Media Specialists

Calendar

These are some of the things to expect each month.

August

• Attend Back to School Meeting with other media specialists
• Receive allocation of annual funds at Back to School Meeting
• Sign out AV and computer equipment to teachers for the year
• Order classroom sets of newspapers (Newspapers in Education)
• Present Copyright Presentation to Faculty
• Open house presentation
• Brochure for new teachers
• Elementary—Print out student barcodes
• Student Orientation
• Teacher Orientation
• Ask staff to suggest items to order

September

• Banned Books Week 
• Continue orientations 
• Present or remind students and teachers of Acceptable Use Policy 
• Introduce On-Line Databases to students 
• Share BES books with Language Arts classes 
• Prepare book orders 

October

• Elementary—Turn in class schedule to Media Supervisor 
• MASL Fall Conference 
• Attend in-service day on conference day 
• Teen Read Week 

November

• 80% of Library Media Annual allotment should be encumbered
• National Education Week

December

January

• Start inventory  (you decide when to do this task)
• Attend curriculum meeting during semester break

February

• Weeding  (You decide when to do this task) 

March

• Attend in-service meeting on conference day
• MICCA Conference in Baltimore

April

• Magazine order for next school year
• National Library Week
• Turn in Black Eyed Susan votes for your school
• Annual State Report
• National Poetry Month

May

• Order newspapers for next school year 
• Children’s  Book Week 

June

• Finalize inventory 
• Collect all books from students and teachers 
• Prepare obligation forms for student signature 
• Turn in signed obligation forms to front office 
• May start entering requisitions for next school year for release after July 1 

Ongoing throughout year

• Book Fair
• Monthly book exchanges
• Weeding
• Inventory
• Read books reviews/monthly