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I Have a Dream High School

I Have a Dream High School. 5 year plan for cultural diversity implementation. Administration. Principal Assistant Principle 2 secretaries 2 Guidance counselors 1 male, White 1 female, Latina. Mission Statement.

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I Have a Dream High School

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  1. I Have a Dream High School 5 year plan for cultural diversity implementation

  2. Administration • Principal • Assistant Principle • 2 secretaries • 2 Guidance counselors • 1 male, White • 1 female, Latina

  3. Mission Statement • To provide each student a diverse education in a safe, supportive environment that promotes self-discipline, motivation, and excellence in learning. Modified from Mountain Gap Middle School , Huntsville, AL

  4. Faculty • 30 teachers – all highly qualified • 10 Vocational, 20 Regular • 18 female, 15 White, 3 African American • 12 male, 8 White, 4 African American • 1 Librarian and 1 Library aide • Female, White

  5. Student Body • Middle to lower socio-economic status • 585 students • 52% Female • 48% Male • 43% Free or Reduced Lunch

  6. The heart of it all The Library media Center

  7. Library’s Mission Statement • To be a student-centered library media center and a diverse resource available to all I Have a Dream students, providing a wide variety of reference materials, literature, and computer facilities for all students and faculty to fully utilize and enjoy.  The goal of the library is to ensure that students graduate with the information literacy skills necessary to be successful, productive, and socially responsible individuals. Adapted from West High School, Torrance CA

  8. Characteristics • 15,000 print volumes • 7,500 non-fiction • Average Age of collection 1998 • 8,000 non-print resources • 15 magazine subscriptions • 6 newspaper subscriptions • 3 online databases • OPAC with Follet Automation system

  9. Library Staff • Media Specialist • Certified Teacher • Master’s Degree in MLIS • Librarian Aide • 12 years experience

  10. Student Workers • 8 student aides (2 per block period) • 5 female, 3 male • 2 White, 2 African American, 2 Latina, 1 Asian, • 1 Pacific Islander

  11. Programming • Monthly Newsletter • (for and by teens) • Reviews • Comics • Poetry • Original Stories • Teen Advisory Board • Collaboration with every department

  12. Layout

  13. Culture Shock’s Next Step • ESL II.S.5 Develop an understanding of and respect for diversity in language use, patterns, and dialects across cultures, ethnic groups, geographic regions and social roles. • ESL II.R.1 The student will develop the reading skills necessary for word recognition, comprehension, interpretation and analysis.

  14. What’s our future goals? • To culturally diversify the print resources • Modify existing facility to accommodate changed collection • Hire one (1) new aide • Purchase new technology to handle diversification • Provide culturally diverse programs

  15. To culturally diversify the print resources • Purchase an additional 10 magazines that are more diverse (1 – 2 years) • Buy audio books and foreign language books (2 - 3 years) • Increase selection of culturally diverse materials in the fiction collection (spread over all 5 years)

  16. Modify existing facility to accommodate changed collection • Rearrange materials to accommodate new resources • 1 – 2 years • Add a room for audio and foreign language books • 2 – 3 years • Add a new office for aide and a new listening room • 4 – 5 years

  17. Potential new Library layout

  18. Hire one (1) new aide Remain Calm

  19. Benefits • Will be hired only after librarian and aide attend diversity training seminars • Seminar in year one regarding how to hire and train • Seminar in year three regarding motivating and evaluating • Then in year 4 or 5 hire someone who is: • Fluent in at least two languages other than English • Has proven abilities to work well with those in ESL programs • Can assist in the selection of appropriate and timely resources for multiple cultures

  20. Purchase new technology to handle diversification • Purchase ten (10) Kindle’s • (4-5 years) Add three (3) library computers dedicated to use of ESL student needs (2-3 years) Purchase translation dictionaries for all in house computers (1-2 years)

  21. Provide culturally diverse programs • Include translations of Newsletters (1-2 years) • Use Audio and E-books to market the library program to all students (2-3 years) • Have students to review the foreign language books also (4-5 years)

  22. Evaluation – Did we make it? • Collection will be analyzed annually by Titlewave to check for diversification, age data, and use. • Facility – Were we able to make modifications? • Staff - Did we hire a new aide? • Technology – Were purchases made within timeline? • Programming – Did programming change to incorporate diversity resources?

  23. Bibliography • Bafile, C. (2008) Mission statements with vision: Where is your school going? Retrieved May 23, 2008, from http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin229.shtml • McKelvey, K. (2008) West High School Library Mission Statement. Retrieved May 23, 2008, from http://www.whs.tusd.org/vnews/display.v/ART/2007/09/26/46fbef3a77c58 • Trinity Western University Library. (2008, April 8). Library layout: Main level. Retrieved May 23, 2008, from http://www.twu.ca/Library/main_level.gif • Peterson, E. (2008, March 19). Library Diversity Committee. Retrieved May 23, 2008 from http://libweb.uoregon.edu/diversity/ • Owens, I. (unknown) A Managerial/Leadership approach to maintaining diversity in libraries. Retrieved May 23, 2008, from http://www.txla.org/pubs/tlj76_1/manage.html • Convergence Media (2007). Diversity at work center. Retrieved May 23, 2008 , from http://www.multiculturaladvantage.com/diversity-work.asp • Tolerance.org (2005). Teaching tolerance. Retrieved May 23, 2008, from http://www.tolerance.org/index.jsp • TigerDirect, Inc. (2008) Lexicon translation dictionary. Retrieved May 23, 2008, from http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2911492&CatId=1012 • Amazon,com, Inc (2008). Kindle: Amazon’s new wireless reading device. Retrieved May 23, 2008, from http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FI73MA/ref=amb_link_6369712_3?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_r=0D6AH1A195A20K7S5F20&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=398464001&pf_rd_i=507846 • Reading Rockets (2008). English language learners in middle and high school. Retrieved May 23, 2008, from http://www.readingrockets.org/webcasts/ondemand/1004 • Tennessee Department of Education (2008). ESL II standards. Retrieved May 23, 2008 from http://www.tennessee.gov/education/ci/esl/esl_ii.pdf

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