Lewis Policy Chart

PolicyName

BOE Policy

BOE Procedure Media Procedure(from county media

center handbook)

Comments, Suggestions, and Examples

Scheduling and Collaborative planning

7/24/07

7/24/07

5/07

The procedure references Information Power and restates the policy. Gives specific guidelines for scheduling and collaborative planning. A list of guidelines that gives specific instruction on how to implement flexible scheduling and collaborative planning are located in the media handbook. That list should be written into a board policy.

Circulation 7/27/04

In the current policy there is only a quick, broad mention of how the BOE appointed media committee should create procedures for circulation. A separate, detailed policy should be added that lists specific guidelines and rules to govern all school media circulation. An example is www.marion.k12.fl.us/school/wph/media/policies_procedures.htm

Media Specialist Roles and Responsibilities

7/27/04

5/07

There is no policy that specifically defines the media specialist role and responsibilities. This subject is periodically covered in several different procedures. The media handbook, however, is much more detailed. It clearly lists the specific roles and responsibilities of this position. I suggest that the list in the media handbook be transferred into a board adopted policy. An example is http://lms.mysdhc.org/handbook/administration

PolicyName

BOE Policy

BOE Procedure Media Procedure(from county media

center handbook)

Comments, Suggestions, and Examples

Selection 7/27/09

5/07

The policy states the county appointed media committee will create procedures for the selection process locally. At the moment the policy is uninformative. The county should add general guidelines to the policy that outline the selection process that each media center/specialist should follow. A detailed example is http://www.alvaschools.com/staff/policies/IJLlibrarymediacenterselectionPOL.pdf

Reconsideration The policy is very detailed and gives explicit

Policy Identification and EvaluationMelissa Lewis

FRIT 7132 Georgia Southern University

Fall 2009

Lewis Policy Chart

Overall I found that the board policies themselves are not as informative as they should be in regards to the media

center. However, the procedures and media center handbook are much more detailed and developed in each category.

It seems that the district media committee that is mentioned in many of the policies develops the handbook, and I would

suggest that this document be looked over by the BOE and adopted as the policies themselves.