1. Management of the School Library Media Center
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Management of the School Library Media Center

2. LIB5040 Management of the School Library Media Center Today’s Learning
Questions and updates
Leadership (Objs. 1 &10)
Organizations and Management (Obj. 10)
Professional Development (Objs. 1 & 2)

3. Questions & Updates
Geri Purpur sharing Best Practices in Designing Online Reference Guides - June 30th at 5:00 pm in the LIB 5040 Forum of Qwaq AETZ.
Others?

4. Leadership Think of someone you consider a leader.
What practices make that person a leader in your mind?

5. Leadership
Kouzes & Posner (2002).The Leadership Challenge. San Francisco: Josey Bass.
Over two decades of research
Leadership is a set of skills and practices available to everyone
Leadership can be found at all levels of an organization
“Leadership is a relationship” (p.20)

6. Leadership Kouzes & Posner, cont ….
Five Practices & Ten Commitments of Leadership –
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7. Leadership
How does your list compare with Kouzes & Posner’s Five Practices?

8. Leadership Examine the Five Practices of Leadership
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Work in groups
Each group selects a different Practice
Provide an example of what that practice might look like if you are the media coordinator?
Share with class

9. Leadership
How do the Five Practices of Leadership align with the roles of the school library media specialist as described in Empowering Learners?

10. Leadership Do you think media coordinators can be/are leaders?
Do other members of the school community perceive that media coordinators are leaders? Why or why not?
Are you ready for leadership?

11. Leadership Interesting to note ….
A team of evaluators from the Friday Institute at North Carolina State University (NCSU) conducted an evaluation of the IMPACT project. From the final evaluation report, media coordinators outscored principals on the LPI measure of leadership qualities.

12. Organizations & Management
Managers handle the day-to-day operations
Does not necessarily involve leadership
Media coordinators are managers
People
Resources
Budget
Facilities …..

13. Organizations & Management
Media coordinators manage within an organization
The organization consists of people/personalities

14. Organizations & Management
There are numerous theories about organizations, management, and personalities.
Many are adapted and applied in schools.

15. Organizations & Management
Exploration of organization, management, and personality theories:
Work in teams
Find information on the topic
Description of the theory
How might the theory relate to schools, the media center, and/or the media coordinator?
Share with class

16. Organizations & Management
Chaos Theory/Complexity Theory
Learning Organizations (Senge)/Systems Theory
Total Quality Management (TQM)
Myers-Briggs Personality Typing

17. Organizations & Management
Power in organizations
The ability to get what you want
Influencing what others think, believe & do
Is a reality

18. Organizations & Management
French & Raven’s (1960) Five Forms of Power
Coercive – able to force someone to do something against their will.
Reward – do something and you get something
Legitimate – based on the position
Referent – a person liking or wanting to be like you
Expert – having a skill or knowledge someone else desires

19. Organizations & Management
Conversations about power in education ….
Empowerment of teachers
Concept of shared leadership
*For more information you might read some of Michael Fullan’s work

20. Organizations & Management
Power Chart Assignment
Think about an organization you are very familiar with – please use fictitious names for this assignment
Analyze the power structure
Who are the formal leaders?
Who are the informal leaders?
Who are the information brokers – the people who may not have a formal position, but know the history of the organization, the people, and how to get things done?
What are the implications for a media coordinator?

21. Professional Development
On a piece of paper
List characteristics of professional development that you have participated in.
Circle the characteristics you thought were effective.

22. Professional Development
Professional development is a systematic attempt to change teachers’ practice to ultimately improve student learning.
National Staff Development Council (NSDC) Standards for Professional Development
North Carolina Professional Development Standards

23. Professional Development
Professional development conceptual framework
Content - the new knowledge, skills, and teaching practices that are the foundation of what is to be learned.
Process - the instructional processes, strategies, and structures in the delivery of professional development.
Context - the organization, system, or culture surrounding the professional development.

24. Professional Development
Standards tied to the research on professional development – best practices.
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Compare these to the characteristics that your circled earlier.
What are the implications for the design of your Resident Experts Professional Development?

25. Professional Development
Evaluation of professional development
Guskey (2000) suggests 5 levels
Participants’ reactions
Participants’ learning
Organizational culture
Use of new skills
Student outcomes
Guskey, T. R. (2000). Evaluating Professional Development. Thousand Oaks, CA:
Corwin Press.

26. Professional Development
Instrument to use to look at Participants’ Reactions
Professional Development Evaluation Tool available at

27. Assignments Read Morris Chps. 4, 5, 8,
Read Stephens/Franklin Chps. 3, 5,14
Read Empowering Learners Chp. 3
Do Organization Power Chart Analysis