of

the media center.

It tends to be an eye sore

because it blocks the view of

the entire media center as

you walk in. (The media

entrance door is directly

behind the carousel in this

picture)

The carousel seats 6

students but very rarely gets

used.

Reading Loft

The Reading Loft is located on the wall between the Storybook Corner and the Emergency Exit doors. Teachers may send up to four children at a time to read in top of the loft due to space and safety. Student’s may also purchase extra loft time with AR points.

Reference Room The reference room is located in

the back of the media center

next door to the Attendance

Keeper’s office.

It houses all reference materials

and listening center books &

tapes.

Attendance Keeper’s Office The office in the back of the

media center is the office of

WCPS’s Attendance Keeper.

This office use to be used

by the media center

as an AR store but

was needed this

year for other

reasons.

There is a door

going into the MC &

into the main hall

of the school.

The STACKS! All AR books are color

coded and shelved together.

The non-fiction section is

very overcrowded yet many

bookshelves are empty in

the fiction section.

Positive Survey Results… The physical layout flows well, it's set up in a friendly

way, and works well for children with disabilities.

Reading Loft is comfortable for students to sit and read.

Large area in the Storybook Corner for story time.

Students can easily check in and out books on their own.

Media center offers laminating services to teachers.

Media center staff portrays good attitudes and they are

very welcoming to students and staff.

Negative Survey Results… There are no listening stations for the

students to sit and listen to books in the media center.

Not enough space to seat a whole class to have whole group lessons.

No place for students to sit and read while in the media center / no comfortable seating.

Storybook Corner’s bare walls are boring to visitors and browsers.

AR books should be intermingled with the other books so that they can learn to find their way around the library rather than just through AR books.

Facility Change Suggestions Listening stations should be added.

Additional tables should be added to allow adequate seating for an entire class.

Comfortable furniture should be added to create a more inviting environment for students to “snuggle up” with a good book.

Carousel should be removed to make spacefor the new tables and chairs.

Small reading tables should be placed at the end of a few stacks to allow students a place to “preview” their books beforechecking out.

Listening Stations

Listening stations will be placed across the wall in the storybook

corner for students to sit and listen to their favorite stories while

visiting the media center.

Problem: There are no listening

stations for the students to sit

and listen to books in the media

center.

Solution: Children’s Listening

Stations - Daisy Station

www.demco.com

Price: $1,774.99 each

Tables and Chairs

Five sets of tables and chairs will be purchased to provide enough

space to seat an entire class for instructional purposes. Students

may also use these tables for research with visiting the media center.

Problem: Not enough space to seat a

whole class for whole group lessons.

Solution: 48" Round Table Set with

Addison Chairs, Medium Cherry/Oak

www.demco.com


Each set comes with 1 table & 4 chairs

Reading Tables

Reading tables will be purchased and placed at the end of the stacks

so that students will have a place to relax and read in the media

center.

Problem: Students need a

place to sit and read in the

media center.

Solution: Texwood™ 78"W

Children's Reading Table

www.highsmith.com


Comfortable Furniture

Comfortable furniture will be placed near the storybook corner to

provide a place for students to “snuggle up” with a good book.

Problem: No comfortable seating available in the media center

Solution: Kidovation Children’s Furniture – chair, ottoman &

loveseat

www.demco.com

Price: $309.99 - chair

$154.99 - ottoman

$354.99 - loveseat

Improved Facilities Floor Plan

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Reading Carousel is

removed to make

additional room for tables

and chairs.

Four listening centers were

placed in the storybook corner

for students to access during

the day.

5 tables are added to allow the

media specialist to seat a full class.

Comfortable seating is

placed near the storybook

corner for places for

students to read.

Current Media PoliciesMedia Center Orientation

Media Center orientation is provided for each homeroom during the first

"specials" rotation two weeks of the school year to discuss checkout

procedures, media center rules, location of materials and care of books.

Each class MUST attend orientation before students are allowed to check

out books.

Hours of Operation

The WCPS media center operates on a flexible schedule and is open daily

from 7:15 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. on regular school days and teacher planning

days. Students and faculty have access to all media services, materials,

and equipment. Students may come to the media center at any time during

the day except from 11:45 – 12:45 due to the MS’s lunch and lunch duty, to

return books, use reference materials, or use computer look up stations.

Students may check out books from 8:30 until 2:45 8:00 – 3:10.

Red= suggestion for change/addition

Current Media PoliciesCheckout Procedures

1st grade students may check out only one book at a time, 2nd graders may

check out two books; this book must be returned before another one can

be checked out. Each student is assigned a patron number (check out

number) on the automated system.

In order to check out a book, the student should bring their bookmark and

scan their book. No due date is given; however, a reminder will be sent

through the student's teacher when a book has been out for over two

weeks.

When books are returned they should be dropped into the slot at the end of

the circulation desk checked in at the “check in” station. Materials other

than books should be returned directly to one of the media center staff.

Shelf markers are provided for students to use when choosing a book.

Students are asked to browse carefully and replace any book that is not

chosen in the same position on the shelf from which it was pulled.


Current Media PoliciesBrowsers

Teachers may send up to five three unaccompanied students to the

media center at one time. These browsers are asked to come after

the first 15 minutes of the instructional block of time so that they will

not interfere with the checkout time of the scheduled "specials"

group. Each browser must wear a browser tag with his or her

teacher's name on it.

Browsers may stay in the media center for no more than 30 minutes.

Students may read in the reading loft, in the rocking chairs or on

beanbag chairs (there are no beanbag chairs). They may use

reference materials, read magazines, access the Internet (with

teacher's permission and appropriate instruction), or simply look for

a book to check out.


Current Media PoliciesDamaged/Lost Materials

Media center materials lost or damaged by a student, or while

checked out to a student must be paid for. The cost of the lost book

is the original price. Damage is assessed by the media specialist

and books found to be unusable because of damage must be

replaced. The original purchase price will be charged for this.

Damaged books in unusable condition are taken off the database

and discarded. They do not become the property of the student.

Check out privileges of students with lost or damaged materials are

suspended until the item has been returned or paid for; however the

student may still visit the media center and use materials in the

media center as usual. Students will be placed on a payment plan if

they cannot afford to pay the entire fee at one time. Replacement of

a missing or damaged barcode will cost the student $1.


Worth County Primary SchoolMedia Center Facility Plan

Shayla Norman

FRIT 7132

Dr. Green

Fall 2010

Education

Media Center Facility Plan