Pitt County Schools Media Program Review 2007-08

Let’s start with just the basic facts

23,382 Students attend Our schools

344,669 titles available for checkout

1995 Is the average age of our school’s media collection

$689,258.64 Spent to support our media programs

Are those numbers outstanding?

The state measuring stick is IMPACT

Less than 10 books per student Is Below minimum IMPACT Guidelines

10 books per student Is Minimum IMPACT Guidelines

15 books per student meets developing IMPACT Guidelines

20 books per student meets Outstanding IMPACT Guidelines

1998 Is an Outstanding Collection age

Now you know the measuring stick

How does IMPACT say PCS measures up?

13.8 Titles available per student IMPACT says: Almost developing

1995 Is the average collection age IMPACT says: developing

IMPACT says: 2 schools- Outstanding 6 schools- Developing 17 schools- Minimum 9 schools- Below minimum

Did you know research has shown that quality library media programs have a significant impact on student achievement.

Did you know more than 60 studies show a clear connection between a strong library media program and higher student achievement, including better grades and higher standardized test scores

Did you know studies show student achievement tends to increase when: Students receive information literacy instruction from qualified library media staff

Did you know studies show student achievement tends to increase when: The library media center is accessible more hours during the school week

Did you know studies show student achievement tends to increase when: More money is spent to maintain a current collection of books, other print materials, and access to online electronic resources

Are we cashing in on what media centers can do for student achievement?

$22,567.81 On Book Rooms

$10,740.85 On Class Novel Sets

$23,663.50 On AR Quizzes

$24,227.55 On Periodicals

$6,926.52 On Videos

$85,759.56 On Classroom Libraries

$43,802.51 On Media supplies

$208,569.31 On Furniture & equipment

$263,001.03 On Library books

What do those numbers tell us?

13.8 Average book titles per student IMPACT Says: Almost developing

163,674 Book titles needed to meet IMPACT outstanding guidelines

$8.39 On average spent per student to fund media centers

$25 Is the average cost of a library book

Is that enough? Well….

If current spending stayed the same

If the student population stayed the same

If the price of a book stayed the same

If the current number of books in our collection stayed the same

It would take To make PCS an outstanding Media Program 21 years

If research proves outstanding media programs improve student achievement

Can our students wait 21 years for us to provide an outstanding media program?

Make an IMPACT on student achievement NOW

We can’t afford to wait

What’s your plan?