Bismarck Public School’s
Library Media Specialists
Professional Excellence Program
Professional LMS Self Assessment – (LA1)
Seldom
I. Planning, Management and Evaluation
1. Helps hire, directs, organizes, and supervises the
personnel and services essential to a unified library
media program centered on students' needs and the
instructional goals of the school.(Component 1a)
2. Initiates and maintains formal contacts with
principal, teachers, and students to evaluate library
media programs, facilities, materials, equipment,
and personnel.
(Component 1b)
3. Prepares financial plans for the library media center
and manages the annual budget. (Component 1c)
4. Develops and maintains short term goals and a
written long-range plan for library media services
and integrates the activities designated in the plan
into the total school curriculum. (Component 1d)
5. Establishes and maintains an inviting, enriching
environment in the LMC in which students and staff
can work at productive levels. (Component 1e)
6. Communicates the philosophy and goals of the
school library media program to students, faculty,
administration, and community. (Component 1f)
7. Works with administrators and other appropriate
personnel to develop overall long-range goals and
objectives for the school.
(Component 1g)
8. Establishes relationships with colleagues, students,
parents, and community which reflect recognition
of and respect for every individual.
(Component 1h)
Sometimes
Often
Always
Seldom
Sometimes
II. Teaching and Collaborating
1. Promotes life-long reading and learning in
students, staff, administration, and community
members.
(Component 2a)
2. Plans, teaches, collaborates, and reinforces
instruction designed to make students and staff
effective and efficient users of ideas and information.
(Component 2b)
3. Instructs students and staff on the rights and
responsibilities of users relating to the generation
and flow of information and ideas (e.g., copyright,
confidentiality/ privacy, plagiarism, intellectual
freedom).
(Component 2c)
4. Promotes, instructs, and assesses students and staff
in the use and management of current and new
instructional technologies.
(Component 2d)
5. Assesses student information skills and the
research process they use.
(Component 2e)
6. Collaborates in the development of complete
instructional units with teachers, using an
instructional design process.
(Component 2f)
7. Participates in district, building, department, and
grade-level curriculum design and assessment
projects.
(Component 2g)
III. Professional Responsibilities as Information Specialists
1. Provides resources to students and staff through a
systematically developed and organized collection
of library media materials and resources available
inside and outside the school. (Component 3a)
2. Keeps abreast of current literature, research, and
trends by reading professional literature,
networking through professional organizations, and
continually updating professional expertise through
education.
(Component 3b)
3. Assures access to information resources by
providing an accurate catalog and efficient retrieval
system.
(Component 3c)
4. Implements policies and practices that respect the
rights of users to confidentiality and unrestricted,
equitable access to information resources.
(Component 3d)
4. Assists all users in accessing, assessing, and
applying information.
(Component 3e)
5. Provides flexible schedule to support classroom
teaching and learning with open access to the
library facility, resources, services, and staff to
meet needs of individuals, small groups, and
classes for various purposes (i.e., research,
browsing, recreational reading, viewing, or
listening at the point of need). (Component 3f)
Often
Always