Vision-Philosophy

//Vision/Philosophy//

I believe that with enough personal support and positive encouragement every child, no matter what background, has the potential and ability to learn and be successful not only in the classroom but in their personal lives as well. A media specialist’s role in this success is to equip the students with the necessary information literacy skills, to develop their dispositions towards learning, and to instill within the students that it is their responsibility to learn and to be ethical users and seekers of information and ideas.

The media center is a Mecca of information and ideas where students feel welcomed and comfortable. Information is available in all different formats and from varying perspectives and viewpoints. Materials encompass the needs and interests of all of the members of the learning community. It is a place where intellectual freedom is supported and not censored.

A media specialist is welcoming, encouraging, easily accessible, and very approachable by all members of the learning community, including students and teachers. A media specialist is constantly working to produce lifelong lovers of reading. A media specialist is a source of information and technology who is always going the extra mile to ensure that these needs are always being met. A media specialist is constantly finding ways to collaborate with teachers and administration in order to ensure that information literacy skills are being embedded within the curriculum.

Most importantly, a media specialist is a teacher, a leader, and a role model who inspires young minds to begin to think for themselves by taking control of their own learning.