1993_001-HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE

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DR JOHN A CPLABP.O 6/ 73330992 P. 03 11ear7rine f1eSCarCeS and SUDPCrt Personnel For the school library media center to fulfill its potential, it must have an adequate number of qualified professionals on Its staff. These certified school library media specialists will be responsible for the school library media center through the direct and indirect roles which were described in the section on the Roles of Professional and Support Staff: teacher, Information provider, instructional consultant, program manager, collection developer and manager, and technology manager. To successfully implement these roles, the school library media specialist must be assisted by clerical and technical aides. In establishing the schedule of the school library media specialist,there must be a careful balance main- tained between the time spent in direct instruction and the time required by other professional duties. A sufficient block of time must be set aside for managerial,consultation,and collection development responsi- bllities. in addition, the professional staff must have adequate time not just to react, but to reach out and build creatively. The school library media specialist must be able to delegate the routines of processing, circulating, and handling of materials and equipment to clerical and technical staff. Thus, as the program grows to include additional professional personnel,there should be an increased support staff. In a school system that encompasses two or more schools, there should be a system-wide professional school library media director who is equal In rank to other system-wide administrators.The specific duties of the system-level director are described in the section on system-level services. Minimal Average Exemplary Level One Standards Level Two Standards Level Three Standards School library media centers oper- School library media centers func- School fibrary media centers rune- ating at this level must have at tioning at this level must have one tionirg at Level Three,likethoseat least one full-time or part-time full-time school library media spe- Level Two,must hAveone full-time certified professional, Minimal ciatisl for schools of 500 or fewer school library mediaspecialist,one clerical and technical staff will be students. This professional must full-time clerical aide,and at least available at Level One; therefore, be supported by one full-time half-time access toatechnicalaide imager solutions, including cterica aide,and at least half-time for schoolsof500orfewerstudents. teacher volNnteers, parent volun- access to a technical aide.For each For each additional Soo students or teers, student help, or other additional 500 students or major major fraction thereof, this pro- means must be found to accom I y P- fraction thereof,an additions cer- fessional must supported b an ' lish clerical and technical tasks. At PPo Y d tifred school library media special- additional certified school library this level the school library media ist,supported by additional cteri- media specialist and by additional specialist will be able to provide A cal/technical aides must be pro- clericalltechnical.oides. Programs only a skeletal program that In no vided. As new prog rams and sig- at Level Three will necessitate way reaches the goats of a full- nificant technologies are intro- additional or specialized staff since service school library media pro- duced into the school library such programs are assumed to in- gram. media center, additional specialty elude innovative and creative pro- trained staff may be needed. Pro- jeers. Determination of staff size grams functioning at Level Two beyond the level stated above should rovide significant pro- should bebasedonareviewof the grams ci service. program, its philosophy, and its envisioned goats. Programs ams func- dont at Level Three shouldpro- vide outstanding programs of ser- vice. 14 3r i ,