Dear LM Netters,
Many thanks to all of you who responded to my question regarding recommended
media specialist and student ratios. I hope this "hit" helps others as much
as it did me!!
Sue Schiavetti
Media Specialist
Illing Middle School
Manchester, CT
sueshe4@attbi.com
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Perhaps you are narrowing your search terms too much. All state standards
that I have seen
include staffing recommendations. You can find links to several different
states'
standards at: http://www.sldirectory.com/libsf/resf/evaluate.html
Texas school library standards can be found at
http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/schoollibs/standards.html
We use a 4-place scale from Exemplary to Below Standard so you will need to
look at the
Staffing section in all 4 profiles to get a really accurate picture.
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I just had to research this myself. The North Central requirements can be
found at http://www.ncacasi.org/standard/emsu/ra.adp
go to RA22
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Consult the webpage for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
http://www.sacs.org/
The site contains standards for accreditation and those standards include
how many library media specialists to student population.
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Try the library standards for Texas at
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/technology/libraries/
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Each state department of Education probably has the ratios you're looking
for.
In NY state only secondary librarians are mandated (even though most
school districts do have elementary librarians). The state reg is one FTE
librarian for each 1000 students. It gets to a pinch when the school
population goes over 1000 - many HS do. We should have proportional FTE
staffing for the amount in excess of 1000, but it is hard to find people
who will work part time, and Boards usually wait until student numbers
get around 1600-1700 to add the second FTE librarian. Budget-wise, since
Sept 11 - its a hard sell in NY.
Hope this helps!
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our Guide for Australian Schools - "Learning for the Future" states
Total Teaching staff ration (inc Admin): Teacher Librarians ( EFT) :
Ancillary Staff (HRS per week)
3: 0.2: 7
5: 0.3: 10
7: 0.4: 16
15: 0.9: 29
17: 1: 33
50: 2: 67
125: 4: 151
Hope this helps as a guide - full table available on p.46 of Learning for
the Future Developing Information Service in Australian Schools. Carlton,
Australia: Curriculum Corporation, 1994.
A more recent edition is available 2001.
Let me know if you want more info.
Cheers,
Paula Kelly
Coordinator - Children's & Youth Services
Yarra-Melbourne Regional Library Corporation
P: 03 92033692, F: 03 92033696, E: paulak@yarranet.net.au
Hi, Check out this page for RI frameworks
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http://www.ri.net/RIEMA/infolit.html
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1 to 1250 in middle school, think that is from info power
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Go to the Accreditation sites. They set the standards for the secondary
schools to be accredited you have to have so many per student.
We are accredited by the Northwest Association of School Principals. The
site is hosted by one of the colleges out here, I just looked through my
bookmarks and didn't find it.
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Someone was asking for the figures on how many students per library
media specialist...of course I didn't keep the name, because now I've
found the info. It is in the SLJ Sept 2000, School staffing survey.
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Hi,
I think New York State requires 1 SLMS for every 1,000 students in public
school.
Please let me know what you find out. I am a SLMS in a middle school. We
have 2 SLMS and a student body of 1700. We CAN NOT KEEP UP.
Ev Johnson
According to "Libraries Lead Learning" published by the Orange County Task
Force for School Libraries (Orange County Dept. of Education)2001:
staffing: Exemplary Proficient
Basic
K-8 small (up to 600) 1 LMT & 1 clerk 1 LMT & 1 clerk 1 LMT & 1 clerk
K-8 large (600+ students) 1+ LMT & 1+ clerk 1+ LMT & 1+ clerk 1 LMT & 1
clerk
1 = full time + = another part or full time
However, I can tell you that this may be recommended but I don't know of
ANY local elementary schools in my area that have even one LMT at the
school site, nor do they have a full-time aide/para. I am a
paraprofessional and do everything required to run the library program for
700+ students with only 3.5 hours per day (obviously this is not a stellar
library program!) but this is definitely the norm for most schools in my
area. Other districts in California may have LMTs at each elementary, but
it is not the norm. Hopefully that will change but with our current budget
crisis, schools may be lucky to have an aide/para over the next few years
until the economy improves.
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MN. grad. standards for librarys and media centers say 1 Media Specialist
for every 500 students.
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School Library Journal had an article pertaining to this exact topic in
their September issue (2002), I think.
Good luck!
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