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Part C - School Library Media Staffing - Paid
- Please report the levels of paid staff for this library media program.
- Include both the number of people at each level (Col. A) and the total number of staff-hours per typical week for each staff type (Col. B).
- Do not report more than 40 hours per week per person.
- Count each individual only once.
- Do not include volunteers or student workers or their hours, if any.
- On line C 4, select only one education level.
Examples: If two people are reported as "All other paid staff"
on line C 2 (a) and one works 20 hours per week and the other 10, enter 30 on
line C 2 (b).
If there is 1 Library media specialist who works 30 hours in a typical week, enter 1 on line C 1 (a) and 30 on line C 1 (b). The Total Number of people in C 3 (a) is 3, the Total Staff-Hours per typical week in C 3 (b) is 60.
In our Example library, the highest
education level achieved by a library media specialist, line C4, is
BA-15. The person responsible for the library has school library
endorsement, line C5, and a teaching certificate, line C6.
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Paid Staff |
Line |
Col. A Number of People (head count, not FTE) |
Col. B Total Staff-Hours per Typical Week |
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Library media specialists |
1 |
1 |
30 |
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All other paid staff |
2 |
2 |
30 |
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TOTALS (Add lines 1 and 2 in both columns ® ) |
3 |
3 |
60 |
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Education Levels and Endorsement |
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Highest education level attained by the library media specialists in this building |
4 |
Drop-down menu on web BA, BA-15, BA-30,MA,MA-15,MA30, MA-45, EDS, Ph.D |
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Does the person responsible for this library have school library endorsement? |
5 |
o YES o NO |
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Does the person responsible for this library have a teaching certificate? |
6 |
o YES o NO |
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Definitions:
Library Media Specialist
Persons with the title of Library Media Specialist do paid work
that usually requires professional training and skill in the theoretical or
scientific aspects of library work, or both, as distinct from its mechanical or clerical aspect. Staff members are
considered library media specialists if they do professional library work
such as supervising the library, identifying
materials for and planning instructional units with teachers, providing information skills instruction to students,
selecting and cataloging library materials, and meeting and coordinating with
teachers and administrators.
Endorsement
Endorsement is the Iowa term for certification.
Typical Week
A "typical week" is a time that is neither unusually busy or unusually
slow. Avoid holiday times, vacation times for key staff, or days
when unusual events are taking place in the community or in the library.
Choose a week in which the library
is open its regular hours. Include five consecutive calendar days.
Full time equivalent and contract
Do not record FTE. If a person works 35 hours and is considered full-time, enter 35 hours in Column B
Teen Read Week