Needs AssessmentMiddle School in Guilford County

Hallie Fields, Alicia Luke, Catherine Prince, and Devon Willis

• Middle School in Greensboro, NC• It has 988 students in grades 6 through 8 and 56 teachers• An Honor School of Excellence for high test scores

o Scores for math and reading at 68.6% and 68.1% compared to the state average of 42.3% and 43.9%.

• School Mission: Middle School offers a challenging, progressive, character building, standards-based curriculum that enables students to become self-directed, service oriented learners.

• School Vision: Middle Schoolis committed to educating students whilesupporting them socially and emotionallyas they develop into responsible citizens,lifelong learners, and productive members of the global society.

The School

• “Hub of learning”• Current school vs. previous school• Technology• Budget

Principal

• Media Center space• Updating furniture• Flex schedule• Technology to enhance media center services (QR codes and tablets)• e-books• Relationship with external customers• Budget cuts and being a team player• Mission statement- Our media center is RADICAL

Media Coordinator

● 30 teachers responded; 54% response rate● 29 out of 30 teachers are comfortable collaborating with the media

specialist● Teachers are satisfied with the collection and the space and layout for

themselves and their students

● 56.7% of teachers feel neutral about moving professional resources to the Curriculum Facilitator’s office.

Teachers

Scale:1-Very dissatisfied5-Very satisfied

1 2 3 4 5 Weighted Average

Does the media center collection meet your needs?

0 310%

826.7%

930%

1033.3%

3.9

Does the media center space and layout meet your needs?

0 0 310%

1550%

1240%

4.3

Does the media center space and layout meet the needs of your students?

0 0 413.3%

1550%

1136.7%

4.2

Teachers are using the media coordinator often to collaborate on lesson plans

Teachers are using the media centerfor a wide variety of purposes

Teachers-2

● 48 students completed the survey; 5% of the student population● Wide variety of students sampled● Majority of responses were positive

○ “I feel like the library is doing really well I like how you can check-out to 5 books a day there is not really anything you need to do better”

○ “Yes, because it is nice, calming even relaxing to just go in there and read books also Mrs. S is wonderful!”

● Some students seem unaware of resources the library offers

○ “I think they could have a shelf of just new books.”

○ “They should provide a system to help show books to different levels of readers”

Students

• Media center space is meeting user needs overall• External customers are satisfied and have a good relationship with the

media coordinator• The collection is a central focus of all parties• Improving signage and orientation for users• Incorporate more tablet use• Develop a budget

Conclusions and Recommendations

● It is hard to create a survey!● Talking to the principal is valuable, even though he doesn’t check out

books or need help with lesson plans.● It’s hard to cover all that the media coordinator does in one interview.● Choosing a library where you are known is

helpful!

Strengths & Weaknesses

Questions?