Library Program
Building an effective library media program depends on many things—administrative support, collaboration with all members of the learning community, clear goals and objectives for the program, communication with stakeholders, and consistency in the program administration. A policy and procedures manual assists library media specialists in the effort to achieve all these things.
Under the ADEPT evaluation system in South Carolina, library media specialists must exhibit competency in ten areas identified in The South Carolina System for Assisting, Developing, and Evaluating Professional Teaching (ADEPT): Performance Dimensions for Library Media Specialists. Much of the documentation that is necessary to illustrate competency in the Performance Dimensions should be found in an up-to-date policy and procedures manual.
To assist and encourage all library media specialists to develop a new policy and procedures manual, or to update an existing manual, a group of library media specialists collaborated on the development of prototype policy and procedures manuals. These prototypes were the basis for the template provided here.
Permission is granted for the library media specialist to adapt this template to meet the needs of his or her individual library media center. Permission is also granted for district professional media educator associations to use this template in the creation of the district library media policy and procedures manual.
-- SLMS Policy and Procedures Manual Template
South Carolina Department of Education
Under the ADEPT evaluation system in South Carolina, library media specialists must exhibit competency in ten areas identified in The South Carolina System for Assisting, Developing, and Evaluating Professional Teaching (ADEPT): Performance Dimensions for Library Media Specialists. Much of the documentation that is necessary to illustrate competency in the Performance Dimensions should be found in an up-to-date policy and procedures manual.
To assist and encourage all library media specialists to develop a new policy and procedures manual, or to update an existing manual, a group of library media specialists collaborated on the development of prototype policy and procedures manuals. These prototypes were the basis for the template provided here.
Permission is granted for the library media specialist to adapt this template to meet the needs of his or her individual library media center. Permission is also granted for district professional media educator associations to use this template in the creation of the district library media policy and procedures manual.
-- SLMS Policy and Procedures Manual Template
South Carolina Department of Education