Irondale High School Information Media Center Annual Report

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Irondale High SchoolInformation Media
CenterAnnual Report

• 2004 2005

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Media Center Staff

• Aaron Blechert
• Media Center Director
• Eileen Nelson
• Media Center Paraprofessional
• Katherine Murphy, Kaitlyn Rochelle,
• Amanda Long
• Student Assistants

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Walk-in Students

• These are students who come into the media center
  with a pass from a teacher, or who spend their
  lunch periods in the IMC. These numbers do not
  include students who use the media center before
  or after school, nor do they include students who
  arrive with scheduled classes.
• September 516 October 1030
• November 1085 December 1517
• January 1441 February 1361
• March 1341 April 1053
• May 2084 June 86
• TOTAL 11,514

This is an average of 1279.33 students each month
and 66 students every school day.
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Students and Classes

• These figures reflect the number of students who
  used the media center during the school day as a
  result of having a class scheduled in the media
  center.
• 823 total classes scheduled
• 24,690 total students
• 4.7 classes (average) each day
• 142 students (average) each day

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Print and Non Print materials available in the
Media Center
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New acquisitions this year
These items were procured through purchase or
private donation and processed by staff.

• Books 489
• DVDs 21
• VHS videos 33
• Audio CDs 49
• A/V (misc.) 8
• Periodicals 496
• TOTAL 1102

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Material Circulation
(Materials Checked Out/In)

• Students (last year) 3,274
• Teachers (last year) 1,080
• Students (this year) 4,163 (27 increase)
• Teachers (this year) 1,266 (17 increase)
• Total check-outs this year 5,429

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Funding from Grants

• There were 5 grant requests written on behalf of
  the Irondale Media Center. Three of those were
  funded and one was matched by Irondale High
  School for a total of 1,850.00.
• Cultural Center U.S. Bank - 1,000.00
• Cultural Speaker 621 Foundation 350.00
• Board Games 621 Foundation 150.00
• Matched by Irondale High School

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Learner Outcomes
The following slides represent highlights of
Information and Technology standards and
benchmarks that were met as they relate to
specific classes and class projects conducted in
the media center during the 2004 2005 school
year.
Please see the MV Public Schools Information
Literacy Standards and Benchmarks for grades 9
12 for specific instructional and assessment
strategies.
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1. Use information technology and library
resources to implement a systematic research
process.

• Buerke 9th Grade library orientation. Fiction
  books.
• Hall Poetry unit. Research poets, poems.
• Christian - Life and Times unit. Research
  involving an interviewed persons life and the
  major events of the era.
• Rodefeld/Redman Project Citizen.

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1. Use information technology and library
resources to implement a systematic research
process (Continued)

• Scheild/Austin/Ackerman History Day.
  Communication in History The Key to
  Understanding.
• Austin Timeline Analysis Project. Through the
  Middle Eastern Eyes.
• St. Martin Honors 10 Biography Unit.
• L. Olsen Health Fair.

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1. Use information technology and library
resources to implement a systematic research
process (Continued).

• Walseth Civil War (various topics).
• Bueltel Environmental issues (ozone layer,
  global warming, rain forests, habitat destruction
  , etc).
• St. Martin Focus Comp. Research project.
• Buerke/ Corey Mythology research project.
• Ackerman The Depression. (Unit project).

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2. Use information technology resources to meet
independent learning needs and interests.

• Slide 3, Walk-in Students partially
  demonstrates that large numbers of students at
  Irondale are meeting this outcome.
• Helm Elements worksheet.
• St. Martin Feature article critique.
• Thyren/St. Martin Honors 10. Grapes of Wrath
  Student presentation.

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2. Use information technology resources to meet
independent learning needs and interests
(Continued)

• Bueltel Biology The Six-Kingdom System of
  Classification.
• Ackerman Post WWII and Cold War.
• Erickson Eye Surgery research.
• Austin Economics Business and Advertising
  plan Product differentiation and non-price
  competition.

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2. Use information technology resources to meet
independent learning needs and interests
(Continued)

• Rosivach Weekly assignments (U.S. Government
  and politics)
• Wood Environmental Science Issues paper.
• Worsley Gen. Comp. Persuasive essay using
  evidence (To Kill a Mockingbird).
• St. Martin Opinion Essay using evidence.

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There were many more assignments, research, and
discovery tasks performed by teachers and their
classes in the media center this year. The
preceding list contained just a few of the major
ones to demonstrate how many and how frequently
outcomes are being addressed.