Portfolio Matrix M.Ed.

/Add-On/Initial Certification in School Library Media

Title Student Name: Tasia Carroll

Portfolio Matrix and Reflections
Semester/Year: Spring 2017
Description
Portfolio Matrix to be completed while candidates are taking MEDT 7487 Practicum

Portfolio Matrix

Program AASL PSC/NCATE Standards Roles of SLMS Reflection Connecting Outcomes,

Outcomes Standards and Artifacts Standards, and Artifacts
1. Candidates 1.1 Knowledge of Learners PSC 1. Program 1. Media Program Budget - This
demonstrate and Learning 1.e Knowledge and Skills Administrator/ assignment offered me, as a leader, the
content, 3.1 Efficient and Ethical 3.c Help All Students Learn Leader/ ability to analyze my schools Title 1
pedagogical, and Information-Seeking 7.d Integration of Instructional Instructional school improvement plan and annual
professional Behavior Technology Partner academic goals in order to develop a
knowledge and 3.4 Research and 7.e Georgia P-12 Curriculum Artifact: budget appropriate for student patrons
skills Knowledge Creation Media Program and academic needs. Stepping into the
4.4 Advocacy NCATE Budget role of Program administrator, I was also
5.1 Collections 1.e Knowledge and Skills able to develop a 3-year budget, which
5.3 Personnel, Funding, 3.c Help All Students Learn progresses over time, for the addition of
and Facilities equipment and technology, and utilize
resources from the budget to enable
struggling readers to access more age-
appropriate materials. I was also able to
expand the development of the non-
fiction collection, as an instructional
partner, for teacher instructional use over
this 3-year period, which advances
STEAM efforts noted in the schoolwide
plan.
AASL Standards 5.3, 5.1, 3.4, 3.1, 1.1.
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2. Program 2. Collection Analysis

2. Candidates 1.2 Effective and PSC
develop, Knowledgeable Teacher 1.f Student Learning
implement, and 1.3 Instructional Partner 3.c Help All Students Learn
evaluate learning 2.1 Literature 4.a Curriculum and Experiences
opportunities for 2.2 Reading Promotion 4.d Working with Diverse
all students 3.2 Access to Information Students in P-12 Schools
3.3 Information 7.c Children with Special Needs
Technology 7.d Integration of Instructional
Technology
NCATE
1.f Student Learning
3.c Help All Students Learn
4.a Curriculum and Experiences
4.d Working with Diverse
Students in P-12 Schools
Administrator As a Program Administrator, conducting
Artifact: the collection analysis provided a way of
Collection learning and efficiently executing a
Analysis systematized information inventory
about the current collection strengths and
weaknesses. Being able to conduct a
collection inventory by manual means
enabled me to understand the benefit of
viewing the collection firsthand, and
getting a clearer picture of the condition
of the inventory and the additions
necessary to effect the currency of
materials for patron interest, maximizing
the use of media center resources.
AASL Standards 5.1, 3.4, 3.1
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ions-analysis.html
1. Teacher 1. Media Log Reviews
Artifact: Completing the media log reviews for a
Media Log variety of genres was beneficial as it
Reviews provided me with a way to view and
review different genres, as an
instructional partner, tailored to different
audiences. My favorite review, Bud Not
Buddy, reflects my ability to convey the
essential elements of this novel through a
teacher role, to middle school audiences,
by relating the essential components of
the novel with twists in the plot as an
example of my ability to pique student
interest and affect the way a variety of
student types might view a seemingly
uninteresting title in a positive way.
AASL Standards 1.3, 2.1, 2.2
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2. Teacher 2. Impact on Learning - The Dewey

Artifact: Impact lesson, taught to classroom teachers and
on Learning paraprofessionals, provided me a means
to instruct an adult population as a
framework and model for teacher to
student instruction in the classroom
settings. The Impact on Learning Review
provides and outline of how engaging
content delivery and formative
assessment provided an effective
learning experience for participants.
Participants were provided a pre- and
post- instructional test that assessed
learning and understanding of the Dewey
Decimal System, presented in a game-
format, and were engaged within the
learning objectives through a variety
of hands-on, collaborative, and problem-
solving learning opportunities.
AASL Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 2.3, 3.2,5.4

