2.+Administration+of+Educational+Media+Programming+-+Spring+2010

=Administration of Educational Media Programming, LIBMEDIA 751 - Spring 2010, Instructor: Dr. Eileen Schroeder, UWW=

Required Readings
//Building Influence for the School Librarian: Tenets, Targets, & Tactics//, Linworth Publishing //Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning//, ALA Other Readings as Assigned

Projects
Staff Development Group Plan

Marketing Plan (Group Project)

Presentation for School Board on Library Media Program with Script and One-Page Handout



Critique of a District Long-Range Technology and Library meda Plana nd Needs Assessment

SKILLS Act Outline

Reflection
Today's school librarian must employ leadership skills to teach fellow librarians, classroom teachers, and even administrators new technologies. Librarians must also be the change they want to see in their districts. Since I started working for the Neenah Joint School District in 2010, I have been given many opportunities to use my leadership skills and affect change district-wide.

During the summer of 2012, the District purchased a subscription to eBackpack -- a cloud-based storage system. It quickly became apparent to me that the system was not working efficiently enough to be worth the $30,000/year price tag. My tech and I worked on a cost-effective solution. We beta-tested Google Drive with my elementary students at both of my elementary schools. After testing it for 6 months, the District decided to go district-wide with Google Drive and drop eBackpack -- effectvely saving our district $30,000 each year. This would not have happened if I hadn't worked to find a solution to a problem that I saw within the district.

Besides being a working member of the Technology Plan Committee which works on writing and revising our technology plan and various board-approved policies,, I have also served as a Tech Mentor for the district. This means that I take new technologies and teach it to other teachers. I've used my leadership skills to teach courses for college credit on Prezi and Web 2.0 tools. This year, I was also asked to be the team leader as we took a team of six people to the ISTE conference in San Antonio.

This school year, I have also been hired as the department chair and I was recently asked to mentor our new media specialists. These are both paid positions of leadership.