School Library Media Specialist of the Year Award

[Paula Galland <pgalland@GLYNN.K12.GA.US>]

The deadline for the 1999 School Library Media Specialist of the Year Award
nomination is quickly approaching. Thought I'd send the guidelines one more
time, so that you can be sure your state's nominee is submitted. For
additional details visit the Division of School Media and Technology area
of the AECT website ( http://www.aect.org .)


          THE 1999 AECT/SIRS Mandarin
               School Library Media Specialist of the Year

                    AWARD GUIDELINES

            This award is sponsored by Media Flex, Inc., by AECT's Division
of School
            Media and Technology (DSMT) and Division of Educational Media
            Management (DEMM).

        ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
        Anyone in the K-12 educational media environment, public or
private, and a member of
        AECT or an AECT state affiliate, is eligible for this award.

        NOMINATIONS
        There are three ways to be nominated for this award:

            (1) nominate yourself,
            (2) nominate a colleague, or
            (3) be nominated by your state affiliate.

        The award winner will receive a $500.00 check, a personal plaque,
an employer
        plaque, and a travel/registration allowance up to a $500.00 to
attend the AECT
        Conference to accept the award.

        AWARD GUIDELINES
        The entire application may not exceed six pages! The initial
application shall
        consist of:
           * One page letter of recommendation from the school district
superintendent,
        building principal or supervisor.
          * One page biographical sheet including the name, home and school
address, and
        phone numbers. Also included should be the educational background,
personal and
        professional achievements, and leadership roles of the applicants.
          * A written narrative not to exceed three double-spaced pages
including:   (1) the
        individual's philosophy of information utilization in K-12 schools;
(2) a description of
        the individual's leadership in using technology to expand access to
information and
        ideas by students, teachers, and the community.

            If the nomination is through the state affiliate organization, then
            supply one page written by the state affiliate stating why your
association
            chose the person. The state affiliate organization may nominate
only one
            person and submit only one application.

                        APPLICATION PROCEDURES

        Submit six copies of all printed materials by June 15, 1998 to:

        Stuart Edwards
        Media Specialist
        Argo Community High School District 217
        Summit, Illinois 60501

        Six to ten finalists will be selected during an initial screening
during the summer.
        Additional support materials, including visual materials/videotapes
will be requested of
        the finalists.

        JUDGING CRITERIA
        The School Library Media Specialist of the Year Award is for
individual excellence in
        the library/media field through service to students, teachers and
the community at the
        K-12 levels. Factors to be considered are:

            * Evidence of personal leadership in fulfilling the roles of
teacher,
            information specialist, and instructional consultant as defined
in Information
            Power: Guidelines for School Library Media Programs.

            * Evidence of professional involvement in the library media field.

            * Evidence of providing a quality library media program to K-12
students,
            teachers, and the broader community by implementing their personal
            philosophy of information technology utilization.








Paula Galland    pgalland@glynn.k12.ga.us    St. Simons Island, GA

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