3. Instructional 3. Online Reference Tools Evaluation

Partner/ This time-intensive activity expanded
Information my ability as an instructional partner to
Specialist support teacher instructional efforts and
Artifact: school curricula needs by investigating
Online Reference and identifying reliable resources
Tools Evaluation available through online and print media.
As an information specialist, these
reference logs expanded my awareness
and the charge to continually locate,
disseminate, and incorporate the use of
quality referenced-based resources
critical to the currency and expansion of
existing school media resources.
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Evaluating online resources provided me

with the opportunity to learn about
resources previously unknown to me and
ideas to brainstorm to incorporate these
reference resources into collaborative
and co-teaching efforts as an
instructional partner, as well.
AASL Standards 1.3, 3.2, 3.3
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and
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4. Teacher/ 4. Book talk As a teacher, this creative

Instructional activity was a fun opportunity to
Partner promote an interest in reading for
Artifact: patrons who might benefit from
Booktalk supportive media that promotes the
reading of a particular book or genre of
books. Use of technology to conduct this
booktalk makes it an engaging
multimedia experience that can be
embedded in the school web-site, added
to school video announcements, or
placed on a digital kiosk in the media
center. As an Instructional partner, the
ability to highlight content and concepts
embedded within a title allows booktalks
to be used as instructional supports for
curriculum goals. This booktalk serves
as an example of a collection to be
expanded upon for years to come.
Booktalks can not only be presented by
the media specialist but student patrons
as well. These presentations are an
effective practice to promote reading and
learn about the resources available
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through the school media program,

including non-fiction media.
AASL Standard 3.2, 2.2, 2.1, 1.3
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3. Candidates 1.4 Integration of Twenty- PSC 1. Information 1. Information Ethics Flyer This
demonstrate First Century Skills and 1.g Professional Dispositions Specialist/Leader information flyer was designed to bring
professional Learning Standards 3.c Help All Students Learn Artifact: further understanding of creative
dispositions and 2.4 Literacy Strategies 7.f Ethical Standards Information Ethics commons usage rights in the form of a
ethics 3.1 Efficient and Ethical Flyer visually enhanced infographic. As an
Information-Seeking NCATE information specialist, this production
Behavior 1.g Professional Dispositions helped me to understand the ethical
4.1. Networking with the 3.c Help All Students Learn considerations surrounding this topic and
Library Community challenged me, as a spokesperson for
4.2 Professional ethical media use, to present this topic in
Development
a succinct way whereby the average
4.3 Leadership
student and teacher patron would be able
5.2 Professional Ethics
to gain a greater sense of the topic
through short descriptions, visuals, and
words. Displaying my abilities as a
leader, I chose to focus on ethical use for
creative commons works as use of digital
content is prevalent in todays
educational age and responsibility for
such use much be maintained and
disseminated. Infographics such as these
are a great way to impart essential
information and can be referenced
throughout the year. They also serve as a
means to promote in-services on a topic.
AASL Standards 5.2, 3.1, 1.4
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4. Candidates 1.1 Knowledge of Learners PSC 1. Role: 1. Program Administration:
demonstrate and Learning 1.f Student Learning Leader/Program - The SLMP Mission Statement
ability to serve 1.2 Effective and 3.c Help All Students Learn Administrator expresses patron needs and
Knowledgeable Teacher
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needs of diverse 2.3 Respect for Diversity 4.a Curriculum and Experiences
populations 3.2 Access to Information 4.d Working with Diverse
including special 5.4 Strategic Planning and Students in P-12 Schools
needs Assessment 7.c Children with Special Needs
7.d Integration of Technology
NCATE
4.a Curriculum and Experiences
4.d Working with Diverse
Students in P-12 Schools
Artifacts: school goals reflected in
Program professional goals for the school
Administration: media program. As a leader, the
- SLMP Mission mission statement reflects my
Statement initiative to act as an advocate for
- Facilities the school library program, and
Floorplan as program administrator, it
- Materials Order reflects the actionable drive to
execute the goals of the mission
statement.
AASL Standard 1.1
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- As a Program Administrator, the
Facilities Floorplan provided me
with the learning opportunity to
maximize the use of media center
space for patrons of various age
groups and interest levels, and to
develop a learning environment
with sufficient functional spaces
for genre access and browsing,
and media center resources, such
as project-spaces. With this
experience, I was able to develop
settings within the floorplan that
are accessible and appropriate for
all library users with various
needs. This experience also
challenged me to plan the space
in a way that allows interesting
resources to be highlighted
throughout the facility.
AASL Standard 5.4, 3.2,1.1
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- The Materials Order
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demonstrates my ability as a
program administrator to ensure
there are accessible, interesting,
and beneficial resources within
the media center program,
available for teacher instructional
support, schoolwide
improvement targets, and that
which provide accessibility to
diverse student needs.
AASL Standards 5.4, 2.3, 1.2, 1.1
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College of Education Conceptual Framework: Professional Excellence; Field Based Inquiry; Betterment of Society support all four outcomes