AASL Resource Guides for School Library Media Program Development

School Library Media Specialist Evaluation

Roles and Responsibilities of the School Library Media Specialist

As published in Chapter 1, "The Vision," of Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning (Chicago: American Library Association, 1998). ISBN 0-8389-3470-6

Alabama Professional Education Personnel Evaluation Program
Specialty Area Educators: Library Media Specialists
www.alabamapepe.com/specialty.htm

Evaluation manuals and forms for Alabama for library media specialists and other "specialty area educators" (i.e., counselors, psychologists/psychometrists, special education teachers of students with severe disabilities, and speech language pathologists). Most recently revised based on Spring 2000 field test and feedback from Alabama educators.

Maine Association of School Libraries (MASL) School Library Media Specialist Evaluation Kit
www.maslibraries.org/resources/slmseval/slmseval.html

Evaluation tool was developed by an MASL committee. It was sent to every principal and library media specialist in Maine at the end of 1998. Includes job description, preparation manuals for both the library media specialist and his/her supervisor, and a sample evaluation.

South Carolina ADEPT for Library Media Specialists
www.scteachers.org/adept/lms.cfm

ADEPT is South Carolina's system for assisting, developing, and evaluating professional teaching. The ADEPT performance dimensions for library media specialists were approved by the South Carolina State Board of Education in June 2003. This site includes complete guidelines and materials for implementing the formal evaluation model.

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